Monday 22 July 2013

Kanye West cuts to the chase in new Black Skinhead video with opening image of three black Ku Klux Klan-style hoods

Three hoods: Kanye West released his new interactive video Black Skinhead on Monday and it opened with a striking image black Ku Klux Klan-like hoods
Kanye West released his new interactive video Black Skinhead on Monday and wasted no time getting to graphic imagery. The black-and-white avant-garde video opens with the image of three black men wearing pointy black Ku Klux Klan-like hoods with eye cutouts. Barking dogs show up next in fast-cutting scenes followed by images of bald men with their backs to the viewer. The 36-year-old rapper soon bounces into the video in computer-generated form shirtless and wearing a large chain. The video was released on the singer's website kanyewest.com and was presented by Donda, the singer's creative agency named after his late mother. The video made its debut online and featured an interactive element that allowed users to slow down or speed up the tune and its corresponding images.
The video also enables watchers to click a button to capture still images of the video.
Knight recently photographed the controversial rapper in an artsy spread for W magazine. Knight in 2001 directed his first video for Björk for her song Pagan Poetry and in 2011 directed the video for Lady Gaga's single Born This Way.

Kanye was furious earlier this month when an unfinished video for Black Skinhead was leaked online. The singer posted six angry messages on Twitter insisting websites remove the rough draft and also cursed the person who leaked it.

Online video: Black Skinhead was made available on kanyewest.com
Who let the dogs out: Menacing dogs barked their heads off in the beginning of the video
Vicious canines: The dogs barked and bared their ferocious teeth
Same style: A bunch of men had their backs to the viewer
Interactive video: Online viewers can slow down or speed up the video and imagery
No shirt required: The computerized Kanye danced shirtless
Scary beast: The video also included a menacing monster

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