Kanye West Continues Being Supremely Awesome
You've probably seen this. But just in case you haven't: here's Kanye West performing his new song "Runaway" with a ballet troupe and Pusha T on Saturday Night Live. Against a heavenly white-draped set (that's my big question: was this in fact in front of the studio audience, or fed in on a screen? I hope people got to see it live), dressed like Eddie Murphy in Delirious, Kanye proved why he's the most captivating pop star on the planet right now. He also performed "Power," with choreography reminiscent of the nude album cover of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland. That was terrific, too. But since "Runaway" came out a couple weeks ago, I just can't stop listening to it. It's so defiant and sad all at the same time. It's like a hip-hop "Behind Blue Eyes."
Not kidding about the outfit.
Or the comparison to The Who.
Can't get over just how bright the background was. It's like "Once In A Lifetime" white.
Is this one of those straight-guy things? Like, know, football or cunnilingus?
But this was totally lip-synched, no? Does nobody else feel that shaves off some of the 'incredible' and 'performance' from it?
lip synched and greenscreened and edited into the broadcast in every which way.
I don't think it was greenscreened at all. At the end of Power the lights dim and you can see the set. It was just incredibly bright, it didn't even look like they used cycloramas.
I thought it was a pretty good production.
Fattest ballerinas ever.
Um . . . no. It's not a very flattering cut in the leg so it accentuates the most muscular part of the ballet booty. I'm guessing that's probably on purpose. Also there seems to be a lot of shelf-enhancement, rather than normal flattening procedures. As a company they come off more muscular than some of the waifier groups out there, but if you look at especially contemporary ballet companies (as opposed to classical) this is exactly the look they are cultivating. For pity's sake, look at Misty Copeland and Kristi Boone at ABT. This is the 21st century ballet body: http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/10/29/arts/ABT1650.jpg
The Delirious comparison is perfect. In more than just the wardrobe.
Not enough Sodomy Honeymooners for my taste.
There's no way the rampant homophobia of "Delirious" works with thirty ballerinas.
Twenty, maybe.
I like Ye, and this was entertaining I guess, but when pretty much anybody else can rhyme over his beats and make them levels better, I can't mention him as anything close to greatness. For example – see J Cole over "Devil in a New Dress'" and Cobe Obeah over "Runaway." Both Cole and Obeah make the tracks much, much better.
In what way is this even remotely tied to pop music?
Ostentatious awkward cheese
Nah, bro, seriously, is this one of those straight-guy things? Like, know, fussball or blumpies?
Oh, man. I just looked up "blumpies" to find out what that meant. And I learned, so now I'm sort of sad. But I also learned that, according to Urban Dictionary, the practice was "invented" by Gene Simmons of Kiss. So that sort of makes it all okay.
Also, beer me that Kanye CD?
Was interesting. Would have been a million times more powerful if all those people were like normal people that worked for him, or strangers. Not models.
Models kinds screams lame to me. All you have to do to be a genius is afford dancing models and King Crimson license? Ugh
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