Major Lazer video for "Hold the Line," featuring Mr. Lexx and Santigold

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Xeni, I see your laser portraits and raise you a Gunz Don't Kill People Lazers Do! Wacky video for "Hold the Line" directed by Ferry Gouw. (Maybe some NSFW language; hard to tell. Via Submarine Channel.)

[#1 posted by Jeroenemans, July 14, 2009 4:39 AM]

the 2metre10 jamaican body builder sitting next to me is raising an eyebrow ;)

[#2 posted by Salamalecs, July 14, 2009 5:39 AM]

After 10 sec. I kept waiting for the small guy with the coconuts to appear behind the "dreadlocks in the wind" guerillero !

[#3 posted by mkultra, July 14, 2009 6:32 AM]

I like the re-purposed Cobra tank and GI-Joe jeep, nicely done.

[#4 posted by Anonymous, July 14, 2009 7:40 AM]

sounds like mc-chris

[#5 posted by reginald, July 14, 2009 7:51 AM]

ROCKIN'

[#6 posted by umgrego2, July 14, 2009 8:19 AM]

Wow, with this and the Dead Weather, today has been the best day for music introduced to me through BoingBoing since Klaus Nomi

[#7 posted by Anonymous, July 14, 2009 8:38 AM]

Major Lazer is a great project. A really fun album, I would definitely recommend. It's a production collaboration between Diplo and Switch (hence the Santigold appearance in this track).

The inital single from this album was "Zumbi", featuring Andy Milonakis (yes, THAT Andy). Goofy, hilarious if you're familiar with dancehall, but easily deemed "weird". If you're googling Major Lazer and come across that, don't be weirded out. It's not a joke album, just a cheeky track.

[#8 posted by zikman, July 14, 2009 9:14 AM]

woo this is a pretty great summer cd

[#9 posted by Anonymous, July 14, 2009 12:29 PM]

it's santogold... not 'santigold' lol

[#10 posted by Jesse M., July 14, 2009 1:55 PM]

It's an easy mistake to make though, since santogold's album is called "santigold"

[#11 posted by Anonymous, July 14, 2009 2:24 PM]

Actually, apparently it's "Santigold," changed from "Santogold" earlier this year. I think there was a legal issue involved ...

[#12 posted by Jesse M., July 14, 2009 4:19 PM]

Confusing, amazon sells the CD as "Santigold" by "Santogold", but the MP3 album as "Santogold" by "Santigold"! Maybe she's just trying to mess with our heads...

[#13 posted by Anonymous, July 14, 2009 5:44 PM]

http://www.zshare.net/audio/62363589e81d3f73/ this version of hold the line is pretty illy

[#14 posted by Bonnie, July 14, 2009 7:54 PM]

Must. Have. Major Lazer. Action. Figures!

[#15 posted by Anonymous, July 14, 2009 8:00 PM]

"Zumbi" isn't on the album though... i wanna hear milonakis!