Believe the Hype: Hype Williams's Best Videos

The legendary director's dopest, most groundbreaking clips.

13. Kanye West "All of the Lights" - Still going strong well into 2011, Kanye West delighted fans by releasing the “Enter the Void”-inspired video for one of the most memorable songs from MBDTF.(Photo: Courtesy of Roc-A-Fella Records)
The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy and Ma$e, "Mo Money, Mo Problems"  - The larger-than-life video that defined rap's shiny-suit era, featuring Diddy and Mase floating on compressed air, Harlem-shaking it in garishly lit tunnels from the year 3000 and bigging up Tiger Woods. (Photo: Bad Boy Records)
Kanye West, "Heartless" - Teamed with Kanye while the rapper was going through an experimental phase, Hype cleverly switches it up by referencing the groundbreaking 1981 animated movie American Pop with rainbow-y video vixens and a cartoon Kanye dancing around dramatically. (Photo: Roc-A-Fella Records)
R. Kelly feat. Ron Isley, "Down Low (Remix)" - With its epic, slow-motion, almost sexual shots of Clinton-era luxury, this video in many ways paved the way for Hype's hood-mafia magnus opus Belly.  (Photo: Jive Records)Tupac, Featuring Dr. Dre, 'California Love' - Tupac and Dr. Dre made a classic with "California Love," and some of the credit for the song's elevated status should go to the video. The Hype Williams-directed bit was extravagant, memorable and borrowed from the 1985 end-of-the-world film Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome. (Photo: Interscope Records)

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The Notorious B.I.G. feat. Puff Daddy and Ma$e, "Mo Money, Mo Problems"  - The larger-than-life video that defined rap's shiny-suit era, featuring Diddy and Mase floating on compressed air, Harlem-shaking it in garishly lit tunnels from the year 3000 and bigging up Tiger Woods. (Photo: Bad Boy Records)

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