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July 25, 2007

Alternate Kanye West Video (Feat. Zach Galifianakis & Will Oldham) - "Can't Tell Me Nothing"

Must-see video of the week? Right here. Been hearing a lot about Zach's vid collab with Kanye, and we even got a peek at it during Galifianakis's now-infamous bad art auction (ostrich!), but now it's fit for your consumption. Starring Zach and Will Oldham as two of the nation's finest farmers. Will can't keep a straight face in those dark face shots, but we give Bonnie 'Prince' props for being an unexpectedly awesome hype man. There's no shame in Galifianakis's tractor gyrations either; as he said at Hiro after soaking up cat calls upon his jacket removal: "Yeah, I know I have a good body." (via P4K)

Go to kanyewest.com to see the Zachploitation in even bigger pixelation.

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can't wait for the will oldham hip-hop album

Posted by: Alex at 07/25/07 2:48 PM | Reply
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ZACH ROOLS!

Posted by: VOLO at 07/25/07 2:52 PM | Reply
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that is just what i needed to see.

Posted by: joe $ at 07/25/07 2:53 PM | Reply
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although i have a suspicion he only knows of zach g. from his fiona apple video, i have to give kanye loads of respect for this. amazing.

Posted by: christian at 07/25/07 3:15 PM | Reply
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that was actually shot really really well. props to the director.

Posted by: dannyrose at 07/25/07 3:38 PM | Reply
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I have a suspicion that Kanye has no idea what makes this video funny.

The landscapes look really beautiful though.

Posted by: Rina at 07/25/07 3:40 PM | Reply
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"And I see a dark...man"

Posted by: adsf at 07/25/07 3:44 PM | Reply
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This is the funniest shit i have ever seen...
But does anyone else have nightmares about Zach?

...no, seriously.

Posted by: Elliot at 07/25/07 4:33 PM | Reply
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damn guys, do you really think Kanye has no idea what he's doing? hasn't he proven himself enough time understanding what the white kid bloggers will go nuts for? Daft Punk samples. A-Trak for a DJ. The skull hoodies.

His parents are both professors, don't get fooled by all this "college dropout" stuff.

Posted by: plinko at 07/25/07 4:36 PM | Reply
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that was hilarious

Posted by: Phil at 07/25/07 4:51 PM | Reply
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Plinko is dead on. Kanye is smarter than most of you clueless interdorks as you complain about your jobs he's a creatin' dem. I hate white people. Nice video - Zach is the future.

Posted by: daveo at 07/25/07 5:34 PM | Reply
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Zach is the bomb dudes, i mean i was all rofl through the whole video. It's on repeat as i speak !

Posted by: Sharkyx at 07/25/07 5:44 PM | Reply
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thinking kanye doesn't know what he is doing is pretty stupid, but not nearly as stupid as professing to hate an entire race of people.

it doesn't take a genius to realize that some goofy bearded white guys lip synching to a hip hop song in a farm backdrop would be funny. and it is.

Posted by: jt at 07/25/07 6:27 PM | Reply
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Can anyone tell me how I can share this with people, i.e. embedding it into a webpage?

Posted by: Wes at 07/25/07 6:53 PM | Reply
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Yeah, Kanye was effing genious at Live Earth

Posted by: Rina at 07/25/07 7:00 PM | Reply
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Wonder if this was filmed on Zach's farm (in NC) or Will's land (in Kentucky). Either way, really beautiful farm.

Posted by: Stephen at 07/25/07 7:32 PM | Reply
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not funny

Posted by: justin at 07/25/07 7:42 PM | Reply
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That was almost as funny as Will's dance moves on Conan O'Brien.

Posted by: Liam at 07/25/07 8:01 PM | Reply
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It was shot at Zach's farm in NC.

Kanye knows fiona personally through his friendship/partnership with Jon Brion, so I wouldn't be surprised if that's how they got in touch.

Posted by: Internet Gangsta at 07/25/07 8:02 PM | Reply
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hilarious.

of course kanye knows what he's doing. it's pretty damn smart, too -- it makes me like this shitty song more.

Posted by: roman at 07/25/07 8:28 PM | Reply
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Jeez, Did he really smoke his Bush-hog? It takes a lot to break one of those.

As far as the Kubota tractor and the Stihl chain saw - quality product that can take a beating.

Posted by: joisy at 07/25/07 10:51 PM | Reply
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zach talked about it briefy over at the fader (the whole post makes them seem completely oblivious to hip-hop in general, kinda funny) and it appears as though kanye actually saw zach perform and saw similar videos zach did to this online, and asked him to do this

Posted by: kevin at 07/26/07 12:35 AM | Reply
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wow kanye now has hit a tipping point of hipster zeitgeist with the daft punk remix, murakami art work and now will oldham, (for being so obscure he can be quite the whore).

Posted by: josef at 07/26/07 10:40 AM | Reply
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I like how Zach has a dip in for a lot of the shots. That guy loves his Skoal.

Posted by: Stephen at 07/27/07 1:22 AM | Reply
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Hilarious!

Posted by: J. Dakar at 07/29/07 11:09 PM | Reply
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