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One Love
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| Posted 8/7/2010 1:03 AM (GMT -6) |   | | http://www.kanyewest.com/home/
See a trend?
Ask yourself. Honestly. Does he seem to fit the profile? Really.
I find it so ironic that he used "21st Century Schizoid Man" for a sample. It's quite appropos...
"Nothing he's got he really needs..."
But I guess it's not really new...
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Post Edited (One Love) : 8/7/2010 1:30:13 AM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | | |
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One Love
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| Posted 8/7/2010 1:21 AM (GMT -6) | | | Pssst. Egomania-unto-megalomania of Satan is the polar opposite of the humility-unto-death of Christ.
So if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort from love, any participation in the Spirit, any affection and sympathy, complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Therefore God has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is above every name, so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, a sinner. Post Edited (One Love) : 8/7/2010 1:25:44 AM (GMT-5) | | Back to Top | | |
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One Love
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| Posted 8/7/2010 1:27 AM (GMT -6) | | Interesting...
"What stood out to me was his ridiculous big chain. I don't know what that was all about," photographer Gianna Leofalcon said about the six-figure, gold medallion that depicts one of the oldest Egyptian deities, Horus.
"If that [chain] was real, he wouldn't be standing up," joked painter and illustrator Misha T.
"It symbolizes power," said graphic artist and rapper Wordspit. "Back in the day, [Egyptians] used to wear nothing but gold jewelry, and that was a sense of power with them. I feel like it symbolizes that."
Fellow graphic artist Suede Jury agreed: "The chain is larger than life. Everything about the video is larger than life."
"Yo, this dude, Marco. He's bananas, son," said painter Ibrahim Baaith. "And what's cool is that he's shooting all this and incorporating it into, like, a painting. He's not just taking classical images and just smashing it together. He's completely original, and I like where he and Kanye took it. He's definitely pushing the envelope."
The problem comes when you ask which direction the envelope is being pushed. Some say it permanently raised the bar for hip-hop videos, but Leofalcon said when it comes to male/female relations, "Power" goes the same old route. "What are all the women doing below him?" she asked. "What message is that sending? We're already dealing with inequality between men and women, particularly in hip-hop. I'm sick and tired of having a bunch of girls surrounding a man in videos in general.
"I would challenge Kanye to have a woman by his side to give the message that there is equality between him and a beautiful woman," she added.
"He's showing his position of power. He indulges in the women," Wordspit countered. "I could understand that you want him to have a woman by his side. It probably would have looked cool. ... But at the same time, Kanye is a loner. Kanye feels like he's alone. And I think that was one of the purposes of this video — to just show that even though I'm in a position of power. I'm still mortal."
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