clipping. - Story 2

What this video is

Released in July 2014 alongside clipping.'s debut Sub Pop album CLPPNG, 'Story 2' represents a moment when experimental hip-hop acts from the Los Angeles underground gained mainstream indie-press visibility. clipping.—rapper Daveed Diggs and producers William Hutson and Jonathan Snipes—occupied a space between noise music, harsh electronics, and rap narrative traditions. The video's extreme formal minimalism (feet…

Why it matters

A landmark of noise-rap and experimental hip-hop video form. Demonstrates that radical editorial constraint—tying cut frequency directly to musical rhythm—can substitute entirely for conventional visual storytelling. Influential as a model for budget-minimal, concept-maximal music video production…

The director

Los Angeles-based director, editor, and performer. Directed multiple music videos for clipping., Kid606, and Captain Ahab. Her video for clipping.'s 'Get Up' (2014) was an official selection of the 17th Mecal International Short Film Festival 2015. Also…