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...mother could love. the rapper’s dueling identities—the commercial T.I. and the rawer T.I.P.—against each other. This track is meant to remind listeners that T.I. has street cred and should be feared, as well as loved, by fans. While the video??s style takes pains to portray the rough underbelly of rap that no longer exists for some of its biggest stars, T.I. seems uncomfortable in a role he once played perfectly. Though he can swing a chain imposingly, threaten the camera with a bat, and mimic pulling...
Within the song’s two minutes and 17 seconds, a miniature scale model of the band manages to wreak havoc on the otherwise quaint, tiny town the video??s live-action amateur enthusiast constructs...
...video ends, Feist turns to the camera to conduct the last few bars of music. She bows quickly, cementing the video??s status as a charming piece of theatricality—nothing more, nothing less...
...video??s outset, director Sean Wainsteim matches the video??s imagery to the song’s lyrics. As lead singer Dave Monks sings, “Do your neighbor a favor / Collect their morning paper / And clip out all the sad bits, no one wants to read that,” the middle-aged man confusedly examines a newspaper that has parts...
Both artists (and the video??s viewers, living vicariously through them) can “make it rain” like Adam “Pacman” Jones without worrying about a single repercussion. And that’s why the club scene gets recycled in so many guises, in so many songs, and in so many videos. Getting your drank on is simply too appealing...