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Video for Lupe/Kanye/Pharrell/Yorke Collabo Gets Unofficially Kidz-Bopped

12/20/07, 1:16 pm EST

It takes a pretty impressive video to make us report on a song that’s more than eight months old. Thus is the case with the “unofficial” new video for CRS’ “Us Placers” Nah Right introduced us to today. CRS being the rap supergroup of Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco and Pharrell Williams. If that trifecta of talent wasn’t enough, the trio utilize a sample from Thom Yorke’s “The Eraser” on the track. The new video, which seems like the best Kids-R-Us commercial ever, features four ten-years-olds emulating the marquee talent, right down to their clothing and mannerisms, with Little Kanye busting out those venetian-blind sunglasses and the “diamonds in the sky” salute. While the kid who portrays Thom Yorke looks more like a mini-Josh Groban than the Radiohead frontman, it’s not enough to detract for the sheer enjoyment of this video, which we’ve short-listed along with Snoop Dogg’s “Sensual Seduction” as among the year’s best.


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Lizzy Lizz | 12/20/2007, 2:11 pm EST

Damn that is good.

pq | 12/20/2007, 2:42 pm EST

Yeah, I don’t even like rap, but damn. That is pretty F-ing sweet.

PrO_UseR | 12/20/2007, 4:10 pm EST

Awesome;P

Swingline | 12/20/2007, 4:24 pm EST

hot fire!

Brian Z | 12/20/2007, 5:41 pm EST

Geez, Daniel, you could have decided to give me credit for correcting the name of the track and not deleted my comment correction. I wasn’t trying to be a jerk, I just couldn’t find it elsewhere online as “Us Watchers” and saw “Us Placers” instead.

Thanks?

Alexandra | 12/20/2007, 5:55 pm EST

awww that was too cute

Daniel Kreps | 12/20/2007, 6:08 pm EST

Thanks Brian Z, good eyes.

Seth | 12/21/2007, 4:10 am EST

Thom Yorke needs the most credit here. The “producers” didn’t change a thing about his music. They just threw lame verses over it.

Radiomerk | 12/21/2007, 6:31 pm EST

I love how they show the Pharrel Williams kid playing the piano instead of Thom Yorke. It’s bad enough that they had to sample Thom’s song but don’t portray it like Pharrel came up with this great Piano part and they just asked Thom to sing.

R@3|yN | 1/5/2008, 12:29 am EST

Yup i liked dis n its an old song n i like it still n theyr my fav artists. i really didnt care abot havin da kidz theyr but it didnt hurt da vid. i luv rocafella, 1st & 15 aka f & f, and Star Trak aka Neptune Trakz. n im glad Thome Yorke made that song i like dat song 2. but if dey were gonna hav kids n da video then @ least hav thome yorke s kid character n it…after all it was his song. & I THINL THEIR RAPS WERE QUITE LOVELY

frances | 1/11/2008, 5:18 pm EST

mad late but just to clarify, thom yorke doesn’t really produce the music, at least, not alone. he does have the best voice ever though.

DSarv | 1/30/2008, 4:20 pm EST

“I love how they show the Pharrel Williams kid playing the piano instead of Thom Yorke. It’s bad enough that they had to sample Thom’s song but don’t portray it like Pharrel came up with this great Piano part and they just asked Thom to sing.”

Yorke admits that EVEN he didn’t come up with the chords to that piano part… so who cares that the Pharrell kid is shown playing piano.

http://en.wikipedia.or g/wiki/The_Eraser#Sound_and_in fluences

mark | 5/26/2009, 4:42 am EST

Heard Thoms track for the first time yesterday! Yes, where have i been? FOUND IT ABSOLUTLY RIVITTING. Insperation is so good and these kids prove it.CHEERS!!!

Txfhstnn | 7/14/2009, 4:01 am EST

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