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Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack: Research

Massive Attack are an English trip hop group formed in 1988 in Bristol, and consists of Robert "3D" Del Naja, Grant "Daddy G" Marshall and formerly Andy "Mushroom" Vowles. A popular album of theirs would be Blue Lines. It is the debut studio album by English trip hop group Massive Attack, released on their Wild Bunch label through Virgin Records on 8 April 1991, followed by the release of a remastered version of the album on 19 November 2012.


The music video follows Shara Nelson around an urban street in down town LA. The camera moves around her body to face her, so when she is walking the camera is in front and reversing in order to catch an edgy video of her walking, and making it more mainstream.

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