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Busta Rhymes f. Mariah Carey & Flipmode Squad
“I Know What You Want”
Flipmode / J Records
Director: Chris Robinson
The first thing we need to do in 2003 is visually
raise the bar. Our idea will push the envelope creatively with images
inspired by the comic book artist Frank miller and his most prolific work,
“Sin City.” This clip will be sexy but still respected on the streets….a
balance between sexual images that go with the vibe of the song and realness
that incorporates the street. Mariah Carey’s sultry vocal performance
inter-cut with sexy narrative between Busta and his leading lady will take
this clip over the top. We will utilize the combined star power of
Busta, Mariah and Ving Rhames to make an award-winning clip.
IT GOES DOWN LIKE THIS……
The video opens on Busta and his boys holding
it down on a street corner in the hood. A gleaming black car with
dark tinted windows rolls up and conversation comes to a halt. Busta
and his boys, Rampage, Spliff and Sham look on; they’re ready for whatever
as the rear window slowly goes down. You can tell from the look in
their eyes that they are not sure if the person in the car is friend or
foe, but they’ve been in the same situation before. The window finally
comes to a stop and reveals Ving Rhames. The door opens, Ving steps
out and walks directly over to Busta. With his naturally imposing
manner and intimidating frame, we are not sure of his intentions. But as
Ving gets closer, we see Busta crack a sly smile and the two give each
other pounds and a quick thug embrace. We can tell they go all the
way back and it’s always good to see an old friend.
Ving pulls Busta to the side and they walk down
the street. Ving has a problem. He has beef on the street and
needs to go out of town for a minute to handle his business. Only
thing, he’s got a wifey (let’s call her Eva), a fine dime piece who is
now in danger and he needs Busta to watch out for her while he’s away.
The streets ain’t safe for her right now, and he only trusts his boy Busta
with her care. Busta agrees to help his friend out and hold it down
while he’s gone.
The music starts as Ving and Busta, Spliff, Sham
and Rampage arrive. The location is a fly house that’s a safe house
for Ving’s lady, Eva. Eva enters behind them and her sophisticated
swagger tells us that she lives an extravagant life composed of only the
finest things. Ving introduces his lady to Busta and we hear the
first lines of the song…….’shorty I know what you need’. Busta and
the girl lock eyes giving no overt reactions both feeling some chemistry.
Eva is too pissed at the situation to even recognize what she’s feeling.
As Ving turns and leaves he gives Busta a pound and his wife a kiss;
We can see she is upset that she is being left alone again. Busta closes
the door behind Ving and Rampage, who goes with Ving on his mission, and
turns from the door. He looks at Eva again as she turns and walks
into her bedroom slamming the door behind her. She walks over to
her window and watches as her mans car pulls out of the driveway.
This is where Spliff’s verse begins. Spliff
is posted outside the house, he is the lookout man and he is rapping to
his girl on his cell phone, trying to explain why he is not with her.
He has to hold it down for his man, Busta“ We been together for a few years,
shed a few tears….”.
We cut back to the outer room where Busta sits
in front of a huge wall of monitors. The camera pushes into one of
the small black and white monitors where we see an image of Spliff Star
out in the street. He continues his verse.” Always busy this busy
that, can’t talk on the phone”.
We cut back to the bedroom. We see our
girl looking at a picture of herself with Ving. On the line “ I know
you’re aggravated walk around frustrated”, she throws the picture into
the trash. We cut back to Busta sitting in front of the monitors
looking over his shoulder at Eva’s bedroom door.
We hear Baby Sham’s verse.” Ay yo let me be honest
with you, stuck with me all through my whole struggle”. Sham is upstairs,
guarding the top floor making sure there are no intruders.
Back in the living room on the main floor, the
camera pushes past Busta and into the bedroom where we see Eva on the bed.
She is a crazy, sexy thick girl. As she lies on her stomach in the middle
of the bed, her elbows rest on a pillow and a large red and black book
titled Sin City lies in front of her. Her calves are raised in the
air as she slowly rubs them together anxiously waiting to turn the page.
We can tell she is really into this book. A close up of her face
reveals a sexy smile as she bites her lip. Her nails are manicured
with a design that matches the graphics of the comic book. Her hand
gently touches the page as she sinks deeper and deeper into Busta’s lyrics
and the enchanting allure of Sin City.
With each turn of the page, we see her budding
fantasy of Busta graphically unfold. On a completely all black set,
their dark skin is luminous with a blue edge light that surrounds them.
As the music builds, the two share passionate embraces that crescendo into
striking, seductive poses.
She is feeling Busta just as much as he is feeling
her but she still doesn’t want to admit it, instead we register her feeling
trapped and uncomfortable with this dude she doesn’t know watching over
her. We see her undress, wrap a towel around her and open the bedroom
door. She walks past Busta down the hallway in only a towel, she
acts annoyed that she has to be exposed like this. Above, Baby Sham’s
verse kicks back in as he narrates the scenario playing out below with
Busta and Eva “ But when we sex we tease in a passionate way, love the
way that you touch it and your elaborate ways”. She walks into the
bathroom and turns on the shower. The door is left open a crack and
we start to see steam slowly flow out. The chorus comes back in as
Busta stares at the bathroom door wondering what’s going on inside.
Busta walks out of the living room and down the hallway towards the bathroom.
He walks right past Baby Sham as if he doesn’t notice him standing there.
He finishes his verse, “ Got the God feeling release relaxed for the day,
it’s on you ma’ “. Busta walks up to the bathroom door and he sings
the hook “ Baby if you give it to me.” The camera dollies from Busta
in the hallway through the wall to Eva in the shower. In mesmerizing
slo mo we see the water drip off Eva’s body. She turns the shower
off and hops out. She wraps a towel around her. She looks towards
the door where she sees Busta’s shadow outside the door. She smiles
to herself for a second and seductively opens the door. When she
opens the door, he’s no longer there. She walks back down the hallway
leaving wet footprints down the hallway floor. Busta is sitting near
the monitors as she walks down the hallway towards her bedroom. Busta never
turns to look at her. Busta’s rhyme begins. He confidentially
sits back as he swivels his chair around to face Eva’s door. He begins
to rhyme, “ Mommy listen, I feel your love for me baby and how it runs
through you “. As he rhymes we know he is talking directly to Eva.
We cut inside where we see her lying on the bed. She is staring directly
at the wall as if she is transfixed by Busta’s rhyme…… “ I never
meant to put a thousand pounds of stress on your head”. We cut back to
Busta who is continuing his verse, “ Baby I stay embracing your patience
“. Busta’s fantasy flashes embracing Eva in mesmerizing slo mo.
We cut back to the bedroom. Eva lays bent down
on one knee looking at Busta through the keyhole of her bedroom door. We
see Eva go over to the window to cool down. She raises the window and a
cool breeze comes in moving the curtain. She takes a deep breath.
Outside Busta opens the window in the living room, and the cool air comes
in as well blowing a few papers across the table. The sexual tension
is rising. Although they are in separate rooms we feel how
with Busta as Rah Digga delivers her verse from a woman’s perspective.
Rah Digga will be like Eva’s subconscience. The camera pans around
the room and we find Rah Digga sitting on the edge of the bed. She
is like our narrator here…not part of the action, but speaking for Eva’s
thoughts. When the chorus comes in we see Eva still standing in the
window. We see a dark figure walk up behind her, a hand slip up her
waist, and lips kiss her neck. She is open. As we hear the
chorus the action between Busta and Eva gets hotter. She turns around
to give him a kiss. The color drains from the picture and it goes
black and white. The camera pulls back and we see that Busta and Eva are
on one of the surveillance monitors. The camera pulls back from the
monitor and we see Busta is still actually sitting in front of the monitors.
The moment between Busta and Eva was a fantasy. Just then Eva walks
out of the room. She walks out of the room slowly and Busta stands.
There is a tense moment between the two. Meanwhile, Ving and Rampage
drive up in the yellow Lamborghini. Just as they lean in towards each other,
the front door swings open and we see Ving Rhames walk in. Busta
and Eva try to look normal but everyone can feel the heat in the room.
Busta grabs his jacket, gives Ving a pound and makes his way out the door.
He feels like he’s making a narrow escape as he glances back at Eva one
last time. As she is hugging Ving and looking over his shoulder at
Busta we hear Rampage’s verse…..” No matter what I do in the world you’ll
never leave me, fall back ma and make your life style easy.” Rampage
waits for Ving and Eva down in the car while he spits his verse. We see
Busta and his boys make his way out of the building and into his car.
As the final chorus plays we see the car pulling away from the hide out.
Busta’s car goes past some dark figures lurking in the shadows but he doesn’t
notice them.
All at once five assassins dressed in black come
out of the shadows on amazing concept BMW motorcycles. They roar
up the street towards the hotel. Busta sees this in his rearview
mirror and slams his breaks. The car does a 180 turn and our music
changes to “Call An Ambulance.” We cut back inside the house to see
Eva screaming and Ving being overtaken by the assassins. Busta hops
out of his car and runs back towards the house as we fade to black.
MARIAH CAREY/THE CHORUS
The connective tissue for this song and video
is the chorus. “ Baby if you give it to me, etc.” Mariah will
propel the heat of our narrative by giving us a performance that builds
in intensity and sensuality with each chorus, building to a crescendo of
energy – Mariah’s ad-libs, breakdown, and outro chorus will parallel the
pace of the narrative.
We will have several performances of Mariah throughout
the hotel location. We will see her on the surveillance monitors
in a very voyeuristic kind of performance as she is being watched by several
small lipstick cameras. We will also capture a performance in a long
hallway that seems to never end. I want to give Busta and Mariah’s
performance together the feeling of Meth and Mary J in the “ All I Need
“ video. The visuals will be sensual yet simplistic creating a connection
between Mariah, Busta and our audience. Mariah’s sensual delivery
of the chorus will accentuate the mood and sexual tension of our storyline.
The production value here will be all about Mariah herself adding her star
power to the song and the imagery of Mariah and Busta together – two music
video icons together - will be incredible. I will shoot in 35mm film
for best possible picture quality. Good luck with the single, One.
*Note, the BMW bikes will be pending the involvement
of BMW in this project.
Source: DaVault
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Posted on March the 5th.
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