1. Goodwin’s Six Points Analysis
Analysis of two hip-hop music videos.
‘Childish Gambino – Freaks and Geeks’
‘Rick Ross – Hold me back’

2. Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Genre Characteristics
He sings about stereotypical rap topics for example
-Women (Hoes, Bitches, Pussy)
-Sexual gestures and singing about sexual experiences
-Rapping about money and fame
-Mentioning physical goods which he has purchased due to his success

3. Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Intertextuality
In the song Childish Gambino references multiple film and pop-culture icons.
-“These girls be actin’ crazy when they dance Black Swan”
-“This beat is a disaster, 9/11 this track”
-“You’re fuckin’ with the baddest like you tag-teamed Rhianna”
-“I got some pussy that was insane, so insane it was an enemy of Batman”
He also references past songs of his and other popular hip-hop songs

4. Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Visuals/Lyrics
-In the music video, He dances by himself (freestyle) he does Gestures to certain lyrics
throughout the song
-He Lip-syncs throughout the whole video as well.

5. Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Visuals/Music
In the video for Freaks & Geeks there isn’t any editing to the beat or visual representation
of the music in anyway. In this way Childish Gambino breaks conventions according to
Goodwin.

6. Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Selling the Artist
-He is a well know actor/ Comedian in America called Donald Glover in a hit TV show
called Community.
-Despite this Glover chooses to use a stage name to reinvent himself for the genre and
so this first single was used to show him in a hip-hop light instead his comedic
background.

7. Childish Gambino – Freaks & Geeks
Voyeurism
-The video starts with voyeurism, the audience watching Childish Gambino dancing by
himself in a warehouse but Gambino quickly notices their presence and sings directly to
them for the remainder of the video.

8. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
Genre Characteristics
-Use of slang and derogatory language (nigga, bitches, hoes)
-References sex frequently during the video.
Money, Physical goods & appearances

9. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
Intertextuality
Rick Ross doesn’t make any references to any other elements of
media, focusing the song solely on him.

10. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
Visuals/Lyrics
-Set in an urban area, Rick Ross is depicted as a gansta type of Character.
Many half naked women who are rather well endowed and are scantily
clad.
-When Rick Ross references having children, the video cuts to Ross standing
behind a large group children. This is supposed to be humorous.
“These hoes”

11. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
Visuals/Music
Scene changes and editing to the beat are frequently used during the
music video.

12. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
Selling the Artist
Depicted to be a stereotypical black gansta or “pimp” to sell him
as an authority and cool character to others.
The video also sells him as a criminal as it is shown that he sells
heroin to the other denizens of the slums.

13. Rick Ross – Hold Me Back
Voyeurism
-None towards the actual artist (unless you like heavy-set black men) but there is
heavy emphasis and objectification toward the females extras who are
depicted to be attractive for the audience.