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Lil Wayne’s video for “A Milli” has a pretty straightforward concept: Watch as hip-hop’s newest superstar walks to the set of his next video (which, um, looks to be set in the same hotel as Fatboy Slim’s “Weapon Of Choice”), rapping all the way, even during bathroom breaks. The “Don’t Tread On Me” hat is a nice touch, too. But did you know that Ne-Yo also released a clip for his version of the track? And it has Busta Rhymes in it and everything.
My affection for this particular remix is well known, but I’d be shirking my duties if I didn’t point out that in whoever posted this clip is trying to claim that Ne-Yo’s “A Milli” was at some point the third-most-downloaded track on iTunes. Let’s all just be happy that “Closer” is finally, deservedly breaking through to the top 40, OK?
Lil Wayne’s A Milli Walkthrough… Err… Video [MissInfo.TV]
NE-YO FT. BANGLADESH “A MILLI” REMIX (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) [YouTube]
It’s hilarious how pointless it is to listen to edited rap. They censored “Chopper”? Really? I didn’t even wait to get to the “Shy Bitch” verse… it’s gotta sound like a clip from 4′33″
@Halfwit: Things of dubious censorship:
Venereal disease, menstrual bleed, chopper, copper, drop ‘em, “plate” in “had a plate,” ass, Glock, crack rock.
Things not censored:
Coke, derriere, that Orville Redenbacher line, loose bowels.
I stopped watching videos on BET about forever ago, though.
@Halfwit: The funny thing is the amount of editing that happens years after the fact. There’s over three times the amount of edited lyrics during a broadcast of “Gin and Juice” NOW, than there was when shit was actually in rotation. It’s like those conferences that law enforcement/family values groups would have in the 70’s, where they would talk about coded drug messages, and then play Doors songs that were eight years old.
@StuntKockSteeev: I’d always been intrigued by the opposite trend in the 90s (perhaps it’s been rolled back in the conservative 00’s) – when a single was first released, it would be edited to hell, but once it became a hit, they would roll back some of the bleeps.
this song (and this video for that matter) is incredibly boring. it does sound like nothing else i guess, but that’s not really a good thing. it’s still boring. not even interesting boring really.
this song is incredibly boring.