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Video: Drake Refused Kanye’s Offer To Remake ‘Best I Ever Had’ Video
Nah Right —
“I didn’t want to make an R&B video, basically.”
Shouts to Shaheem, Rahman & Sway. After the jump, another clip talking about the motivation for the video.
via MTV:
Some fans liked it, some fans were scratching their heads after the debut of Drake’s “Best I Ever Had” video last month. Some in the blogosphere said the clip’s buxom female basketball team did nothing but cater to the male audience without matching the theme of the song; others just ...
DRAKE ON REFUSING KANYE'S OFFER TO REMAKE "BEST I EVER HAD" VIDEO (VIDEO)
ICEDOTCOM —
Read about it here. - ICE ...
Drake Refused Kanye West’s Offer To Remake Best I Ever Had Video
2dopeboyz —
... Drake told MTV that Kanye offered to shoot another video for the song, and he declined. He noted that receiving mixed reviews of his clip was a great lesson. ...
Drake Apologizes To Women For Controversial Video, Turns Down Kanye West Re-Make Offer
SOHH.com Dailies —
Drizzy chose to forgo another Kanye West video out of sensitivity for his female fan base. "That career move was very important to me," he said in an interview. "We've done such a great job of building it all up. It's kind of like people were getting this impression of me that I'm never gonna make a mistake...If you listen to the song, I'm not saying the most graceful thing in the world. It's not the most heartfelt song...I guess one thing I didn't consider is what the song personally means to a lot of women...To those women, I apologize. I do apologize. My intention wasn't ...
Don’t Apologize, Drake!
XXL —
... were talking about it. We saw a comedic element to it. I felt that the climate in the world right now, everything in the world is so serious all the time, my life is serious, I just wanted to laugh, instead of taking myself too serious as the heartthrob and walking hand-in-hand into the movies and taking my shirt off. I felt it’s not that time for me yet. Or maybe never. I’m a very multifaceted person. One thing I told ‘Ye is, ‘I really want to act. I want to act in this video.’ “ - Drake ...
Black Barbie on Branding: Alfamega Covers w/Lies, Drake's Video Not The Best We've Ever Had
ProHipHop: Hip Hop Business —
... regarding the effects of the video for Best I Ever Had:"Somehow, Drake and Kanye (the video’s director) managed to turn a cute love ode into a boob-filled, soft porn mini-movie. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against boobs...But the entire video took away from the song’s intended meaning. Instead of making women feel special and loved, which is why 99.9% of us loved the song in the first place, it made us feel objectified. And how could it not?" For his part, Drake claims he learned a lesson from the negative reactions and admits he didn't really take into account ...
Drake refuses Kanye's offer to re-do "Best I Ever Had" video
Jay Loves It ~ Entertainment News At It's Best —
... want to act. I want to act in this video.' " Kanye convinced him that the only way to be humorous was to go all the way with it and make it a full on funny video. "I guess one thing I didn't consider is what the song personally means to a lot of women," Drake said. "To those women, I apologize. I do apologize. My intention wasn't to put anyone down. It was to make them laugh. I wanted people to see something visually different." read the rest of the story here. ...
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