M: Shine

Shine

Blitz the Ambassador dropped his newest single for upcoming album DIASPORADICAL and with some visuals to go with it. "Shine" is a song about being comfortable with yourself and not letting adversity getting to you. Blitz is great at stimulating energy in his songs. As soon as the lyrics start I'm feeling pumped. His flow is on point as always and changes with the pace when appropriate. Lyrically, it is straight, but not obstinately low by any means. His message is clear and not hidden behind depth, but lacking depth isn't a knock on this by any means. Variety is good. The traditional African instrumentals from Afropolitan Dreams return here with a bit of trumpets thrown in. It's very pleasant on the ears and contributes to the feel good vibe of the lyrics.

As for the video itself it's vaguely a storytelling music video. It starts with a man handing Blitz  a package. There seems to have been a deal between the two, possibly for witness protection or something else entirely. The man asks about his daughter and gets a reply about both of them could get deported, the man enter's Blitz's car and drives off. The remainder of the video follows the man's daughter as she roams about and dances around the city with a man in a straw costume. The choreography is cute and the video is well shot for the most part, the bridge scene seems to be a little blurry, probably due to over exposure from the direct sunlight. The video concludes with the daughter falling to the ground and the father picking her up and carrying her off. It's odd and I don't see what this story had to do with the song, but overall this video was pretty good and the song is even better. Two good songs from the ambassador so far. DIASPORADICAL is looking like it's going to be pretty good.

7/10