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The reason that they were so popular THEN is because pot was up and coming as something that was becoming socially acceptable as well as becoming legal in some states within the next few years from the release of some of those films.
The greatest Comedy music videos of the 2000s, as voted by RYM/Sonemic users
- Sum 41: Fat Lip
- Birdman & Lil Wayne: Leather So Soft
- Dr. Dre Feat. Eminem: Forgot About Dre
- Ludacris: Get Back
- Mariah Carey Feat. Jay-Z: Heartbreaker
- Pulp: Bad Cover Version
- Soulja Boy Tell’em: Crank That
- Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne, Eminem: Forever
- Damian Marley: Welcome to Jamrock
- Radiohead: Knives Out
Directed by: Marc Klasfeld
These Canadian skate-punk rockers begin this anarchic video doing a short, impromptu four-part rap in a liquor store before the action cuts to a concert in a dry river bed, which is then interwoven with footage of the band acting up in front of the camera. Like the song it’s representing, the video is taut and frenetic but is also an honest portrait of the band’s raucous, youthful energy.
Directed by: Aaron Courseault
Despite the fact that we see a dreadlocked Lil’ Waynechanneling his inner guitar-toting rock star on this video, it’s replete with all the usual hip-hop iconography; designer jewelry, expensive cars, and gyrating, scantily clad women. Somewhat bizarrely, though, it includes scenes featuring child ballet dancers and a woman using sign language; images that seem at odds with the song’s sexually explicit lyrics.
Directed by: Philip G. Atwell
Eminem channeled his Slim Shady alter ego in Dre’s angry riposte to other rappers who had disrespected him. In an unusual twist, the final minute of the video is devoted to Dre’s protégé Hitman, who’s seen performing his song “Last Dayz.”
Directed by: Spike Jonze
Not all pop videos have glamorous settings; take the one to Ludacris‘ “Get Back,” for example, which begins with the rapper being hustled by a wannabe (played by ex-Pharcyde member Fatlip) while relieving himself in a public urinal. The video is also noteworthy for depicting Ludacris with huge, Popeye-like forearms.
Directed by: Bret Ratner
Contractual reasons prevented Jay-Z taking part in this video, which resulted in an animated sequence appearing in the section of the song where he performs his rap. Costing an eye-watering $2.5 million, “Heartbreaker,” which was mainly shot in the historic Los Angeles Theatre, remains one of the most expensive and best pop music videos of the 00s.
Directed by: Jarvis Cocker and Martin Wallace
“Spot the lookalike” is the premise of this spoof documentary-style video which parodies Band Aid’s “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” It features 29 celebrity doppelgangers; from David Bowie to Missy Elliott. Although Pulp‘s Jarvis Cocker is also represented by an impersonator, he appears in the video disguised as Queen’s Brian May.
Directed by: Dale Resteghini
Atlanta MC Soulja Boy (real name DeAndre Cortez Way) ignited a new dance craze that spread like wildfire across America with his video to an insanely catchy tune that spent seven weeks at the summit for the US pop charts. The rapper’s label boss, music mogul “Mr. Collipark” appears as himself in the video.
Directed by: Hype Williams
Four hip-hop heavyweights assembled for this video promoting the first single from the soundtrack to basketball player LeBron James’ documentary More Than a Game. It was shot in a Miami hotel though Eminem filmed his contribution in Detroit. James appears briefly, playing online poker at the beginning of the video.
Directed by: Ras Kassa
The Jamaican Tourist Board certainly wouldn’t endorse Marley’s view of his country in the reggae singer’s hard-hitting video to his 2005 hit, which depicts what most visitors don’t see when they go there on vacation: crime, violence, poverty, and corrupt law enforcement agencies. Paradise lost? Absolutely.
Directed by: Michael Gondry
Anatomical and surgical imagery abound in this surreal early 2000s video, which finds singer Thom Yorke in a hospital while his partner undergoes a bizarre operation. Thankfully, the video for “Knives Out” made no reference to the song’s cannibalistic theme, but it still had a nightmarish quality that seemed to capture the disquieting tone of Radiohead’s music.
- Charles Waring
The music video" feels like summer" by childish Gambino reminds me about it. This video was animated and I believe it came out around 2004ish. I believe it was pop punk or alternative music. Not flobots and I doubt it was a popular song. Only saw video once.
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