Town Business: Why "The Motto" video Doesn't Represent The Bay

All you Drake fans be quiet. You probably read the title and instantly thought, "She's a hater." Nope. Listen to my opinion before you make a judgement. Actually... idgaf if you make a judgement. It's my opinion. NOW:

My first problem with the video is that when you shoot a video that you KNOW many will think of as homage to The Bay, you CANNOT simply drive across the bridge, stand in front of the bridge rapping next to E40, and have a screen shot of the sign of Amoeba. REALLY?! To me, this could have been a video for a local artist. This is why I think it's wack. You have all these resources to really portray The Bay Area and show it in the light it should be depicted, and you shoot at what seems like 4 or less locations. WACK.

My second issue is that, I'm all for showing love to label mates, but Tyga wasn't on the original song was he? I mean... if they were going to add a verse, shouldn't they have added a Bay rapper? I personally thought E40 came off like a flunkie they used to gain legitimacy. HELLOOOOOOOO. You're coming to a region whose hip-hop talent is sorely underrated, and you don't put anyone from the Bay on the song? WACK.

My third, and final issue with The Motto (and I'm sure many won't get my point here), is that you come to the Bay Area, which is a place known to be a hotbed of political movement, and you bring this ignorant, albeit catchy, song here without even showing any of what we have going on with the Occupy movement, the mayoral issue in Oakland, the financial issue in Vallejo, the myriad of issues in the city. I realize that Drake is hardly the protagonist in the story of our next political leader, but... when in Rome? I guess not. WACK.

Overall, I found the video cheap. I felt cheated. I'm a town girl. We go crazy out here. Where was the scene of a crowd going dumb to the song? If you only live once, sorry Drake, a clean Bay video has yet to be checked off of your bucket list, homie. Check the video below, if you haven't seen it yet.

Drake ~ The Motto Featuring Lil Wayne & Tyga (Official Video) from OctobersVeryOwn on Vimeo.