De La Soul Music Analysis

In addition, there are two narrative technique used in this song, was signifyin’ and storytelling. From the music video which is accompanied with the song, Prince Paul states, “If you take three glasses of water and put food coloring in them, you have many different colors, but it’s still the same old water” (OldSchoolHipHop, 2012). Instead of “water” and “food coloring,” Prince Paul is actually referencing to “hip-hop” and “different appearance.” He was saying that although De La Soul shows many different kinds of styles or trying to convey a message, it does not mean they are hippies or some other kinds of people who supports revolt. They are still performing hip-hop with their unique styles. This song also accompanies with a storytelling setting which provides imagery to audience. …show more content…
The purpose of the music video, in my opinion, is to change the way people stereotype the hip-hop artists. In the music video, Dove, Posdnuos, and Maseo bullied by their classmates because their appearance was not a typical hip-hop artists would look like. The whole class was wearing stereotypical hip-hop dressing while three members of De La Soul wear differently. All of their classmates wear gold medallions and jewelry, sunglasses, and expensive sneakers. Yet for De La Soul, they just wear casual shirts and no jewelry at all. This provide a striking contrast between what people think of hip-hop and what it supposed to be. De La Soul wants to convey to the public that it does not matter what kind of attire people wear, hip-hop artists are hip-hop artists as long as they share a hip-hop