Synopsis
No Malice delivers a somber visual meditation on leaving his former life behind. Framed by candlelit rooms, mime-like imagery, and funeral symbolism, he looks back on the drug-centered worldview associated with his years in Clipse while affirming his Christian transformation. He addresses the pain and consequences attached to his old lyrics, his changed relationship with Pusha T, and his decision to pursue a different path. Jon Bibbs supplies the soulful hook, reinforcing the song's mournful but ultimately redemptive atmosphere.
Factoids & Trivia
- "Bury That" was released as part of No Malice's debut solo album, "Hear Ye Him," which came out on August 18, 2013.
- The music video premiered on November 26, 2013. The song itself had first appeared earlier that year, on June 4.
- The track was produced by The Profound Sounds, a Virginia-based production group that also handled the album's title song.
- No Malice uses mime imagery as a visual metaphor for the gap between his former public persona and the testimony he is presenting in the song.
- The video's candlelit setting, funereal tone, and imagery of burial turn the title into a metaphor for putting his old subject matter and past identity to rest.
- Jon Bibbs, who contributes the chorus, is from Richmond, Virginia. His gospel-leaning vocal gives the track a contrast to No Malice's direct, autobiographical verses.
- No Malice's verses reference both his history with Clipse and rumors surrounding his relationship with Pusha T. The video presents his spiritual change as a personal redirection rather than a simple rejection of his brother or their shared legacy.
- A behind-the-scenes video was released in September 2013, several months before the official visual appeared.