The video closes with Smith dancing beneath the Statue of Liberty replica at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino. Other music styles, including Bollywood, are referenced.
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The video features a series of tableaux including a Deee-Lite-inspired sequence, a glitzy Puffa jacket-style choreographed studio dance routine, a sequence set in Ancient Egypt and a volcano-backed Hawaiian/ Māori segment.
The music video for the song was directed by American director Hype Williams and was filmed at various hotels on the Las Vegas Strip, including the New York-New York Hotel and Casino, The Mirage, and the foyer of the Luxor Las Vegas. This time around, Sister Sledge's much-loved 1979 disco smash 'He's The Greatest Dancer' serves as the foundation for his third surefire hit in a row (after ' Men in Black' and ' Just Cruisin' ')." Music video Get listening!" Music & Media commented, "Musician-cum-actor Smith seems to have an infallible knack for simply irresistible poppy R&B. Even though it is repetitive, it's really a great one for those rap lovers out there. The vivacious bass sound makes "Gettin' Jiggy Wit It" stand up on its feet. A background mixture of children's voices gives this single an interesting twist, which provides pleasant interference. He delivers a happy rap song-very upbeat, indeed. Larry Flick from Billboard wrote, "This intriguingly titled single is a sweet cross between rap and dance styles-perhaps even outrageous R&B? Despite his success in Hollywood, Smith keeps music close to his heart. The co-opting of a once offensive word also was racially empowering. Smith has attested in an interview that his inspiration to alter the meaning for the purpose of the song came from his association of the term "jiggy" with " jigaboo", a derogatory term for African-Americans, which made the literal meaning of the title "getting African-American with it" and which was meant to reference the popular folk-myth of an innate sense of rhythm in black folks. The term was originally a description of sexy fashion or style, but expanded to include dancing skill. The connotations associated with the expression getting jiggy were heavily influenced by this single.
The "mama-uh, mama-uh, mama come closer" line is a reference to the song " Soul Makossa" by Manu Dibango, specifically the version adapted by Michael Jackson in " Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'"'s final bridge. The song samples the 1979 Sister Sledge song " He's the Greatest Dancer". The song was included in Pitchfork Media's 2010 list of "the seven worst U.S. However, it was ranked at number 19 on the list of AOL Radio's 100 Worst Songs Ever in 2010. It was ranked the 68th greatest song of the 1990s by VH1. It also won a Grammy Award in 1999 for the Best Rap Solo Performance. The song spent three weeks at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart from March 14, 1998. Released on January 26, 1998, the song was Smith's second hit produced by Poke & Tone and L.E.S., who replaced his long-time partner Jazzy Jeff, though the record-scratching techniques of Jazzy Jeff can be heard in the song.
The verse is based around a sample of " He's the Greatest Dancer" by Sister Sledge, and the chorus is sampled from "Sang and Dance" by the Bar-Kays. " Gettin' Jiggy wit It" is a song by American actor and rapper Will Smith, released as the third single from his debut solo album, Big Willie Style (1997). Will Smith, Samuel Barnes, Bernard Edwards, Joe Robinson, Nile Rodgers 1998 single by Will Smith "Gettin' Jiggy wit It"
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