Synopsis

Outside an arts-and-crafts store, will.i.am encounters a boy carrying a portable speaker. When he tries to take it, the speaker appears stuck to an invisible screen and pulls him inside it. apl.de.ap and Taboo soon become trapped in the same strange space after spotting their bandmate, while Kim Hill and the surrounding crowd remain unaffected. The playful, surreal clip mixes performance and slapstick, then shifts into a house-dance sequence as a remix of "Fallin' Up" plays over the closing moments.

Factoids & Trivia

• "Joints & Jam" was released as the Black Eyed Peas' second single in November 1998, following the double single "Fallin' Up/Que Dices?"

• The song appears on the group's debut album, "Behind the Front," and was also included on the "Bulworth" soundtrack.

• Ingrid Dupree provides the featured vocals on the track. Former group member Kim Hill also appears in the video.

• The video ends with a remix of "Fallin' Up," creating a direct link to the group's earlier single rather than ending with "Joints & Jam" alone.

• The closing remix incorporates a sample from Barry White's version of "Standing in the Shadows of Love."

• The track draws on several contrasting musical references, including material associated with Paulinho da Costa, A Tribe Called Quest and the Bee Gees. The song also reworks the melody of "Grease."

• "Joints & Jam" reached No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart and No. 39 on Billboard's US Rhythmic chart.