Big Daddy Kane — I Get The Job Done Music Video

JUL 01 1989 · 12:00

Big Daddy Kane — I Get The Job Done Music Video (1989) Era: Golden Age Hip-Hop (1989) - Peak of late-80s East Coast rap, concurrent with New Jack Swing crossover and the Juice Crew's commercial apex on Cold Chillin'/Reprise Records. High. This video is a primary audiovisual record of Big Daddy Kane at his commercial and artistic peak — one of the most celebrated MCs of the golden age — in a production that fuses New Jack Swing sonics with classic East Coast rap performance aesthetics. The occupational-vignette narrative structure and rapid intercutting editing style are exemplary of the period's music video grammar. Absence of director credit makes it a notable gap in the canon of late-80s hip-hop video attribution. Context: Released in September 1989 as a single from Big Daddy Kane's landmark album It's a Big Daddy Thing (Cold Chillin'/Reprise), this video sits at the precise intersection of Golden Age hip-hop lyricism and the emergent New Jack Swing sound pioneered by producer Teddy Riley. Kane's Brooklyn-rooted Juice Crew affiliation, his trendsetting fashion identity (high-top fades, velour, four-finger rings), and his choreography-forward performance style collectively document a pivotal moment when hip-hop was transitioning from underground b-boy culture into mainstream pop visibility. The song later ranked #57 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop (2008), confirming its enduring canonical status. Director notes: Produced by Cold Chillin' Records and released in September 1989. The video features Big Daddy Kane performing with hip-hop dancers, intercut with segments of women depicted in various job occupations, reflecting the song's title theme. Runtime is approximately 3m58s per the Discogs single listing. No director attribution has been located in any publicly accessible source.