New Kanye West Video - "Can't Tell Me Nothing"
Kanye 3.0 may be older and wiser, but Mr. West still rocks that mankerchief like nobody's business. This tune's built on "I Got Money" samples, which is all well and Jeezy, but we're still hungry for video #2, the one for the track that samples Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." Factor in the album's Chris Martin cameo ("Homecoming") and Jon Brion production, and, well, you can see why Stereogum's psyched for Graduation day.
Hype Williams directed, and while we're digging the stuttering camera work (sprocket runoff?), his desert vixen's slo-mo, fluttering goth garb just seems so familiar...
Posted at 8:34 PM in Video
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Hype Williams is dead!
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i kinda like the new kanye jam. it's similar but cmon.
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wow what a boring song!! hip hop is truly dead.
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Sorry Kanye, I can tell you something--that scarf-like goiter of cloth hanging around your neck is not working. Who does that? Have I missed a serious trend?
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HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA
what a terrible piece of shit!!!
you can't tell me NUTHIN!!!
bwwaaaa ah ahha hah a ha hahah H AHA
ha.
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I've got hope yet. Kanye has churned out classic alubm after album: he can no wrong at the moment. Sure, the 'NUUUTHINN' is cringe worthy everytime but the track's not bad otherwise.
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man. i love the track until hes like 'NUUUTHINN' and then I love it again until he says 'NUUUTHINN' again.
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Its a pretty boring song for a single. He puts his beats aside for his lyrics, which isnt anything to write home about.
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Eh. Nothing special. Dare I say that third time's the harm for the phenomenon.
DwD
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Eh.
Very disappointing from the guy who gave us "Gold Digger" and "Heard Em Say."
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For a guy who talks about buying too much Louis V and jewelry, you think he could spend more then five bucks on making a music video.
Cool beat, but his lyrics have gone emo!
...Next team up Kanye and Chris Carrabba.
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Hey,
I don't think Jon Brion did much production on it at all.
without sounding all "name droppy" and all, a friend has the uncompleted record and said there is lil or no Jon Brion to be found on record.
krist
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y'all haters need to apologen.
I can flow too if making up my own words to fit the rhyme is now acceptable.
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I have to commend it! at this time in hip-hop
no one is saying anything as far as lyrics are concerned! So with Kanye ripping this beat with
catcy one liners is greatly appreciated.
The video is simple no strippers shaking their butts no gun talk just hip hop inits purest form.
Sorry guys but if you were looking to see another ignorant black person disrespecting his race..Look again Kanye holds it down for his people!
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and this video represents the people right? dumbass. There is nothing Pure about this self conceited video. Just cause he isnt setting the race back as many cooning bastards are doing doesnt make him an MLK. This stuff is dissappointing for a single. It would probably fit better on the album..
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The new track is kind of boring, but it at least shows Kanye is better than 50 Cent.
Wait... is that saying much?
http://whudahexup.com/
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Completely underwhelmed....
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Hmmm, where to start?
Overall, I like it. I think Kanye has kind of a habit at this point of rolling out a bit of a weaker song for the first single, and then kicking all of our asses with a real banger for the second or third single ("through the wire" followed by "all falls down" and "jesus walks", "diamonds of sierra leone" followed by "golddigger" and "heard 'em say") This new song is by no means bad, but he can definitely do better (and yeah, the "NUUUUTHIN!"s are pretty embarrassing. Kanye is many things, but a thug is definitely not one of them). I'm going to reserve final judgement for the next few singles. If he can somehow fuck up a collaboration with Daft Punk, then Mr. West clearly has jumped the shark. For right now, however, I'm optimistic.
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Kanye is so next levs
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The new standard for the slo-mo vixen in fluttery grab is the Oracle in "300" -- slower and more fluttery than Hype's. Anyway, I still like Kanye's writing even if he's not exactly rapping; "Life's a bitch/depending how you dress her" was a highlight.
Here's hoping the Daft Punk track has some "Golddigger" or "All Falls Down" Kanye-level production though.
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Someone should tell him how to speak fucking English.
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you sure this other track actually samples Daft Punk?
Its more likely it samples Edwin Birdsong "Coca Cola Bottle Baby" which Daft Punk looped for the backing of "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger."
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Yeah, it's a Kanye West video directed by Hype Williams, but the collaboration in this instance only seems to emphasize their respective creative slumps. This shit should be better.
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Kanye is a satire of himself: he poses as a morally and creatively superior being, comparing himself to Jesus and Muhammad Ali, respectively, and yet his message and rapping skills are a joke. He's just another corporate hack who sells faux rebellion to the masses, while hip hop has been completely co-opted by The Man. When young white males are your base, you're as rebellious as Father Knows Best.
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this is beat. the magical hip hop sample well's run dry as a bone, as Kanye is voraciously copping indie rock staples left and right.
Hear Kanye's Daft Punk and Peter Bjorn & John samples at http://www.butterteam.com
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KANYE WEST IS THE REASON HIP HOP AIN'T DEAD
HE A BEAST ON THE MIC AND THE PRODUCTION
CLASSIC
FUCK A VIDEO, THIS SONG IS RAW
U CAN'T CRITIQUE KANYE IF YOU DON'T LIKE THIS SONG, SHOW ME A HIP HOP SONG THAT'S FUCKING WITH THIS...
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Jeez Stereogum, you're excited for the Chris Martin appearance? Jay Z and Martin was painfully embarrassing for all of music.
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as none of you can seem to remember, "diamonds from sierra leone" was a bomb from late registration as first single, and then "gold digger" came out as second single and was the biggest smash of that year.
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Wow most of you people posting stuff like this video sucks or hip hop is dead your complete idiots, i would say no offense but then the sarcasm would be to high for most of you people to understand
Ok first of all to the person who said hip hop is truly dead you probably don't even understand what hip hop is in that fact, the point of the video is so that you concentrate more on the lyrics than the video.I'm truly sorry that this song doesn't have the eye candy you like seeing in other rappers music videos , who have half dressed girls, cars and all that other nonsense. And to those of you who say that the video is boring and or wack, i guess you don't know anything about cinematography, the changing camera levels and shots make the area that Kanye is larger than it truly is, and we also call that orginality for those of you who can't find what your orginal at and copy someone else. It takes people with good understanding to understand something good which most of you people lack honestly. If you hate something please don't post stuff that doesn't help, and the more haters there are the better people will do when they are making music the only reason why most people do what they do is because of you people who post bad stuff.
Yes we all know that Kanye has the ignorance of kid, but he is clearly showing it in this song that he is aware of it and this song has so much sarcasm i hope most of you people see that. But honestly give him the props he deserves, he is truly a good man like all people just had a bad experience.Thank you for seeing my view of this song, and as you can see i am a Kanye fan no matter what.
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You Tube video no longer available, any other links?
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Kudzai summed it up perfect. Don't post ignorant comments. I swear there are some stupid people out there...i read some of these comments and realize that there are very few intelligent people in the world and probably shouldn't listen to music
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what are yall sayin...? kanye aint the best but he's tellin it how it is for him. we did being original become "not to do" thing of 2007. the nigga rocks.....get over it. and hip hop is dead? niggas need to get a grip
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haterz
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Shit, youre stupid. This Track is not from Graduation, its from his latest Mixtape to promote Graduation, This is a track which didnt make Graduation.
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this track will grow on you...an yes the guy at the top hu ses has he missed a trend you have!!its o fficial a black man can now rock an emo scarf!!! lil wayn in the you vid for lloyd and now kanye!!fuk u haters!
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i love this song... kanye's next cd is goin to be hecka gud just like the last two. i kinda like the one wi jeezy spittin a verse more tho. but kanye still got it.
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ahaha ok ok, lets see "Sam" wrote that it wasnt as good as "gold digger" and "heard em say", well might i say this. Those were the 2 worst kanye tracks ive ever heard, some little teenie bopper shit played at school dances, heard em say was some white jew girl mall type music. This some real kanye shit cant tell me nuthing, this track dope as hell. nuff said
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anyone know who sings the female vocal part? or is that a sample? if it's a sample, what's it from? I am talking about the "whoaoaoo" and "...too late" parts...
Thanks!
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Exactly, that's what I want to know. Everyone keeps saying Jeezy. We hear Jeezy fine. We want to know what the original *musical* sample is and who the female voice is.
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i cant take u ignorant people.if u dont like the song or kanye west den say u dont like it.instead of makin stupid ass comments.
also to the people sayin the video sucks maybe you need to take some time out of your miserable lives and listen to the lyrics.oh and dont be sayin dumbass comments about hip hop unless you know wat the hell ur talkin about.the only reason people are mainly dissin the video and sayin its boring because there's not enough black men flashin their damn jewlery and not enough women dancing half naked.you people are absolute fools.
the next time you say hip hop is dead think about who made it this way.it used to be a way to express yourself and have other people aware of wat u r going through now its just a whole bunch of hornie showoffs lookin for more money to flaunt.
and to the people sayin it has to much emo lyrics.this is wat i say, at least emo people can talk about more things den their escalade.
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All you stupid ignorant haters need to get a clue!
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the female voice is Connie Mitchell.
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What is the lady singing/saying in the background? What are her lyrics???
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About Missing the trend with the scarf? Yeah you missed that trend!! People here in the bay have been doing that for years cuz it's always cold!! hahaha!!
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just because the man doesnt have on extreme jewlerry or stand around a hummer or escalade an he actually wear cloths that fit him doesnt mean he cant have an impact on modern hip hop..i feel its about time someone changed it from all this "i got money, a fat crib, a fat whip, an a bitch wit a fat ass" an sed sumthn that mattered..no disrespect to 50, i love his music, but i hope west outsells him and brings somethin to the table hip hop has never seen!!and yet again fuk u haters!
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First and for most hip hop may not be showing convincing signs of life but if there is any one who can breath the much needed lifeline back into the seen it has to be kanye. oh dennis yes you have missed a serious trend the neck scarf is cool and simply put your not! if you are to blame anyone thing of the death of hip hop its A) haters like you that are more worried about what the artist is wearing then the music and/or B) the So called dirty south.
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Kanye is one of the guys currently in hip-hop that's a true artist. the rest of the guys out there just flash all there cars, jewelry, and women. Kanye is a rock star, no questions asked
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Hip Hop could never be dead when rappers are saying ish like, "Wa Me Woll!" I don't know if it's me but i thought Kanye was actually saying something compared to a lot of these one hit wonders that sound like they can't even read let alone write, but long as ignorant people keep buying the trash i guess they'll keep making it. do you!!!
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