the young people's professor

I have been a fan of Jazmine since roughly 2004 when she used to sing live at the Black Lilly in Philly, and in London....and i must say, her EARLY WORK trumps this bullshit...her videos are not storytellers of the song....she couldve turned this video out Angela Bassett style in Waiting to Exhale, but she kept it so mild...

i must say im disappointed

I agree with Daniel. I was looking for something more extreme. I guess this is what it takes to go mainstream.

I'm actually not that disappointed. True, the video saved a lot of money by not having her literally bust the windows out a car but the idea that creativity was restrained is a bit overdetermined. Kudos to Jazmine and her creative agents for transcending the literal subject of the song and choosing instead to portray a more 'domestic' rebellion that still manages to maintain the theme of vandalism as revenge.
My disappointment - The more worrying metaphor, the mad black woman, is hardly satisfying. While it is, according to some people, culturally informed, it is also overdone. Again black women are property/material-obsesssed, hysterical homemakers that avoid directly confronting the black man and the issue - a situation that has definitely not been my experience nor the experience of many of the people I know that participate in this cultural matrix.

I would have to agree with Frank, Daniel, and GiGi. As stated before, the video was a lil lachluster for my taste and that happens to be my favorite song on the album. The cd as a whole is no where near what I expected but at the same time, its not an utter disappointment either. Still true to have somewhat total control with the writing and overall creativity of the album, I believe she's also trying to be a bit more mainstream.

I have to contend with Frank after his comment about Andre's comment. Jasmine Sullivan really pulled the rug out on us all. The issue as I see it is that some may think her mainstream attempt is beneficial to her status as an R&B artist which I would find ridiculous. However, the reason I mentioned that is because I can not understand why she has to represent the black woman in this video in such a distasteful manner. While I do understand the concept of breaking a man's car out of frustration, the content behind the video is beneath her and the previous images I have seen of her. I am not discrediting her completely, but she needs a rebound after this.

Wack juice.

What I don't like about this video is how "pretty" it is, it's incongruent with her sound. The way I see it is that she thought about all the different ways she could punish the man but then opted to leave him a trail of broken glass instead. I think it was a smart way to portray the title of the song without being literal. I like the concept but the finished product really didn't deliver in my opinion.