Happy Halloween, folks. Although most of us on the East coast may have bigger concerns than trick-or-treaters today; Hip-Hop Wired is still very much in the Halloween spirit.
In celebration of the holiday, we are looking at some of the spookiest (word to Jim Jones) music videos in our culture. Some of them are classic and some of them are new. Some of them are silly and some of them are deranged, but in all, these videos put us in the spirit to go scaring the living daylights out of some of your friends.
After the linkage, get a load of Hip-Hop Wired’s 25 Spookiest Music Videos, and have a safe and Happy Halloween.
25. Jedi Mind Tricks – “When Crows Descend Upon You”
Everyone loves a good slasher flick, and we love it even more when they condense it into a four minute music video. Only good parts here with Jedi Mind Tricks.
24. Rihanna – “Disturbia”
Ri-Ri gets possessed in this video that first showed off her dark side.
23. Chris Brown – “Wall To Wall”
Chris Breezy channels his inspiration, Michael Jackson, in this video loosely based off of “Thriller.”
22. Fresh Prince And Jazzy Jeff – “Nightmare On My Street”
Big Willie Style and Jazzy Jeff tell a little tale of gloom and doom.
21.Immortal Techinique – “Dance With The Devil”
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As scary, creepy, and frightening as some movies can be, sometimes nothing is more frightening than the hood. Immortal Technique paints a grim picture in “Dance With The Devil.”
20. Kanye West – “Flashing Lights”
This single shot video for Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights” features a lovely lady disposing of Mr. West in the back of a trunk. Cold blooded.
19. Lil Kim – “Black Friday”
We know this is supposed to resemble a horror flick, but Lil Kim can be pretty downright frightening in her own right.
18. Tyler, The Creator ft. Frank Ocean – “She”
Tyler, The Creator shows how much he likes a girl by stalking her. Wait, you mean this doesn’t work to get the girls?
17. Jean Grae – “Kill Screen”
Jean Grae’s brilliant new video for “Kill Screen” cracks the list as one of the newer music videos.
16. Kanye West ft. Rick Ross, Jay-Z and Nicki Minaj – “Monster”
With rap fans obsessed with the illuminati, Kanye West, Jay-Z, Rick Ross and Nicki Minaj play into it a little bit with “Monster.”
The vivid storytelling of DMX makes “Slippin” a classic.
14. Kid Cudi – “Nobody Believes Me”
Before landing a role on the now defunct, How To Make It In America, Scottie showed off his acting chops in “Nobody Believes Me.”
13. Eminem – “Stan”
Eminem’s story of a psychotic fan who kills himself, his fiancee and unborn child is something of rap legens.
12. Prodigy – “Mac 10 Handle”
Prodigy’s “Mac 10 Handle” has an eerie suspense throughout the video that some of Hollywood’s best couldn’t match.
11. Gravediggaz – “Diary Of A Mad Man”
One of the most frightening early Hip-Hop videos came from the menacing, Gravediggaz on “Diary Of A Mad Man.”
10. Wu- Tang Clan ft. Isaac Hayes “I Can’t Go To Sleep”
Aside from Ghostface Killah’s awesomely animated antics, the Wu’s storytelling prove that they are second to none when it comes to painting lyrical pictures.
9. Flatlinerz – “Satanic Verses”
The controversial Flatlinerz caused a stir when they were accused of being devil worshippers. This song didn’t really quell the concerns of the accusers.
8. Dana Dane – “Nightmares”
Dana Dane’s “Nightmares,” remind us all that sometimes the most frightening things come from your own subconscious.
7. Bone Thugz In Harmony – “Crossroads”
This classic record shows that nobody is exempt from meeting the angel of death.
6. Rockwell – “Somebody’s Watchin’ Me”
That creak that you hear in your room at night? That all too eerie calm and quiet? Yes, you are right, somebody is watching you.
5. Eminem “3AM”
This video is pretty gruesome even by gruesome standards. Eminem’s 3AM couldn’t even get a normal video premiere, it had to be revealed on the Showtime network.
4. Snoop Dogg – “Murder Was The Case”
Not many places were deadlier than the West Coast in the 90s and Snoop Dogg’s “Murder Was The Case” is a footnote in its history.
3. Ice Cube & Dr. Dre – “Natural Born Killaz”
We did say the West Coast was pretty messed up in the 90s, right? Meet two of your most family friendly black men of today’s day in age in “Natural Born Killaz.”
2. Geto Boys – “Mind Playin Tricks On Me”
Scarface, Willie D and Bushwick BIll’s “Mind Playin Tricks On Me “was a horror flick masquerading as a music video. Some of us still don’t watch this with the lights off.
1. Michael Jackson – “Thriller”
Err…were you expecting someone else? The King Of Pop shows you how to do this son in the music video that birthed almost every video on this list. Happy Halloween, folks
