Ten Music Videos featuring Street Signs

1. Joey Bada$$ feat. CJ Fly - "Hardknock" 2012  *They get all up in the street signs.

2. Nas - "Made You Look" 2002  *This song is from the God's Son album, which is my favorite Nas album.

3. LL Cool J feat. Boyz II Men - "Hey Lover" 1995  *Classic mid-nineties Hip Hop and R and B combo.

4. The Beatles - "Penny Lane" 1967  *British street signs are so much classier than American street signs. In this video, The Beatles ride horses wherever they want.

5. Cat Power - "Manhattan" 2013  *Something deep inside me tells me that this is not cool, yet, I like it anyway.

6. Anthony Hamilton - "Comin' From Where I'm From" 2003  *I never really had an Anthony Hamilton phase, but, this song has always stood out as quality.

7. Midnight Star - "Operator" 1984  *Every phone in this video has a cord, even the giant phone.

8. Uptown XO - "Spread Love" 2013  *This song is just okay, it feels like it is missing something. Maybe the beat needs one more level or maybe it is perfect for someone else. It doesn't suck bad enough for me to leave it off the blog though.

9. MC Lyte - "Brooklyn" 2008  *The first 33 seconds of this video is actually Flying Lotus' "Tea Leaf Dancers" which is much better than the "Brooklyn" song. MC Lyte goes for the Jamaican (or some other) accent in this unfortunately weak comeback tune.

10. New Order - "Regret" 1993  *There are many other things going on in this video besides street signs and it all happens so quickly.

Ten Music Videos with Sped Up City Scenes

1. Pretty Lights - "We Must Go On" 2012  *I never paid attention to Pretty Lights before I saw this video. I will now pay more attention.

2. Berlin - "Sex (I'm A)" 1982  *Warning, this video does contain a moving topless comic book lady and nude mannequins. This is the only music video I've seen that has a close-up of someone eating an oyster from a table with decidedly sexy food.

3. Cracker - "Low" 1994  *Remember this song? No, just remember?

4. Mos Def - "Umi Says" 1999  *This is from my favorite Mos Def album, Black On Both Sides.

5. M.E.D., Blu, Jimetta Rose, and Madlib - "Burgundy Whip" 2013  *It's a pretty good song, but, I don't think I'll star it on Spotify or anything.

6. Fliptrix - "Heart Full Of Love" 2013  *Fliptrix has churned out at least six videos of his own in 2013 already. I can tell he loves to make music, which is cool. I feel that Fliptrix is getting much closer to where he could be.

7. Twista - "Overnight Celebrity" 2004  *This is the only Twista song that I like.

8. Midnight Star - "No Parking On The Dance Floor" 1983  *Watch this video if in search of serious eighties visuals.

9. The Roots - "Star" 2004  *This is a very wholesome music video.

10. Signif - "Drifting" 2010  *OK so, I don't really like this song that much. I do like that she is a lady rapper who doesn't seem like a crazy person (you know who you are...or do you?). She's cool.

Ten Music Videos featuring Shiny Things

1. Midnight Star - "Midas Touch" 1986  *Everything gets painted gold in this video, that's pretty shiny.

2. Bahamadia - "Uknowhowwedu" 1995  *Bahamadia is definitely cool.

3. Busta Rhymes - "Dangerous" 1997  *Busta Rhymes was really shiny (and often yellow) in the nineties.

4. Georgia Anne Muldrow - "Kneecap Jelly" 2013  *I know this is cool because it is produced by Madlib and she is definitely awesome.

5. Janet Jackson - "What Have You Done For Me Lately" 1986  *You can't get much cooler than Janet in 1986.

6. Earth, Wind, And Fire - "Boogie Wonderland" 1979  *Naturally, the Boogie Wonderland would have to be shiny.

7. Salt 'N Pepa - "None Of Your Business" 1993  *The whole Blacks' Magic album was great.

8. Jurassic 5 - "What's Golden" 2002  *It's raining shiny gold records.

9. Q-Tip - "Vivrant Thing" 1999  *Q-Tip's solo project produced in party by J Dilla had two great songs for me, this one and "N.T.".

10. Vanity 6 - "Nasty Girl" 1982  *This band was created by Prince in 1981. It's all very in-your-face sexy, not unlike modern day female stars like Nicki Minaj.