Cyrus Langhorne
[SOHH highlights a hot record every week and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the smash in Singled Out. After Redman dissected his DJ Quik "Pacific To Atlantic" remix music video, rap veteran Consequence and newcomer Blu Gem break down their "Bottle Girls" remix music video.]
For the original version of “Bottle Girls,” like I’ve said, obviously I wrote this from an observation standpoint. The whole terrain was new sh*t to me and it was from the walks of life that I had been in.
For me, I kinda grouped everything together until I really started to research and getting the backstories. I really looked at it initially as, “Oh, that’s a bad chick!” Obviously me and Blu, once the song went viral, we met through social media. I shouted all of the girls out because, for me, I appreciated them as a muse.
We finally met personally and chopped it up and she told me her aspirations about being an artist and I was like, “Oh, that sh*t is dope.” Who would have knew? It’s a general with social media and where we’re at in society, it’s so skin-first with everything you see and with women.
I know there are women who have great stories to tell and I think Blu is going to be an ambassador of that. She’s so bad that you forget there’s a soul behind that.
Once we linked up and she nailed the verse, I knew it needed a video. I had already pulled Mack Wilds into the situation as far as doing the chorus. Mack Wilds is a superstar so you couldn’t lose with that. It was a no-brainer we had to shoot a video.
We really had to bring the song and visuals to life. –Consequence
We collaborated on everything. It was basically everything that was about me and what I felt about the industry. That’s pretty much where it came from. It was a lot of feelings in my verse. –Blu Gem
