Trey Songz may look sad in the intro, but don't worry. He cheers up real fast when he hits the set with a posse of beautiful women who are more than willing to join the party.
Shot concurrently as his controversial "Bitch Bad" video for Lupe Fiasco, director Gil Green further explores the idea of the modern day minstel show with two black actors who must put on both literal and figurative black face to play their roles. --> watch "One More Jig"
Lupe Fiaco breaks it down clearly in this confrontational and surely controversial clip: The stereotypical hip-hop video is nothing but an updated minstrel show. --> watch "Bitch Bad"
Despite the repeated lyric of '(Let the) Right One In,' this video by Phenomenal Handclap Band is not off the soundtrack of a Swedish vampire flick. Moh Azima's video is far too funky for that. There are planet-sized symbols, amazing future-retro (or is it retro-future?) costumes and White Stripes-esque rhythmic cloning - all of which make Phenomenal Handclap Band seem like the house band for a Brooklyn-based UFO cult.
