Gone with the Wind. Everything seems to be a daze for TDE songstress, SZA as she graces the green earth in the latest visuals off her recently released, Z EP. Directed by APLUS Filmz, "Warm Winds" also features labelmate, Isaiah Rashad. Fly away with them below.
TDE stays winning. SZA, the recent addition to their roster (along with Isaiah Rashad), teams up with 50 Cent for "Teen Spirit". Although I liked 50's maturity on this track, it was SZA who really captured my heart. The dreamy beat gently complements SZA's dreamy, melancholic crooning while 50's presence anchors her meandering and lost soul. The video also explores this concept, with SZA drifting through a dilapidated, empty house that symbolizes her life. She is almost completely dependent on a dominating male figure to provide her life with some meaning or context and she hates herself and everyone because of this and inevitably pushes them away. She clings on to her childhood/simpler times (shown by the Nerf gun scene in the bathtub). She puts on many different fronts hoping that someone will accept one of them but beneath the veneers is just a cold emptiness.
Modern relationships in a nutshell. What y'all think?
The TDE takeover is in no way slowing down. Ab-Soul drops off his latest visual for "Pineal Gland", directed by Fredo Tovar and Scott Fleishman of APLUS Filmz. This track will be featured on Ab-Soul's upcoming mixtape Control System, set for release on May 11. If the rest of Control System is anything similar to what we get from "Pineal Gland", this mixtape may just be the release that Ab needs to get a lot of much deserved attention and exposure. The Come Up Show has been a fan of Ab-Soul for a while now, especially after Chedo's opportunity to interview him a couple times last year in April and July. He showed that aside from his musical talents, Ab is also a stand up guy. So be sure to check out the interviews and enjoy the video below.