Lil Baby - Catch The Sun (From ＂Queen & Slim： The Soundtrack＂)

What this video is

Released January 29, 2020, 'Catch The Sun' exists at the intersection of hip-hop's prestige-soundtrack era and Black cinema's cultural moment. The Queen & Slim: The Soundtrack — released November 15, 2019 on Motown Records and nominated for a NAACP Image Award — was conceived by director Melina Matsoukas to showcase the historical evolution of Black music. Lil Baby's contribution represents a deliberate artistic…

Why it matters

A landmark example of the prestige hip-hop soundtrack video — a format revived by Black auteur cinema in the late 2010s. 'Catch The Sun' demonstrates Atlanta trap's capacity for introspective, cinematic storytelling, expanding the genre's emotional register beyond its dominant aggressive…

The director

Cameron 'Cam' Busby is a writer-director originally from Cleveland, Ohio, working between Los Angeles and New York. He began his career on the editorial staff at Esquire magazine as a producer and editor before transitioning to music video direction. He was…