Drake ft. Trey Songz – Successful (video)
Posted in Artists, Music Videos on September 1st, 2009 by HyphenAfter weeks of teaser pics, behind the scenes vignettes, sneak previews (and sneak previews of sneak previews), the long awaited follow up to Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video has finally hit the net.
First off, I prefer the mixtape version of this song from So Far Gone (minus Weezy’s completely unnecessary appearance) rather than this edit with an added verse from Trey Songz. Plus the hook just doesn’t catch the same without hearing “the hoooooooes.” Why is “hoes” even edited? That’s not a bad word at all. “Hoes.” See? No censor. Thank you Don Imus.
Aside from the [Ludacris] HOErrible [/Luda] censorship, visually, I think the video is pretty much spot on. If there was one iota of sunshine in this clip, I would have been livid. The beat, melody, subject matter, etc. all combine for a perfect late night soundtrack. It’s almost too bad the single couldn’t drop later in the year. This would be ideal for the cold Pacific Northwest winter.