The music video for "Candy Shop" by 50 Cent portrays gender roles with the man having money, power and control over many women who are dressed in revealing clothing and serve as sex objects for the man's pleasure. The video for "Lollipop" by Lil Wayne similarly sexualizes women who are minimally dressed and engaging in sexually explicit behavior with the successful male artist. "Stan" by Eminem depicts domestic violence and a psychologically disturbed male character who is verbally and physically abusive to his girlfriend before killing her and himself, highlighting how music can portray violent and dangerous behavior.

1. Music Video Analysis
Gender Roles
Song Title: _____Candy Shop_________________________________
Artist: ______50 Cent________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. What are the men/women doing? (Dancing, sitting, swimming, etc.)
a. The man (50 Cent) is shown having a lot of money and power. He is shown as a
successful male and that he gets all of the women.
b. The women are shown as sex symbols throughout the entire music video. They
give the man what he wants and it seems to look as if they have less power than
him.
2. How are the men/women dressed? How much skin is revealed?
a. The man is dressed with casual clothing while the women are dressed in sexy
lingerie with a lot of skin showing.
3. Are there more, fewer, or the same number of men as women?
a. There is one man with at least 10 women.
4. Describe the body language of the men/women: are they sitting, standing, gyrating,
mugging, etc.?
a. The body language of the man varies between sitting and standing while the
women are always all up on him or standing.
5. Do the men/women have power? How do you know?
a. The man has the power because it shows the women giving him what he wants.
6. What³s the message of the song?
a. The message is that men have money and power while women are used for sex.
7. What type of music is the song?
a. Hip-Hop
Music Video Analysis
Race
Song Title: _____Accidental Racist_________________________________
Artist: ___Brad Paisley___________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.

2. 1. What races do you see represented?
2. Are there any dark skinned women shown? How many?
3. What is the race of the person at the focus of the video?
4. What are the black/Latino/Asian/white/Native American/Pacific Islander people doing?
5. What³s the message of the song?
6. What type of music is the song?
Music Video Analysis
Sexuality
Song Title: ____Lollipop__________________________________
Artist: _____Lil Wayne_________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe any sexually explicit body language:
a. Everyone is partying in the back of the limousine and all of the women are all
up on Lil Wayne.
2. Who is more sexualized • men or women? Both?
a. Women are more sexualized.
3. Are there sexually explicit lyrics or messages?
a. The whole song has sexually explicit language.
4. How are subjects of the music video dressed?
a. The men are dressed as successful while the women are wearing minimal
clothing.
5. Describe the relationships between the men and women: Are they long or short term?
Casual or serious?
a. The relationships in this song are basically just hook-ups.
6. What³s the message of the song?
7. Women are just used for sex objects for successful men.
8. What type of music is the song?
a. Hip-Hop
Music Video Analysis
Materialism

3. Song Title: ______So Much Money________________________________
Artist: ______Juicy J________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe the products that are highlighted in the video: (cars, jewelry, clothes, etc.)
2. Are any brand names shown?
3. How is wealth defined in the video?
4. Are products mentioned in the song lyrics?
5. What³s the message of the song?
6. What type of music is the song?
Music Video Analysis
Violence
Song Title: _____Stan_________________________________
Artist: ______Eminem________________________________
Directions: As you closely watch the music video, answer the following questions with as
much detail as possible.
1. Describe any violent lyrics in the song:
a. “Hey Slim, that's my girlfriend screaming in the trunk, but I didn't slit her
throat, I just tied her up, see I ain't like you, cause if she suffocates she'll suffer
more, and then she'll die too.”
b. “Sometimes I even cut myself to see how much it bleeds”
2. Describe any violent body language:
a. The man treats his girlfriend very abusive and yells at her constantly. He also
grabs his pregnant girlfriend and starts to shake her. Towards the end, he ties
her up and puts her in his trunk and commits a suicidal homicide by driving the
car off of the bridge with her in the trunk of the car.
3. Describe any violent actions or weapons that are shown:
a. He doesn’t use any weapons other than himself. He’s verbally abusive and
physically abusive.
4. Describe any self-mutilation or violence:
a. The man cuts his wrists just to see how much he bleeds. Also, he is physical and
emotionally abusive towards his girlfriend, who he end up killing in the end

4. along with himself. Speaking of the letters that he writes to Eminem, he is very
aggressive in his writing when he doesn’t get a response back.
5. What³s the message of the song?
a. The message in this song is that some people are psychologically insane and
that they take their violence out on other people.
6. What type of music is the song?
a. Hip-Hop