December 2013

Best Of The Month

Top 10 NSFW Videos of 2013

These videos could get you fired. They also could offend you.

NSFW was the biggest trend of the year. Some of this stuff is meant to shock. Others have an artistic slant. Some are from big stars and for big hits. Others are for things you may be seeing for the first time.

Not all of these have nudity, but you won't want to watch any of these where people can see your screen. Also, all of these are really good videos in their own right — although I'm still not sure about the Flaming Lips one, which might be the weirdest thing ever.

Top 10 NSFW Videos of 2013

And a special shout-out to NABIL and Foals:

Best Of The Month

Top 10 Hip-Hop Videos of 2013

Top 10 Hip-Hop Videos of 2013 with a few bonus tracks... Presented in the order I think you should watch them.

Bonus tracks:

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Meet Beyonce Stylist B. Akerlund

There's several recurrent credits in the Beyonce Visual Album, but one that may have caught your attention is stylist B. Akerlund.

She caught the NY Times attention too, which weighs in with a high profile feature on Akerlund — yes, she's married to director Jonas Akerlund — who styled four of the album's 17 videos including the first clip, "Pretty Hurts." Other styling credits include Lady Gaga "Paparazzi", Britney Spears "Work Bitch" and Madonna's look for her Super Bowl halftime show. 

The piece is centered on the Beyonce release — there's a slideshow of all the various looks in it — but mainly gives a great insight into the important role of the stylist in music videos and beyond.

Read:

What Would Beyoncé Wear? She Knows The Stylist B. Akerlund on Her Looks for Beyoncé and Other Stars

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Spike Jonze's New Film Her Opens Today To Rave Reviews

"Music video director" has long since ceased being the most accurate description for Spike Jonze, but the release today of his new film Her looks to cement the fact that many people will know him primarily as an acclaimed film director.

Just look at the reviews:

"One of the best films in years... The writer-director Spike Jonze gets beautifully lost in Her." - David Adelstein (New York)

"At once a brilliant conceptual gag and a deeply sincere romance... This is a movie you want to reach out and caress, about a man who, like everyone else around him in this near future, has retreated from other people into a machine world." - Manohla Dargis (NY Times)

"Visionary and traditional, wispy and soulful, tender and cool... A film that stands apart from anything else on the horizon in many ways, it will generate an ardent following" - Todd McCarthy (Hollywood Reporter)

"Her is a look at the pleasures and perils of new technology that's a smart entertainment and a subtle warning, a love story and a horror show. Acerbic, emotional, provocative, it's a risky high dive off the big board with a plot that sounds like a gimmick but ends up haunting, odd and a bit wonderful." - Kenneth Turan (LA Times)

Here's hoping Spike Jonze still comes back to visit us with a music video every now and then, but it seems like Her is the massive breakthrough he's been building toward since his first film, 1999's Being John Malkovich.

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