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Aug 25 13 10:32 PM

One of her absolute best songs and easily her best video. I absolutely love the sound of it, from the sample, to the slow percolating vibe of the music, to the out of this world vocals and adlibs.

Hard to believe it's been 16 years -- the video debuted on my 16th birthday too oddly enough! Easily the most excited I've ever been for a music video debut, there was just so much intrigue behind it. I still remember getting up at like 5am during summer vacation to catch the first airing and I easily watched it 10 more times that day.

Really there was no better time for me as a fan, because over late 1995 and 1996 you could see the change in style that was gradually happening with her, between the Fantasy Remix and the ABMB Dupri mix, among other things. It felt like a really natural and organic evolution to her music.

The debut of Honey was sort of the perfectly timed apex of it. I just remember being surprised at how shocked people seemed to be at the change to her musical style, because you really could see it coming for awhile.