Go Yeezzzyyyyy!!

i think he tries too hard to be “different”

I am FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

dang, ya’ll 2 beat me

neways im not feelin this yet….

sicK Kanye, just Sick. he’s already legend. love the masai warriors bit. Thought it wascoming out of the screen

the video was different…in a good way! i love the song!

Go africa. woop, go kanye.

It’s a good thing I already love the song. The video was trash. I don’t understand what the concept of the video was. What was he aiming for?

I can always count on Kanye to not give us the typical rap video so that’s good HOWEVER he’s a rapper not a singer so I’m not feeling this song at all and as a stan it pains me to say this =/

love how abstract it is. Go Kanye. Loved the song at the MTV awards and love it even more cos of this. Woop.

Love it!

I loved dis song!

Sorry, this was below average, to me. That attempt at singing, with the lame as T-Pain vocoder.

He’s been getting on my nerves this past year, but I was willing to let that go, since I’ve generally liked his music. Damn, this track is a letdown. The video made up for it I suppose.

I doubt the “African tribal” chicks were even black, considering how these directors dont cast them anymore.

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this freakin song! Go Ye!!

hey, what happened to my comment?

oh there it is, my bad! LOL!

You better work boi! I am def going to cop his cd on Nov 25th! Nice little gift for myself!

THE VIDEO CONCEPT [I THINK..LOL]
His love for her is kind of haunting him. not in a scary way, but not knowing what to do in his realationship is driving him crazy. he loves her but he does not know what to do to show her that. “im not loving u like I wanted to”

Love the song… I like the video it was simple looks like an emotional struggle a battle with simplicity and other things going on publicly as well as in your mind.. kinda beating at you pinned up against a wall…I dunno but I like what I made up..lmao..

NICCAS NEED TO LEAVE THAT POWDER ALONE…

not feeling the video but I love the white

go kanye

Musical Genious!

that video is the freshest of them all!!!

Kanye wants to sing and write songs now! Go back to writing rhymes and put the sythesizer down. This whole thing is just weird and wrong.

Damn was Kanye on his period, when he wrote this. Aint this what women sing about?

Men with sensitivity are all well and good, but he’s probably a blubbering mess, mentally.

I love the video, already a great song. Kanye is taking his music clearly beyond rap, love it!

How can you not love this?!??!?
Ye, is not to be messed with. HOT!!!!

luv da song…,. Hot crack… stamp dat.. all dey dat!!!!!

Go Kanyezzzzzzzzzzz

That mess was scary ass hell at some parts. But I still think he needs to shave that nappy ass looking hair off. Unless he’s doing a movie to portray Jesus I don’t see why he looks like this. It’s isn’t as bad as it used to be but I still want it ALL gone, like it used to be.

Anyways, like I said, the video was scary as hell. Kind of creepy. But the song has been growing on me. I also think he could have done a better job on the video..I wasn’t impressed. I still ‘em though.

go kanye

kanye is ridiculous, i mean be different if you want to but…hmmmm

Interesting. His fans will like it I guess.

I love the song..the video is hot too…YAY KANYE!!..can’t wait till nov to cop the album

It’s definetely creative, but kinda of wierd in my opinion.

This video is HOTTT!!!

yo this is my joint along w/ common new joint and john legend!! da video was cool-will take a minute to understand but kanye is my dude just 4 the fact that he marches 2 da beat of his own drum. i mean i feel sorry for dude for losing his moms and then the break up w/ ol girl goes to show dude is being honest how he feel and is @ a space where he needs to free himself from the emotional build up!!

Kanye is a Genius. Love the song and video!!!

Kanye….WTF?

I already love this song and after seeing the video I love it more. The video is SICK. Love it, Kanye is the isssh. Very Different and creative.

What the hell did I just watch?? I have all three of this man’s cds and this is not him.
Kanye is out of his mind. I hate the song and the video is not creative at all…

Me no likey!

This is downgrade for me. The song and video just don’t seem stick on me.

That man misses his mama somethin’ terrible.

I like the song and I think that music videos are no longer necessary. I have no idea why artists spend so much money on them. They are no longer the medium they used to be.

But Kanye is an enigma for sure. His second album will forever be his best.

THIS IS MY FAVORITE KANYE TRACK TO DATE, I was never really into him, he was good, fun, BUT THIS IS GREAT !!!!! I AM OFFICIALY A KANYE fan, this is soooo hottt (2 me) …

VERY BORING TO ME. NOT INTERESTING AT ALL. THIS AND “CAN’T TELL ME NOTHING” ARE HIS WORST VIDEOS SO FAR.

i love the song, the video is really interesting but i don’t totally get it yet. But if Ellen says it’s brilliant, I agree 100%.

WONDERFUL SONG…

IMAGINATIVE VIDEO…

IF YOU’RE READY TO OPEN YOUR MIND, KANYE AINT FOR YOU…

Heyyyyyy….Where’d my comment go?

im sooo confused by this.
what is kanye doing?
that is the question he always has people asking but still … this is just…
strange.

Kanye West is one m***af*****g GENIUS!!!! The video is pure brilliance. It is very simplified and spohisticated in a contemporary setting. I think his mother’s death has inspired his music in many immense ways and his music now has a more darker, philosophical, and somber tone.

I love the African dancers, and very few artists can pull off (and/or) straight up BITE T-Pain’s vocoder, (although T-Pain is not the first person to use it either and NO he did not invent it), so I think Kanye pulled it off. I can’t wait for November 25th, 808 and Heartbreaks will be amazing!!!

THE Queen Has Landed! This dude thinks hes a model! IDK whats going on up there.. Come out already!

LOVE THE SONG SO MUCH I WAS EXPECTIN INDEED SOME AFRICAN PARTS BECAUSE OF THE AFRICAN VIBES IN THE SONG, its kinda weird, but its Ye so im always surprised when I see his videos, im not really feelin it this time but I still love it

i fucks wit it!
i love the african themes he
incorporated into the video
when i listed to the sonf (especially the end)
i think of africa and dancing wild (or beyonce in deja vu ahhaha)

The video was OKAY and interesting. Kanye is the FKKKng MZZANNNNn! HE is what Hip Hop needs, Hip Hop is too scarred to be different at times there is nothing wrong with changing things up! He is definitley talented!

EWww it smells….really bad. I dont like Kanye he’s too damn arrogant. I love and support my people but not all people deserve recognition especially when they give it to themselves enough already.

NEWSFLASH:LEAVE THE VOICE RECORDER THANG TO TPAIN..PLZ.
enough of that sh*t already, it should have been left to the late great Roger anyway who did Computer Love….because really T-pain is a hot mess and he doesnt need to do it ither.

I hate this song and I am a Kanye fan..its garbage, it unacceptable.. totally ridiculous, and as much of a fan as I am…I wonder will i buy his album?!?!?! as a matter of fact, I wont if it all sounds like this…

This man never ceases to amaze me. He has every reason in the world to be as cocky as he is. Can’t wait to the 25th!!!

I LOVE Kanye…

but this song sounds like a negro spiritual.

Love it! Love it Love it! I don’t care what anyone says about Kanye. Dude is a genius! He is art in motion and he’s definitely brings something new to the game with every release.

it was straight….i really didnt have a thought as to what the vid would ever be like so i wasnt expecting anything to big or too small….it was pretty cool..i didnt get it,then again i never really do when it comes to kanye “cant tell me nothing” had nathin to do with the vid “stronger” had no point at all so yeah love u anyhow ye!!

I HATE KANYE WEST…..HE IS AN ASSHOLE…..ASSHOLE, ASSHOLE, ASSHOLE….

I always knew I understood him and I still do now. At first I thought “WTF” and then I remembered the Stronger MV and he took the vibe of the song and transplanted that into the concept of the video. He did the same thing now with this video and it works. It fits his video aesthetic and style. He’s consistent so I love it.

it’ll be hard to post on ‘ye’s blog if he’s posted the vid, so ‘ye:
OH MY EFFING GOSH!
i love it! and i love ye! and i wish i would’ve seen the show!
great! genius!

So I really got into the video’s overall look…the minimalist design of his condo, the neutral pallette and the contrasting bright colors of the amazonian looking women in futuristic yet traditional war-like paint.

I like the design…way deep.

I dig the subtleness…

I felt like I was watching a piece of moving art. Yah.

Did not like the female on female action…what the hell…

#18 THANK YOU FOR THE EXPLINATION. I ACTUALLY UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT BEHIND THE VIDEO NOW…

I still loove that song but to me that vid was kinda boring

BORING! GO ‘Ye Still support it and coping the ALBUM on the 25th Kanye is killing it! I love the song and the creavity of the video it doesnt explain the concept of the song. It only explains the beat of the song, where it originated from, Africa.

The level of this man’s genius is ASTOUNDING!! those who don’t get it are probably the type that like that coonin the other rappers like to do. THIS IS ART and a celebration of black history..those who don’t get it might I suggest the movie BAMBOOZLED

i love this video even though i dont know what the fk the concept is.

i also dig the hair, i think its fresh, i think jay z is doin it too.

the song is very coldplay……… VERY COLDPLAY!!

Didnt to much care for the song at first but the video is really hot!! Everybody thats ripping on the video, have you ever watched rock videos? They tend to be even more abstract. Hopefully this will be an example to other rappers making videos.

Well done Yezzy. Always thinking outside the box, that’s what I love about dude.

He’s my best rapper!

I think the video sypnosis is that KanYe is on love lockdown, basically like he’s locked up in an asylum or something; which would explain all the white. The African soldiers or whatever represent the craziness going on inside his head.

But that’s just what I think; I could be wrong.

i love it….. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CL needs to Upload CIARA video GO GIRL!!! THAT WAY FIYAH Ciara is the best Dancer! Im sorry but Janet’s old 80’s moves aint cutting it anymore! Ciara is the future oh and the making of it comes on tonight BET Access Granted 7:30/6:30c and she gives Tpain something special!!! GO ‘Ye

I’m sorry, he is such a genius! I love this song and the video.

Kanye and Rhi got the game on lock!

lovee yeezy; love the song but he need a damn haircut this is getting ridiculoussss

interesting INTRO of characters.

MEN

and More zulu MEN

and WoMEN

…..wow. - so Gay.

On Ellen?

I Absolutely LOVE it. My baby Kanye is the sh*t, he is so unpredictable in a good way and he was lookin damn good

Diggin the Africa thing goin on

@#2 and the rest of the haters get a life

Go Ye!!! Dope video forget the haters

I Love This Song..I’m Glad He Came Out With This Song..It Debuted In The Top 5, So It’s Clearly A Hit…

NAW NAW KANYE!! I MEAN…THIS VIDEO IS DIFFERENT BUT I STILL GIVE IT 2 THUMBS DOWN :[

I DONT LIKE IT AT ALL…I THINK THE SONG IS GONNA HAVE TO GROW ON ME TOO…ACTUALLY, IM STILL WAITIN FOR IT TO GROW ON ME :[

I STILL LOVE YOUR MUSIC KANYE!!! IVE JUS SEEN AND HEARD BETTER WORK FROM YOU :[

HMM…

(its my opinion)

the vid is hott… and the song is already suuuuuuuper hott!!! WOOT WOOOOOOOOOOOT!!!….

I love me some YE!

However, this video made ZERO Sense.
I did not get the Tribal thing at all….I just did not work.

And Did we learn anything from Andre 3000???

Only Lil Wayne and T Pain make this tired format work…..let it die.

Kanye come better. I appreciate the effort but the video and the “singing” don’t work at all.

i love it.. its different..

SOME PEOPLE CAN’T GET WITH DEEP THEMES; FOR THESE PEOPLE, TWO WORDS COMES TO MIND: SIMPLE MINDED…

Did you guys see the new Macy’s commercial? In the commercial they had an icon from every generation, the only icon from our generation was Kanye. And he was the only black person in the entire commercial.

Okay, JSCENE explain the video. Since its so deep n creative (and obviously self-explanatory to you) explain the theme to us “simple-minded” folk

saol menn

Amazing!

I dont particularly care for the song because of his singing, his voice annoys me, the production however is hot. The video brought the song to life. I like how they played off of the beats in the song with the African theme.

Like somone said earlier the all white represents the fact that he’s going crazy as if he’s in a mental asylum and the Warriors represent the war with his love interest playing out in his mind. Heavy!

People keep saying it doesn’t make sense and there is no concept, even if that was the case (which it isn’t) art is not meant to make sense to everyone. Sometimes the artist is the only one who can interpret his or her own work. Dont get frustrated or belittle it because you dont understand it.

luv kanye!

Sometimes I can’t stand the man, his tirades and antics are so immature but he is very talented, a true artist in every sense!

both Kanye and Common r comin hard w/ their new videos. I think I love where the game is goin ri now.
The video wuz reckless!! I loved it.

The video and the song is HOT!

Hmmmm….dont understand the video…would have really liked it if the african bits made sense…or if he was just walking around in a white house…but I LOVE the song…it’s different..

hmmmm it’s a very questionable one

The lyrics are cool, but the video and Kanye’s singing is HORRIBLE! He needs to dig down deep and bring back that college dropout/ late registration type music. It’s funny how artist change…over a course of time. College Dropout showed how hungry he was…late registration showed how he remained on top…I can’t even remember the last album because it was so..so. Bring back the real music man…stop creating this whack sh*t!

Hmmm…I don’t think Kanye ‘tries’ to be anything but himself.
I love the video.
Initially didn’t like the studio version of this, but in the video it sounds like a cleaned up better version of the track.

agree with #25!!

damn , i LOVE kanye
“Champion” is still my favorite joint
but i think this song is HORRRRRRRIBLE!!!

Ummm, im not 2 sure wat 2 think of the vid. I know that i hate the song. Im not 2 sure wat xactly he was trying 2 portray in the vid & the connection between it & the song. Im African, mad love 2 Africa, but wats with all the stereotypical shit? *sigh*

i dont understand some of u. this video and song is fire.. one thing that makes kanye so successful and great is that he doesnt limit his creativity and doesnt try to fit to a boxed image. he takes risks with his sound and has been successful doin so. its his music and vision he can express how he wants to.

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS VIDEO AND THE SONG…KANYE IS THE BEST

Like Ellen said I LOVE THIS SONG. Kanye is killing it. I absolutely love all of his cd’s Late Registration is my favorite I can always relate to what he is talking about. I can’t wait for the 808. I love the clothes he has on in the vid. Go Ye!!!

Concept:
it is remarkable how similar the pattern of love is to the pattern of insanity

I absolutely LOOOOVE this song, and I think people who don’t like it, may change their mind after they hear it some more, as it grew on me as well.

As for the video- I think it is amazing, and an interesting concept. I love the stark white room for the intro of the song, then as it picks up and gets more intense we see the African warriors/dancers wreaking havoc with the white scene. (kinda what love/emotion does)

To the end of the video when we see the warriors recede, it seems as if Kanye decides it’s better to be in the blank whiteness than have all that upheaval.

I think having the 2 ladies (godess figures even?) in color was a superb way to set them apart from the rest of the video.

And I can’t believe I just spent time analyzing a video!

I don’t care what none of y’all say- only Kanye can get people talking about something deep and abstract.

Of course some of you are looking for a certain type of “entertainment” value from him considering he has been very “entertaining” in the past. However I would also consider the idea that Kanye is and has always been an artist first. His ability to express something artistically through music and visuals is both extensive and dynamic. Kanye has developed an aesthetic that goes way beyond simply being a hip hop rapper/producer. There is more than simple entertainment value in that. But I can understand where most of you don’t get that.

yA’ll be hating on KANyE for nothing…. this video puts the song in context… Yall better reKonize he’s more than jus a rapper,,,, he an Artist… and that right there is pure unadulterated genuis

Im feelin this! Lookin forward to the Album!!

Hmm, interesting video… And what in the smelly big-toe hell is up with Kanye not wearing socks!!!? His feet prolly smell real real bad!LMAO
Anyways, it’s good to see a “rap”-video with hot guys in it, besides the rapper himself (at least sometimes they’re hot)

The drum sequence in the chorus is sick, best part of the song!!!

WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS!????????!?!?!?!!?!? NO KANYE HELLZ NO!

Hmm, I have to handed to kanye the song is different but in a good way , I like the concept of the tribal men, the white pallet, kanye cool demeanor and I love that the video is abstract, Idon’t believe artists need to define every lyric or melody in their videos. However, with the praise to Kanye, I have to say something that bother me about the video. I know people r going to say would u just get over it. But, how is it you depict a video with african, tribal warriors,, but you use “others” to play the african tribal women. Is this where we have come to that u get “others” to portray the african women,(OUR RACE), I’ see that many black women are not portrayed in music videos, whicH I’m okay with because the video’s are degrating to black women. But, when you get another ethnicity to play an black woman. I can’t help but stratch my head with confusion.Come on kanye, i know you have your preferences But Seriously!

@ 88 sigh

I cannot explain the “concept” of the video to you…it’s what YOU as an individual take from the video.

I said some people are simple minded because everything shouldn’t have to be “as is” to be appreciated. Some things, just like art, can be abstract, and each and every viewer can take some different away from it after seeing it. This video just gives you more than meets the eye, gives you a little something to reflect on, and generally makes you think; it’s not so self-explanatory and common. And i just think for some people, if it’s not plain, clear, and something they see everyday, they can’t get with it; i call these people “simple minded,” cause everything has to be plainly stamped and identified in order for them to like it….if it requires any type of thinking outside the box, the AUTOMATICALLY don’t like it.

Boy has he changed…

This is not his calling. This song sucks

#18 and 19 . . . good analysis. I don’t know what he was going for but if its between those two explainations then I can learn to like the video. Otherwise, I didn’t. But the song is very cool.

go Kanye. hot video

So gay

I hate this song.

Kanye is beyond what words could say, i love this song! and HIm with his bummy look!!!

why did’nt he get hype to do his video?

SO iS HE A RAPPER SLASH SiNGER NOW? iM CONFUSED KANYE!?! WTF i KNOW YOU LiKE TO BE DiFFERENT BUT THiS DONT SOUND GOOD TO MY EARS SMH…..

Hmmm..I really don’t know
First hearing the song, I didn’t like it
It has grown on me after hearing it several times
I still don’t like that he’s “singing”, but it actually sounds good
The video’s theme is nice, but I’m not feelin it overall

ALL U IDIOTS HATING ON THIS SONG ARE SO BRAINWASHED TO BELIEVE THAT HIP HOP ONLY CONSISTS OF THE FOOLISHNESS THAT PLAYS ON THE RADION 30 TIMES A DAY ( SOLDIER BOY,LIL WAYNE, T PAIN, ETC). KANYE IS ATTEMPTING TO ELEVATE HIP HOP MUSIC, TO SHOW THE WORLD THAT HIP HOP IS MORE THAN A HOT BEAT AND LYRICS ABOUT THE BIGGEST CARS, AND GETTING MONEY. THIS SONG IS SUUUUUPER HOT! AND THE VIDEO IS EVEN HOTTER! KANYE WEST IS THE BEST RAPPER/ ARTIST AT THIS TIME PERIOD! AND THE VIDEO IS HIGHLY ARTISTIC, PAYING HOMAGE TO HIS AFRICAN ROOTS! DID YOU GUYS REALLY EXPECT FOR HIM TO HAVE A “TYPICAL” RAP VID FOR SUCH A HOT SONG!?? COME ON ! LOL!

aww, kanye! i hope you find that love. so nice when a “rap artist” can bear his soul.

hmmmm…kinda reminds me of american psycho…
well, i hated the song @ first, but after watching the video, i’m a fan….i think…lol

Who directed this sh*t?

#126 STFU!

i friggin swear that for the longest, i had no idea this was kanye..damn i guess im pretty late..but everytime im in the car, I would either catch the end of it or my boyfriend would change the station but i love it

what i love about kanye is that he puts he wears his emotions on his sleeve you can really feel and see his pain with this song. it’s real shit! and he doesn’t care what anyone else thinks. this whole concept- the song and video– is brilliant.

if u listen to the lyrics you realize this whole thing with the warriors represents his internal war to fight the love that he’s scared of expressing, i’m assuming for his ex. get it ‘ye!

This song is GARBAGE!

This song is fierce!!

like someone said up above
kanye west tried too hard

I’ve been wondering what the meaning of his song is and was hoping someone else had the same idea. Knowing Kanye the video means he’s in love with his culture/roots but he’s stuck in a white world. A whole love song just looks too obvious. The video doesn’t coresspond with what he’s saving as far as love so I think there’s some other meaning.