<P> The music video to "Work It" was directed by Dave Meyers . Timbaland, Eve, Tweet and Halle Berry make cameos in the video . Alyson Stoner stars as Lead Kid Dancer . The video pays tribute to Aaliyah (1979--2001) and Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes (1971--2002), who at the time had both recently died, are commemorated in the music video with their images airbrushed on a car's hood . It also features an appearance by dancer and graffiti writer Mr. Wiggles from Rock Steady Crew . There is another music video that features 50 Cent rapping the first verse on the remix . </P> <P> In shooting the video, director Myers shot the opening scene with live honey bees; only one crew member was stung . Additionally, he forgot to replace a glass of wine with a glass of water when filming the restaurant scene, so Elliott was heavily drunk after production . </P> <P> The video won the award for Video of the Year at the 2003 MTV Video Music Awards . In a 2010 interview with "Dance Spirit", Stoner revealed that she almost didn't go to the audition for "Work It" and her dancing is featured in a clean part of the video . "Work It" was choreographed by Hi - Hat . Alyson Stoner won the role of Lead Kid Dancer out of 400 to 500 kids . In 2018, Billboard critics ranked it 2nd among the "greatest music videos of the 21st century ." </P> <P> John Bush of AllMusic described the song as "turn (ing) the tables on male rappers, taking charge of the sex game, matching their lewdest, rudest rhymes, and also featuring the most notorious backmasked vocal of the year ." Bush cited the song as an example of Elliott's "artistic progression, trying to push hip - hop forward...neatly emphasizing her differences from other rappers by writing tracks for nearly every facet of the female side of relationships ." </P>

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