Wednesday, October 28, 2009

ERYKAH BADU: HONEY (REVISTED)



We thought we'd revisit the ode to album cover art that is Erykah Badu's music video for her 2008 single Honey. And one year later the track is still slammin' (thanks for blessing us Producer 9th Wonder). The flick follows a slender young Sistah as she strolls through a record shop looking through the racks and stacks of wax, all of which feature our heroine, Ms. Badu, filling in for the original album's recording artists on their covers. I nice nod to the recordstore experience and the experience of looking through rows of designed album covers. For extra credit we've dropped a list of all of the original covers in order of their "remixed" appearance within the music video.

Performance: Erykah Badu
Direction: Erykah Badu
Co-Direction: Chris Robinson
Producer: Megan Gutman


Rufus Featuring Chaka Khan by Rufus


Blue by Diana Ross


Maggot Brain by Funkadelic


Paid In Full by Eric B and Rakim


Honey by Ohio Players


Perfect Angel by Minnie Riperton


Chameleon by Labelle


3 Feet High and Rising by De La Soul


Let It Be by The Beatles


Illmatic by Nas


Physical by Olivia Newton-John


Nightclubbing by Grace Jones


Hey Ya! by OutKast

Head To The Sky by Earth, Wind and Fire
John Lennon and Yoko Ono's Rolling Stone cover by Photographer Annie Leibovitz


Honey by Erykah Badu

VH1'S HIP-HOP HONORS, THE WORK OF KEHINDE WILEY


ICE-T


BIG DADDY KANE


NOTORIOUS B.I.G.


LL COOL J


SALT-N-PEPA


Keepin' it regal. Painter Kehinde Wiley has rendered some of Rap's royalty in the place
where they belong- among royal backdrops baby. And that's how many of us who've experienced these emcees on the first generation tip always saw them. Grand Royal! The above portraits were featured as key artwork within VH1's Hip-Hop Honors ad campaign and promotional and marketing support materials.