![]() The song ultimately lost to “U.N.I.T.Y.” by Queen Latifah. The song became a milestone for Puff Daddy and Bad Boy Entertainment, receiving a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance at the 37th Grammy Awards in 1995. “For the next video,” says Henry, “we should have you jumping from planet to planet.” Mack’s eyes light up. The last step is to wet down the floor and turn on the tornado machine. When Craig steps in the beam, it’s as if he’s being teleported. It looks even freakier lit with multicolored concert lights. The great hall, designed to simulate outer space, is eight stories high, with wavy cement-brick walls embedded with cobalt blue glass. Puffy gives a pep talk: “You’re throwing dirt on other MCs you’re leaving them in their graves.” One more take and Craig’s shoveling on the beats. “I didn’t come here to shovel dirt,” he says. Craig’s supposed to throw dirt at the screen while he raps about “leaving suckers buried in the ground,” but he’s not feeling it. The camera is down in the grave with a piece of Plexiglass over the lens. ![]() The crew has struggled all morning to dig a grave in a rocky field nearby. ![]() “I always wanted to make a video with science fiction as the theme,” comments Henry in VIBE’s August 1994 issue, outside of the New York Hall of Science in Queens.
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