Date 2021-04-06
Category Lyrics, Music Video
In September of last year, R-Mean paid homage to the great LeBron with “King James,” a Scott Storch-produced banger with a key assist from Jeremih. Now, four months deep into 2021, the lyricist has returned to give the single some additional momentum. Behold the new visuals for “King James,” which finds R-Mean and Jeremih holding it down for a heavily basketball-inspired video clip directed by Alex Kodo.
Though the titular baller is currently sidelined with a high ankle sprain, his legacy is well represented all the same. Adorned in Lakers gear and surrounded by similarly supportive cheerleaders, both R-Mean and Jeremih hold it down with the commanding presence of a starting duo. Given the subject matter, it’s not surprising to see basketball heavily incorporated into the clip, with plenty of highlight-reel dunks from Jordan Sutherland and
Alan Palesano — there’s even a reimagined take on the Zoom audience, which originally aimed to simulate the presence of fans during the onset of the COVID bubble.
Though the video may have taken a bit of time to land, it’s nice to see R-Mean keeping his momentum rolling. The rapper has been putting in work for a minute, and we’re interested in seeing what he’s got lined up for the remainder of the year.
[Chorus: Jeremih & R-Mean]
King James
And my team keep winning like
King James
23 in my city like
King James
‘Cuz my team keep winning like
King James
23 in my city like
[Verse 1: R-Mean]
Yeah, 23 ‘cuz we been balling
Got my shit from Ben Baller
Bounce it like a Impala
And she fiending for that coca
Use it till her nose bleeds
But we sittin’ courtside
Yeah, right by King James
I brought that bitch down to Cali like King James
The type of brain drive a muthafucka insane
I learned from Don Juan, Rick James
Big watch, big rings
And ain’t a muthafucking thing I ever ran from
I draw these hoes like a foul — and one
Making moves, yeah we back on the road
PTG we blow the back out these hoes like
[Pre-Chorus: Jeremih]
23 bitches in my condo
Passing them around like Rondo
We don’t ever come in through the front door
Keep two or three with me in the city like I’m
[Chorus: Jeremih & R-Mean]
King James
And my team keep winning like
King James
23 in my city like
King James
‘Cuz my team keep winning like
King James
23 in my city like
[Verse 2: R-Mean]
She know I’m gon’ bag her
She said she like me ‘cuz I look like French Montana
Dressed in all white looking like a coke boy
Booty be like “oh, boy”
Lil’ mama shake it to another Scott Storch banger
She know I’ma hit it right
I just be into the type of women that my women like
Dim the lights
Two and three like King James
And that bitch stay wet like my swish game
And she wet, and she wet, and she wet, and she wet
All she wanna do is bang like a muthafucking tech
And she wet, and she wet, and she wet, and she wet
All I wanna do is “du du du” like a tech, yeah
[Pre-Chorus: Jeremih]
23 bitches in my condo
Passing them around like Rondo
We don’t ever come in through the front door
Keep two or three with me in the city like
[Chorus: Jeremih & R-Mean]
King James
And my team keep winning like
King James
23 in my city like
King James
‘Cuz my team keep winning like
King James
23 in my city like
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