20 Watts reacts to “Pimpin’ All Over The World” 20 Watts Staff April 23, 2015 Blogs, Columns “Pimpin’ All Over The World” is 10 years old. Believe it. It could be a fifth grader. 20 Watts took a #TBT trip together and watched the iconic 2005 video as a staff. This is what we saw and said. Jake LiBassi, Blog Editor: My favorite! Lyndsey Jiminez, Editor In Chief: I’m really confused by the setting. Rikki Schniederman, Managing Editor: Seems like there’s a lot of tall grass. Lyndsey: Who’s the guy who was Ne-yo before Ne-yo was Ne-yo? Rikki: THAT’S Ludacris. [Referring to Ludacris, not Lyndsey’s mystery Ne-yo wannabe] Sam Henken, Assistant Features Editor: Flip phone! Flip phone alert!! Carolyn Saxton, Reviews Editor: My first reaction was cultural appropriation. I wrote an article on that! Sam: Is this song slept on? Lyndsey: Huh? Sam: Like underrated. Lyndsey: I’ve never heard that term before. Definitely. Ludacris, Hip-hop Artist: I’m kinda concerned that you’ll be causin’ a crash/with ya traffc jam booty, heads pausin’ so fast. Carolyn: They’re putting various people from cultures with things from those cultures in settings that have nothing to do with themselves. Adam Gendler, Multimedia Editor: That’s called pimping all over the world. Lyndsey: Should we call PETA? Sam: Think about it: in the last ten years we’ve gone from poker sites being advertised in music videos to Cîroc. Rikki: Well, and Game of War. Sam: I think Cîroc is an improvement. Images courtesy of YouTube/LudacrisVEVO
