Plastic Little's Dopeness Video

Philadelphia Weekly
August 1, 2007

Pop Rocks

Plastic Little’s “Dopeness” Video

Philadelphia’s Plastic Little are in danger of being taken seriously.

To be clear, it certainly won’t be their lyrics that propel them to such heights. Though informative in a ghetto fabulous sense (“Crambodia,” for instance, defined a “banana boat” as “a lotta coke.” Who knew?), they’re not exactly earth-shattering.

Plastic Little’s videos, on the other hand, have created quite a stir. The latest is “Dopeness,” a delightfully absurd flight of fancy that follows “Dr.” Kurt Hunte on his medical rounds, including a stop-off in the delivery room where he oversees the birth of his own child. Which is to say he gives birth to himself as fellow MCs Michael Stern and (PW contributor) Jayson Scott Musson flank him, laboring through their own births. Which is to say that all three of them are shown with their own heads emerging from their own vaginas.

The whole shebang leads to a Broadway musical-inspired finale complete with dancing pink-wigged nurses (several in drag) and a near-perfectly executed baby toss in place of the final kick line. Obviously, it’s not the nature of the video that threatens PL’s silly reputation, but the hint of professionalism in the cut’s execution.

On the other hand, the opening line of “Dopeness”—“Gimme poonanny, wah, poonanny”—should effectively steer them clear of family-friendly status. (Joshua Valocchi)