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"
Kendrick Lamar"Swimming Pools (Drank)" (TDE/Aftermath/Interscope)Jerome D., director | Rachael Luskin, producer | JeromeD.com, production co | Krystof Andres, DP | Top Dawg, exec. producer
A now archaic rule in music video is that "If it's bad, it's pixellated." The bottle of malt liquor, the gun, the weed leaf on Snoop Dogg Lion's hat. This Dinosaur Jr video takes that to the extreme, first pixellating the faces of people and the things that are bad influences upon a sweet, yet quickly turning sour checkout girl. It all ends in heartbreak, but comedy star Tim Heidecker is there to avenge our blotchy heroine. --> watch "Watch The Corners"
