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Music, Watch – GIANT RAPPERS Retrospective

January 5th, 2014
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Giant Rapper Green Screen Retrospective

Through the use of green screen technology, rappers could be as large and/or in charge as they wanted to be, and the results are varying. While the giant rapper phenomenon has fallen out of favor in recent times, its lasting footprint will always be impressive from an overhead slow motion pan out.

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Music, Watch – The Lost Tapes Part II

March 17th, 2005
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Well, you knew this was gonna happen. A song about those XXXXXL white t-shirts/nightgowns that the kids have been wearing for a minute now. In all honesty, I’m surprised it took this long. What’s not surprising is that a bunch of scrub rappers from the South were the ones to make it happen.

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Music, Watch – The Lost Tapes

November 1st, 2004
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Rappers are such pussies these days, I swear – how you gonna appear in someone else’s video with the sole purpose of getting your ass beat? Character or not, that’s some weak shit. I mean, we all wanna see Bones 2: Still Bonin’ get made but damn Snoop, put out some more “Fa Shizzle” key chains or pot holders or something – stop slummin’ it.

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Music, Watch – Volume 2

June 3rd, 2004
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Music, Watch

“Gets No Better” is the blueprint for a club song with the entire chorus built around the call and response hook of “It’s your song, ma!” for the ladies and my nephew Swizzle on production. Sir Casio kicks the video off in grand fashion as he invites us to a bangin’ ass party at what looks to be Melrose Place — and even Kanye is there! White on!

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Music, Watch – Volume 3

February 24th, 2004
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Music, Watch

After being inundated with phone calls from all of our illiterate Gossiping Bitches fans, we here at Music, Watch proudly present the Anger Falcon Rating System for videos. The more Anger Falcons, the hotter the video – now you don’t have to waste your time reading this column. Get your scroll on.

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Music, Watch – Volume 4

January 27th, 2004
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Music, Watch

If you’re like me, you heard this chorus on the radio (“I’ll teach you how to stunt”) and envisioned an awesome “Fall Guy” tribute of a video, complete with 50 jumping off Jeeps about to careen off cliffs and the like.

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Music, Watch

October 13th, 2003
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Music, Watch

In all honesty, I’m still not sure if I watched this video or it was all some sort of opium-induced haze. Well, from what I gathered…

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