Kanye West's new video/song released

[BLUE 1,026]

I know he's widely regarded as a great producer, but this video/song is one of the absolute worst things I've ever had the displeasure of watching/listening to:

 

 

Like, what in the actual fuck ....

Edited November 20, 2013 by BLUE

[DonovanMcnabb for H.O.F 2,241]

It's pretty much what I expected from Kanye West when I read a while ago that Kim K was going to be in it. I really don't know where he was going with this, but nothing is accidental with him.

 

I still love the song. I'm a big big Kanye fan so my opinion is bias, and should be taken with a grain of salt. To me, judging from what he's done in the past, the video wasn't that bad.

[Guest Phailadelphia]

Ye trollin'

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But I'm a creative genius and there's no other way to word it!

 

[funnygunny 521]

i am so appalled...

[Guest Phailadelphia]

A thoughtful interpretation of the music video, via Reddit via 4chan:

 

Alright /mu/ I am sorry for another thread on this, but it urks me that nobody understands this music video. Before I continue, I would just like to explain that I am not a huge Kanye West fan, yet I understand and appreciate his work, and I would just like to offer my two cents on this video, and the meaning behind it.

Alright firstly, the confederate flag. Many of you may or may not know that Kanye has put the confederate flag on a number of his new merchandise associated with the Yeezus tour. The reason for this is that he wants to replace a racist symbol with himself. He wants people to start associating it with him, instead of racism, so quite frankly it can't be used by racists, as it represents a 'Black Skin Head.' He has admitted to this. (I'll dig up the interview if you don't believe me.)

Now with this in mind, we can continue on to the Bound 2 video. This video presents some of the most stereotypical, if not corny american stereotypes. The desert. The galloping stallions. The beautiful woman. The soft porn. The lone ranger riding his motorcycle into the sunset. And it is all presented in such a simple and uninspiring way that it is almost a mockery of these things. The only thing not stereo typically american here, is the fact that the lone ranger is black.

So why is Kanye doing this? Well it is pretty simple, he is taking White American culture, and he is replacing it with a Black skin head. This is essentially an aggressive cultural takeover that the average person probably doesn't even realise is happening. Why else would he debut the video on the Ellen show? It is a white american talk show, with a white american demographic. This man is literally destroying white american stereotypes by making them revolve around him. The funniest part is, hardly anyone realises it. Oh and who is white america's favourite white person? Jesus. Im sure you all get where im going with this.

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Even if all of that is true, regarding the video itself, it doesn't change the fact that the song still blows a major bag of dicks. lol

[theMileHighGuy 656]

You can't really redefine stereotypes and um, turn yourself into white racism(??) when you make terrible fucking music and everyone hates you and your whore wife.

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Even he thinks so too.

[DonovanMcnabb for H.O.F 2,241]

BucD I'm saddened you don't like Bound 2. And I'm not just saying that as a bias Kanye fan...

i am so appalled...

Hm. What you did there! I see it...

[FartWaffles 1,857]

Kanye was never good. He ain't nothin but a gay fish.

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Either Kanye is a delusional motherfucker or he's this generation's Andy Kaufman. I watched his interview with Jimmy Kimmel after their "feud". He rambled on forever and half of what he said was legitimate and the other half was just outlandish, contrived, and offpoint. Very reminiscent of Andy Kaufman on Letterman, imo.

 

 

 

 

Just look at the awkwardness exhibited by Kanye in the beginning of his interview, paralleled by Andy in his.

[Guest Phailadelphia]

You can't really redefine stereotypes and um, turn yourself into white racism(??) when you make terrible fucking music and everyone hates you and your whore wife.

 

I think the point of Ye flying the Confederate Flag is to diffuse it of its meaning. Kind of like when people make fun of you for a certain thing you do, so rather than be ashamed and fueling their criticism, you instead own it, wear it proudly, which in turn bores them or makes their poking ineffective. If that's where Kanye is going with this, it's really not a bad idea. Then again, the Confederate Flag can also simply be interpreted as a big "Fuck You" to any movement it's flown against. But I think the former probably fits this context better.

Edited November 23, 2013 by Phailadelphia

[BC 331]

Cuz who the fuck needs standards...

[CribbsForTheWin 117]

I hate Kanye. This may be one of the worst songs I've heard from him too, even though I like a few of his songs. One of the worst videos I've ever seen too.

[FartWaffles 1,857]

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Much better...

 

[BJORN 679]

Song was never meant to be good.