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Gnarls Barkley “Crazy” Dir. Robert Hale “Crazy,” the first single from the team of Cee-Lo Green (the soul machine) and DJ Danger Mouse (“The Grey Album”), is so goddamn funky that it reached number one on the UK singles charts in its first week of release…before the single was even sold in stores. Downloads of the song alone outnumbered the sum of sales across all media of the nearest competitor (who was, ironically enough, Morrissey), making history in the process...
Lupe Fiasco “Kick Push” Dir. Christopher Adams and Hannah McDowell Skateboarding is cool. It has always been, and will always be—at least until the “Back to the Future” hover-scooters go on sale at Target. So Lupe Fiasco’s “Kick Push,” an ode to the essential motions of the sport, already has the chips stacked in its favor. Fiasco starts the video, as all must, with a shout-out to his homies, but what follows isn?...
Mariah Carey “Say Somethin’” Dir. Paul Hunter Mariah Carey’s latest album entitled “The Emancipation of Mimi” has been criticized for not being as vocally aggressive as her previous work. While one would hope that her virtuosity was traded in for at least something redeeming, there’s no sign of it on this track: “Say Somethin” and its accompanying music video don’t tell us anything we haven’t heard before. The beat...
...Chili Peppers “Dani California” Dir. Tony Kaye In their latest video, “Dani California,” the Red Hot Chili Peppers play rock and roll dress-up, mimicking famous televised performances, from Elvis Presley’s early network appearances to Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged session, reaching a climax when the band appears as—surprise!—themselves. Unfortunately, all these changing costumes only remind us that the Chili Peppers have been stuck in the same musical-historical rut for the past 10 years...
...Streets “When You Wasn’t Famous” Dir: Adam Smith Countless music videos and songs fetishize the performer’s own celebrity, but it’s rare that they do so in as self-deprecating and witty way as The Streets’ “When You Wasn’t Famous.” The Streets (the nom de rap of one Mike Skinner) treat us in this video to a lighthearted romp through a high-priced rehab facility, complaining all the while about the camera phones and tabloid reporters...