Ten More Music Videos with Slow Motion Scenes

1. Kaytranada - "Holy Hole Inna Donut" 2013  Kaytranada will be performing at Decibel Festival's Resident Advisor Showcase on September 24 on the third floor of the EMP Museum. I'm pretty sure his live show isn't this sporty, but I will be sure to let you know.




2. FKA x inc. - "FKA x inc." 2014  She is a total badass. Still can't decide on the FKA Twigs vs. Flying Lotus + Thundercat dilemma on November 18 in Seattle.




3. Sylvan Esso - "Coffee" 2014  I love this song but I still cringe a little when he says "my baby does the hanky panky."




4. How To Dress Well - "And It Was You" 2012  I'm pretty sure this video is about people worshipping a guy who rides a segway?




5. Ella Eyre - "Deeper" 2013  Slow motion dance scenes with fans.




6. Fractures - "Twisted" 2013  (Australia) These guys make great songs, but, they're all total downers.




7. Majid Jordan - "A Place Like This" 2014  This lady keeps getting run into like the chick in Dr. Dre + Snoop Dogg's "Nothin' But A G Thing" (at 3:30), Dre did it better. This guy sounds like he wants to be all Weeknd-y.




8. Phantogram - "When I'm Small" 2011  This is an example of how hair tossing can be a dance move.




9. Method Man + Redman - "Y.O.U." 1999  So excited for our Method Man + Redman show at The Showbox on November 3.




10. Atmosphere - "Bitter" 2014  Slow-motion snowball fights are some Minnesota shit? Props to Atmosphere for being on top of their game.



The beginning of this Atmosphere song reminds me of "Fuck Regrets" by Datkid and Dee Green. No slow-motion in this video, but, they are from Bristol, which is fucking awesome.





The original Seven Music Videos with Slow Motion Scenes can be found here.

Ten Smoky Music Videos

1. Slimkid3 + DJ Nu-Mark - "I Know, Didn't I" 2014  This instantly became one of my new favorite songs, their new self-titled album was released on Delicious Vinyl today.




2. The Jets - "You Got It All" 1986  I finally forgave my sisters for cutting up the cover art from my Jets tape to use as a Barbie poster. It's initiation of dream sequence smoke.




3. Nemo Achida - "Big Lights, Deep Shades" 2011  I have yet to love any other Nemo Achida song.




4. Method Man and Redman - "How High" 1995  This is from The Show Soundtrack, not the great movie with the same name. My team at ReignCity has a Method Man + Redman show at The Showbox on November 3.




5. Cypress Hill feat Method Man and Redman - "Cisco Kid" 2001  This one IS from the great movie How High starring Method Man and Redman. B-Real of Cypress Hill will also be at the Method Man + Redman show at The Showbox.




6. Taco - "Puttin' On The Ritz" 1982  Seems crazy that someone would put Blackface in their video in the eighties, this is the original uncensored version that still contains the ugly stuff. Great song though.




7. Raury - "God's Whisper" 2014  Fun with smoke bombs, this is yet another Pigeons + Planes find.




8. Harry Clean feat. Dave B, JusMoni, YK Ari- "For The Love" 2014  (SEATTLE MUSIC)  I like the short film style of this one by Seattle's Detooz Films, they are constantly progressing, which is awesome. Plus, there's Barney and 2Pac.




9. Ron Contour + Factor - "Wondrous Things" 2012  The smoke is for the bees man, this video is very "Smashing Pumpkins - 1979."




10. Pyramid Vritra - "Eleven12" 2014  One of the latest Stones Throw finds.

Ten More Music Videos Featuring Reflections

1. SZA - "Babylon" 2014  *I wouldn't recommend putting a white sweater in the dirt like that, great song though.




2. Oddisee - "Back Of My Mind" 2014  *Oddisee seems like a cool dude, I'd go on a spacecruise with those guys.




3. Grieves - "Serpents" 2014  *Grieves is lookin' all slicked in this video.




4.  Pebbles - "Giving You The Benefit" 1990   *This song also features motorcycles, wind, skeezy fashion photographer, water, shadows, solo dancing, blue lighting, strobe light action, spying/espionage by a guy in a coonskin cap; they may have done all this to hide the fact that it is only a mediocre song.




5. Lykke Li - "No Rest For The Wicked" 2014  *This is from her new album, I Never Learn.




6. Big Mike, Biggie Smalls, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony, Buckshot, Busta Rhymes, Coolio, Digable Planets, Heltah Skeltah, Ill Al Skratch, Jamal, Menace Clan, and Redman - "Points" 1995  *This is from the Panther Soundtrack from 1995. The reflection is Dwayne Wayne @ 3:36.




7. Cyndi Lauper - "True Colors" 1986  *Call her up on the shell phone.




8. Redman - "Dunfiato" 2014  *Redman has so much personality, he doesn't need a flashy video.




9. Ugly Frank - "Leftova" 2014 (TACOMA MUSIC)  *But, did they ever eat the Froot Loops?




10. Shabazz Palaces - "Dawn In Luxor" KENZO Spring/Summer 2014 (SEATTLE MUSIC) *Reflections of the sun in the water and from the sequins. From their upcoming album Lese Majesty.

Five Music Videos featuring Video Games

1. Redman feat. Method Man and R.E.A.D.Y. Roc - "Lookin' Fly" *These girls don't look like they are "going Rambo". Redman gets autotuned in this song, ew. Redman is wearing a Nucking Futs shirt.

2. De La Soul feat. The Spirit of Wu-Tang - "Get Away" 2013  *There is a Playstation controller on the floor next to the 2013 style Rubik's cube. I love that there is a new De La Soul album and that there will hopefully be a tour that includes Seattle.

3. 38 Special - "Caught Up In You" 1982  *YES! 80's Party!

4. Air - "Kelly Watch The Stars" 1998  *For a minute there, I thought she might die from a ping pong ball to the dome.

5. Redman - "Da Goodness" 1998  *I was pleased to find that there actually are Def Jam video games.

I would definitely play as Slick Rick.

Ten Music Videos featuring Shopping Carts

1. Radiohead - "Fake Plastic Trees" 1995  *The combination of the 18 years that have passed and the fact that they are riding in shopping carts makes the guys in Radiohead look like babies. This is the King of the shopping cart videos.




2. Grieves and Budo - "On The Rocks" 2011  *I love videos with a storyline.




3. The Electric feat. Yarah Bravo - "Beautiful" 2010  *Yarah Bravo is definitely cool and the song doesn't suck.




4. Bishop Nehru feat. Que Hampton - "Misruled Order" 2013  *Great video but gets disturbing around the 3 minute mark.




5. Redman - "Pick It Up" 1997  *Redman is hilarious. If you need proof watch his movie with Method Man and Lisa Turtle, How High.




6. Earl Sweatshirt feat. Tyler, The Creator - "Whoa" 2013  *They've worked hard for our attention. You have to work as hard as them if you want to be on their level.




7. Tyler, The Creator - "French" 2011  *Tyler and his Odd Future friends dry hump a shopping cart and do many other (not)surprising things.




8. Grieves and Budo - "Against The Bottom" 2011  *This is the poppiest Grieves song ever.




9. The Roots - "How I Got Over" 2009  *This song is pretty good, but, I haven't had one of those moments when I decide I love it yet.




10. TH3RDZ - "Go For Broke" 2013  *JFK hangs out with a shopping cart, Candidt works out, and Xperience hangs out on a rooftop.

***CONCLUSION*** 

Naughty By Nature is to rapping behind fences as Grieves, Budo, and Odd Future are to shopping carts.

Ten Music Videos With Literary References

1. Tom Petty - "Don't Come Around Here No More" 1985 (Alice In Wonderland)  *This is one of the best music videos ever.

2. De La Soul feat. Redman - "Oooh" 2000 (The Wizard of Oz)  *Redman is the Wizard of Oooh.

3. Slick Rick - "Children's Story" 1988 (Alice in Wonderland statue)  *Classic.

4. Peaches - "Billionaire" 2010 (The Wizard of Oz)  *This one is a little dirty, so watch out for that.

5. OCnotes - "All I Really Had Was The Jazz" 2008 (The Three Little Pigs)  *This guy makes incredible music.

6. Snap - "Mary Had A Little Boy" 1990 (Mary Had A Little Lamb)  *I had this on cassette single. It looks like this video was just low-budget enough to not have a heater.

7. AlunaGeorge - "Attracting Flies" 2013  *Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, The Princess And The Pea, and Sleeping Beauty. This song is pretty great.

8. Jake Emlyn - "The Wonka Hath Landed" 2013  *This isn't really that cool, it is definitely an interesting oddity. Not only does it reference Roald Dahl's Willy Wonka character, it also referenced Anthony Burgess' A Clockwork Orange through the makeup the artist is wearing. I found this on the Pigeons and Planes blog.

9. Gensu Dean feat. David Banner - "Alice In Wonderland" 2012  *This video is so crazy that I had to include it. They definitely went all out for the video. I would never just listen to this song, it needs the video.

10. OCnotes - "Jungle Book Remix" 2008 (The Jungle Book)  *OCnotes is one of the Seattle music scene's greatest assets.

 

Ten Music Videos featuring Taxis

1. A Tribe Called Quest - "Electric Relaxation" 1994  *It's crazy that they edited out the word "ass" as in "fat ass thighs". It is a hip hop staple.

2. Depeche Mode - "It's No Good" 1997  *It would be awesome to see Depeche Mode in a club this small.

3. Yuna - "Live Your Life" 2012  *This isn't a club banger or anything like that. It's just a pretty good song with a good message.

4. Daft Punk - "Something About Us" 2003  *My favorite part of this song is before the singing starts.

5. Redman - "I'll Bee Dat" 1998  *Redman is hilarious.

6. Bahamadia - "True Honey Buns" 1996  *She's cool.

7. The Go-Go's - "Vacation" 1982  *I could never hate on The Go-Go's.

8. The Notorious B.I.G. - "One More Chance" 1995  *"Girls peepee when they see me" -Biggie  That seems like an uncomfortable situation to me, but, it is a quadruple rhyme so that's probably why he said it.

9. Jean Grae - "Love Thirst" 2008  *This song doesn't really do it for me, but, I think she is bad ass. She wears many different outfits in the back of a taxi in this video.

10. Grand Master Flash and the Furious Five - "The Message" 1982  *A prime example of the infinite potential of Hip Hop.

Ten Music Videos featuring Chains

1. Jeru The Damaja - "Come Clean" 1993  *This is another one of those good beats.

2. EPMD - "You Gots To Chill" 1988  *I love that this video takes place in an ice factory, can't get more chill than that.

3. Rocky Rivera feat. Davinci - "SF City Retrospect" 2011  *Her verse is the best part of this song by far, it starts at 1:26.

4. Billy Idol - "White Wedding" 1982  *One of the guys has chains on his black outfit, no surprise really. I like the part when Billy unwinds his scarf while looking at the camera, followed by a pout.

 5. Raekwon - "Incarcerated Scarfaces" 1995  *Most of these dudes are wearing chains, one of them even has to show off how big his chain is by putting it in his mouth!

6. When Saints Go Machine feat. Killer Mike - "Love And Respect" 2013  *It's funny that this dude is wearing a chain on the outside even when he is on the run. What if shit got crazy and he had to maneuver quickly and he lost it? I like the parts without Killer Mike the most.

7. Janet Jackson - "Miss You Much" 1990  *Janet has a chain hanging from her vest thingy.

8. Onyx - "Slam" 1993  *This band contains Fredro Starr, the thuggy troublemaker from Save The Last Dance. The energy displayed by these guys in this video is frightening.

9. Method Man and Redman - "Da Rockwilder" 1999  * I still like Method Man even though he is wearing white raver gloves and one of those weird hats with long dangly things. It's so cute when they walk together.

10. LL Cool J - "I'm Bad" 1987  *"I'm notorious, I'll crush you like a jelly bean" -LL Cool J (tough guy)

Ten Music Videos featuring Law Enforcement

Here's all the Music Videos with Cops I've found so far on a YouTube playlist...

1. J Dilla - "Last Donut Of The Night" (Song 2006, Video 2011)  *This is one of the winners of the Stones Throw video contest of 2011, this cop is a dick.



2. A Tribe Called Quest - "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" 1990



3. Don't Talk To The Cops! - "Swag Treated Treated Swag" 2012 



4. The Police - "Message In A Bottle" 1979



5. Nas and Lauryn Hill - "If I Ruled The World" 1996



6. Butthole Surfers - "Pepper" 1996



7. Redman and Method Man - "Whateva Man" 1996  *This is a Blues Brothers inspired video.



8. Chromeo - "Hot Mess" 2010  *There is definitely a tribute of sorts to the Robert Palmer ladies in this video.



9. Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg - "Deep Cover" 1992



10. Quasimoto - "Low Class Conspiracy" (Song 2000 / Video 2011)  *Another winner from the Stones Throw video contest of 2011.