Snoop Lion's "Get Away" Music Video Offers Pokemon Homage
Hip hop, rap, and R&B artist Snoop Dogg - or more recently, Snoop Lion - participates in Pokemon battles and in-the-air shootouts. Done in the style of old videogames, "Get Away" is quite different from Snoop Dogg's earlier material.
A large portion of the "Get Away" music video uses the style from older Pokemon games as a pixelated Snoop Dogg character walks through a town. The buildings, signs, and text boxes look just like they do in Pokemon. To top it off, the bottom of the video reads "red/yellow/green version." After some short exploration, Snoop meets a character named Lazer, the character for song producer Major Lazer. The two have a Pokemon battle.
About halfway through the video, the two take to the sky in a side-scrolling shooter to fight tanks and a floating sound system with eyes. In a somewhat repetitive battle, Snoop and Lazer emerge victorious, and a red, yellow, and green "Stage Clear" flashes.
Previously Snoop Dogg appeared in a he has his own fighting game called Way of the Dogg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMxY9zQ768s] in which the player character trains under Snoop Dogg.
"Get Away" is a song from Snoop Dogg's latest album, Reincarnated, and departs the hip hop genre for more of a reggae feel. The music video was directed by Ashten "Whoopi" Winger and animated by Mykola Dosenko.
Source: YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7oBToWvduM]
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Musician Snoop Dogg's music video for "Get Away" features Pokemon and classic side-scrolling games.Hip hop, rap, and R&B artist Snoop Dogg - or more recently, Snoop Lion - participates in Pokemon battles and in-the-air shootouts. Done in the style of old videogames, "Get Away" is quite different from Snoop Dogg's earlier material.
A large portion of the "Get Away" music video uses the style from older Pokemon games as a pixelated Snoop Dogg character walks through a town. The buildings, signs, and text boxes look just like they do in Pokemon. To top it off, the bottom of the video reads "red/yellow/green version." After some short exploration, Snoop meets a character named Lazer, the character for song producer Major Lazer. The two have a Pokemon battle.
About halfway through the video, the two take to the sky in a side-scrolling shooter to fight tanks and a floating sound system with eyes. In a somewhat repetitive battle, Snoop and Lazer emerge victorious, and a red, yellow, and green "Stage Clear" flashes.
Previously Snoop Dogg appeared in a he has his own fighting game called Way of the Dogg [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMxY9zQ768s] in which the player character trains under Snoop Dogg.
"Get Away" is a song from Snoop Dogg's latest album, Reincarnated, and departs the hip hop genre for more of a reggae feel. The music video was directed by Ashten "Whoopi" Winger and animated by Mykola Dosenko.
Source: YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7oBToWvduM]
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