"roll out as we approach the tour's launch."" Following singer Taylor Swift's win for the music video ""You Belong with Me"" at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Female Video, West stormed the stage, grabbed Swift's microphone, and declared that singer Beyoncé deserved the award for her ""Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"" video. He declared, ""Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, and I'm going to let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time."" West was profusely criticized from celebrities and fans alike over the incident. Following the interruption, the"
"the decade. In August 2010, during an Ustream session, West admitted that ""Flashing Lights"" is his favorite music video that he has done so far in his career. In June 2015, french rapper Nekfeu takes inspiration in Kanye West for the music video of his song ""Égérie"", where he offers an epilogue of ""Flashing Lights"". After providing a surprise appearance at a concert held by Kid Sister in New York City's American Museum of Natural History on January 25, 2008, West remained onstage to perform ""Can't Tell Me Nothing,"" ""Good Life"" and ""Flashing Lights"". It was there he also announced"
"the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award at the 2015 MTV Video Music Awards, women's fashion magazine ""Harper's Bazaar"" compiled a list of West's nine most essential music videos. The video for ""Good Morning"" was at number eight on the list, with columnist Madeline Kelly declaring that West is worthy of the recognition and there's no denying his talent. Sharing similar sentiments, MTV staff writer Adam Fleischer placed ""Good Morning"" at number fourteen on the list of Kanye West's top twenty-five most innovative videos. For his contribution, Takashi Murakami has benefited significantly from the artistic collaboration with Kanye West. Even though"
"few music videos ever to be showcased in several prestigious art museums, including the Brooklyn Museum in New York City and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, California. In addition to the animated music video, a special video clip was created for ""Good Morning"" prior to the release of ""Graduation"". It was displayed for the very first time as an opener when Kanye West hosted a late-night album listening session for ""Graduation"" in New York City at the New World Stages on August 28, 2007. West presented the gapless playback session inside an auditorium with an evocative light-show"
"us that it doesn’t make him any different, or keep him from acting poisonous, or pissing the world off by grabbing people’s microphones. The music video was praised by ""Entertainment Weekly""'s Ken Tucker, calling it ""a carefully modulated art-film made by a man on a mission"", noting the usage of dominant colors as well as the imagery in the film. Jozen Cummings of ""The Wall Street Journal"" described the video as ""a cross between an epic music video and a charming indie-house flick"", stating that the greatest achievement of the video was how it ""brought West's music to life"". Will"
"song ""Father Stretch My Hands Pt. 1"" is also featured in the video. The video earned nominations for Best Male Video and Video of the Year at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards. As well as Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2016 MTV Video Music Awards Japan. German director Werner Herzog expressed admiration for the video, describing it as ""very good stuff"" and admitting he had ""never seen anything like this."" The sculptures depicted in the music video are on a gallery tour, and some estimates for its sale are as high as $4 million. Famous (Kanye West song) ""Famous"""
"failed to be coherent, because West didn't have the ""creative polymath capable of combining disparate elements like those exemplified by the cunning of a Picasso, the deconstruction of a Derrida, the creativity of a Warhol, or the glam avant-garde of David Bowie"". Clair Saddath of ""Time"" listed the video amongst the best of all time. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the BET Awards of 2011, and West was nominated for Director of the Year. As of January 2015, ""Billboard"" named the video as one of the 20 best of the 2010s (so far). NME listed"
"fans and media outlets. VH1 ranked the video for ""Homecoming"" as the fifth greatest music video filmed in an artist's hometown, writing, ""Chi-town shinned under the spotlight in Yeezus' video 'Homecoming.' The edgy shots of Chicago were on point and Coldplay's Chris Martin was the perfect touch."" On their list of Kanye West's forty-two best music videos, ""Complex"" placed the ""Homecoming"" video at number twenty-seven. The music video for ""Homecoming"" was listed at number eighty-four on BET's ""Notarized: Top 100 Videos of 2008"" countdown. It received a nomination for Best Hip-Hop Video at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. West"
"West's aesthetic. Nicole Jones of MTV Buzzworthy stated that the majority of the video was nonsensical and added up to little coherently, but wrote that regardless of its true meaning, the video was ""really pretty to watch, the music is great, and it reminds us once again why there is only one Mr. West.” Clair Saddath of ""Time"" listed the video amongst the best of all time. The video was nominated for Video of the Year at the BET Awards of 2011, and West was nominated for Director of the Year. Runaway (2010 film) Runaway is a 2010 American musical"
"any others released in recent memory — well, unless you count Kanye's last off-the-wall clip."" Luis Tovar of Pretty Much Amazing compared the video to the trailer of ""The Dark Knight Rises"", and called it ""totally Kanye"". Popdust writer Katherine St Asaph described the video as an artistic ""black-and-white cut that disorients you with lots of falling and flailing and flailing-called-interpretive-dance, with billowing smoke and sudden shifts in art direction"", commenting that the video was a welcome change of pace. Lost in the World ""Lost in the World"" is a song by American hip hop recording artist Kanye West from"
"and mirrors - you know, it wasn't about a whole lotta production. Which in itself was really fun and very different for me because I'm used to having dancers, or people in general, on-screen with me. Plus we also thought it was important that I dance from top to bottom... and so we just really WENT for it! (sic)"" Evan Nabavian of ""Billboard"" said ""When Kanye West sees Ciara's 'Ride' video, he'll probably save a special place for it next to 'Single Ladies' as one of the best videos of all time. ... Ciara glides, bounces, and gyrates with extreme"
"in turn criticized for implying that those who do not wear purity rings or do not abstain are promiscuous. 2009: At the 2009 Video Music Awards, country singer Taylor Swift won Best Female video for ""You Belong with Me."" During her acceptance speech, rapper Kanye West unexpectedly showed up on stage. Taking the microphone from Swift, he announced ""Yo Tay, I'm really happy for you, and Imma let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!"" MTV cut away from the stage (showing Beyoncé with an embarrassed"
"is a testament to the way that his imagination can catalyze illustrious pieces of art. Writing for ""MSN Music"", writer Sam Greszes remarked, ""Not only is the song itself great, but the video for ""Good Morning"" is a technicolor dreamscape full of 3D flair."" ""The Ringer"" praised the music video for ""Good Morning"" as West's best music video of all time. ""Complex"" magazine cites the animated feature as West's eighteenth best music video, saying, ""Murakami's art is incredible from a still viewpoint, but when presented in the form of his few full-length cartoon features, it practically explodes off the screen."""
"stated that ""Good Morning"" is one of his favorite songs. He imparted, ""'Good Morning' was a song that just made me feel good and I could still turn it on today. It was one of the first times where I started to hear bright, positive, hip-hop."" Even though it was not released as a single, a three-minute animated music video was produced for ""Good Morning."" Kanye West commissioned the video to be directed by Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami. He had been enlisted by West to oversee the art direction of ""Graduation"" and was behind the cover art designs for"
"In it, Kanye West ironically builds an unattainable artistic empire fit for a king (or pharaoh), while condemning the role power plays in our lives. So much to think about."" Beningo of ""Daily News"" compared the video to the work of Michael Jackson, calling it an event of a video. Hitfix's Katie Hasty mused that West ""put on a crown for 'Jesus Walks,' so it was only a matter of time before he ascended into heaven"", describing the video as a ""little weird, a little funny"". The video for ""Power"" was nominated for two MTV Music Video awards; Best Special"
"the best of them'. ""HotNewHipHop"" placed it at number 48 on their list of West's 50 best songs. On ""Complex""'s list of his 100 best songs, the track was ranked at number 82. ""Never Let Me Down"" was listed by ""Billboard"" as being the second greatest Jay and Kanye collaboration in August 2011, post-release of their collaborative album ""Watch the Throne"". The video of West rapping ""Never Let Me Down"" to Pharrell from 2003 actually surfaced online within the same week as the tenth anniversary of ""The College Dropout"" and it was regarded as a classic track by this point."
"which was directed by Javier Longobardo. The video is animated and features West driving a car through a deserted metropolis, continuously on the search for a destination that he's unable to reach. On Twitter in February 2016, eight years after ""Street Lights"" had been released, users noticeably tweeted out about how many of West's best songs have the word 'light' in them, referencing ""Flashing Lights"" and ""All of the Lights"" as well as the track. Kim Kardashian West listed it among her top 28 favourite songs by her husband in August of the same year. The song was covered by"
"the BET Award for Best Director (2006) for Kanye West's ""Gold Digger"". In 2006, Williams was honored by MTV with its Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award, presented in honor of his achievements as a filmmaker. In the December 2007 issue of ""Playboy"" magazine, Williams shot the photographs for cover subject Kim Kardashian. In 2008, Williams directed Kanye West's video for ""Heartless"". He also directed the music video for his single ""All of the Lights"", which premiered on February 19, 2011. As of 2014, Kanye West holds the artist record for working the most times with Williams; the two have collaborated"
"released until four days after the video. It was, however, included on ""Goblin"". The song's music video has gone viral, and has over 100 million views on YouTube as of April 2018. On February 23, 2011, rapper Kanye West stated on Twitter that he thought the ""Yonkers"" video was the best of 2011. The video earned Tyler the Best New Artist award at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, as well as a nomination for Video of the Year (which lost to Katy Perry's ""Firework""). ""Yonkers"" received critical acclaim. ""Pitchfork"" awarding it with the 'Best New Music' award stating ""'Yonkers'"
"and references various scenes and backgrounds from the film. The video portrays West wandering through a city alone at night, with scenes of various women shown throughout the video. The video also takes place in West's actual apartment den, where the Jetsons portraits are located. West stands by the Astro portrait in five scenes of the video. It was the first animated video directed by Williams. The song was performed for the first time in Denver, Colorado. The song was also performed at a T.I. concert at Key Club in Los Angeles. Kanye made a special guest appearance and confirmed"
"performance was well, well worth it. This is memorable television. Hands down."" E! Online's Megan Masters mused that ""West's SNL performance proved once again that no matter what's going on in his personal life, he is an artist and will continue to take chances in the music industry—ultimately breaking new ground,"" adding that ""Kanye West is a comeback king."" Kevin O'Donnell of ""Spin"" wrote that West delivered one of the show's ""most unique performances of all-time."" West performed the song in an entirely red outfit. West also performed the track live at the EMAs 2010, in Madrid, during Thirty Seconds"
"that were designed by Kanye West and Derrick Lee exclusively for the event. Derrick Lee was the editor of the music video for ""Flashing Lights"" and was able to edit all seven video clips in the span of three days. Kanye West later made the video clip available for viewing on his official blog on March 20, 2008. On April 4, 2008, West gave a live performance of ""Good Morning"" during a six-song setlist at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City. The concert was held in celebration of the opening of the ""© MURAKAMI"" exhibit by Japanese contemporary artist"
"campaigns by Kanye West, Radiohead and iamamiwhoami. On February 6, 2011, she tweeted, ""Just saw a new cut of #HIAM. SOOOO excited to share it!"" The music video premiered on MTV on February 17, 2011, at 21:55 EST (2:55 UTC). It was followed by a live discussion with special guests on MTV.com at 23:00 EST (04:00 UTC). James Montgomery from MTV said that while the video surpassed her most iconic clips in terms of sheer spectacle, it still displayed a level on restraint in its themes. He summarized the review by saying it was one of her all-time best videos,"
"of Cinematography Camerimage for Best Cinematography in a Music Video. Spencer Kornhaber of ""The Atlantic"" described the initial reaction on Twitter as ""a gushing river of well-deserved praise"" and the video as ""the most talked-about music video of recent memory."" Daniel Kreps of ""Rolling Stone"" commented that the video ""is a surreal, visceral statement about gun violence in America"". ""Pitchfork"" awarded the song the distinction of ""Best New Track"". ""Billboard"" critics ranked it 10th among the ""greatest music videos of the 21st century."" Mahita Gajanan of ""Time"" quoted music history professor Guthrie Ramsey at the University of Pennsylvania, In December"
"One of the reasons proposed why the full version never was released was because ""Power"" was also used during ""Runaway"", a 35-minute music video directed by West set to music from ""My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"". MTV Buzzworthy's Chris Ryan gave a positive review of the video, stating that it ""marks a change in the way we look at music videos as a medium -- it's less a music video, more a modern art montage with a heavy dose of ancient Egyptian imagery and possible references to Michelangelo's ""The Creation of Adam"" (with a fair Kanye-esque helping of chesty females)."
"Tucker, calling it ""a carefully modulated art-film made by a man on a mission"", noting the usage of dominant colors as well as the imagery in the film. Jozen Cummings of ""The Wall Street Journal"" described the video as ""a cross between an epic music video and a charming indie-house flick"", stating that the greatest achievement of the video was how it ""brought West's music to life"". Will Dean of ""The Guardian"" called the video as a creative promotional tool, praising the video's scope and creativity, noting that it was ""ridiculous, ostentatious and egotistical"", citing that it fit perfectly into"
"The College Dropout Video Anthology The College Dropout Video Anthology is a DVD released featuring the music videos to the singles from American rapper Kanye West's debut studio album ""The College Dropout"" (2004), released on March 22, 2005. It featured the videos to the previously unreleased ""Two Words"", ""Slow Jamz"", ""Through the Wire"", ""All Falls Down"", the three versions of ""Jesus Walks"", and ""The New Workout Plan"". West has said on many occasions that he feels the imagery of his music videos are very important to him and an integral part to his art. He contributed to the direction of"
"fiction film ""Tron"". Kanye West later made the video clip available for viewing on his official blog on March 24, 2008. In the blog entry, Kanye stated that the video clip for ""I Wonder"" may be his most favorite out of all the other video clips that were made for some of the songs from ""Graduation"" and displayed the night of the album listening session. Kanye West performed ""I Wonder"" for the very first time before an audience of over five hundred fans and invited guests during an intimate secret show with Barbadian singer Rihanna. The show was held at"
"to West's Vevo channel on September 6, 2016. The video features GOOD Music label mate Teyana Taylor and her husband, Sacramento Kings guard Iman Shumpert. The video draws inspirations from a variety of subjects including 80's pornography, ""Flashdance"", John Carpenter films, ""The Fly"", ""Dancing with the Stars"", the Olympics and the NBA championship. The video was meant to be shot using a different dancer, but Kanye West cancelled it due to 3 weeks after her giving birth in order to give her time to get in shape. The video ends with a shot of Taylor with a lioness face and"
"Rhymes & Hype Williams, was critically lauded, and received four MTV Video Music Awards nominations at the 1999 MTV Video Music Awards. It is one of the most expensive music videos ever made. The song appears on Rhymes' compilation albums """" and ""Turn It Up! The Very Best of Busta Rhymes"" as well as Jackson's ""Number Ones"" greatest hits album. Jackson included the song as an interlude on her tour and sang it for the first time on the second leg of her 2018 State of the World Tour. The music video for the song was directed by Hype Williams"
"Billboard Awards. The video's long-form version won a Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. It was later listed among the ""Greatest Music Videos of All Time"" by ""Slant Magazine"". ""Entertainment Weekly"" considered it ""legendary"" while ""Rolling Stone"" declared it ""the gold standard for dystopian dance-pop music videos,"" thought to include ""the most memorable choreography in pop video history."" MTV News commended it as ""the clip that sent Jackson into the stratosphere as an envelope-pushing pop star."" The video's outfit is included in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's ""Women Who Rock: Vision, Passion, Power"" exhibit and the"
"career in the fall of 2010 and began directing music videos in 2013. In 2016 he directed the video for ""Bad and Boujee"" which went on to become a US number 1 and generated hundreds of millions of views. During his award speech at the 2017 Golden Globe Award's, Donald Glover stated that Bad & Boujee was ""Like that's the best song ever"". Later that week, the video for the Daps-directed, critically acclaimed ""T-Shirt"" was released. Numerous publications have stated it is the best video of 2017. Since then, Daps has gone on to direct videos for Stormzy, Wizkid,Young Thug"
"celebrities' bodies in the video were real and which ones were prosthetic; however he stated that the video was ""not in support or [against] any of [the people in the video]"" and was merely ""a comment on fame"". He also stated that he received his wife Kardashian's permission. Days after its release, ""E! Online"" editor Corinne Heller commented, ""Swift is the main reason the 'Famous' video was so anticipated."" However, it received ""almost no reactions"" from the celebrities portrayed. Audience response to the video was polarized. The video of the song was uploaded to YouTube on July 1, 2016. West's"