The Hype Williams-directed video for Jamie Foxx’s ode to the deleterious effects of alcohol, “Blame It,” seems to focus on two things: the color red and bizarre celebrity cameos. In the credit sequence (yep), Jarhead costar Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, Ron Howard, and Jamie Foxx are highlighted, but there are plenty more to come. Wait. Ron Howard?! Yep, Opie Cunningham himself.
Howard—via his great appearances on the Simpsons and other shows-has created a cottage industry of mocking himself, but he plays it pretty straight here, as do the other participants. Let’s see, I identified Quincy Jones, Morris Chesnutt, Tatyana Ali, Samuel L. Jackson, Cedric the Entertainer, and Bill Bellamy among the redfaced revellers. Wait. Bill Bellamy?! Was someone drunk when they cast this thing? And the song? I dig it pretty well, though to our Autotune alarmists out there, Jamie Foxx’s voice is so tweaked here that when featured guest star T-Pain shows up, the two are almost indistinguishable. Like the two BET hosts said at the end, it looked like a good time was had making this video, though it’s not the most exciting thing to watch. At the very least, the ruby red video captures the theme of the song, which seems to be that alcohol is the solution and/or cause to all life’s problems.
Video: Jamie Foxx feat. T-Pain - Blame It [Nah Right]
Do I smell vodka… and wheatgrass?
Yeah, as I watched it I thought, “damn not sure about everybody relying on autotune these days” (or at least not so heavily, you already have a fine voice as is Mr. Foxx). And then T-Pain came in, and for me, stole the show with his few lines and dancing and what not. (I could be biased though. I have been playing Thr33 Ringz a lot recently). After a while, I even succumbed to the hook, but then again you would/probably did too, seeing as how the song is damn near six minutes long.
Not enough enthusiasm here. This is the jam of the fucking year.
@Al Shipley: Oh no, I like the song a lot. I’m grading the video more than anything. And I think Jamie should have hit his vocals a little straighter.
@Lucas Jensen: I agree. Jamie Foxx should’ve used his own vocals a little more. Upon first listen, I thought it was The Dream and T-Pain on a Jamie Foxx production. I have the album (Intuition) and I was looking all through the credits for The Dream. Jamie Foxx caused me to lose a bet because he decided to over-use autotune.
Question…since T-Pain claims that P-Diddy granted him royalties to his album for using autotune, I wonder if T-Pain and Jamie Foxx also have a contract? Well, hell, in that case Ron Browz should make all checks out to T-Pain aka Mr. Teddy Penderassdown.