An Analytical Look At Selected Videos From The No Limit Video Collection Vol.1 DVD

by Justin Anderson

"Hoody Hoo" by TRU

CHARACTERS
Master P, C-Murder, Silkk The Shocker, Robots, Dancers/Time-Travel Machine Operators

SETTING
Post-apocalyptic near-future world where hip-hop music is outlawed (looks similar to a poorly-lit airplane hangar); crowded New Orleans block party circa 1999

SYNOPSIS
The members of TRU (P, C-Murder and Silkk) revolt against anti-rap music robots and are subsequently chased through the future by said robots and some rotweilers. They escape through a tunnel leading to a time machine that sends them back to a late-‘90s block party in New Orleans. So happy are they about their harrowing escape that they burst into song.

THEMES PRESENTED
Robots from the future dislike stuttery hip-hop music; hot dancers can also operate complex time travel technology.

"It Ain’t My Fault" by Silkk The Shocker & Mystikal

CHARACTERS
Silkk The Shocker, Mystikal, Prison Guards, The Governor

SETTING
Prison, The Governor’s Office

SYNONPSIS
The Governor refuses to grant a pardon to death row inmates Silkk and Mystikal. They must die tonight," he says. "Fry ‘em!" The prisoners are led to the execution room, where they are put in the electric chair. The switch is flipped, but instead of dying, they begin rapping. The guards call the governor for his recommendation. "Increase the voltage!" he orders. This only leads to rhyme-spitting of greater intensity. The glass wall separating the prisoners from the witnesses shatters, and they condemned men are now free. They take over the prison and party.

THEMES PRESENTED
As Mystikal reminds the listener, No Limit Soldiers are true soldiers, and therefore cannot die. Cruel governors should beware these immortal rappers.

"That's The Rapper" by Mystikal

CHARACTERS
Mystikal, Old Couple, Dancing Girls/Stewardesses from the Future

SETTING
Old Couple’s house, airplane hangar

SYNOPSIS
The Old Couple is watching a video by Mystikal, in which he is performing in a hangar with Stewardesses in shiny silver and blue suits. The Old Couple is strangely transfixed by Mystikal and the dancers, watching with increasing fascination. The Old Man takes his dentures out. The video cuts out, prompting the Old Man to hit the top of the TV, which in turns causes Mystikal’s face to appear in the static. Static-Mystikal’s face begins pushing through the screen, much to the horror of the Old Couple. Their TV then bursts into flame.

THEMES PRESENTED
Mystikal is such a great rapper that his videos can buck all known laws of physics, bending glass picture tubes and blowing up televisions from afar. Old people also enjoy flashy, soulless hip-hop videos.

"Make ‘Em Say Ugh" by Master P

CHARACTERS
Master P, The No Limit Soldiers, Man in Gorilla Suit, Golden Tank

SETTING
Basketball court

SYNOPSIS
Master P and his associates perform before a basketball arena filled with fans. the fact that everyone present it wearing a No Limit jersey and presumably on the same team, P and friends, including a man in a gorilla suit, hit countless slam dunks and three-pointers. Later, a huge gold-plated tank shoots and destroys one of the court’s baskets, causing many fans to rush the doors in terror. A gorilla in a basketball jersey hits a dunk that destroys the other basket. There is rejoicing.

THEMES PRESENTED
Master P and the No Limit Soldiers play basketball by their own rules, in which tanks made of precious metals are legal participants.