Music Director’s Commentary: Brett Ratner’s Music Video Classics

You know Brett Ratner: the big-budget guy who directed Rush Hour and X-Men 3 (next up: Beverly Hills Cop 4!). But before he broke into Hollywood in the late ’90s, this kid from Miami was one of the most sought-after music video directors in the biz. A new DVD that dropped yesterday called The Shooter Series Vol. 1: Brett Ratner collects most of the director’s videos for the first time, along with some of his commercial work, NYU student films, home movies, a behind the scenes documentary and more.

To give you a taste of his resume, we selected six of our favorite Ratner-directed videos—including bangers from Wu-Tang, D’Angelo, and Public Enemy—and asked the man himself to give a little commentary about how each classic came together. Believe us, the man’s got stories for days…