2000's Video Vixen era was underrated

MajesticLion

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Big Booty Judy :banderas:

Real talk, she's how I discovered the coli all those years ago :wow:

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And I still don't know who this is/was...popped up and then vanished.

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Actually nevermind it just clicked :pachaha:
 

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Some may argue that era was overrated (not me). Early to mid 2000s set the standard. I don’t remember a single Latina in HipHop videos until Diddy upgraded that Bronx hoodrat.

After that, the Kim Kardashian/ Exotic look became the standard (before the fake booty). Crazy to think much has changed.

The 90s had almost exclusively dark/brown skinned women as the love interest. Now it’s rare to see one as the lead and not twerking like lunatics. Smh.
 

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Some may argue that era was overrated (not me). Early to mid 2000s set the standard. I don’t remember a single Latina in HipHop videos until Diddy upgraded that Bronx hoodrat.

After that, the Kim Kardashian/ Exotic look became the standard (before the fake booty). Crazy to think much has changed.

The 90s had almost exclusively dark/brown skinned women as the love interest. Now it’s rare to see one as the lead and not twerking like lunatics. Smh.

Q Tip "Vivrant Thing" video is what where the "exotic" look became the standard. Leila Arcieri launched a small career in hollywood off of that video..
 
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Q Tip "Vivrant Thing" video is what where the "exotic" look became the standard. Leila Arcieri launched a small career in hollywood off of that video..
Puff Daddy - Been Around The World - 1997


Vivrant Thing came out in 1999.

Before J.Lo, outside of NYC and Selina, brehs weren’t checking for Latinas like that… at least not publicly. After Diddy and JLo’s non-dancing asses (ironic since they both came up as dancers), you started to see the Hispanic/biracial look become the standard.

R&B artists were still using black women for the most part but HipHop ushered in the start of white washing video vixens. I’d say by the time 50/Kanye started dominating, it became rare to see dark/brown skinned women as the lead.

By 09, the classic video vixen era ended, just like the WWF/WWE attitude era. It just became watered down and white washed. This video:



Pretty much solidified it. My gf at the time was like “I guess they’re not even using black women in R&B videos anymore.” I was like :ohhh:

It was a wrap after that. :francis:
 

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Some may argue that era was overrated (not me). Early to mid 2000s set the standard. I don’t remember a single Latina in HipHop videos until Diddy upgraded that Bronx hoodrat.

After that, the Kim Kardashian/ Exotic look became the standard (before the fake booty). Crazy to think much has changed.

The 90s had almost exclusively dark/brown skinned women as the love interest. Now it’s rare to see one as the lead and not twerking like lunatics. Smh.

well, you gotta blame that on C Dolores Tucker & Dionne Warwick



Puff Daddy - Been Around The World - 1997


Vivrant Thing came out in 1999.

Before J.Lo, outside of NYC and Selina, brehs weren’t checking for Latinas like that… at least not publicly. After Diddy and JLo’s non-dancing asses (ironic since they both came up as dancers), you started to see the Hispanic/biracial look become the standard.

R&B artists were still using black women for the most part but HipHop ushered in the start of white washing video vixens. I’d say by the time 50/Kanye started dominating, it became rare to see dark/brown skinned women as the lead.

By 09, the classic video vixen era ended, just like the WWF/WWE attitude era. It just became watered down and white washed. This video:



Pretty much solidified it. My gf at the time was like “I guess they’re not even using black women in R&B videos anymore.” I was like :ohhh:

It was a wrap after that. :francis:


nikkaz wasn’t checking for Spanish shorties outside of nyc - cause they was basically only in nyc
 

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Honestly, for as much hate as they get, there's IG "models" that would have been better than alot of those video chicks.
 
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