Luscious Jackson - Naked Eye

What this video is

Released in 1996 as the lead single from Fever In Fever Out, 'Naked Eye' represented the commercial apex of Luscious Jackson's career and a high-water mark for female-fronted alternative rock on MTV. The band — the first signing on the Beastie Boys' Grand Royal label — bridged hip-hop, funk, and indie rock in a way that was unique to the mid-90s New York downtown scene. The video's Buñuel-inspired conceit, in which…

Why it matters

A landmark artifact of mid-90s MTV alternative rock, 'Naked Eye' demonstrates how the Grand Royal aesthetic — merging hip-hop production sensibility with indie-rock performance — translated into high-concept video form. Its feminist-surrealist concept video approach was sophisticated relative to…

The director

Marcus Raboy (born November 30, 1965) is an American film and music video director who grew up in New York City and attended New York University. Since the early 1990s he has directed videos for artists including Mary J. Blige, Naughty By Nature, Run-DMC,…