He's silly, he's imperious, he's horny, he's stylish, he's megalomaniacal... He's Kanye! One of Kanye's earliest award show tirades (now a burgeoning cottage industry) was at the European MTV Awards where his Evel Kanyevel video for "Touch the Sky" lost out to the Justice Vs. Simian video "We Are Your Friends." " Perhaps sensing that Justice had impeccable taste in the visual arts, Kanye has gone out and grabbed up the directors who created the latest Justice masterpiece,"D.A.N.C.E.," to handle the latest video in his defeat Fiddy campaign, "The Good Life." The finished product is a fun and colorful journey through the speak and spell world of Electric Company – but fueled by Kanye's mix of brazen/self-depreciating raps. The song isn't really "about" anything other than the good life and these light-hearted, free-flowing visuals are a good match. Also included in the fun is T-Pain, a guest vocalist so ubiquitous he is starting to rival some of Hollywood's most over-worked "he's in everything" actors. (review by Doug Stern) --> watch "The Good Life"
Kanye West f/ T-Pain
"The Good Life" (Roc-A-Fella/Island Def Jam)
Jonas & Francois / So Me, director | Soixante Quin5e, production co | Thomas Marvel, DP
