2 Chainz - Can't Go For That ft. Ty Dolla $ign, Lil Duval

What this video is

Released November 13, 2020, 'Can't Go For That' appeared on 2 Chainz's sixth studio album So Help Me God (Def Jam), a project delayed partly due to sample clearance challenges. The song samples and interpolates Hall & Oates' 1981 hit 'I Can't Go for That (No Can Do)' as well as Cameo's 'Back and Forth,' placing it within a broader 2020-era hip-hop trend of high-profile vintage soul and funk sample clearances. The…

Why it matters

Represents a significant crossover moment between contemporary Atlanta trap identity and classic soul/funk aesthetics, demonstrating hip-hop's expanding appetite for retro-cultural sampling beyond music into visual language. The video's parody of 1970s TV performance formats, combined with a Hall…

The director

Bryan Barber (b. December 20, 1970) is an Atlanta-based music video and motion picture filmmaker who studied film at Clark Atlanta University. He directed his first music video for Outkast in 1998 and has since directed over 200 music videos for artists…