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<blockquote data-quote="UPROXX" data-source="post: 14114" data-attributes="member: 81">A couple of weeks ago, rap prodigy Vince Staples released the <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-magic-video/" target="_blank">music video</a> for “<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-mustard-magic/" target="_blank">Magic</a>,” the first single from his forthcoming album Ramona Park Broke My Heart, which he first began teasing even before unveiling last year’s critically-acclaimed <a href="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-self-titled-review/" target="_blank">Vince Staples</a>. Today, he’s back with a new single, “Rose Street,” and another music video.The first 45 seconds of the song is a sample, leaving only a little over a minute for Staples to break into a flow. Against a trap beat and booming bass, he spews quips about his devotion to his friends over his romantic relationships: “I’m married to the gang, don’t be playing games / Only bringing flowers to the homie’s grave.” It ends abruptly.The video is much less chaotic than the one for “Magic”; instead of getting jumped at a house party, he’s sitting solemnly on graffiti-adorned rocks at a beach looking at the crashing waves introspectively.Before releasing the song at midnight, Staples took to Twitter to generate some hype: “Will Smith inspired me man let me drop this video,” he wrote, referring, of course, to <a href="https://uproxx.com/movies/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-punch/" target="_blank">Smith smacking Chris Rock</a> for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars.Watch the video for “Rose Street” above.<a href="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-rose-street-video/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="UPROXX, post: 14114, member: 81"] A couple of weeks ago, rap prodigy Vince Staples released the [URL='https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-magic-video/']music video[/URL] for “[URL='https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-mustard-magic/']Magic[/URL],” the first single from his forthcoming album [I]Ramona Park Broke My Heart[/I], which he first began teasing even before unveiling last year’s critically-acclaimed [I][URL='https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-self-titled-review/']Vince Staples[/URL][/I]. Today, he’s back with a new single, “Rose Street,” and another music video. The first 45 seconds of the song is a sample, leaving only a little over a minute for Staples to break into a flow. Against a trap beat and booming bass, he spews quips about his devotion to his friends over his romantic relationships: “I’m married to the gang, don’t be playing games / Only bringing flowers to the homie’s grave.” It ends abruptly. The video is much less chaotic than the one for “Magic”; instead of getting jumped at a house party, he’s sitting solemnly on graffiti-adorned rocks at a beach looking at the crashing waves introspectively. Before releasing the song at midnight, Staples took to Twitter to generate some hype: “Will Smith inspired me man let me drop this video,” he wrote, referring, of course, to [URL='https://uproxx.com/movies/will-smith-chris-rock-oscars-punch/']Smith smacking Chris Rock[/URL] for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith at the Oscars. Watch the video for “Rose Street” above. [url="https://uproxx.com/music/vince-staples-rose-street-video/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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