Spodee - Away ft. Trae Tha Truth, T.I.

What this video is

Released October 10, 2013, 'Away' arrived during the peak commercial and cultural moment of Atlanta's trap confessional movement. The track appears on Hustle Gang's G.D.O.D. mixtape and was released days before Spodee's solo tape 'No Pressure 2' (October 21, 2013). The video situates Hustle Gang — a collective anchored by T.I.'s Grand Hustle enterprise — within Atlanta's Bankhead neighborhood, a geography deeply…

Why it matters

A key document of the 2013 Atlanta trap confessional subgenre, wherein maximalist Southern rap production gave way to introspective, somber visuals. The video demonstrates the Hustle Gang collective's visual brand consistency — dark, warm, location-grounded — and captures T.I.'s dual role as elder…

The director

Steven Philip, known professionally as Philly Fly Boy or PhillyFlyBoy, is a Milwaukee-native director, editor, and director of photography. He has accumulated over 500 million collective views across music videos, television, and film, with 40+ MTV/BET…