Kanye West – Runaway (Short Film)

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261 Responses to “Kanye West – Runaway (Short Film)”

  1. 1st

  2. woah hype lets go

  3. UK showed this 3 hours ago haha!

  4. Fuck yeah this should fix a shitty saturday

  5. Yeah watched it a few hours ago, didn’t expect much but it was pretty good.

  6. epic

  7. IT STARTED!

  8. DOPE

  9. ALL OF THE LIGHTS PART IS THE BEST!

  10. 3 minutes in and it already doesn’t make any sense.

  11. Are the tracks in the same order as the album

  12. EPIC!!!

  13. WTF MTV commercials…

  14. well the beginning song was already dope

  15. WTF JUST HAPPEND!??

  16. that first song was fucking ill

  17. LMAO THIS IS JOKES
    YOU SEE KANYE AND THE OTHER DUDE CHATTING
    WHAT A FAIL LOL

  18. gay.. it cut right in the middle of a song

  19. damn! pardon the pun, but that mini-movie just did a runaway on us

  20. Ugh, don’t tell me they’re going to have intermissions during this movie. Way to ruin Kanye’s film thingy MTV.

    The first track was dope though.

  21. :o

  22. :o

  23. this shit is weird as fuck

  24. It’s mad hard to concentrate with her tits just bouncing around in the open lol

  25. all of the lights sounds sick as fuck!!!!

  26. please dont cut to commercial in the middle of devil in a new dress

  27. lmao he got old white ladies as waitresses (servants)

  28. OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT

  29. what did that guy say? “did the monkey in the zoo?”

  30. Looks like the tracklist is a soundtrack for the short film

  31. All Of The Lights was great. Absolutely great.

    @DK – Yeah, it’s really hard to concentrate. I’ve been staring at her tits the whole damn time. lmao!

  32. Not gonna lie, the tracks sound sick throughout the film. I’m just hoping we here all of Kanye’s tracks instead of hearing him talk. It’s like a live album stream, lol.

  33. i think u might be right caskets

  34. all of the lights was ill. i think the first song they played might be dark fantasy. so far all of the songs they’ve played are in the order of the tracklist, except it’s skipped Monster and So Appalled, the 2 GOOD Friday tracks on the album.

  35. this shit is horrible. kanye feeds into his own genius way too much! niggas use hte term “art” way too loosely nowadays. i’ll pass!

  36. >what did that guy say?
    Did you know she is a bird?

  37. WHEN U PPL ARE PRAISING THE FILM…
    REMEMBER THOSE WHO HATED ON THE EARLIER TRACKLIST POST…DONT SUCK UP TO YE NOW!!!!! SUKASSSSSS!!!

  38. *the

  39. yeah i heard the “did you now she is a bird” part, i missed what he said right afterwards though. something about a monkey in a zoo

  40. kanye dances like a slow person.

  41. Commercials are lame, this is surprisingly dope

  42. get it white girls..

  43. @whyhate I didn’t hate on the tracklist I hated on the fact we heard it all minus two tracks and there’s no chain heavy or mamas boyfriend plus it’s got few tracks compared to the drop out bear era. The cover also sucks but the songs are solid and I’m dying to hear all the light – shame I couldn’t get the stream working arrr

  44. oh fuck they cooked her sister lmaoo

  45. hell of a life!!!!!!! stop the bird cryin tho!!!!

  46. All Of The Lights > All Of The G.O.O.D. Friday tracks

  47. btw. ye…stick to rapping. he cant act for shit.

  48. all of the lights is EPIC. that bitch is over 11 minutes too? shittttttt

  49. okay the entire album’s basically been heard now.

    this isn’t a hip hop album. i think it was wrong of all of us to assume that kanye would give us a hip hop album like college dropout/late registration/graduation just because he’s been killing it on all the rap songs he’s been featured on over the past 2 years.

    i still think it’ll be a dope album but it’s obvious he’s putting more emphasis into a pop sound as opposed to a hip hop sound

  50. Sampled Avril 14th by Aphex Twin for ‘Blame Game’, someone was bound to do it sooner or later. Shit sounded nice though.

  51. Lost in the World too damn good.

  52. tracks are dope, but Kanye’s acting is so corny. It does make him look like he’s buying into his own abilities too much that he’s dating a phoenix haha

  53. loved it.

  54. APPLAUSE

  55. ‘Ye getting his Usain Bolt on

  56. okay that shit was not 40 minutes…still, that was beautiful.

  57. It was nice ha

  58. dark fantasy, all of the lights, lost in the world are all dope

  59. FIrst !5 minutes was epic….the rest… ehh

  60. DUDE was dippin hella fast!

  61. “Lost in the World too damn good.”

    cosign

  62. ^^^^ i think commercials cut some minutes off….

  63. That was sick fam!

  64. that itunes tracklist looking real? haha

  65. This Album is like A more hip hop 808 and Heartbreak

  66. I ain’t going lie, i jacked off to the phoenix

  67. The Last Poets piece @ the conclusion was the best part.

  68. yo Yeezy was outty 5000 when he found out that bitch was burnin, hope he used protection…

  69. EPIC

  70. I think they’re on drugs……

  71. Kanye gets props for this from an artistic prospective, but the dialog was a bit off to me, great work though. 9/10

  72. oh well the movie was alright,but now its time to download that new Add-2 mixtape, dont sleep on dude

  73. all of the lights might become his biggest hit ever.

  74. shit was DOPE!

  75. Dope as hell kanye stay keeping hip hop alive disagree??? EAT A DICK i see know one at the moment making a short film to go with their album? 1-2million easily first week

  76. ^*No*

  77. hes going to answer like 2 questions ha, and #aaskkanye is the number one trending topic

  78. Sway is asking all the questions

  79. yeah kanye still on that pop electro sound dope album from what I heard so far had some bangers the short film was cool too that joint wit cudi sounds dope and the one wit john legend sounds dope but honestly the best track i think thats gonna be on this album is devil in a new dress kanye should use more beats like that little disappointed I laugh now thinkin kanye was gonna get on some pete rock madlib dj premier beats but still the movie was tight

  80. this was epic omg..the soundtrack is amazing to

    ignorant niggas arnt gonna like this !

  81. thanks for the youtube link…now ill have it on my ipod

  82. That wasn’t half bad. His acting is terrible though. Still not happy about not getting the HIP HOP album we expected but on a musical tip the album sounds sick. I can see his vision and where he wants to take his career in terms of making music for the world rather than to a specific audience so I’ve gotta give him props for following his heart and doing what he wanted to do. Hopefully the Watch the Throne album will give us that classic Hip Hop stuff we wanted considering it drops the same day as the album and the Pete Rock tracks ended up on that project.

  83. too be honest this hit bored me and im a film maker the music was ok though kanye srugh

  84. I want that all of the lights track now

  85. Amazing how Kanye, thanks to his knowledge across all genres of music, has been able to create music that is creative, refreshing, and different, especially with this upcoming album. Who would’ve thought King Crimson and Aphex Twin would be sampled by a hip-hop producer? And I never thought that intro on “The Basement” from Mecca & The Soul Brother would be heard in any hip-hop record again lol.

  86. this was fucking super gay

  87. Niggas gonna hate lol. That intro song was sick

  88. from what i saw this album bout to be dope, but that shit was pretty corny

  89. waiting for the youtube version to process first its still mad pixelated

  90. he said 13 or 14 tracks…. i still dont feel like its enough but im still looking fwd to this

  91. i should so get a shoutout after posting the damn youtube link

  92. kanye just said there will be about 13-14 tracks.

    mama’s boy and chain heavy will possibly be on there as bonus tracks, he isn’t sure yet… tomorrow is the deadline.

  93. shit is corny

    lol @ thinking any differently

  94. JOE TEACH!!!!!!! I shouted you out

  95. what a gay fish

  96. intro track is hella dope. smh @ niggas who are gonna start making short films for their albums now.

  97. co-sign @fulltimeboss for the first time ever lol. This shit is mad corny, just give us the music.

  98. When Ye was remixing power on the MPC….. EPIC !

  99. LMFAO @ the white maid and black fam #SHOTSFIRED

  100. apparently kanye is having a secret performance at his studio in brooklyn??

  101. dam that intro track, the song with cudi, an all of the lights are sick…

  102. Sway fucked it up for him. Kanye’s having a secret show in Brooklyn. Maybe time for another twitter rant?

  103. fucking craziest shit i’ve ever seen
    kanye is fucking dope

  104. All Of The Lights !!!!!!! thats All i gotta say

  105. it’s a CyHi show in Brooklyn with a very special guest. damn it, New Yorkers. i’m mad jealous!!

  106. haha thanks shane

  107. Music was crazy. Visuals were nuts. Storyline was ehh but I think the emphasis was more on the actual look and the subliminal messages in the movie (no illuminati). Liked it overall. Plus, I need whatever that song was close to the end with John Legend singing immediately.

  108. I like the music but Kanye basically leaked his whole album with the three minute snippets of every song just about. I hope he includes Heavy Chain and Mama’s Boyfriend. Doesn’t he have like a staff to tell him, “Look Kanye. Stop giving away your music.”

    Either way the songs sounded dope and I’m sure the album will sell regardless. Guess we’ll here those madlib pete rock beats on Watch the Throne.

  109. Where’s the dirty version?

  110. ^go to Ye’s blog. The dirty full version is posted up there now.

  111. Dopeness.

  112. this is so fucking dumb

  113. id like to see the list of who produced which track on the album. esp dark fantasy. in the words of riley freeman “that beat was aighttt”

  114. Man that was one dope and artistic short film. Selita looks like an angel and something is wrong with Nick Cannon(who has a great track record for women). When is someone gonna rip the intro off the film for audio. Kanye has now proved again that he is bigger than hiphop. He had BET and MTV on smash for an hr. I really feel bad for anyone dropping in 4th quarter cause Ye will own it!

  115. I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is a ncie and black man .i met him via
    — BlacwhiteC upid. C” 0- M — a nice place for seeking interr acial love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive sin gles and treat you like a king or Queen. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends..sd

  116. @thewiz i know RZA and Q-Tip had somthing to do with Dark Fantasy

  117. I really enjoyed it. I didnt really know what to expected but i liled the overral outcome of everything. all the themes and messages one can get from this is something you can get out of most mainstream music. I cant help but laugh at people who just throw out “Gay fish” everytime something innotiave and different comes out. Every coincided very nicely. People shouldnt expect College Dropout stuff from Kanye any more after this. Musicans evolve

  118. cant get out of mainstream music*

  119. is it considered beastiality if you bang out a phoenix?

  120. Well the album sounds good, some great visuals, and it had some hot bird pussy.

  121. Oh I forgot… neither can act.

  122. Kanye west- All of the lights = Best song of the Year!!!

  123. this shit was better than i thought it would be.. i’m waiting on someone to make an mp3 of the “power” mpc remix.. i’m too lazy to make it myself but if i decide to, i will post it here(just because it’s THAT good)..

  124. Bravo Maestro!

  125. all of the lights is dope. matter of fact album gonna be dope regards. hackers aint got nothing on ye.. and this songs ain’t finished yet according to him.. idk bout you.. am getting 2 copies of this album.. can’t wait

  126. I loved it. Kanye’s truly on another level than all of these artists. The visuals were the best part. The songs matched perfectly with the scenes. But Kanye’s acting was very bad tho. LOL. Selita Ebanks is very beautiful. Her acting was pretty good too.

  127. watch out 4 that song blame game with john legend x pusha =dope

  128. thank you Ye for elevating our minds and exposing us Hip Hop fans to a higher level of creativity from a true artist

    damn Selita is fineeee as hell. idr her looking this sexy on the celebrity apprentice

  129. THIS IS KANYE’S THRILLER…..

  130. when u fig out theres so many trolls for kanye posts
    Kanye = New michael jackson
    for this generation

  131. Kanye is the greatest artist since Michael Jackson. SOMEONE NEEDS TO TURN DARK FANTASY AND LOST IN THE WORLD TO MP3 VERSIONS

  132. ^^^ he’s the shamed black man who dyes his skin white while molesting children at his theme park home of our generation?

  133. Couple points: Movie was dope in every way, only thing I’d complain about is how long the Runaway sequence & Lost in the world intro were drawn out. I ain’t gon lie, I might watch this, just to jack off to the pheonix one day lol jk (maybe)

    Also: Dark Fantasy, Gorgeous, All Of The Lights, Lost In The World, & Blame game all are/sound dope as hell!

    Also: You know ppl have did short films for their albums b4 right: Fab did, 50 did, it’s not exactly a new concept, Yeezy was just the first one able to get it a big multi-tv channel debut, along with multiple high-profiel screenings

    All in all, I’m buying this album, and once the full all of the lights single is released and smashes the billboard chart, Kanye is doing no less then 400,000 the first week the album drop mark my words

  134. all the songs on this mother fucker is def…bangers!…..and i get the movie because kanye told us…and it looks like its about being different :|

  135. ….and why he kissin on a bird

  136. so…did lady gaga direct this,…?

  137. that girl looks like a turkey, she can’t act for s*, i think too much cocaine was involved in the movie conception, and the dance sequence is terrible – thumbs down – dope music though & love the idea of a 30 min video

  138. @ kennyd i’ve got dark fantasy. hit me

  139. I enjoyed it. I watched it on Kanye’s website with no commercial interruption. I’m going to keep it 100 though…It’s not epic, it’s not great, it’s not a masterpiece. This felt like a good, 35 minute long music video.

    I still think that Kanye tries too hard and is trying to convince himself that he’s over everybody’s head as a “genius”, which makes delusional Kanye stans think he’s a genius and that this movie is (gasps)5 stars…but it’s not. However, this long-a$$ “music video” did peak my interest into further copping his album to see what it’s about. *Does the overly used Kanye shrug*

  140. I thought this flim was sikk each scene matched the music I thought this was dope :D

  141. Shake, I am serious, homie, re-up The Deck Vol. 6, please! :D

  142. THAT PHEONIX IS HOT AS FUCK

  143. Translation of what D. Science said: Movie was dope but I still ain’t giving Kanye his props. And those who view Ye as the great artist that even I know he is are stans.

  144. jhuntdaprodigy, yes Fab and 50 have done films for their albums. But neither directed the movies. Or created something other than the typical drug dealer coming up in the streets and getting shot movie. Ye did something completely different. The only other music artist that I’ve seen do something like this was when MJ did Moonwalker.

  145. Was I the only one who found the ballerina dancing oddly relaxing?

  146. “I enjoyed it. I watched it on Kanye’s website with no commercial interruption. I’m going to keep it 100 though…It’s not epic, it’s not great, it’s not a masterpiece. This felt like a good, 35 minute long music video.

    I still think that Kanye tries too hard and is trying to convince himself that he’s over everybody’s head as a “genius”, which makes delusional Kanye stans think he’s a genius and that this movie is (gasps)5 stars…but it’s not. However, this long-a$$ “music video” did peak my interest into further copping his album to see what it’s about.”

    ^COSIGN

  147. all of you people who liked this or said it was creative or said it was epic seriously need to lay off the dope call ur mom and cuss her out for smokin crack when she was pregnant and slap ur daddy for not pullin out. this is lame and kanye lost it. ive seen taylor swift videos that were more interesting. i hope his album aint so lame. stick to the beats kanye

  148. D. Science… fucking preach my nigga. I couldn’t co-sign you more. Shit was cool but niggas need to fall back on the masterpiece shit. I especially agree with your statement about Kanye thinking/trying to look like a genius, and all I have to say about that is “South Park”.

  149. aluminati seemed sadistic and pointless

  150. dude I really can’t wait to hear the finished version of All of Te Lights it sounds DAF

  151. narrow minded fubu wearin niggas^^^

  152. Blame Game is tight too.

  153. No one really mentioned track #2 Gorgeous f. Raekwon & Kid Cudi
    That shit sounded ILL…cant wait to hear the whole version of that joint

  154. Ehhhh… Cant Wait For The Album Tho & Im Not Feelin Lost In The World At All Wayyyy Too Much Fuckin Noise, Niggas Need To Simmer Down With That.

  155. Dope! They should have played Don’t Look Down at the end instead of Lost In this World though…

  156. that’s right bohizzel. You’re the sane one who knows real music and the 90% of the people here who liked the movie are fucked up. Thanks for clearing that up. Oh and if you are gonna bring up ILLUMINATI at least spell it somewhat right.

  157. @RickyLake do u mean that last episode about inception I was thinking about that through his entire interview. “Just because an idea is extremely complex and convoluted doesn’t mean it’s cool”. The film was pretty interesting but he was trying way to hard to come off as a genius

  158. I’m a kanye fan… but,um.. You ever feel like somebody has lost soo much touch with the real world that they spend drastic amounts of money on things for audiences that really only pertain to their own fetishes?? Well, this is one of them..

  159. wtf is this shit?

  160. the tracks were pretty fucking ill, but “runaway” with pusha t went on WAY too long. was still good though.

  161. What.The.Fuck.

  162. youtube.com/watch?v=G-1HNnxb0WE
    better

  163. masterpiece or not, Ye will be remembered for doing what the other guy didn’t have to guts to do, be himself

    first track was amazing..rza produced it right?

  164. Calling this “corny” is a ignorant statement..corny is the opposite of “cool” or “popular”..in other words you’re calling it original..so what’s wrong with originality?? Kanye did his thing, it aint a “masterpiece” (whoever thinks it is.. please figure out what the 5 fingers said to the face) or greatest film I’ve ever seen (No Country For Old Me…and Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind are) it don’t deserve an Oscar but I watched with a open mind and it was better than expected..the music was DOPE like expected

  165. Seriously if you think this film is a “masterpiece” I suggest you throw away your bootleg copies of “Step Up 3D” and “Takers” and go watch films like Memento, Usual Suspects, Lion King, and Undercover Brother lol..Kanye needs to take acting classes too, he was horrible on The Cleveland Show too playing as Kenny West

  166. Anyone got an mp3 of the entire film?

  167. *IM GONNA BE COOL AND HAVE AN OPINION DIFFERENT FROM OTHERS!”

    OmG this is gay…Illuminati…Kanye Lost it..HES TRYIN TOO HARD….Omg im mel gibson…HEY IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO ME…HEYYY!!!

  168. hey can someone post a different youtube link for me cause this one isn’t working for my phone (damn palm pre) haha and I have no access to a computer. I’m at work and I’m tryin watch this so bad. Thanks!!

  169. FUCK! MY EYES!!!

  170. I cant understand how he directed such hot trash like “Best I Ever Had” then actually develop a pretty visually dynamic work like this. Seems interning and being a outcast for while really helped him. I enjoyed it. And that first track bangs. It sounds like that RZA beat that he said was on the lp.

  171. this was 34 plus mins of garbage visuals. kanye needs to step up his sci-fi movie channel special effects game if he’s trying to be a director. I was waiting for mega shark to pop up chasing kanye down the road.

  172. ^ FUCK OUTA HERE A.HOLE DICK RIDER

  173. Dark Fantasy
    Gorgeous
    Power
    All Of The Lights
    Devil In A New Dress
    Runaway
    Hell Of A Life
    Blame Game
    Lost In The World

    that are the 9 songs which will certainly be on the album… iTunes tracklist doesn’t seem to be fake…

  174. ILLUMINATI

    naw im playin it was aite

  175. Memento is a dope ass film. if u like that then watch mulholland drive & inland empire..there both mind fucks

  176. facebook.com/newton.antony?v=wall

  177. Damn this was nice!

    Not a masterpiece or anything, but definitely a great effort to make something original. Kanye is about to hit big with this shit.

    The visuals might just be aiit, but the music sound fucking dope. Ye got the game on smash.

    At least he is taking the game in new directions. Unlike Eminem’s lame ass. Cannot forgive him for the shitsandwich Recovery.

  178. We’ve heard all of the tracks now if the iTunes tracklist is right

  179. kanye is on some faggot and homo shit with this. if you like the video you suck dick.

  180. ^^^ SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU BITCH. KANYE IS ON HIS GRIND AND YOUR JUST JEALOUS MAN.

  181. @Tom Kanye said there will be bonus tracks

  182. so his whole album is about a phoenix

  183. I’ve ripped that dope intro song, just uploading that shit to youtube as I type.. Will post the link ASAP.. !!

  184. dope

  185. so basically we have now heard every song on the album now for free… you might as well call my beautiful dark twisted fantasy a mixtape now. also am i the only one that didnt like hearing rihanna on all of the lights?

  186. blame game sounds super dope btw.

  187. Stop comparing Kanye to MJ.

    He’s the Liberace of rap.

    He’s a weirdo. Not talented. Just mad gay and can’t sing.

    Just like Liberace.

  188. he was said 90% of the music in the film will be featured on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. what can be that 10% ?

  189. “Though some of that shit y’all pop true it, I ain’t relating
    If I don’t like it, I don’t like it, that don’t mean that I’m hating” – Common.

    I’m a big Kanye fan, but to say this movie is an epic or masterpiece would be the biggest mistake of my life. Gotta agree with some homies up top. Memento, No Country For Old Men, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind are masterpieces. Kanye does seem like he’s trying to hard to make people realize he’s a gemius, but he doesn’t need too. His true fans already know. But I ain’t hating on this though, just not my cup of tea. Still copping his album though.

  190. thats a beautiful presentation of his music,

  191. Great video. All of the Lights is too dope.

  192. THE INTRO IS FUCKING GOOD WHEN STARTS THE INSTRUMENTAL AND THE RHYMES

  193. I Thought The Shit Was Dope’
    Maybe Not Big Screen Type But Like A Spot on My Ipod
    Hell Yeah’
    Can’t Wait For The Album Though

  194. I’m an artist and a producer and a DJ. I’m not a hater but I have to say that “Runaway” is not epic or spectacular or something new for that matter. Actually, I think this was a easy way for Kanye to let everyone hear his record before it comes out, a video music sampler similar to how they used to do promo CD samplers for DJs (maybe Def Jam didn’t want a sampler going out).On the movie spectrum, Lars Von Triers (AntiChrist) – Michael Haneke (Funny Games) – Tom Ford (A Single Man) – Steve McQueen (Hunger) – David Fincher (Social Network) – Steven Soderbergh (Traffic) – Richard Kelly (The Box) – Stanley Kubrick (Eyes Wide Shut) Most recently Splice’s director Vincenzo Natali are directly sampled by Kanye to put the idea of the story together. Or maybe its Hype Williams chance to show everyone that he can get funding for Belly 2. But that’s a sidenote for another day, there is no story. The treatment probably had a bunch of ideas scratched on paper and from viewing the piece, it’s a bunch of scenes cut together with filters, fog, and bad acting. I find it amusing that he tries to use art references to his advantage in his pieces but plays it like his digging in his own mind to use them. I really think if Kanye were to focus and use his artistic skills properly without being so pretentious, he could become a memorable artist known for his creative virtues instead of his crass usage of art being thrown about in a Andy Warhol manner (which I can tell he’s reading up on), almost pointing a finger at those who don’t know as much as he supposedly does and then saying “I dropped out of college, but I still have someone staffed to look at Wikipedia to make sure my art ideas make sense. Some examples, he uses the Sword of Damocles in “Power” to reference his struggle as a person in power (Sword hanging over his head). In Runaway, the Phoenix is ironically used to reference his rebirth as a artist, the hooded garments that look like Ku Klux Klan garments displaying the Spanish Roman Catholic ritual called Capirote which is worn during Easter (rebirth), a supper of pure excess (thanksgiving). I enjoyed the music but I just wish that Kanye and the rest of these artists would take a step away mentally from their rod up the ass lifestyle and come back to reality. We all know that doesn’t sale though. I wish Kanye would produce for a while, just disappear and come back humble. He’s proven to every bully that he can do it. From his high school days to his early industry days, now if he would just focus on being the best and tighten himself up, he’d be respected. Just like Lady Gaga, they both are pawns to sale records. They may sale a lot of them but I’m sure they both sit in a room staring out at space wondering “is this what I really wanted.” But I’m just a dude that loves the music and popcorn with a movie. I’ll still be copping the instrumental album though, just kidding, I’ll cop the brothers cd.

  195. There were some nice visuals but as a whole it didn’t hold together well. His album is dope but what’s left to hear?

  196. Memento is a dope ass film. if u like that then
    watch mulholland drive & inland empire..there
    both mind fucks
    varsityballin said this on October 24th, 2010 at
    4:47 am
    Never seen them other 2 movies, will def check em out

  197. @VanGo good shit..suprised he typed that much and suprised I read all of it

  198. i wish the song Runaway used the snl vocoding… that was dope

  199. i wish the song Runaway used the snl vocoding… that was dope

  200. Fuck Ya’ll Dumbass Niggaz.

  201. It was all going well until Runaway went on for about 12 minutes of him just pointlessly mumbling… Not even that hyped for the album that much any more. 12 tracks poor.

  202. Fam was out when he realized ol girl was going to “burn” lmao

  203. This shit reminds me of the Strange commercial in Boomerang with Grace Jones. It Stinks So Good. The music is good the movie not so much.

  204. I could’ve thought of this concept too……If I spent a few months in France

  205. @ vango…

    there already was a belly 2 lol and it sucked dick.

  206. shit iz cold midwest stand up my nigga fucked the game up with this one / phre$h ent……

  207. Gay Fish > This Album

  208. youtube.com/watch?v=G-1HNnxb0WE

  209. Rofl at the guy comparing this to memento…what are you smoking?

    Anyway, aside from Ye’s acting the movie was epic, the visuals were amazing and the songs went together well. This is the first music video(of sorts) that I’d dare compare to Thriller(though this doesn’t quite get there).

    Oh and it seems I’ve found a new appreciation for ballet, fucking beautiful.

  210. Nobody compared this to Memento..I said Memento is a masterpiece..this is not (a lot of stans calling it a masterpiece)

  211. This is what happens when you throw alotta money at a crappy film-maker. (seriously, Hype Williams???)

    Good music, tho. Just not feeling the Warhol-meets-Michael Bay cinematography.

  212. G.O.O.D. Friday songs > My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Tracklist)

  213. I respect anybody willing to risk their popularity for their creativity. That’s really the only way to maintain an artist’s integrity. With that said, I’m proud of Kanye. He sat down, developed a story around emotion, and then used multiple mediums to express what he felt needed expression. The music is fresh and vivid, and the cinematography in this short film was impressive.

    As far as I’m concerned, whether he’s genius or insane is irrelevant. He’s an artist. Critiques aren’t really necessary. However, respect and appreciation are always welcome. Thank you, Kanye. Respect.

  214. Bla bla bla.

  215. just watched this piece, the begining & the part of him playing the mpc is the only good parts… the rest was hella boring (even if his music was playing)

    what happened to Good Ass Job kanye?

  216. Didn’t realize there was another belly, maybe that’s a good thing. And no this is not comparable to Memento. 1. Memento has a plot. 2. Good acting 3. Memento has a plot.
    Still liked the music, but no Cuban on the film.

  217. Anyone gonna rip the first song?

  218. That first song is soooo DOPE. i want it NOW!!

  219. This is dope…I think he should break it up into seperate music video vignettes for each song…plus do a new vid for some of them.

  220. every scene had soo much symbolism, there was such a story without the music but w the music theres so many layers to this movie. this is def a thought provoking piece. my only complaint is that the ballerina scene was too long, it glazed me over.

  221. This was good, and the music was on point as expected. Kanye did say that he can’t act in a verse once before…why do people feel the need to bring up something we all already knew?

  222. How can you not call this masterpiece? Not only is it a beautiful visual representation of Kanye’s new album, but it’s also a symbolic representation of his career and of the the art/music world in general. People are saying its not great because the acting was bad and there was no plot… There wasn’t supposed to be a plot in the sense of what a normal movie would have or a script with actual acting, it was an artpiece in the vein of Daft Punks Electroma or Animal Collective’s ODDSAC, and a visual accompaniment to the music like Prince’s Purple Rain or Michael Jackson’s Thriller. It’s a throwback to the time when music videos were an event, instead of something you just release because the label wants you to. I don’t quiet understand why people are comparing this to actual movies that rely on a script and actual acting, like Memento, this isn’t supposed to be a movie in the normal sense.

  223. when the Phoenix lands listen to the words and look up words u dont understand = very deep. then at 5:15ish the first interaction she has is w a rabbit symbolism for fertility or rebirth, as well as w a lamb symbolism for gentleness of character and patience under suffering. The deer is linked to the arts, specifically poetry and music in ancient Celtic animal lore due to its graceful form.
    PHOENIX: A universal symbol of the sun, mystical rebirth, resurrection and immortality, this legendary red “fire bird” was believed to die in its self-made flames periodically (each hundred years, according to some sources) then rise again out of its own ashes.

  224. ^^^ You slurp Kanye up in every post, fall back middle eastern nigga.

  225. @FakirUnwise

  226. Well it actually applies to you too nah_dude, it was a cool film. It wasn’t life-altering in any way, it was just cool to hear the album. It wasn’t in even remotely close to being a “masterpiece” rofl… and if you think it is you’re probably some black panther ass black dude who thinks everything Ye touches is pure gold.

  227. COMMENTS LIKE THIS…
    G.O.O.D. Friday songs > My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Tracklist)

    MadAsFuck said this on October 24th, 2010 at 1:59 pm

    haters on high season of hate. and when

  228. @That first song is soooo DOPE. i want it NOW!!
    JaySole

    Im with you on that fam, that shit is knocking….

  229. TX I got that shit if you want it… RZA on the production.

  230. …On some real shyt i feel the music. AS far as the video goes…i loved the acting, choreography, plot. i get it. BUHHT
    I Definitely get some dark vibes. yeaa thats the title of the album. BUHHHT you got demon looking figures on the video. It aint lyk he saying Jesus walks..Kanye is definitely on some other shyt. i aint screaming he in a cult or devil worshipping but uhh my Christian bones was definitely rattled. Come On brah. im prolly never listening to this nigga after this. REal Shyt. ahh well end rant.

  231. ^fuck are you talking bout?

  232. Someone already ripped the first song look it up on youtube (type in kanye west runaway intro) and copy the link into dirpy(dot)com to download it as an mp3

  233. anyone got the avi file for this?

  234. some guy posted the first song called Dark Fantasy in the c-section yesterday in that Tracklist post

  235. this was interesting for what it was a half hour comercial for the album. the music sounds great tho. a good mix of ye’s sound electro and golden era hiphop sound effects what more could you ask for?

  236. Damn that shit was pretty tight, and it was a good preview for the album.

  237. haha people trying to compare this to classic movies???
    i dont think even kanye would think that this was THAT good…
    but it was entertaining and visually appealing… and we gotta hear his music

  238. WTF only white people servants……….Kanye West doesn’t care about white people

  239. @IgnorantRacistNigga – get at me for that.. imma peep youtube to see if can find that intro there, RZA dropped some heat but lol who wouldnt expect that…

  240. kanye needs to work on his acting a lil bit

  241. @ene That youtube track you posted was good. is that group new?

  242. All Of The Lights sounds EPIC!! Selita Ebanks sure has a nice pair. :-)

  243. thats probably the most racist shit ive ever seen…ive lost the little bit of interest in kanyes music i had left. Fuck him!

  244. Mike Jones also put out a movie accompanying his album. #Justsayin

  245. first time watching this i thought it was trash. but after a second time its actually pretty good

  246. Blame Game sounds dope.

  247. @Kanye West just copy the link to the youtube version thats up top and put that link into the site www(dot)dirpy(dot)com and then download the avi from there its towards the bottom once you enter the link it. PeACE

  248. @ IgnorantRacistNigga
    I actually don’t comment or click on every Kanye post, which makes your comment automatically wrong. 1st thing you should have noticed before commenting. Why do you get mad when I point out the obvious in the c-section? Too much emotion goes into your time online.

  249. Illuminati! (srsly)

    im not sayin he dont have some tracks for the hood. he just has some illuminati shit too. and if you dont see it, prepare for shit to get crazy, and in shock and awe when it all comes down.

  250. Translation of what D. Science said: Movie was dope but I still ain’t giving Kanye his props. And those who view Ye as the great artist that even I know he is are stans.
    SavannahChitlinPimp said this on October 24th, 2010 at 1:14 am

    I never said Kanye doesn’t deserve props. The film was dope. I even said it felt like a good, long music video. I just strictly said that this will not get the masterpiece treatment from me. I even said I’m going to buy his album, just like I bought his previous albums (except for 808′s), so what the f*** is your problem?

    Also, nowadays these guys on the internet gets overzealous. Just because the man spends some off time in Italy and Hawaii, and switch from Louie Backpack sh** to European naked women in tasteful art portraits, doesn’t mean everything he does will be flawless art. You call his film a masterpiece, you call Kanye West a genius…I call his film a dope-a$$ long 35 minute music video, and I call Kanye West a very dope producer who raps okay but knows how to orchestrate music well like a producer should. It’s called opinion. Take it or leave it.

  251. This is the kind of shit thats lets Ye get away with anything. He could kick Taylor Swift in the vagina durring the super bowl and I would still love him as long as he keeps putting out this hot shit!

    If you don’t like this movie you need to go back to school

  252. Dark beautiful twisted fantasy indeed!!! this probably the best music video or short film that i have ever seen…yeah i heard half the album in its completeness but i wont sleep on this shit

  253. awesome film.

  254. that intro was too dope.

  255. i want nothing to do with this album, or this video furthermore. stopped watching about 7 minutes in. rip old kanye

  256. So yeah shake fuck it might as well post it..

  257. this is the dopest shit ever created for hip hop.artistically,this video embodies a lot of symbols,something that some of you dumb fux missed out on(pick up a book).aside from that,remember back in the days when they aired Michael Jackson’s(r.i.p.)”Bad” on all channels?What about Madonnas “like a Prayer”?(dont front you watched it)This shit is way better then those combined.i missed it when it aired,but good look on the re post.bet cha kanye snatch a grammy…chi-town stand up

  258. KANYE IS A VISIONARY GENIUS, HE WENT FROM A GAY FISH TO HUMPING A BIRD. I LIKE THE MUSICAL ASPECT OF THIS FILM BUT I HAVE TO SAY THAT HIS ACTING WAS DEFINITELY BELOW PAR. THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS THAT KANYE WEST CONTINUES TO BE AN INNOVATOR AND AN INSPIRATION TO ANYONE WITH A CREATIVE MIND IN THEIR HEAD, EVEN IF HE IS AN ARROGANT BASTARD! GREAT JOB MR.WEST!

  259. the movie is horrible, but the music is awesome. Can’t wait for the official tracklist.

  260. i come back to this film to hear the intro song! so fuckin dope man! lol

  261. If you don’t see the genius in this, then you aren’t looking. It’s not about rap anymore. It’s about giving this generation something to think about in a sea of mindless entertainment, so THINK about it.

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