It then shows Apl, will.i.am, Taboo and his little sister singing at the park with girls and cars having a good time. The music begins and shows Apl, Fergie, will.i.am and Taboo in different color backgrounds singing. The video begins with an introduction with Fergie and Taboo knocking on apl.de.ap's house which then his mom answers and starts to talk to them in a thick, heavy Filipino accent and then she asks Apl to come down and starts to embarrass him and then his baby sister Jasmine comes and Fergie tells his mom they're going to the park. Filipino American street racing legend RJ de Vera, who hosted MTV's Trick It Out and also appeared in The Fast and the Furious, is seen alongside many of the vehicles. "Generation Two" displays several modified import vehicles or " rice rockets" that are prevalent in Filipino American youth culture.
Ginelsa has said that his intention was to make a "Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" for the Filipino American community, only with a far lower budget and far less references to sex, drugs, and violence. Dre's " Nuthin' but a "G" Thang" video was also filmed. It was filmed in various locations in Los Angeles, California including Kenneth Hahn Park, where Dr.
"Generation Two" portrays present day Filipino Americans. Before the video was officially released online, it was played at the Black Eyed Peas concert at Araneta Coliseum in Manila, Philippines while apl.de.ap performed the song. The "Generation Two" video is included on the Black Eyed Peas' home release, Live from Sydney to Vegas. Historically, courtships and sexual relations between Filipino men and Caucasian women caused a backlash amongst Caucasian men, leading to hate crimes being committed and the eventual passing of anti-miscegenation laws. Therefore, Filipino American men often courted Caucasian women. In the early days of Filipino American immigration, only men were allowed into the United States, thus accounting for a large gender disparity in the Filipino American community. The video portrays the relationships between race and gender at the time, as Caucasian women (played by Fergie) are the objects of the Filipino men's affection. It is set in the 1930s and focuses on showing the life the early Filipino immigrants in Stockton, California as migrant farm workers. The "Generation One" video is based on first-generation Filipino Americans. Two different music videos for "Bebot" were filmed in early July 2006 and premiered online on August 4, 2006. "Bebot" also contains a sample from a song by Filipino folk band Asin the acoustic part in the beginning of "Bebot" is sampled from the song "Ang Bayan Kong Sinilangan". A bonus track on the group's 2009 album, The E.N.D, uses a similar format to "Bebot" the song "Mare" also features prominent sections of lyrics sung in Tagalog.
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In 2006, Patricio Ginelsa (Kid Heroes Productions) and AJ Calomay (Xylophone Films), who also produced and directed the video for "The Apl Song", as well as the Filipino American action comedy movie Lumpia, were enlisted to make a music video for "Bebot". The music video for "Bebot" features primarily Filipinos, and Filipino Americans.
The term "Bebot" is Filipino slang for "pretty woman", "hot chick", "hottie", "baby" or "babe". However, in contrast to the first song's somber tone, "Bebot" is an uptempo song designed to be played at parties and clubs. In a similar fashion to "The Apl Song", which appeared on the group's 2003 album Elephunk, the song is rapped solo by apl.de.ap as a tribute to his childhood upbringing in the Philippines.