Jay, Kanye - "Otis"

Yes, Jay-Z did in fact invent swag.

And Kanye reinvented it.

If you haven't seen this video yet, prepare for sheer awesomeness.

As if this album alone didn't kill the rest of the hip-hop industry this video is like the icing on the insanely delicious cake (which was probably made by Louis Vuitton or Hermés, covered with Hublot and Rolex watches for kicks)

This album (and this song) has redefined the hip-hop "baller" and changed it, from the pimp fashion faux pas such as Pimp C with large fur coats and canes that look ridiculous, to literal high-fashion of Europe achieving the fashion heights of Marc Jacobs among others.

Kanye definitely led this reshaping over the span of his career much more than Jay-Z. For example, in his song "Champion" from the album Graduation, West says "I don't see why I need a stylist when I shop so much I can speak Italian," (probably the best line in all of Graduation) arguably promoting European fashion even back then and before.

All that aside Kanye and Jay-Z's re-definition of "baller" can be seen here in this video in which they make the sickest frankenstein-car ever, while completely destroying a beautiful $350,000 Maybach.

C o m p l e t e l y redefining hip-hop.

Oh, Aziz Ansari is in this music video too.

Drake - "HYFR (ft. Lil' Wayne)"

If you haven't heard about this music video (let alone this song) then you've probably literally been living under a rock.

If you're one of those people than you're probably still living the secluded life under your rock, and if so I doubt you'll be reading this but I'll explain anyway.

Drake's mother is Jewish, hence he had a bar mitzvah, and in this video he's "re-bar mitzvah'd" with his new "family" (YMCMB)

That being said, this music video is cool but the hype behind it is a tad overrated in my book.

The only unique aspect of this video is Drake owning up to his Jewish heritage. Aside from that, it's really just like any other rap video.

I think reactions to this video are annoyingly overhyped. 

I like the video, and I like the song. It had a lot more potential and critically has been received way too well by blogs (especially by pitchfork who liberally shit on anything that tries to be cool).

Lil' Wayne should wear that panda beanie/mask and slam skateboards into tables more often.