Widespread and Pete Rock, who not too long ago dropped their album The Auditorium vol. 1, are again with some beautiful visuals for his or her observe ‘Lucky’ off stated album.
The story pushed video is graded with a tinge of nostalgia, and captures tales from Chicago in a way that’s stuffed with gratitude. The observe itself is one constructed round being grateful for locating success, and suits the timeless motif of the album fairly effectively.
Widespread raps personally about his life, with metaphors you’d count on out of a seasoned emcee. You possibly can hear the expertise converse for itself as Widespread takes you down his reminiscence lane, the place he acknowledges the folks he has had fortunate to have in his life. On the manufacturing aspect, Pete Rock has made purposeful use of shimmering arpeggio based mostly melodies with a crisp drum break, which vastly provides to the file’s dreamlike high quality. All in all, it’s an expertise we should advocate.
Im lucky for my followers lol. You guys are superb and thanks a lot for embracing me & frequent’s venture. We havent felt this good in hip hop in a lil min lol. 🙏🏾😎
— PETEROCK.COM (@PeteRock) July 20, 2024
The video will place you in Southside Chicago, the place you’ll catch glimpses of individuals’s lives as they hug their family members, pray, mourn, have a good time and rejoice collectively. The video, and the music, is finally an ode to life itself — to a beating a coronary heart and drums that knock, for Widespread himself and for Pete Rock.