Watch: Kanye West “Flashing Lights” (Another Version)
Kanye West has another version of his “Flashing Lights” that leaked and I’m not even going to pretend to know how this has anything to do with the song. It’s visually stunning, very dark, and a definitely captivating. Check it out.
What do you guys think of the video? Which version do you prefer?
Posted by Reecie
Am at work,right now but I’ll check it out,when I can. it’ll probably be good,because Kanye,rarely misses at anything!
Ps:thanks for the purple color,just found out,that its Shaffer’s mom fav color!
And by the way,Reecie,how was the movie? Did you meet,”anyone interesting”?
this was actually the 1st video he shot— he didnt like it and scrapped and then shot the “photo-flicker video with the chic who got mugged @ the end”— didnt like that one either and then he shot the “got his ass beat w/a shovel in the trunk” video and released it
i too have no plausible idea of what this video means— Imma need kanye to start having subtitles at the bottom like foreign films, cuz i was lost in the sauce like a mug on this one
I give Kanye prop for trying to make a creative music video. I will admit sometime his video leave me scratching my head but at least he is doing something different. Artists actually pay for the film for these music videos.
Second one was the best, the official one is trippy even for a Kanye video adn I didn’t enjoy this one almost at all glad he didn’t use this one.
I watched it six times and I still don’t get it.
It is very creative though.
…Reminds me of the board game CLUE.
I like the version he went with, to date that vid ss hands down one of the most creative video(rap or not) I’ve ever seen It’s like a seriously dope short film when you watch it and listen to the lyrics. I also kinda like the fact that it ends abruptly, after he’s killed like the first matrix/or the end of 8 mile we the audience don’t need to know everything, it’s sux cuz I wanted more in the video but that song is like the hottest joint on the album and in Radio and He didn’t need to overexpose the track by making a full length video for it. To date Kanye has not made a regular ordinary rap video yet even when he goes low budget like the homecoming joint. He’s truly the new Micheal Jackson for our MTV generation hands down.
i thought about writing an in-depth analysis of the video: the jammed pack references to movies i.e “the others”, “the haunting”, “the ring”, “the exorcist”, the shakesperian imagery, the chessboard analogy, the panic, the secrecy, the hysteria –it’s the classic case of whodunit - the significance of the chalk, the little kid with the helmet, the duplicity of the maid and that black widow ghost who vanishes and reappears (who i think are the same two people) and the meaning of the ending which I thought was a breakthrough as opposed to an act of suicide or madness brought upon by his hallucinations BUT then i thought that might sound like kanye was being cutting-edge and onto something when he really isnt. i wouldnt go so far as calling kanye innovative…creative, compelling? maybe to a degree but being different or appearing to be different is not really being different. The video was very cryptic and suspense-driven and I would find that most people would be scratching their heads after it finished because it is so ambiguous and you would have to have an imagination for it to be left to your own interpretation, which is probably why he re-did the other two versions.
Ashanti’s “The Declaration”, although still very much stuck in the space “Concrete Rose” inhabited, fares slightly better and harder than “Concrete Rose”, cohesively, closely followed beats, slightly better polished experimentation and instrumentals and monotone vocal delivery which I guess is her trademark. 3.5/5, a lot of ballads though. I guess that’s where she shines the best, considering past hit singles. Im loving the track with robin thicke ‘The Things You Make Me Do” (Prod. By Channel 7). If this is any indication of the magic we are about to hear from robin in the coming weeks, then rest assured that “Something Else” will live up to its name.
http://www./audio/1281034497a28afa/
Ashanti still remains for me very much a plateau artist but deserving of the success she has had.
JW Ne-yo - Don’t Fall In Love
http://www./audio/127849030af3871f/
viciuzurban, I see what you’re saying with appearing different as opposed to be being different but in any artworld it’s damn near impossible to be completely innovative because there’s nothing new under the sun. But Kanye as a RAP artists definitely steps outside the usual parameters, with his topics and visuals, and still keeps it relatable to the masses. Especially his videos like the only weak one I can think of is his “drive slow” joint. It shows immense talent to step out of the norm of your niche, on a regular basis without it coming off forced or contrived, I definately see the visual artist in him with the way he creates. He has the mentality that He’s a black man that makes music and art, not a black man making black music and art. As a black visual artist I struggle with that a lot it’s a battle and the hardest thing to make good art that embraces and transcends my culture at the same time. Anyway I hope that made sense I didn’t really proof read all that shit I just wrote. one love.
PS Wale Mixtape is OUT COP IT, ASAP, He could be the truth.
Loving Kanye!
Its original.
Ps:VU,appreciate the Ne-yo link.