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STOP PLAYING WITH ME

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Clipse - So Be It (Official Music Video)

As She Slept,

I Wept

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Clipse - Let God Sort Em Out (Official Album Trailer)

Thank you, Lord. (I love You)

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The Game - Wouldn't Get Far ft. Kanye West

I turned this one down so many times before agreeing to do it. I was down to do anything Kanye was a part of (since the Patchwerk days). I had known Game before he signed with Dre and 50, and while I knew everything he was saying was true, it did not feel "right." Kanye kept coming back to me, and I originally went with a highly conceptualized piece that was anti-the-song, but the label did not want to release the budget to shoot, so I came up with this. I took from The Roots concept and merely updated it. I took so many shots at the industry that I was sure they would not approve it. I also was surprised when Gloria (Velez) chose to appear in the video. While Game said nothing negative about her in the song, I remember presuming it was not something she would want to be a part of. Still, she was kind (and intelligent) enough to understand the vision (and that none of what was said applied to her, so shout out to Gloria). There are a ton of cameos in this one, but I will leave it up to the viewer to spot them all. Unfortunately, they cut my ending (which had a relatively strong lesson/message). It took me years to watch this one (or tell my family or friends about it). I cried each time I watched it because of the removed ending. It was vital because I needed to make a point with all that was said (lyrically) and shown (visually), but I regrettably never made it. Such is life. "Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be…" Video Vixens ©7, Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson. The industry can be filled with misfortune as much as it brings fortune (and fame). I survived it because of the people around me who love me. If you do not have that, you will be the subject of a Greek tragedy (or an E! True Hollywood Story). Thank God I am unscathed.

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For you, baby, I'd find you

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The Roots - What They Do (With Text)

I was just a kid when I did this one. The original (the one with the titles) ran on all MV networks. Then suddenly, they said it had to be reedited without them, which destroyed the message. If you look at it without titles, it becomes another mindless Hip-Hop video (which is what it was making light of). The original edit never ran again on television; the band and label only revived it on YouTube (and even that took nearly a decade to achieve). Sadly, I always had two concepts prepared when doing Hip-Hop/Rap videos. One made the viewer think; the other was stereotypical (women, jewelry, money, cars, mansions, etc.). The budgets were massive and could accommodate the storytelling I did in Rock, Country, and Pop, but the labels always chose the clichéd concept. The funny thing is, I used all of those setups I was making fun of in my other urban videos. People would always assume the artists wanted the passé conceptual MVs and how wrong they were, but the record companies had the final say. Regardless, there was a hidden message I would always convey. You merely had to watch with eyes open to catch it.

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LISA - ROCKSTAR (Official Music Video)

On February 27, 2024, I told you, "Stay tuned, yo."

KILLED it.

(And yes, that is Tame Impala - New Person, Same Old Mistakes interpolation/sample)

Tell me that LISA cannot outdance almost any performer, and I will call you "A liarrrrrrrrrrr."

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Another June is nearing its completion.

Although Sleepless in June [has been] completed [and for quite some time], it will not see its release (again).

(6) Days in July

Soon Comes

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Justin Timberlake - No Angels (Official Video [Directors Cut])

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I was so proud of this video – until I learned of people's reactions to it. I have distanced myself from it entirely. I have not even shared it with my family (I do not think they know it exists). For context, I do not believe in promoting/sharing evil. I understand the difference and the ramifications (even from a scientific standpoint). What you feed into/believe is what will manifest. That said, for reference, look to the opening sequence of the film Blade (1998) and (less so, but relevant in this concept) From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). I apologize. Sometimes, there is inspiration (a simple idea) instead of influence or agenda. I am not afraid to admit when I offend or get things wrong.

(Lord, forgive me)

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The Weeknd, Madonna, Playboi Carti - Popular (Official Music Video)

We SMASH CUT to an extreme close-up of Madonna's (and previously Miley's) mouth(s).

Hatfield House (Abel)

NYC (Madonna)

ATL (Carti)

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Pharrell Williams, Miley Cyrus - Doctor (Work It Out) (Official Video)

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Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World (Official Music Video)

This video was supposed to be straightforward – it became anything but. After some very detailed research, this was my conclusion. United States History.

(And I believe what I wrote is what occurred [without a doubt])

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Stay tuned, yo.

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Usher, Alicia Keys - My Boo (Official Video)

I think this was my first R&B video to top TRL (it was not my first #1 video on TRL, but I believe it was my first R&B MV to do so). What people are unaware of (and I believe it sometimes has to do with stereotyping or my later works) is that I started out doing only Rock videos. Rock fit my style as I could tell a story – a beginning, middle, and end. That was not possible in urban genres (usually). "My Boo" came about entirely by chance. The label asked me to do a video for Alicia Keys, and the treatment went to Jeanine (Alicia's Manager at the time). Still, they decided against shooting a video for the song they had chosen initially. Jeanine got back to me immediately and asked if I would mind if she sent it over to Jonetta (Usher's mother and manager). She explained that they had been looking for a concept for "My Boo" for two months (or longer) without success. Within the hour, Usher's mother asked if they could have it. At the time, I had no idea "My Boo" was going to be a single. My video for Alicia coincidentally had Usher as the love interest (it is also why you see her Album cover in Usher's window reflection). But he would only be in the video as that (her love interest) and not performing (her song did not have him singing on it).

What is even stranger is that I had no idea that Usher and Alicia had known each other from a very young age (the photograph you see of the two of them in the video as teens/pre-teens is actual, not Photoshop). In most of the videos I have done, what is in my mind is perhaps 98-99 percent of what you see in the final edit. With "My Boo," it is 100 percent. I rarely storyboard my MVs. The reason is that I describe every color, detail, hairstyle, clothing, etc., thoroughly. I recall my first Rep disliking that. They felt that was best suited for literature. That attention to detail eventually had me doing a record number of weekly videos (and why the acts wished to work with me). No one needed a storyboard; they only needed to follow my vision in the written word. Alicia is wearing what I saw her in (hair, makeup, and the color and style of lingerie – even the color and style of the furniture). When Usher goes out for his walk, the couple you see where the girlfriend is asking her boyfriend if that is Usher was what I imagined might happen in real life (along with the cab nearly running into him – that happened to me in NYC and was something I threw in – gesture included). One downside to having a number one video on TRL was that they always had to cut it short as the show ran long. So you rarely (if ever) got to see the entire video on the show. It was in the top spot for a long while.

I sometimes forget about this, but it led to much work in R&B and Rap/Hip-Hop (it led to a lot of work with Kanye immediately after). I tend to fail to recall that. Contrary to popular belief, urban musicians/acts always want(ed) more elaborate storylines and concepts; the record companies want(ed) performance work. I am thankful to Jeanine and Jonetta for seeing my vision so clearly (and quickly).