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The futuristic cheese grater era (startrek.website)

submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world 53 points 11 months ago (3 children)

It was virtual insanity.

[–] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

or was is Missy Elliot? We went a little H.A.M. on the fish eye lens back then.

[–] Desistance@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Busta Rhymes was the biggest offender of fisheye.

[–] akaxaka@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Courtesy of Hype Williams (Harold Williams) the director of all these music videos.

From wikipedia:

Awards Williams has received for his video work include the Billboard Music Video Award for Best Director of the Year (1996), the Jackson Limo Award for Best Rap Video of the Year (1996) for Busta Rhymes' "Woo Hah!! Got You All in Check", the NAACP Image Award (1997), the 8th annual Music Video Production Association Award for Black Music Achievement (1997), MTV Video Music Award in the Best Rap Video (1998) category for Will Smith's "Gettin' Jiggy wit It", MTV Video Music Award for Best Group Video (1999) for TLC's "No Scrubs", and the BET Award for Best Director (2006) for Kanye West's "Gold Digger".[4]

[–] MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Well, people did get their freak on.

[–] pingveno@kbin.social 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Listening to how that video was made was awesome. It's so simple and obvious when it's explained to you, even if it's not particularly obvious on its face.

[–] MBZzZzZzZz@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Oh, it feels just like it should.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It was intergalactic planetary.

Planetary

[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

I like my sugar with coffee and cream.