3 Feet Deep - DJ Format (Featuring Abdominal)

Taken from DJ Format's 2005 album "If You Can't Join 'Em... Beat 'Em".
Featuring Canadian MCs Abdominal and D-sisive.
Directed by Keith Schofield.
DJ Format's comments:
This is my favourite video besides 'We Know Something..'
Keith hired a small video arcade while it was closed at night so we had to work fast. I don't have any particular memories about the making of this but i love the results despite the grainy quality..it somehow adds to it.
A great and very original idea by Keith Schofield that i'm sure was copied later by less original directors with a bigger budget at their disposal!
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Comments on the video by Keith Schofield:
"My first impression of the song was that it reminded me of a mixtape freestyle; a solid beat with back and forth verses. On a closer listen, an intricate structure was revealed and I began to formulate an idea inspired by Bemani-style arcade games. Abdominal and D-Sisive would become Player 1 and Player 2, respectively, while every word they said would be "retro-prompted" by the DJ Format arcade game. For good measure, I paid tribute to several classic video games while always keeping and eye towards the future: there's a chance this music video could become the basis for a real arcade game, putting me in the same league as Shigeru Miyamoto or Keiji Inafune. In the end, though, I'm just happy i was able to direct a video which includes an anthropomorphic micrphone growin a beard."

[@vito]

Fuck man, I still find myself reciting these lyrics. One of the best rap videos of all time.

[@teddylovespilsners]

The world needs more of the Abs/Format/D-Sisive triumvirate. So good.

[@TEQTONYK]

2 Canadian rappers & a British DJ...
It just works. Fuckin awesome.

[@andrewjutte7723]

If this was an actual arcade game the creator would be a billionaire.

[@Exe.93]

this is fucking straight up brilliant.

[@Lowpropo]

still listening, pretty good

[@keironhiggspoet]

Abs goes in on every track. great quotable rapper. D-sisive is good too. his solo is depressing af, but his he was a wicked flow.

[@coldcaption]

I've gotta say whoever modeled this after an old school konami music game did a nice job

[@markeccles6196]

Best. Hop hop. Video. Ever! 📹

[@davehales2249]

If,rap/hip hop,was a spirit, these guys would be a top of the range Cognac

[@bensmith007]

Love this track- two awesome MCs and 1 awesome DJ!

[@vindaloo1993]

How the heck does this have only 33k views??

[@jethro69tull]

Dope Track.

[@teadrinkerfication9160]

That was amazing

[@WalterdasTrevas]

OBRA PRIMA! Greetings from Brazil!

[@manchesterisblue1023]

fuck yeah finally a better version

[@manchesterisblue1023]

such a dope video and idea

[@Lireoec]

Still gold.

[@domhuckle]

Most excellent

[@runarantila2183]

#bringbackthefunk

[@davimoartes]

I don't know! When I hear that I just remember of the circus era and the patriotic Clown from cover of the Album "If you can't join them, Beat them" I LOVE YOU MAN

[@OriginalPeterPan]

Superb

[@billkendrick1]

"Borderline albino crew" *snort*

[@Alfre-Durst]

bemani should be proud of such a tribute.

[@grahamgfr]

Nice 👍🏻👊🏻

[@kamerjameel9610]

My 2005 med school jam

[@desmond1776]

DJ FORMAT IS IN TROUBLE! XD

[@robinjwclark93]

Classicly cool

[@sexobscura]

*Forget THRILLER, it's this clip that REVOLUTIONISED videos*