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I’m also trying to include a link to the song I’m mentioning whenever possible. SWV’s oral-sex ode “Downtown” became lodged last week and so I went to YouTube to find its video, and bam! First shot:Oh. Shit. You know? Coko’s nails are the stuff of legend. And also, they are maybe the stuff of Toucan Sam’s beak. The video goes on:

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She looks like she’s a creature who consumes sexy dudes. A literal maneater and nice counterpoint to the figurative eating of the song:

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It got me thinking: I always loved those nails. I think their trashy absurdity is what pushed SWV over the line and made them my favorite girl group of their time (as much as it might feel wrong, I know it’s right: I really would place them above TLC and En Vogue for sheer breadth of amazing material).

I’m not sure that those nails were ever given their due as a pop-cultural source of amazement. And so, to pay tribute to them the best way I know how: I combed YouTube for shots of her manipulating them and then made a gif wall of them. It’s below the jump. Reflecting on Coko’s willingness to be so flashy about one of the most impractical tacky fashion decisions a woman can make is kind of mind-blowing on a Magnolia level. I look at the shit below and I say four four

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