JAY-Z Releases “Adnis” Video On TIDAL
On our previous episode of “What is JAY-Z Doing Now?”, Hova released the BAM video with reggae artist Damian Marley . After that, the very controversial “Kill JAY-Z” video. Of course, both of them released and premiered on the mogul’s TIDAL stream site. Well now the Hard Knock Life emcee is back with another visual masterpiece, one for his bonus track titled “Adnis“, named after his father and main focus point of the track.
We were originally introduced to the sneak peak of the track via an ad that ran during the NBA Finals back in June, according to XXL Magazine. What started off as a teaser for the audio of the bonus track, ended up as the actual music video. This was the most highly anticipated and requested track, based on the Brooklynite’s fan base. The video also was directed by Mark Romanek, who directed “The Story of OJ“.
The black and white vision involves Moonlight actor Mahershala Ali and Lethal Weapon actor Danny Glover. Ali works the punching bag as a focused amateur boxer in a dark gym while Glover appears as his trainer in some of the scenes. Make sure to pay attention to the hidden messages between the visual and the narrated verses, as they embody each other.
In the song, Hov emphasizes his distant relationship with his late father, beginning his verse:
“Uh, letter to my dad that I never wrote/Speeches I prepared that I never spoke/Words on a paper that I never read/Proses never penned, they stayed in my head/Jotted on dotted lines, I’mma fight you, ni**a/From stories that I heard, I’m just like you, ni**a/Must’ve been some pain in your past, too/Must’ve been a karma that was past due/Must it be the energy that passed through/Many I’ve been a pastor, many snafus.”
Click this link to see the “Adnis” Video, courtesy of TIDAL.
Source: XXL Magazine, TIDAL, Genius.com
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