[Music Video] Kanye West-Power

(Insert excuse of why I haven't written in a while)
Now that we have gotten that out of the way, Kanye West came out for Power.  Remember when I wrote about "Power" and I was really excited about the video." Yes, I was underwhelmed. It was hyped as to be a "moving potrait" but that wasn't my issue with that.  It was it was only 90 seconds long.  I feel like not doing the whole song it was undeveloped and kinda just a cop out to call it "different".  But I guess it could be worse.  The images are nice, I will give it that.



Kanye West did his first UStream yesterday and talked about how his favorite video, hands down, is "Flashing Lights."  He also mentioned liking "Diamonds" and "GoldDigger."  He gave his usual long reason for saying why he liked it, but basically he liked how the sexy woman, that wouldn't be described as "sexy" in mainstream media, took the sexual and power position and wasn't submissive.  The video is ok to me, but I didn't like how he didn't do the entire song, which is my main problem with the "Power" video.  Thinking outside the box is one thing, but I think you should go all the way and complete the thought.  I also find it funny that he does short videos with his songs with Dwele and Dwele is never in the video.  Tough break.  I fell like Dwele would be a bigger artists if he had that exposure, because he does great work on his own and with Kanye.



Kanye also talked about how he was displeased when some parts of the "All Falls Down" video, which is actually my favorite Kanye video.   He didn't like the scene in the mirror and the metal detector scene, which his described as kinda silly because he wanted it all to be in first person.  But I feel since it was only his second video, they wanted to make sure his image was actually in the video to represent him since he was relatively new.  He did say this was the point where he took more control of his videos because he wanted them to be an extension of himself.  But this is still one of my favorite videos ever.

"Power" Kanye West

Yeah, I've been a little removed from blogs and what not.  I was in NY last week which was great.  Then because I had a lot on my mind I became obsessed with watching TV on DVD, (well online and on demand).  Anyway, some of this stuff is kinda behind, but this is mostly an editorial blog rather then a place to get links, especially after the dreaded email all music bloggers get about not posting links lol.

Anyway, Kanye came out with a song last week which is supposedly the first official single from his album "Good Ass Job."  "Good Ass Job" was suppose to came after "Graduation," obviously that's what everyone desires after graduationg, but "808s and Heartbreak" came into play.  Which now to me just seems like a little break (intermission) is his series of albums.

I actually love the song "Power" which is suprising since I haven't liked a Kanye song since Late Registration.  (I can go on a long tirade about "Graduation" but we'll save that for later.  But honestly, when people think o that album, they don't think of the music, the think about the window shade glasses).  But the songs sounds like a natural progression after Graduation and especially "Late Registration."  This is the Kanye I know and love and miss.  The song kinda sounds like "Crack Music" but better, and it features Dwele, a Detroit artist that was previously featured on "Flashing Lights." I actually accidentally went to a Dwele concert for free at Michigan that celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Center of African American studies.  It was crazy because he did a full set and everyone was real close to the stage.  I never really heard his music before, so it was a cool experience to get introduced to it.

Anyway, what's also interesting about "Power" is that the song is not produced by Kanye, but S1, a producer from Houston who had done previous work with Ghostface, Slim Thug and Chamillionaire.  He originally made this beat for Rhymefest (remember that song "Brand New"?) but Kanye heard it and did his take on it instead.  This is a pretty big break for a producer, espeically since Kanye usually produces his own stuff.  Here's an interview with the producer that I found on MTV.

I'm very excited that Kanye is back and equally excited for the music video for this.  I project its going to be CRAZY.

Update: on his blog Kanye labeled the album title for this song "????" so he might be changing the album title name or it might not be on "Good Ass Job." I highly recommend he keeps the title.  But where is the signature bear that been missing since "Graduation"? I miss him. Also, Complex.com did this feature where 10 bloggers gave their opinion on Power. Click here to read


Here's the video for "Brand New" and 2 of my favorite Kanye songs "All Falls Down" and "Spaceship"