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
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