Drake - “Best I Ever Had” Video
MUSIC By Gotty™ on July 2, 2009 at 9:03 amKanye dons the director hat, opening with a porntastic scene with the presence of knockers. Thumbs up buddy!
“Take that D!”
EDIT — I wanted to bring this back to the top, as the cherry on top for The Cooler. Nah, to bring up the interview Complex just posted with the newest Young Money man, specifically the excerpt regarding his performance @ the 2009 BET Awards and also the concept behind this video.
Complex: Understandable. So what’s the concept?
Drake: The concept of the video is, I’m a coach at a high school and the girls of my life are all on my high school basketball team. Throughout the video you see us prepping for this big championship game, and my team ends up losing. You see the looks on their faces at the end of the video, but the moral of the story, I guess, is win or lose, you can still be the best to somebody. When women see the video and see all the breast and ass, hopefully they don’t take offense. Hopefully they see the real meaning.
Drake and/or Kanye, concept fail. But you know what else, I don’t think you’ll hear a complaint from any male in the northern hemisphere. In fact, we thank you brother.
Complex: Damn, that’s horrible. At the BET Awards this past Sunday, everyone was shocked to see you sitting on a stool. Did you ever think to yourself, Maybe I shouldn’t perform?
Drake: That, actually—to be honest—was a terrible idea that I’ll never do to myself again. [Laughs] But I was being pressed from different areas to perform, and I think what really happened at the BET Awards is with the passing of Mike, the climate really changed, as far as the award show goes. I don’t think it called for us to perform “Every Girl” and “Always Strapped,” and I think it was an award show filled with tributes and music and these genuine heartfelt speeches. And to sort of climax out of a very tongue-and-cheek point, and then people misconstruing Wayne’s daughters and her friends coming out on stage…
Complex: Yeah, it really was an awkward moment.
Drake: Yeah, it was just timed very poorly and it definitely wasn’t planned like that, but with that being said, it is what is. I believe in Wayne and myself and it’s nothing we can’t bounce back from. To anyone who was offended, my personal apologies, it wasn’t intended to offend anybody.
Complex: Watching it at home, the BET Awards seemed to be a mess. Did it seem that way in person?
Drake: Well, I can only speak for my portion of it. I had asked for something very specific for my performance and none of those were met, as far as production value, so…
Complex: That’s BET for you…
Drake: I understood my situation, as far as sitting in one place, and figured there was a way to make it interesting. But when I looked around and noticed that none of that was going on [laughs], I kind of just realized that it was going to be a loss for me. But at the end of the day, it is what it is.
I didn’t see the performance because…really, I didn’t see any of the show because we were backstage (more on that later). But I heard all the grumbling & complaints about how it lacked taste & the poor taste & execution for the show as whole.
Good to see Drake own up to his part in the fuckery without adding some PR spin to it. Just tell the truth & keep moving. He didn’t deflect all the blame on BET, even though we can assume that’s where most should be placed.
Props to Legend for the nudge.
Previously Posted – Drake - So Far Gone
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aka Cooler Chick compilation.
I ain’t mad at it.
“D’s, muthafucka! D’s! Rosie Perez!” © ‘Ye
by watching this clip, you WILL get your US RDA of calcium
couple of notes from the video.
1. How in the hell did the green team manage to score 49 points in two minutes. This is easily, the greatest sports feat - EVER.
2. I easily spotted +47 potential cooler chicks - Do work Gotty.
3. I’m so tired of this effing song, but I could watch it all day just to view these broads.
I mean, where do they find these bitches? I scale the streets of DC high and low, and all I see if fat angry bitches. :(
aka
BREAST I EVER HAD
Thumbs up! but not if it’s Megan Fox’s thumbs, lol
If I keep watching I’m sure one of them tittays is gonna pop out.
Mad @ the “take that D” moment LOL..GNR
@TDB stay outta SE
I want this video to stay up for the Cooler tomorrow.
Hell, if you’re tired of the song (like me) just place it on mute. This is great.
*sips coffee*
RIP BET Uncut…
“but drake, all you ever taught us how to do is stretch!”
LMAO, this fool threw in the “sips coffee”
all them fluffy pillows, but sleep is the last thing on my mind
“Take that D” WILL be the next catchphrase….
and I’m gonna do my part to make sure that happens…
(not sure if a “pause” is necessary)
TITAYS!!
The titty committee’s so, nice to look at in that video
this song with the curses >>>>> clean version
Dude’s officially a star now.
Got the men and women by appealing to their respective lowest common denominators…
Women : sing-songy chorus
Men : (see video)
chesticles
I treasure chests
jumblees
you ever have a girl with big-ass knockers just straddle you and smother your face with her tits? shit’s fun
Teef is spazzin’ out. hahahah
2:02-2:08
Repeat.
Lmao @ Take That D!! Wheelchair Jimmy and Yeezy are clowning on this one.
These are the times in life where we need BET Uncut back.
@ E.Brock
Bro.. Why in the hell are you drinking coffee this late? Or, is drinking coffee and viewing tittays and ass comparable to me watching sports and drinking beer?
Big’guns, word to Al Bundy
Props to Kanye for taking a syrupy song and making a SNL sketch type clip for it and also for not being scared to poke fun at himself and Drake.
these chicks are my gym clASS heroes
I seriously just watched this video five times. The tall joint, with the explosives mammories - aww man. That’s my holy grail. I need a bad-ass tall chick to mate with me. Since I didn’t make it to the league, I’m trying to ensure my offspring do.
I’m going crazy, time to take my black ass to bed. See you in the cooler bitches.
Sorry, El Jefe, I’m up all night looking at this video.
More coffee, please.
I was milky like two tits…
“I like my screen full size… full size… full size
I like my volume down low… down low…. down low.”
I got cereal, now I just need some milk. *plays Drake’s video*
Dude’s officially a star now.
Got the men and women by appealing to their respective lowest common denominators…
Women : sing-songy chorus
Men : (see video)
=====================
Genius.
OK, one more time and then i’ll go to bed.
Nice chicks, wack video concept.
it would be nice if there were outtakes, where the girls take ‘em out
video might cause autism in infant children.
it’s Tuesday already?
I put onnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
I put on fo’ my titty…
this vid is really bad
its so wierd to see jimmy walk :)
“OK, one more time and then i’ll go to bed.”
LMAO
I’m seldom one to comment on other women but wow. I think I’m slightly nauseous.
That’s a lot of mammary.
ah yes casaba melons word to Semi
I see they scooped Rosa Acosta for the stretch scenes. (It’s sad that I’m starting to know these womens names.)
A lot of kittens will die tonight.
this is the greatest video of all time. wait theres a song behind it? i swear i was tryin to listen but cant remember nothin but slow motion bouncing.
Titties!!! *SMH*
In my moment of weakness, I am ashamed that a music video got that much of a rise outta me … @ this point in time, I’m only :26 seconds in.
If the other 5 mins. and 3 secs. are anything near the first 26, then this is the greatest music video I have ever seen in my entire life… and that’s all that I have to say about that (C) Forrest Gump
ok, kanye is off the gay list. no gay man could direct such a beautiful film.
@Ignite Mindz, no it wasn’t, stop lying!
The song is good, the video was wack, looked mad cheap.
The basketball teams should have been gaygoyles, ghouls and zombies that break out into awesome dance routines in allignment with the beat of the track, with awesome special effects.
Drake, next time, don’t waste your budget on them rent a hoes, instead hire John Landis, Michael Mann or David Fincher to direct your video, otherwise your ’superstar’ status will be restricted to the boundaries of the USA alone, like your mentor Lil Wayne.
If you want to a world super star, then you need to think big and out of the box. Go ask Universal for a decent video budget, I’m sure they can afford it.
The song is good though, very catchy, kudos.
@Gotty, riddle me this, riddle me that, bring me the head of a giant sewer rat. Are you happy with the Will?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVtOToE4XHE&feature=channel_page
Chicks are hot, but the video is wack. Why make videos for guys when women buy cds?
@ Jay-G
“Why make videos for guys when women buy cds?”
Because the young chicks who buy the CD’s are idiots - real talk.
*Fact*
They are suckers for a guy that they crush on.
Boppers.
Just look at Chris Breezy. Dude straight BEAT a chick… and all I heard, read, and saw were YOUNG chicks taking his side and STILL supporting him.
So if a dude can beat a chick until she looks like Rocky Dennis (no disrespect intended) and STILL have fans shelling out cash and STILL putting posters of him up on their walls…
It proves that a guy (with fans of that age) can get away with a video like this (at the very LEAST).
Worst case-scenario/worst thing that can happen (which is horrible - God help us) is that you will have 13-year-old girls (who am I kidding… 12 year old girls *SMH*) trying to imitate the women in the video…
And when his album drops… YOUNG CHICKS will [STILL] buy it for the picture.
And he knows it.
That is why he said it in a song.
(And we all know whatever you say in a song just HAS to be true ;)
Video sucks. Nice Try Kanye. But the girls are hot..and its kinda funny…6 / 10
all you taught us how to do is stretch…lol
This might SOUND like it’s coming from a Dake stan, but TRUST ME, it’s not….
Cats think Drake AND Kanye don’t know this is cheesy?
These are two very savvy individuals as far as I can tell.
Kanye’s proven it, and Drake (”And when his album drops… YOUNG CHICKS will [STILL] buy it for the picture”) seems to be.
I’m sure they know this isn’t a cinematic masterpiece.
A “masterpiece” of a video would get lost in the shuffle of all the other artists attempting to make “art”.
This is intentionally cheesy, and guess what? It worked.
The “milkshake” brought all the boys to the yard…. Look at the comment section thus far…
It got your “attention”…. SUCCESS.
Drake won.
* Dake = Drake
I think they fucked the audio up, for some reason I watched this video and Every Girl ran through my head
This is one of the worst videos to hit the airwaves inna while. Im saying, Kanye is no director. I guess Hype Williams should make beats for him for his next album
As a producer for good, bad, and sometimes mediocre music videos, he as in Kanye disrespected the very craft that I live and take very seriously.
WTF were those people over at Young Money, Universal, October’s Very Own, Cash Money, and Inspire were thinking? Sounded good on paper but the execution sucked
As director, every scene must be on point. Why the hell would the the opposing team come out of the locker but there is no crowd in the bleachers? What type of sh*t is that? He’s supposedly the hottest dude out and you couldn’t get any extra’s to fill the scene? Crowd shots look stupid & Fab looks stupid looking into the camera.
Yeah yeah there are some titites in the video but there are tities in most every rap video i.e. miami videos.
Bottomline, 0-2 for Drake so far. BET Awards and now his lame ass video.
I gotta use the power I have to get at his camp in hopes of doing some real & meaningful videos for the songs that we all know & like from dude.
I’m just disappointed..SHIT, DAMN, F*CK, UGH….
As always..RMF!!!
Reem aka Saul Goode
Lmao! Now that was the best video i’ve seen in a long time!
I don’t like the video–I suppose that because I’m not a horny man/lesbian. Have him coach a bunch of “high school” girls who are all lighter than paper bags in a champioship game? Ok. I get the (cheap) humorous moments, but how the hell did they make it to a championship game if all he taught them to do was stretch? I think it’s a bit disappointing…but really, what the hell was I to expect?
My major issue w/ it is the bra-less running: who the fuck thought that was a good idea? That shit hurts–I got chest bruises just from watching. Running around w/o a bra is NOT something to be glamorized, people! I bet one of those woman had an asthma attack after shooting one of those scenes.
This is how the video should have rolled out, there is a game going on, and Drake is a sub on the sideline, you got all these big wig steroid pumping looking motherfuckers on the court.
Then the coach makes a substitution and Drake comes on the court, he gets pushed around by the other players, and then he catches and elbow to the face, he falls to floor and he transforms into a Werewolf.
He gets up and the crowd cheers, thinking this will be a Teen Wolf tribute, but little do they know Drake Wolf is one pissed off dude.
He then bites out everybodies throats, including those fuckers in the bleechers.
He is the last one standing and the video finishes, but not before he kills them cheerleader bitches too.
Drake Wolf.
I see you Kareem.
@ Kareem
I was waiting for a REAL director to chime in (already knowing what your stance… and any other REAL director’s stance would be).
Charge it to the game for Drake.
He got caught up in the hype - not knowing this is not how it works.
While I noticed certain elements that you mentioned regarding the video (especially the lighting - ugh!)… what you have to also remember is that you are in the know. YOU know and see all of the faults and things wrong with the video from a VISUAL standpoint and perspective.
But take a look at the comments of those whom really are not digging the video:
First, they are few.
Two… they do not mention that directorial standpoint AT ALL.
And the reason for that is because 99% are not in the music video industry… so they are watching the video and either thinking a) I dig it. b) I do not dig it.
Bottom line.
It is the same with every industry that is in art or entertainment.
A true artist is going to see everything wrong with some over hyped new painter’s work. But the average person is not going to notice a thing (in most instances).
A really good recording engineer is going to notice all of the sonic wrongness that are the result of a poorly recorded and mixed song… but your average fan or club attendee is simply going to bob their head (pause) or go to the dance floor and move to it.
I get what you are saying… believe me I do. And I certainly sympathize with you (as if jobs being awarded to real directors were not already bad enough).
But the average music video watcher…
Nah. They are going to notice none of those things.
(Including the fact that Kanye is definitely NOT a director)
They are going to see exactly what Kanye and Jimmy knew they would see (and PAY attention to).
Peace.
Rosa acosta…..Mmmmmmmmm
in case you forgot
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Rosa+Acosta+&search_type=&aq=f
The ending is hilarious. The other team shat on their lives. lol. The video concept isn’t that good but kudos to Kanye and Drake for not taking themselves so seriously.
I must be getting older. Because I definitely wasn’t impressed by this video. Drake is hot to me [!!]
Although I love the fact that old girl pointed out that dude only taught them how to stretch. The album should still be fresh.
1. CINEMATOGRAPHY WAS DOPE…
2. DRAKE’S LETTER JACKET WAS DOPE…
3. THAT’S WHERE IT STOPS…
4. OVERALL IT WAS CORNY AND CONSENSUS IS IN OVER AT O.V.O - THIS VIDEO WAS GARBAGE…
5. DRAKE SHOULDA HAD HYPE WILLIAMS DO THE VIDEO
6. FAT TONY SAYS “GETDAFUCKAWWDAHEA” TO THIS VIDEO
7. AND IT SHOULDA BEEN CALLED “THE WORST I EVER SEEN” CONSIDERING I AM A PRETTY BIG DRAKE FAN…
8. “…’WEAK’ LIKE 7 DAYS” © Canibus
Anotha Time,
MaLLY
cinematography? what cinematography bouncing tits.?
the whole operation sucked major
Looks like RED job with no color correction bad bad bad they are fucking up the game right now.
Cant be avant garde in a world where youtube is king and conceptually ever director has constipation of the mind. YES EVERY DIRECTOR. AND FUCKING VIDEO COMMISSIONERS FORGET THEIR JOB DESCRIPTION!!!!
I see what the meaning of the video is but still, it could’ve came out better then that.
Video is whack and corny as hell but the song is fire
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbqDdQ3uUxA
to watch video in hd