Tamia is featured in this lead off single from Quincy Jones' album Q's Jook Joint. The video takes place in a recording studio. Quincy Jones is sitting behind the control booth watching Tamia sing the track in a recording booth. The cool thing about this video is that her image morphs from sitting in the booth to standing in front of a plain background. The only way I can describe the morphing is like "sand". It is similar to the way Michael Jackson morphed into sand in his Remember The Time music video. The music video is very well shot, and fits the mood of the song. It was directed by Matthew Rolston (who also directed TLC's Creep and Jewel's Foolish Games.

Slow Jams (1995) - dir: Matthew Rolston

This second single from Q's Jook Joint features Tamia, Babyface, Portrait, and Barry White. SWV also sings on this track, but I'm not sure if they also appear in the video. The video takes place in an old nightclub/lounge, or maybe "Q's Jook Joint" during the 1910-1920's. Quincy Jones is sitting at a table (accompanied by a girl that could be his daugher, Kidada). Everyone is wearing old fashioned clothes from that era. Babyface and Tamia sing on stage, and are backed by a band and backup singers (Portrait, Barry White, and possibly SWV, I'm not sure). Babyface is wearing a white tuxedo and Tamia is wearing a very oriental style dress and her hair is dark and short (very straight cut with bangs). The hair is in a "bob" style and it was a wig (thanks for the info, Matt!). Overall, this is a great video and the video fits the mood and feel of the nightclub scene of that era. Matthew Rolston directed this video (same director as You Put A Move On My Heart).

Keep Hope Alive (from "The Associate") (1996) - dir: ?

Keep Hope Alive was featured on The Box (Cleveland, OH area) in the fall of 1996. They played it more often than I thought they would. I know it came on everyday at about 5 p.m. for the longest. Although it wasn't a hit, it most definitely did have a video. It was about her at an audition to sing, or something, and she had to sing "Keep Hope Alive." She was dressed in street clothes, actually more like she was taking dance lessons or something. Her hair looked like it was done up in 2 minutes, but it added to that hard working effect that she had going on. The video wasn't all that great, but it did feature clips from the movie The Associate. The video would've been much better if more attention would have been paid to how she looked in order to compliment the song and her beauty. 
(description written by Matt E. Stevens)

Missing You (from "Set It Off") (1996) - dir: F. Gary Gray

The music video for the single is perhaps the most well known of all of Tamia's videos (so far). The lead off single from the movie Set It Off is a collaboration of Brandy, Tamia, Gladys Knight and Chaka Khan. The music video features each singer in a different setting. Brandy is in the middle of a grassy field under a tree; Tamia is in the middle of a wheat field; Gladys Knight is on a covered bridge overlooking a stream; and Chaka Khan is on top of a cliff overlooking an ocean shore. The basic idea of the video is to portray 4 friends in different parts of the country as they "miss" each other. The video was directed by F. Gary Gray (the director of Set It Off).

Make Tonight Beautiful (from "Speed 2: Cruise Control") (1997) - dir: Paul Hunter

The video for Make Tonight Beautiful (the theme to Speed 2)was set on a beach in what looked like the Carribean. She was very beautiful in this video. She was dressed in something like a sundress, or some clothes a native islander would wear. Although there was no real point to the video, it was very nice and she looked much better than she did in Keep Hope Alive. This video received even more airplay on the Box. (The video was directed by Paul Hunter).
(description written by Matt E. Stevens)

Imagination (1997) - dir: Paul Hunter

Tamia's first video off her debut album is Imagination. The video has a dark, Gothic theme to it, similar to Nine Inch Nails' "Perfect Drug" and Mack 10's "Only In California". She wears a long black strapless dress and long black gloves that go past her elbows (reminds me of a "lounge singer" Barbie doll that I had seen before), and in the dancing sequence, she wears a very sexy looking black shiny vinyl outfit. Very nice! There is also a scene where she is crawling in a dark pool of water, with a long "train" from her dress trailing behind. Jermaine Dupri also makes an appearence in the video. The video was directed by Paul Hunter (who also directed Boyz II Men's "4 Seasons of Loneliness" and Notorious B.I.G.'s "Hypnotize").

So Into You (1998) - dir: Harvey White

Tamia's newest video was first seen on BET's Vibrations music video show on June 12, 1998. It shows Tamia and a bunch of friends dancing to the song being played on the radio in one scene; Tamia on a bed in another scene; Tamia on the phone; in the hallway; sitting on a chair with an artificial sunset-background; standing in front of a wall-side waterfall. I can't really describe it very well, but it's an AMAZING video! I really like the vibrant and the contrasting colors. The video was directed by a guy named Harvey White. This song and music video are guaranteed to be one of this summer hottest jams.
-a clip for the So Into You music video can be found at the Qwest Records website: video section
(thanks JODELIZ & Jacquelyn Reed for informing me)

Spend My Life With You (duet w/Eric Benet) (1999) - dir: Jesse Vaughan

Single from Eric Benet's CD A Day In The Life
Here is Donna's description of the video: 
"It shows the two of them in what looks like a castle(?) Throughout the video they leave little notes for each other (like lovers would do) and there is scenes with the two of them together. It is a very nice video and a very sweet song. Tamia is wearing a pretty blue dress in one scene, with her hair up and curly. In another scene she is wearing a silver(?) top with a skirt. She looks really good. So does Eric!"
(thanks to Donna & Joy for the info)

Can't Go For That (early July 2000) - dir: Chris Hafner

New video for the first single from Tamia's upcoming album.
The video is currently airing on BET and here is Gina's description of the video:
"The video takes place in this very trendy apartment.  She is dancing, singing and from what I got the song is about an abusive man.  At the end of the video she goes into the song Stranger In My House which is her slow song and this guy walks in the apartment and he dissapears then it says To Be Continued"
(thanks to Gina for the info!)

Stranger In My House - dir: Paul Hunter

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