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WATCH IT: Levek "Black Mold Grow" (Michael Lawrence, dir.)

Michael Lawrence, director: "David (from Levek) and I spoke for months about the meaning behind the album, "Black Mold Grow" in particular.  Similar images kept on coming into both of our heads - a gauzy, transcendental view on a young woman's struggle with her psyche.  Creating the film was an organic process - everything from the original script to the end product was guided by the nature surrounding us.  The locations and environments added a large scope to the film — but, more than anything, created a backdrop for a character-driven story to unfold in a spontaneous, genuine way."

--> watch "Black Mold Grow"

WATCH IT: Rolling Stones "Doom & Gloom" (Rok Predin, dir.)

"I've always been suspicious of TV, I've always found music and video to be an unhappy marriage." — Keith Richards

I really like this new Rolling Stones song. I also really like the lyric video, which was a nice Banksy feel to it. But what I like best is that somebody probably had to explain what a lyric video is to Keith Richards, which was probably an amazing conversation. --> watch "Doom And Gloom"

Recreate Sledgehammer With Peter Gabriel

"If you show for me, I will show for you..."

Peter Gabriel is ready to remake "Sledgehammer," or more precisely: He's ready for you to remake it.

As part of the 25th anniversary of his landmark album So, the classic rocker is calling upon people to fire up their webcams and recreate one of the most popular and critically acclaimed videos of all time. 

Using a timeline format through his Facebook page, you can pick a scene and then either film or link to a YouTube clip of your own version. 

WATCH IT: RZA + The Black Keys "The Baddest Man Alive" (Chris Marrs Piliero, dir.)

Three legitimate contenders for Baddest Man Alive + One Fortune Cookie = Total chaos.

RZA and The Black Keys square off against each other, causing much damage to a restaurant and lots of bodily harm to anyone that gets in their way. You'll need to stick with this kickass clip until the end to see who reigns supreme, but it's not who you think. --> watch "The Baddest Man Alive"

Drop It Like It's Hot (Pocket... or Intellectual Property)

There are hundreds of "Flava In Ya Ear" homages. But, there is only one "Drop It Like It's Hot" — an icily simple, yet sophisticated video by director Paul Hunter for Snoop Dogg. And it serves as a perfect barometer for judging a music video: If you can remember both the visual and the audio ten years later, it's an all-time great. And "Drop It Like It's Hot" is indeed that.

In fact, it's so memorable that it can be used as the basis for a Hot Pockets campaign Pocket Like It's Hot, with Snoop spoofing his own song/video with Andy Milonakis and other guests.

WATCH IT: Cartoon Network 20th Birthday (ilovedust, dir.)

Cartoon Network celebrates 20 years of on-air madness with a music video for a song commissioned to Mad Decent and directed by UK design shop ilovedust. It's a complilation of nearly 100 characters, ranging from the well-known Daffy Duck to the should-be-famous Finn The Human. --> watch "Cartoon Network 20th Birthday Music Video"

ilovedust, director |  Ingi Erlingsson, creative director | Ewen Stenhouse, art director | Ant Baena, producer