Mims

Mims' new video for Move (if you wanna) if very visually stimulating.  He is rapping on a green screen and editors have superimposed him on video of breakdancers.  The dancers are not dancing normally however, they have been cut to move forward and backward doing the same moves.  I really like the video because the editing makes it very interesting to watch and the song is great as well.  I like how the song's beat is fairly simple but picks up in parts and Mims reacts to the beat by rapping with more conviction and force in his voice.  The rap is very clever in areas with his opening lines especially, "I don't understand why I have so many haters, knowing I'm their father like my name is Darth Vader."  

Rockin That Thang Remix

When The Dream came out with his song "Rockin That Thang" I became obsessed with it.  The beat along with The Dream's vocals make for a catchy, sexy song and a great video.  I was even happier to discover that two weeks later he released a remix with Fabolous, Juelz Santana, Rick Ross, and Ludacris that is even better!  THe video is black and white with bright featured colors per rapper.

Each rapper performs in front of their own magazine cover beginning with Fabolous.  His segment features hot pink, which is in his magazine title and t shirt design.  His rap is funny when he says "can I call you nana cause you got that rockin chair".  

The second segment is Juelz Santana who is in orange.  He wears an orange jacket and has a beautiful girl on an orange motorcycle for his video vixen. He and his dimple look adorable throughout but especially when he does his 2 little dances while saying "cause I'm gon' be rockin' ya".  I also love his last line where he says "I'll treat you like the first lady I'll put my Barack in ya".  If I were Barack Obama I would probably be offended, but since I'm not, I just think its funny.  I also think its interesting that MTV silences the "Barack in ya" but the closed captioning includes the lyric.  I guess deaf people are allowed to read things MTV considers inappropriate to hear.

Third up is Rick Ross who uses red as his color.  His video vixen should have been styled better.  Her outfit is not flattering at all.  She is a pretty girl, a bit thick but would look great in a dress or jeans and a cuter top, but leggings and a tight tank top with a belt in the middle is just not cute.  Ross's magazine of course says he is "aka The Boss".  I think Rick Ross must be pretty conceited to have a diamond encrusted replica of his face at the end of his chain.  I think its crazy how every new rap song mentions Barack Obama but I understand why.  However, Rick Ross gives Obama a random shout out after he says, "Im fresh as a black president, one, air force ones in my air force one (OBAMA)".  I just think its getting to be a little excessive including our new president in every song and Ross didn't really need to say it.

Ludacris has my favorite magazine cover.  His color is red and the font that says "aka Luda", "his favorite films", and "girls girls girls" looks like handwriting.  He has the prettiest girls, who are well dressed in his segment.  I like when he says "Im ready to take my Milky Way to your Hershey's kiss", because only Ludacris could say that and make it sound good.  One part that I think is funny is that he holds a giant cone to his mouth and screams "LUDA" directly at the girl standing in front of him.  That would be pretty loud!  

The Dream looks good in the video, I love his jacket but not his leather hat.  I like that it says "REMIX: Dream's All Star Line Up Featuring..."  The video is directed by Parris and I thought it was done very well! 

Blame It

Jamie Foxx got the Jam of the week out of the rut it had been in with his video for "Blame it".  The song is really fun and catchy but the video is really random.  It begins with Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Ron Howard, and Jamie Foxx getting out of a car to go to the club together and meet up with Samuel L. Jackson.  I find this to be very random because I would never picture this group of men going out to a club together.  I think Ron Howard had the same feeling because he makes a face that reads "yea I don't know why Im here but whatever!" as he gets out of the car.  I also think its weird that T-pain is not introduced or mentioned in the credits of the song but he clearly has a verse.  

The video is directed by Hype Williams and it is very stylized.  The whole video is shot in red light with hints of blue and purple light and there are camera flashes in almost every shot.  The video is a composite of very quick cuts that match the beat.  The quick cuts are throughout the video but they always happen when Jamie Foxx sings "a-a-a-a-a-alcohol" showing shots of alcohol, women, dancing, etc.   

Overall I like the song and video, even though it is random.  Its a very fun catchy club song you can dance to.