Fun Lovin' Criminals - Love Unlimited (music video)

What this video is

Released in 1998 as a single from 100% Colombian, Fun Lovin' Criminals' second album, 'Love Unlimited' is a downtempo tribute to Barry White — a knowing nod to soul and R&B heritage from a band whose identity was built on genre collision. The track arrived at a moment when the NYC rap-rock axis (driven by acts like Beastie Boys and their spiritual descendants) was intersecting with a broader Britpop-exhausted UK…

Why it matters

Fun Lovin' Criminals occupied a rare genre niche — simultaneously hip-hop, blues rock, and alt-rock — that resists easy categorisation. 'Love Unlimited' sits on the downtempo, soulful end of their range, demonstrating their capacity for register shift within a single album cycle. The video…

The director

Eric Barrett is a Los Angeles-based producer, writer, and director with credits spanning film and music video. His filmography includes work associated with I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) and the Joe Cocker music video What Becomes of the Broken-Hearted…