NESBY PHIPS CHEMTRAILS

The beat for “Chemtrails” was originally supposed to score Nesby’s “Bo Jacksons,” track. But after making what turned out to be the “Bo Jacksons,” beat, Phips realized that the soulful, melancholy vocal sample was better suited to a concept he had authored to play off the chemtrail conspiracy theory.

The chemtrail conspiracy theory claims that trails left by government aircrafts contain chemical or biological agents that target communities where higher-ups seek to influence population and climate control, violence stimulation, respiratory disease, and other health problems. While the theory hasn’t been scientifically proven, it has received a degree of governmental recognition; in 2001, chemtrails were referenced by US Congressman Dennis Kucinich in a bid to introduce legislation that would ban space-based weapons. Chemtrails were ultimately exempted from the verbage of the bill (which would never pass the House), but supporters of the theory nonetheless counted this as a significant victory on their behalf. 

Phips crafted a metaphor intertwining the Chemtrail theory with his JETS crew affiliation, since Chemtrails are emitted from jet planes. Trademark’s Supervillain alias made sense for a feature on the track’s smooth, melancholy hook. Eager to start the project, Nesby decided to direct and film the video himself, all on his iPhone. Using the 8mm lens setting, Phips filmed for two months in New Orleans, and on a solo tour that shuttled him between Atlanta, Virginia, Detroit and LA. He always sat by the wing of the plane to catch footage of the propeller and its potentially harmful offshoot. As lames caught feelings, Phips excitedly caught the climax of the video on a flight from Atlanta to Detroit, when he peeped a jet flying uncomfortably close above the plane he was on. It seems like there really are JETS over everything.

-Ned

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