We have some really mixed feelings about the following marketing video. No, it's not because of the music, as frankly even J-Pop would have probably worked better than the low quality dubstep/brostep frenzy that has taken over some corporate videos lately.
So, we don't have anything against hip hop as backing music for a somewhat uplifting infomercial, but we're not sure what to think about AMG getting it on with a song that has quite a large array of NSFW language in its original version.
Sang by a rapper calling himself Najee The 1, the original tune is apparently named El Uno, and here are some “sanitized” excerpts from it:
“No Pappy, but ya b*tch call me daddy
Riding that 4 train all I envisioned were Caddys
Even better AMG 550, sliding out and got my guys with me
Welcome y'all to my city […]
And you know just what mom's on
F*ck it, book full of notes, found my zone - I love it […]
Coming up, a n*gga like me would only hear
How a n*gga like me couldn't get there
Some how a n*gga like me standing right here.”
Not only that, but the video editing itself might induce image-induced seizures to some epilepsy sufferers if you ask us. Apart from that, let's just say that we kind of dig it. How about you guys?
Alex handled his first real steering wheel at the age of five (on a field) and started practicing "Scandinavian Flicks" at 14 (on non-public gravel roads). Following his time at the University of Journalism, he landed his first real job at the local franchise of Top Gear magazine a few years before Mircea (Panait). Not long after, Alex entered the New Media realm with the autoevolution.com project. Full profile
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