There is a large number of cuts which could represent the fact that he has '99 problems' - there is so much going on in his life (lyrics and visuals matching)
The lack of Scopophilia, considering it is a hip hop song, reinforces the idea of women not being a 'problem' for Jay Z
The man Crunching up the heart represents how love/women are unimportant
Though there is a close up of the $ chain, there is not all that much again considering it is a typical convention of this genre. That could be to show that he has problems, such as being from the poorer more gangster parts of America
The visuals of police and what is being said link with lyrics
The word 'bitch' is said just as a dog shows up, then there is a cut to a shot of women dancing, perhaps to be offensive to women.
rapping about being 'papped' by the paparazzi as the visuals show police record pictures being taken - that was their claim to fame
hip hop genre shows a typical 'thug life' graffiti, police, criminality, derogatory treatment of women - women in bikinis - illegal dog fighting, prison, fences, setting - Brooklyn - run down, basketball courts, balaclavas, shooting, street dancing
Record shop repeated throughout - old school - keeping it real - representing him as having musical integrity
Black and white is quite ghetto like.
black and white could also be seen as opposing old romantic new york films
race tensions - police are all white (portrayed as the bad people)
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