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post #16 of 19
10/25/10 at 2:29pm
I find that Kanye is exploiting a specific sub-culture in this video. I feel he rubs shoulders with the right persons and posses enough resources (money) to be able to hire the right people to re-create these images. He should not receive the "Genius" or "Creative" credit he thinks he deserves. Though he does deserve appreciation from countless amounts of us who cannot afford and/or care enough to orchestrate all this.

Also, stretched metaphors and loud imagery.. I was really expecting something more clever. Track listing throughout was pretty dope tho.. and of course, the Phoenix was stunning!

So what I'm getting at is, Kanye is not a Genius, He just has the means to projecting a "Creative Genius" image.

thanks for reading..
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post #17 of 19
10/25/10 at 4:50pm
I give him credit for pushing the envelope to what hip hop is and the direction it is moving in, fusing it with art, a visual story. I was enjoying the video up until the blatant role reversal of white people serving black people in the meal scene. Normally, I wouldn't mind but there was an obvious message being sent there, as if he has the money now, black people have the power to enslave white people (through media and pop culture). I'm not even white and I thought it was just disgusting, that he and whatever he represents cannot move forward for some pitiful reason.
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post #18 of 19
10/26/10 at 12:49am
That part in the house where he rips "Power" to shreds with the MPC is on constant loop in my head.
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post #19 of 19
10/26/10 at 1:29am
Like watching an art student's version of Forrest Gump in blackface.
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