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[–] ExfilBravo 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] Desistance 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Busta Rhymes was the biggest offender of fisheye.

[–] akaxaka 2 points 1 year 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 4 points 1 year ago

Well, people did get their freak on.