After more than a year of immersion in Kpop, I’m starting to regain faith in American music videos. Korean mvs are still fun to watch, and many of them feature eye-catching choreography and styling, but most of them [the most popular, anyway] follow a strict formula. While tolerably interesting, they leave little room for genuine [...]
Archive for the ‘Rap’ Category
MIMS – Move (If You Wanna)
February 3, 2011
Nicki Minaj — Massive Attack & Your Love
September 28, 2010
Actually feeling inspired/impressed enough by these to put them up here. Yes, of course there is the inevitable comparison to Lady Gaga but who cares, really. These two mvs are really interesting to watch, what with a million costume changes, artistic energy and not to mention a HOT PINK LAMBROGHINI. Also, this woman’s booty is [...]
Fabolous ft. The Dream — Throw It In The Bag
July 23, 2009
Is this song about shoplifting? Ha ha. If only women could curb their uncontrollable urges to acquire things. {!}
Sean Paul — So Fine
July 10, 2009
Once again, a male artist hires a group of female dancers to do all the work for his music video while he waves his arms around. The neon-geometric-intergalactic theme is…unusual. Those cornrows are really not doing Sean Paul’s head any favors; he should really try a different hairstyle. This song really makes no pretenses about [...]
Jay-Z — D.O.A (Death Of Autotune)
July 5, 2009
Thank you, Jay-Z, for supporting the banishment of the evil that is autotune. The beginning of this video seems like some sort of gangster movie. Every time I look at him now, I can’t stop thinking about how much older he is than his wife Beyoncé [he's 39, she's 27]. I can’t tell if he’s [...]
The Game ft. Chris Brown, Diddy, Boys 2 Men, Polow Da Don & Mario Winans — Better On The Other Side
July 2, 2009
Did I get chills while watching this because of the video, or because it’s been unusually cold these days? Rest in peace, Michael Jackson. You are greatly missed. I don’t understand why The Game is sitting fully-clothed in a tub. It’s a bit melodramatic. But I assume this video was put together rather hastily, so [...]
Twista — Wetter
June 18, 2009
I love the way Twista spits his rhymes, but this video rapidly reveals itself to be nothing but cliché. Several women posing in front of a fan as if at a photoshoot…otherwise known as totally-out-of-ideas or didn’t-even-bother-to-try. If these women were actually models, they would never be re-hired; they sit in the exact same poses [...]
Black Eyed Peas — I Gotta Feeling
June 14, 2009
I can’t look at will.i.am now without thinking of his role in Wolverine [not bad for a career crossover]. Fergie is sexy as hell but I did not expect to see her mostly-bare bottom [Mr. Duhamel is a lucky one indeed]. I’m still unsure about her change in hair color though; she reminds me a [...]
Flo Rida ft. Wynter Gordon — Sugar
June 8, 2009
I change the station every time this song comes on the radio. I can’t stand its repurposed mix of the original by Eiffel 65; Flo Rida’s tasteless lyrics do not deserve to be in the same song as Blue. This video is so campy and bad that my mind can’t even form coherent criticism, which [...]
