Vybz Kartel Drops New Video For ‘Our Girl’ With White Yardie & Lisa Mercedez: Watch
‘King of the Dancehall’ Vybz Kartel looks to conquer the UK with a music video for his new single, Our Girl, which features Comedian White Yardie and dancehall artiste Lisa Mercedez.
The visuals for Our Girl, which is produced by Drop Top Records on the Arabian Riddim, were shot in England and opens with a young woman taking a call in an attempt to sneak out. She says that it’s for work but it doesn’t seem that her doting companion appreciates her story.
White Yardie, whose real name is Harry Gregory, is featured in the opening sequence as a driver who comes to help his troubled friend out. The two leave the scene dressed as rich Arab men, not before the one in distress laughs at his partner for whispering that he loves his woman in a somewhat ironic twist.
Vybz Kartel makes it quite obvious that he’s after England’s women as the opening line in the song is: “Yo Derby, Bondstreet, every hot gyal haffi ah call we Birmingham, Manchester, London, Bristol.”
As the video goes on several Jamaican dancers are featured showing off their moves, including Kartel’s newest flame Lisa Mercedez.
Recently there has been debate in the Gaza camp as to who is considered the First Lady which was started by dancehall artiste Lisa Hyper. Mercedez is featured in the video and his children’s mother Tanesha Johnson is mentioned in the lyrics as he sings: “Get di Guinness and di peanut, get di oats inna, put a smile pon mi baby mother face, Tanesha.”
It appears there might no real war between the ladies in the camp as both Hyper and Mercedez will appear on Kartel’s upcoming album, Of Dons & Divas, while Johnson stands as the co-producer through her Short Boss Muzik label.
Our Girl might also bare a personal message for Mercedez, as she had received death threats in March after revealing she had returned to her Islamic faith, and still intended to continue her dancehall career. She was also later forced to delete her music video for Shahada which offended some Muslims because of its use of a prayer from the Koran.
The song itself is a brilliant condensation of a story in which several men share a woman but one of them gets to caught up in his feelings and begins spying on the woman. The beat as with most Kartel hits is fast-paced and catchy, while the lyrics leave you totally caught up in the world that he’s created.
The video ends when White Yardie realises that his friend has brought him on a spying mission and they part ways.
“Stop watch di gyal like criminal, anuh your gyal, she ah our gyal, stop watch di gyal like criminal,” Kartel urges the man.
At the very end of the video, there is a light-hearted moment as the cast breaks down in laughter when an actor keeps shouting: “This ah our gyal.”
Kartel has delivered yet another hit with a sublime video all from behind bars. Watch below.