Rap / R&B Music Video Remakes of Classic Movies

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Let's get a list going of this imminently dependable video gimmick.

1. Ashanti - "Foolish" (Goodfellas)
2. Lil' Scrappy - "No Problem" (Training Day)
3. The Diplomats - "Crunk Muzik" (The Warriors)
4. Nas - "Street Dreams" (Casino)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 15 January 2005 00:30 (twenty-one years ago)

5. Paul Abdul - "Rush, Rush" (Rebel Without A Cause)

Debatable as to whether it's really R&B, I guess...

― Tantrum The Cat (Tantrum The Cat), Saturday, 15 January 2005 00:34 (twenty-one years ago)

ashanti - grease (don't smoke kids)

― rurple pain, Saturday, 15 January 2005 01:25 (twenty-one years ago)

oh yeah, the "Mesmerize" video.

7. 2pac f/ Dr. Dre - "California Love" (Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome)
8. Redman and Method Man - "Whatever Man" (The Blues Brothers--I think)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 15 January 2005 01:55 (twenty-one years ago)

9. Jay-Z - "The City Is Mine" (The Usual Suspects)

― Gregory T (tubesocks), Saturday, 15 January 2005 02:56 (twenty-one years ago)

10. Cool Breeze f/ Goodie Mob and OutKast - "Watch for the Hook" (Reservoir Dogs)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 15 January 2005 04:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Is "Roses" close enough to Grease?

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Saturday, 15 January 2005 09:30 (twenty-one years ago)

11. Snoop -- Drop it Like It's Hot (It's a Wonderful Life)*

*not true

― Hurting (Hurting), Saturday, 15 January 2005 16:06 (twenty-one years ago)

Wu Tang - 'Gravel Pit' (The Flinstones)

― Robin Goad (rgoad), Saturday, 15 January 2005 17:26 (twenty-one years ago)

12. Lloyd f/ Ashanti - "South Side" (A Bronx Tale)
13. D12 - "Fight Music" (also The Warriors)

― The Good Dr. Bill (The Good Dr. Bill), Saturday, 15 January 2005 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

Bubba - Deliverance (O Brother Where Art Thou, for some reason)

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Sunday, 16 January 2005 09:22 (twenty-one years ago)

two weeks pass...

Young Buck - Shorty Wanna Ride (Natural Born Killers omgwtflol)

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:00 (twenty years ago)

Somehow I never expected that the video for Shorty Wanna Ride would address black disenfrachisement in florida or iraq's missing wmd

― Shmool McShmool (shmuel), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:03 (twenty years ago)

Bone Thugs' "Crossroads" - Lion King, w/ Eazy E as Mustafa
I seem to remember a NWA or maybe Above the Law video that was (loosely) on some Untouchables type shit

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:15 (twenty years ago)

Troubleneck Brothers - "Troubleneck Wreck" (Les Enfants De Paradis)

okay, I made that up

― Austin (Austin), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:32 (twenty years ago)

there's the fleeting homage to Home Alone in 'Gin and Juice'

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Thursday, 3 February 2005 06:59 (twenty years ago)

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