Foxy Brown - Tables Will Turn ⧸ Candy ft. Baby Cham

What this video is

Released in 2001 as part of Foxy Brown's third album Broken Silence (Def Jam/Violator), 'Tables Will Turn' featuring Baby Cham represents a pivotal moment in the early mainstreaming of hip-hop and Jamaican dancehall fusion—what Brown herself termed 'Yard Hip-Hop.' Produced by Dave Kelly, a prolific Jamaican producer, the track predates the Sean Paul-era dancehall crossover explosion and positions Foxy Brown's…

Why it matters

A foundational artifact of the early-2000s hip-hop/dancehall crossover movement, 'Tables Will Turn' helped establish what would become a dominant genre fusion of the mid-2000s. Its dual-song video format was an early example of combined single promotion. The Dave Kelly production bridges Kingston…

The director

Zodiac Fishgrease is a New York-based hip-hop music video director active from the mid-1990s through the 2000s. Known for directing videos for Onyx ('Walk in New York,' 1995), Gang Green ('I'll Murder You,' 1995), DJ Hurricane ('Connect,' 2000), Queen…