This year has started with a lot of videos dropping, and the
videos haven’t disappointed as well. Last week or so, we had #Mushikashika
dropping and a lot of people received it well. These past couple of days, there
has been some buzz over two videos, the official Tkae Chidz, “Skubu”, video and
even more recently, award winning song by Tricky J, “Tambisa”. So whats with us
pitting them against each other? Firstly, they all are pretty much similar,
they both sound like spin offs from Peekay and Baba Shupi’s Ma1, they are both
clubby, dancy, rump shaking (just check the videos) and both have videos better
than Ma1’s video. Suffice to say, even Skubu artist made a comment on the
social contention on which video is better,
So, here's our comment
If an advanced video has visual images that demonstrate an
excellent relevance to the music and/or lyrics, or tells a story which follows
the music and also that the lip synching/singing throughout appropriate increments
during the video is performed in a professional manner that demonstrates comprehension
of the lyrics, then “Tambisa” takes it. I mean the song is called “Tambisa Dako”
meaning “make your butt dance” then well.. we had a enough of
that in the video. Skubu, an ode Harare night life with particular reference to
the dopest spots in the city, yes, we did see the change in venues which was
well thought out and everything but hey, Tambisa had a better performance of it
all. You have to admit that the dancer on Skubu had a variety of dances though…
great stuff.
Both videos had a strong link to the objective of their
message and the interpretation of that message to the video. Draw there…
What of the concept and development? Well, we had a cheeky but
funny take on housemaid and employee situation going on running parallel to the
dancing and rapping on the Tambisa video, then on SKUBU, we had the really good
dancer babe, going really personal with TK, running parallel to the clubs shots
with a healthy number of cameos and appearances (know your celebs people!!). both healthy concepts but if you look at the “Zvirinani” video directed by Chris Shoca and compare it with the
SKUBU one that he also directed, then you see the similarity and might get
bummed by the lack of variety he shows as a director, the white background… Come on guys! Agaaain! The
visual interpretation on Tambisa showed an outstanding skill, showing some
imagination and creativity in content and production techniques. In terms of
superiority over SKUBU in an attempt to create a product that shows originality,
well, we have seen that type of video many times before so, they are at par.
Finally, the technical bit, creative use of Lighting, audio balance,
camera work , shots and angles that could provide impact if the editing used
enhanced message, the graphics/titles. You know! Both videos have an acceptable
video quality, Its always good to see different squads endorsing each other, that’s
rare in this world full of...erm what do the rappers call it? yes, Hate. it was nice seeing Team Bhoo merchandise in a song that’s not theirs,
nice move guys. Skubu did try to show the club hopping that's in the hook and the Tambisa boys surely put in a lot of work. We didn’t quite like the @[place-twitterhandles-here] that was
going on, on the Tambisa video but the props, the dancing, shots and set on this one
outclassed the ones on Skubu. This didn’t make the Skubu video bad, NO, it just
made them superior to Tkae Chidz and squad.
Final verdict, both videos were crazy amazing, it’s a good
way to start the year. However, “Tambisa” by Tricky J had a better video, not necessarily
a better song but a better video. Actually, we wonder what the crowds who booed
Tricky J’s particularly the gentleman who gave this irritated look, “who is
Tricky J any way” look when he announced Tambisa as the people’s choice award
winning song would say now.
Hey, that’s just our opinion, we are just gonna track the views while you...check the vids out here
Besides...who says the guys from PushZw know what they're talking about? this year's videos are on fire..this is proof
#Tambisa
#Tambisa
#Skubu
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