Product Description

Includes: wu-tang clan: craig mack: ll cool j: nas: mase: busta rhymes: r. Kelly: jay z: tlc and ja rule. Studio: Uni Dist Corp (music) Release Date: 05/28/2002 Rating: Nr

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #103796 in DVD
• Brand: Uni
• Released on: 2002-05-28
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 65 minutes

From the Back Cover
From the director who defined hip-hop.... Award-winning director Hype Williams' first music video collection of the biggest names in hip-hop today! Hype Williams's work and creative approach have rocketed him from the underground to hallowed ground among music aficionados, film enthusiasts, and hip-hop fans across the globe. Acclaimed for his skillfully imaginative and visually intoxicating music videos, Hype Williams has directed over 200 videos throughout his career and has become the most sought-after video director in music today. Hype Williams: The Videos, Vol. 1 features Hype's handpicked favorites from his own library--a chronicles of the life and work of one of the major talents of our time.

Videos: Can It Be All So Simple (Wu-Tang Clan), Flava in Your Ear (Remix) (Craig Mack), Doin' It (LL Cool J), Street Dreams (Nas), Feel So Good (Mase), Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Could See (Busta Rhymes), Half on a Baby (R. Kelly), Bib Pimpin' (Jay-Z), No Scrubs (TLC), Holla Holla (Ja Rule).

Customer Reviews

Great videos...so so DVD production.
I enjoyed watching (and re-living) Hype's videos and I took special interest in hearing his commentary on each video. On a few videos you could tell in his voice that he wanted to share more with the viewers but held himself back in order to "protect the innocent". I only hope that he dishes out some of the juicy details on his next volume.

I was dissappointed in the quality of Hype's interview for the DVD. For a man who has put out some spectacular looking video productions, it looked like his intreview was shot with an old 8mm home movie camera.

Hype Williams - The Videos, Vol. 1
These are good videos, no doubt. Hype Williams was a big influence for people like Paul Hunter and Little X. But this whole set is disappointing and predictable. Why must he give us the videos that we've all seen a million times before and can still see today on BET or MTV? How many times have we seen TLC's "No Scrubs" and Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'"? Where's all of the lesser-known works like Jay-Z's "Can't Knock the Hustle?" Where's R. Kelly's "I Can't Sleep Baby (remix)"? Lin'Que's "Let It Fall"? Any Missy videos? I was geeked to see Wu-Tang Clan's "Can It Be All So Simple" but was upset because they cut the preview of the "Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuttin..." video with "coming soon" shown at the bottom. And the interview with Hype was pretty dull. You're better off taping these videos off the TV; at least then you'll get the uncensored version of "No Scrubs" (they block out the "a" and "h" words on here).

good videos, poor extras
The videos themselves are great, although I found the choice of Mase's "Feel So Good" a bit questionable. Wu-Tang's "Can It all Be So Simple" was a great pick because it is lesser known and from early in Hype's career. I would have liked a couple more videos included, especially from earlier on, in addition to Missy's "Rain" video. The extras, I thought, were poor. Hype's commentary is sometimes interesting but becomes redundant. The (quite short) interview was worse, seemingly taken in one shot, with not even enough care to keep background noises (such as laughter) from interfering. Hype really had little to say, and no questions were really posed to him. This interview could have been much better. If you like the videos themselves, get the DVD but don't expect too much from the extras.