Best 7 for 07 – Music Videos

And now its time for my favourite list of the year, the one which outlines the best music videos of the previous year. I’ve tried to see as many as possible and tried to keep as objective as possible. As you can see, there are really only a few artists that actually care about their music videos, and they feature a number of times in this list.
Without any further ado:

7) Good Life – Kanye West feat T-Pain – What can I say? Mr West and T-Pain, its such a simple yet awesome clip. Seriously though, Kanye is one of the few artists that I really look forward to releasing a new music video clip. Every single one of his are well and truly spectacular, funny and creative. On a side note, what’s the deal with T-Pain? He’s in every song these days! I’m not complaining, I love it!

6) Sexual Eruption – Snoop Dogg – Wow! Is it the 80s already? You could be forgiven for thinking so. Snoop takes us back to the days of those trippy videos and clothes. Definitely brings out the nostalgia card and reminds us of how far we have come in terms of music videos, from the days where they used to stand and sing, and emphasises the importance they play as an expression of opinion.

5) What Goes Around… Comes Around – Justin Timberlake – Probably the most epic clip of the year, length wise and story wise. It tells of a familiar story line, where someone cheats on their partner, but stars Scarlett Johansson. Yum! A first I wasn’t a huge fan but it has definitely grown on me enough to be placed on this list.

4) 1 2 3 4 – Feist – Made famous by the iPod ad, this video is actually really good once you look past the association with Apple. Rates highly in creativity with the running in circles part and I love the whole appear out of nowhere, disappear into nothing entry and exit of the clip.

3) Lovestoned/I Think That She Knows – Justin Timberlake – A totally unique yet familiar clip where JT puts himself on screen through visual audio indicators. Then it’s just him, a lone man at the end. A beautiful way to finish a beautiful song.

2) Throw It On Me – Timbaland feat The Hives – From the minute I saw this I loved it. The ‘Sin City’-esque theme, the cool beat to match the visuals and of course the chicks and wresting. Damn, this video had it all!

Find out number one after the jump…

1) D.A.N.C.E. – Justice – I found it extremely difficult to choose the best this year, but I couldn’t go past this one, its just brilliant. The shirts are so cool!!! The way it just seamlessly blends with the song and the colours splashing everywhere, this goes to number one.

With that done, here are some of the funniest of the year:

My Humps – Alanis Morissette – When this song is sung slowly as done here, it emphasises the stupidity of the lyrics which makes for hilarious content. Morissette adds to this with the overacting throughout the whole clip. Worth a look.

Dick in a Box – Justin Timberlake & Andy Samberg – This video from SNL is an insanely funny take of those cheesy 90′s boy band songs and video clips, which turned out to be so big that it became YouTube’s 6th most watched video and it won an Emmy!

Throw Some D’s – Kanye West – This is a hilarious remix of the song of the same name by Rich Boy, with the term “D’s” referring to getting breast implants as opposed to doing up a car with Dayton Wire Wheels (rims). Only someone like Kanye can pull something like this off, he totally changes the context and meaning of the song!

As per usual I’ve included videos for the guys (Possibly NSFW):

LDN – Lily Allen

Umbrella – Rihanna feat Jay Z

Candyman – Christina Aguilera

Destination Calabria – Alex Gaudino feat Crystal Waters

The Creeps – Camille Jones feat Fedde Le Grand