Somethin I just noticed about the California Love video

[R-Tistic]

Even tho it isn't a big deal at all, I just noticed somethin that was funny to me. The song is "California Love" and probably the biggest California anthem of all time, other than beach boys shit. But the video doesn't show anything about California. I love tha video, it's classic and funny as hell, and was ahead of it's time. But I just noticed that and I'm like hmmm...am I the only one who thinks it would be tite if somebody made a video goin all thru California to this song? Doesn't matter if it's low budget, somebody famous or whatever, but I jus think it'd be tite to do a video almost like those sports videos, that shows clips from the original video, but then shows a grip of clips from people in California drivin, partyin, bangin, ballin, etc etc etc u kno.

[Controver$y King]

Maybe it they did it on purpose.
Now we pay more attention to the Lyrics who are Cali orientated

[We Fly High]

which cali love video are you talking about? i frogot which video went along with either the OG cali love or the remix cali love.

theres the one with the futuristic cowboy type shit, the only references it made to california, was when they inititally entered that crazy ass dome, where it says "welcome to oakland" on a huge ass sign , prob just signifying all the crazy shit that pops off in oakland.

and then there was the one where hella west coast heads were in the video , and its just one huge ass west coast style party(looks like near a beach or some shit, cos i think they had tiki torches and what not),  it shows like e-40 (Shows him a lot actually, in the video, they made it clear that pac was bay connected) &  dj quik among others. i enjoyed this video more than the futuristic cowbowy type one. it seems much more west coast oriented.

yeah but it wouldve been hella sicker, if they cruised around cali, showing landmarks and important shit, and people just partyin and what not. like when theyre shoutin out all the places in the end, it wouldve been sick to see clips of each city, like oakland , sactown, frisco, LA, watts, and all that shit

but they kinda did that concept on To Live and Die in LA, cali love part 2. but i guess it was striclty LA clips, but its coo.

[Raiders4Life]

California Love has a sign in the beggining that says "Welcome to Oakland" so there is your something about Cali that you couldn't find.  hahaha

[R-Tistic]

Yeah I am talkin about the one that is futuristic and shit, the other is the remix. Remember he woke up like "i had this crazy ass dream" or somethin.

Yeah, the first is supposed to be a futuristic oakland or somethin, even tho it looks older than futuristic in some ways.

But "Live and die in L.A." does kinda make up for it, even tho the song wasn't nearly as big.

[Darksider]

Yeah I am talkin about the one that is futuristic and shit, the other is the remix. Remember he woke up like "i had this crazy ass dream" or somethin.

Yeah, the first is supposed to be a futuristic oakland or somethin, even tho it looks older than futuristic in some ways.

But "Live and die in L.A." does kinda make up for it, even tho the song wasn't nearly as big.

[Young Griff]

the California Love OG Video was supposed to be a take off of the "Escape from New York"/"Escape from L.A." movies with Kurt Russell.

[LAZY]

the California Love OG Video was supposed to be a take off of the "Escape from New York"/"Escape from L.A." movies with Kurt Russell.

i thought the OG video took off of Mad Max 2 & 3, but i actually like the suturistic 1, i thought it was tite it had Roger and Chris Tucker and they were ridin around in hummers n shit (like mad max)... but then iv never seen the remix video lol

[Danté Williams]

Well it seems you aint seen "Mad Max beyond Thunderdome"... I guess you are too young! LOL

[Don Breezio]

the California Love OG Video was supposed to be a take off of the "Escape from New York"/"Escape from L.A." movies with Kurt Russell.

i thought the OG video took off of Mad Max 2 & 3, but i actually like the suturistic 1, i thought it was tite it had Roger and Chris Tucker and they were ridin around in hummers n shit (like mad max)... but then iv never seen the remix video lol

Same here lol...i've only seen the OG but i thought the futuristic shit was dope

[GangstaBoogy]

that video was gay, I always wished they woulda did it over

[js83]

live and die in la wasn't big? i dunno...i remember back then when mtv played that shit like 20 times a day...

[CRAFTY]

Yeah, To Live & Die In L.A. kinda made up for it as they showed Pac riding around in Los Angeles, at the mall, etc...
Still, the California Love video (the OG, Mad Max-inspired) is a classic and like you said, ahead of its time.
LAZY: You should definitely peep the remix-video, it's a tight one. You can find it on Launch.com

[Young Griff]

it does have elements of Mad Max too

Escape From La

I thought i saw some behind the scenes shit with them saying that was what they were going for back in the day. but either way...the video is classic

[R-Tistic]

live and die in la wasn't big? i dunno...i remember back then when mtv played that shit like 20 times a day...

It wasn't nearly as big as California Love. "2 Live" doesn't even get played anymore outside of L.A., but u still hear Cali love allll over, and at clubs.