Rapsody - Power ft. Kendrick Lamar, Lance Skiiiwalker

What this video is

Released October 2017 alongside Rapsody's debut major-label album Laila's Wisdom (Jamla Records / Roc Nation), 'Power' arrives at a moment of heightened Black political consciousness in hip-hop, energized by the post-TPAB critical landscape. The track and video constitute a symbolic reciprocal collaboration: Rapsody had appeared on Kendrick Lamar's 'Complexion (A Zulu Love)' from To Pimp A Butterfly (2015), and…

Why it matters

A landmark document of the 2017 conscious hip-hop moment, 'Power' exemplifies the genre's renewed investment in dense lyricism, community affirmation, and cross-label artistic solidarity. Rapsody's status as a female MC within a male-dominated lyrical landscape gives the track additional…

The director

Cam Be is an Emmy-winning film director, photographer, musician, DJ, and music producer based in Chicago, IL. He studied at New York Film Academy (2006) and Columbia College Chicago (2008–2010). In 2012 he received an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in News…