Videos: Guru + Common / Young Buck + Latoiya

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Videos

Published on June 12, 2007 with 32 Comments">32 Comments

Guru + Common – ‘State of Clarity’

Off the fourth installment of Guru’s renowned Jazzmatazz series, this collabo track has been in my heavy rotation for a while and should be in yours. The video to match is superb to say the least. A throwback to the good ol’ days, it’s unreal: cartoons never looked and sounded so grimy.

Enjoy (and just be yourself)!

EDIT: The video utilizes various clips from Robert Crumb’s ‘Fritz the Cat’ (Big ups to our pal James for the find! ;-P)

Next up we’ve got:

Young Buck + Latoiya Williams – ‘U Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere’

Sure it’s a pretty weak track, but hey, I gotta keep things balanced, right? At least you can get to see Buck Marley dancing by the sea….. (pause)… You might wanna crawl back up to that Guru vid.

- Ivan

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  • http://nayschola.blogspot.com Nahshon

    I’m just tryna be myself here…I never used to listen to Common before TRU. That’s the illest cartoon i’ve ever seen.

    ps-Does playing G-unit videos have some kind of corporate sponsorship behind it or do you just do it for laughs?

  • http://nayschola.blogspot.com Nahshon

    I’m just tryna be myself here…I never used to listen to Common before TRU. That’s the illest cartoon i’ve ever seen.

    ps-Does playing G-unit videos have some kind of corporate sponsorship behind it or do you just do it for laughs?

  • dcmdva

    i dunno about you but the transition in the video to ‘buck the world’ was pretty tight actually

  • dcmdva

    i dunno about you but the transition in the video to ‘buck the world’ was pretty tight actually

  • Ivan

    Nahshon: purely for the laughs. Seriously though, I believe representing both sides of the picture presents to the people the wide gap between what you hear on the radio and what you don’t. I kinda prefer the latter, but hey, who am I to judge, right?

    dcmdva: Fair enough, at least from a cinematographic viewpoint. Wow, is that even a word? Guess so…

  • Ivan

    Nahshon: purely for the laughs. Seriously though, I believe representing both sides of the picture presents to the people the wide gap between what you hear on the radio and what you don’t. I kinda prefer the latter, but hey, who am I to judge, right?

    dcmdva: Fair enough, at least from a cinematographic viewpoint. Wow, is that even a word? Guess so…

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    Who did the video? Is it just off an old ‘toon that someone edited? Still mighty healthy dope regardless…

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    Who did the video? Is it just off an old ‘toon that someone edited? Still mighty healthy dope regardless…

  • Ivan

    ^ I’ve been wondering that as well. I would assume they retooled an old cartoon, but which one? Ah! I’m dying to know!

  • Ivan

    ^ I’ve been wondering that as well. I would assume they retooled an old cartoon, but which one? Ah! I’m dying to know!

  • http://jamesoldcastle.blogspot.com James

    A quick Google tells me that this cartoon is “Fritz the Cat.”

  • http://jamesoldcastle.blogspot.com James

    A quick Google tells me that this cartoon is “Fritz the Cat.”

  • Ivan

    Thanks alot James! I added that bit of info to the post.

  • Ivan

    Thanks alot James! I added that bit of info to the post.

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    ahah @ James, thanks dude..figured..just couldn’t remember to place a name..

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    ahah @ James, thanks dude..figured..just couldn’t remember to place a name..

  • Were Read 2 Def

    4 some reason, the 1st thang I thought of before I played the video was…Hawaiian Sophie?

  • Were Read 2 Def

    4 some reason, the 1st thang I thought of before I played the video was…Hawaiian Sophie?

  • http://beatsandrants.blogs.com Trent

    What the fuck is that Guru video? A cartoon? That’s wickety-wack to me.

    Are you trying to tell me you couldn’t get two rap legends together to do a video? It didn’t have to be directed by Hype Williams, but damn — a cartoon?

    Now here’s the real kicker. I think that Young Buck joint is bangin’. (No Caushun)
    The video is wack. They could have chosen a better treatment than the standard “Rapper gets seduce by hot ladies on a exotic locale” bullshit treatment.

    Forget these two videos. Nelly‘s “Tip Drill” clip is more entertaining than these two duds.

  • http://beatsandrants.blogs.com Trent

    What the fuck is that Guru video? A cartoon? That’s wickety-wack to me.

    Are you trying to tell me you couldn’t get two rap legends together to do a video? It didn’t have to be directed by Hype Williams, but damn — a cartoon?

    Now here’s the real kicker. I think that Young Buck joint is bangin’. (No Caushun)
    The video is wack. They could have chosen a better treatment than the standard “Rapper gets seduce by hot ladies on a exotic locale” bullshit treatment.

    Forget these two videos. Nelly‘s “Tip Drill” clip is more entertaining than these two duds.

  • http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com/ ian

    Trent is right. The Young Buck video is super generic (but will prolly work where it needs to: BET, MTV2 etc.) but that track is a banger. Anyone saying otherwise is really hating.

  • http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com/ ian

    Trent is right. The Young Buck video is super generic (but will prolly work where it needs to: BET, MTV2 etc.) but that track is a banger. Anyone saying otherwise is really hating.

  • DAYNE

    I like G-Unit but they need new producers. Holla at me

    http://www.myspace.com/dayneedwardsmusicpublishing

  • DAYNE

    I like G-Unit but they need new producers. Holla at me

    http://www.myspace.com/dayneedwardsmusicpublishing

  • Ivan

    Ian: To be fair, I think the second Buck track is a banger, not the first one. And the first one is the “primary” video, so….

  • Ivan

    Ian: To be fair, I think the second Buck track is a banger, not the first one. And the first one is the “primary” video, so….

  • http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com/ ian

    I’m talking about the first track….

  • http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com/ ian

    I’m talking about the first track….

  • Ivan

    ^ lol..good…yeah, I agree, the second one is pretty hot. Nothing groundbreaking though… such as, in my opinion, Kanye’s new tracks.

  • Ivan

    ^ lol..good…yeah, I agree, the second one is pretty hot. Nothing groundbreaking though… such as, in my opinion, Kanye’s new tracks.

  • http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com ian

    As long as it’s good I don’t really care if it’s groundbreaking or not. There’s only a few visionary cats like Kanye who can manage to do both anyway.

  • http://differentkitchen.blogspot.com ian

    As long as it’s good I don’t really care if it’s groundbreaking or not. There’s only a few visionary cats like Kanye who can manage to do both anyway.

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