1. Music Video Analysis
Gender Roles
Song Title: Shabba______________________________________
Artist: _ASAP Ferg_____________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. What are the men/women doing? (Dancing, sitting, swimming, etc.) The men (ASAP Ferg
and ASAP Rocky) are living in luxury while the women are cooking and catering to their
every whim wearing sexy clothes and bathing suits.
2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed? They are wearing bathing
suits so pretty much all skin is showing besides private parts.
3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women? There are more women than
men.
4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating,
mugging, etc.? The girls are dancing and “twerking” around the guys and The guys are living
in luxury as mentioned before. They are sitting around fine China inside a mansion and
eating a large feast.
5. Do the men/women have power? How do you know? The men don’t really seem to have
power; they just have a lot of money and like to express it.
6. What³s the message of the song? Living like Shabba Ranks; being filthy rich and having
women.
7. What type of music is the song?Rap
Music Video Analysis
Race
Song Title: ______Wassup________________________________
Artist: ________ASAP______________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. What races do you see represented? African American

2. 2. Are there any dark skinned women shown? How many? Yes Two
3. What is the race of the person at the focus of the video? African American
4. What are the black/Latino/Asian/white/Native American/Pacific Islander people doing?
Drinking alcohol and danceing
5. What³s the message of the song? The people in the video drink and party and have a lot of
money so wassup.
6. What type of music is the song? Rap
Music Video Analysis
Sexuality
Song Title: __All American Nightmare____________________________________
Artist: __Hinder____________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe any sexually explicit body language: Female dancing sexually with barely any
clothes on and its liked by the singer.
2. Who is more sexualized • men or women? Both? Women
3. Are there sexually explicit lyrics or messages? Yes
4. How are subjects of the music video dressed? The women in in sexy night clothes and then
topless.
5. Describe the relationships between the men and women: Are they long or short term?
Casual or serious? It describes the woman turning from a good girl to a bad girl and that is
considered sexy.
6. What³s the message of the song? That the singer turns the good girls bad and bad girls
worse.
7. What type of music is the song? Rock
Music Video Analysis
Materialism

3. Song Title: _Bengermans_____________________________________
Artist: _____Biggie_________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe the products that are highlighted in the video: (cars, jewelry, clothes, etc.) Cars
Boats Money Girls
2. Are any brand names shown? yes
3. How is wealth defined in the video? Having a lot of expensive items such as cars boats ect.
4. Are products mentioned in the song lyrics? Yes
5. What³s the message of the song? It’s all about money.
6. What type of music is the song? Rap
Music Video Analysis
Violence
Song Title: __Jump Around ____________________________________
Artist: ___House of Pain___________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe anyviolentlyricsinthe song:The lyricsof the song say“jump around”. Thisis referringto
beatingupon the police.The lyricsalsosay, “I came to wininme as a sin.Try andplaythe role and the
whole crewwill actup.Get up standup. Youmust bust theminthe eye.If yourstepsup I’mgoing, I’m
smackingthe ho. So,if you come to battle bringa shotgun, Shotgun. Try andstepme you’ll take your
lastbreathe. ‘Cause whenIshootto give,Ishootto kill.Inevereata pig , ‘cause a pigis a cop.”
2. Describe anyviolentbodylanguage:The bodylanguage isjumpingaroundincircles,suggestingthatit
isok to fightthe police.Asthe videogoesonyousee thatthere are few people withbloodynoses.
3. Describe anyviolentactionsorweaponsthatare shown:Some of the violentweaponsare clubs,and
guns. Some of the violentactionsare thattheywere all dressedalike,theyactgang-like.The initial
scene inthe videotakesplace ina bar and there wasaggressive behavior.
4. Describe anyself-mutilationorviolence:youngdothe violence done inthisvideothe mutilationin
thisvideowouldbe the bloodynoses.

4. 5. What³s the message of the song?The message of the songis thatyoungwhite males,wearing
hoodiesare gangingupon eachotherand the police.
6. What type of musicisthe song?Thisis rap dance music.