Last year, my "New Generation" hype video was a smash hit. It got across a lot of Raider Nation forums, shared on chatsports, and even shared by some of you may know him outside the Raider Nation for his role as Donkeylips, Mikey Rayder on raidercentral, a YouTube channel that provides a lot of Raider content and a lot of Raider talk 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. After that video, I followed up with a pair of highlights of the electric AC/DC tandem of Amari Cooper and Derek Carr and the "Untamable Beast," Khalil Mack. So, football season is around the corner and everyone might be wondering "am I going to make another Raiders hype video?" Here's your answer. I give you the true follow up of my "New Generation" hype video and entry #8 of the TrueRaiderLaker Productions: "Welcome to the Show!"
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To be honest about the process that went into editing this video, there was a lot of changes on my part to get the production of this video going. One thing to know about me is that I promote competition in the song choices of my videos. It was a three way battle between three songs: "Go Harder" by Future, "My Town" by Hollywood Undead, and "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva. I originally started work with Future's song, but since I already used Rap in a previous highlight video, I wanted to go in a different direction and I was unhappy with the flow of the video in its development stage, so I scrapped the idea with Future's song. I wanted the hype video to go harder (no pun intended) with a much harder track, a track that "packs a punch." I channeled in my video game and WWE savviness and picked out two songs that I knew from the past:"My Town" by Hollywood Undead, used in the dream crossover fighting game, Street Fighter X Tekken and "Ladies and Gentlemen" by Saliva, used as the theme song for WrestleMania 23. After experimenting with the two songs, I was happy in how the hype video worked well with Saliva's "Ladies and Gentlemen" as it clicked better with the Raider clips I used in the production. Albeit, "Ladies and Gentlemen" is a decade old song and we live in an age where nobody listens to 2000's hard rock anymore, it's an underrated gem of the past and a song to get hyped up to.
There's plenty of optimism with the Raiders this upcoming season, even though we're pretty much accustomed to be cautiously optimistic because we've had out optimism die down for 13 years now. But, this is a young, talented team that Reggie McKenzie has assembled for the past 3 years, adding young cornerstones like Khalil Mack, Derek Carr, and Amari Cooper who've all made major strides last season. Under the watchful eye of Jack Del Rio, the Raiders made major, albeit unsatisfactory improvement going from 3-13 to 7-9. However, this offseason proved to be a turning point as Oakland transformed from being the least preferred destination to being an attraction for top-tier free agents as they added 4 top free agents on the market in Kelechi Osemele, Bruce Irvin, Sean Smith, and Reggie Nelson. In the draft, the Raiders emphasized on bolstering the defense, adding a hard hitting safety in Karl Joseph and versatile D-linemen, Jihad Ward and Shilique Calhoun. With these upgrades, it's amazing to see the transformation of this team from Reggie's first year to this year. We've had a lot of roster holes to begin with, limited draft picks, salary cap problems. Now, we have an established core and players that provide more talent and depth on both sides of the field. All of a sudden, the Raiders are the talk of the town. The media who once berated this team for their past dysfunctions are now kissing up and picking them to make the playoffs. The time for talk is over, it's time to hit the field and put in the work. Give us what we want. We want to see Raiders football in January! "Welcome to the show, please come inside ladies and gentlemen!" Enjoy the video.
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The official thumbnail of the video. Featuring: Michael Crabtree, Amari Cooper, Derek Carr, Latavius Murray, Rodney Hudson, Mario Edwards, Jr., Khalil Mack, Sean Smith (original jersey edit by @onlyonenation), Karl Joseph (original jersey edit by @onlyjerseyswaps), and Bruce Irvin. Thumbnail size is 1366 x 768.
