There is a long history of “getting hassled by the cops” videos in hip-hop and the latest clip from Elephant Man and Wyclef puts a Caribbean spin on the harassment with the help of director Gil Green. We meet our protagonists and the shady cops who pursue them in Miami’s Little Haiti neighborhood. While we understand that the song is about the police un-lawfully bothering Elephant and Clef, it's clear that the authorities may have reason to suspect our heroes are involved in the kind of, um, illegal activity also described in Chamillionaire’s “Ridin Dirty.” The chase is on and Elephant Man and Wyclef take us on a running, jumping, climbing pursuit through the colorful Haitian/Jamaican sections of South Florida. Like every episode of Cops, the bad boys end up in the back of a police van – perhaps reinforcing the lesson from HBO’s immortal The Wire : When avoiding the cops, leave the distinctive hairstyle at home (review by Doug Stern). --> watch "Five O"
Elephant Man feat. Wyclef Jean "Five O" (VP/Bad Boy/Atlantic)
Gil Green, director | Judd Allison , producer | 305 Films , production co | Tom Marvel, DP | T. David Binns, editor
