Kanye West premieres 90-second ‘Painting’ for POWER
If you waited with heated anticipated for the world premiere of Kanye West’s over ambitious video treatment for his track “Power”, you were among the millions who were hoodwinked and bamboozled by this narcissist.
He said it was a painting, didn’t he?
Last night I was on the phone with a friend as the video premiered on MTV at 11:01 PM. My friend considers himself an unapologetic fan of the troubled producer/rapper.
“Wow. This is hawt!,” he exclaimed excitedly as the strains from the opening seconds of the video emerged from his television in the background.
“Are you watching this? It’s incredible!” he squealed with delight. “Um, no,” I responded. Then he fell silent until about a minute later when I heard him say, “What happened?”
“What happened?” I echoed into the phone.
“It went off!” he answered. “What are you seeing now?” I asked. “Some other ni**as video,” he responded dejectedly.
“Maybe that was just the trailer,” he hoped. But I reminded him that the full video was scheduled to premiere at 11 PM and it was now 11:04 PM.
I couldn’t stop laughing! 
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He did say it was a painting….I’m no Kanye Stan…but the painting/video was inspired…
Hey Auntie…did you see the video where he was apologizing to his fans??
Morning Fam/TGIF
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Kanye and I haven’t watched the vid clip yet
Kanye loves him some Kanye but the freestyle apology he did for us fans was hawt!
Thankfully I was not one of those waiting in heated anticipation for this. Kanye is tryna get back on…trust me he gettn ready to do some more dumb sh’t…
loved the moving painting trust me theres more to come…#teamwest
It’s looking a little too Biblical for me…
Does Kanye think he’s a God?
This ish is really got me thinking about the World Order and all the demonic shyt thats about to happen.
Where is that religious lady that be on here? Redeem, or something like that? Where you at ma?
If you all cant tell whats going on, then I’m sorry for ya…
All this devilish shyt… Wake up ppl! This isn’t art, its demonic…
This is wayyy to much for me. I will not be watching this video. Things are getting very eerie especially with reading all of the new world order and the devilish images in music videos these days. I agree with ATL_Reese on this one this is not art.
I won’t even go there with the imagery in this video. Women with the horns on their heads…okay. Right.
It’s classical, neo-classical, renaissance, but most likely, baroque inspired. Were those art pieces done by Reubens and Caravaggio and Bernini ‘demonic’??? How is it demonic to paint pictures (or in Kanye’s case to emulate pictures) of angels and demons and pagan Gods and Christian long sufferers, etc. It’s great imagery; it’s symbolism. Why come so soon with the tired ‘devil-worshipping’ schtick? He’s emulating a work of art and this video or moving painting is actually quite beautiful.
Uh, yeah. I’m all for creativity but this clip just doesn’t sit well with my spirit. And were they trying to cut of his head? I need to see the video in its entirety to tell you all of what I’m thinking. Either way, the song “Power” is hot to me.
I wish people would look beyond the surface and stop buying into all the Illuminati stuff
If you look in the painting…it’s like he’s descending from heaven and entering into hell…The song says “no one man should have all that power”…I feel like he’s saying that he was overwhelmed with the lifestyle and all the “power” it gave him…he didn’t make the right choices…he slipped into a dark place.
People thought Paul Gauguin’s paintings were crude and uninspired..they told him he made a mockery of art…
Some other ni**as video,”
OMG!!!!!!!! Redeemed done got to the video cutting room and done deleted all the Demonic scenes….Don’t be mad…somebody has to save or BLOGG SOULS!!!!
IMO, of course….
The video was hawt!!!! The concept was hawt!!!!
I’m tired of seeing silicone pumped arses, photoshopped bodies, liquor, club scenes, cars with rims, rappers with lil arse t-shirts and tight skinny leg jeans sagging…….
Demonic? I must of missed that? It’s different but not demonic. Maybe some of you all should get to know God a little better before you start calling something demonic? What makes you think it is demonic? What makes you think he thinks he’s God?
People always seem to dismiss what they don’t understand. Doesn’t seem demonic to me. I think it’s depicting all the evil that tries to attack him in the world. It also appears to be an angel in front of him. Maybe she’s protecting him from the demons in the “painting”. The video is different and very creative. I won’t just dismiss it as “demonic” or “evil” until I really know what’s going on.
@ redeemed can you come in here a bust a Bible verse cause that video
Reedeemd is going to fire and brimstone all of you!!!
@madame_zenobia- and classical work of art can’t be demonic? :/ The Devil didn’t just pop up in 2010, he’s been around since the beggining of time and influencing since the beginning of time. Furthermore, just because someone paints angelic beings in a painting means nothing. The bible says that when Satan was kicked out of Heaven he took a 1/3 of the angels with him. Don’t be fooled by these things you see that APPEAR to be of God. Lastly, the bible says that Satan transforms himself into an “Angel of Light.” Don’t get it twisted.
Now back to the video- While Kanye was in hibernation, he was preparing to take it to another level and not in a good way. The video speaks for itself. He’s clearly working his way up the Devil’s ladder, and everyone can see it.
waiting for redeemed video breakdown
Mamacita says:
People always seem to dismiss what they don’t understand. Doesn’t seem demonic to me. I think it’s depicting all the evil that tries to attack him in the world. It also appears to be an angel in front of him. Maybe she’s protecting him from the demons in the “painting”. The video is different and very creative. I won’t just dismiss it as “demonic” or “evil” until I really know what’s going on.
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I agree! That’s why I said I have to see the video in its entirety before I form an opinion. I just didn’t like that it appeared Kanye was about to have his head cut off…
I think some of you have it backwards. The “surface” is to view it as just art…looking beyond the surface would be to analyze the images that are being used and knowing what they represent.
I find his audacity amazing.
And @Rene, Satan descended from heaven into hell…according to some Christian belief.
@Stella
Yeah I know about Satan…I think people take things too literal…looking at the surface is saying he’s a devil worshiper cause they’re girls with horns in the video.
Looking beyond the surface I see the symbolism as it pertains to his life…
You’re right people throw ‘devil worshiper’ around too freely. I don’t think Kanye is worhiping the devil, I think he is pushing an agenda-consciously or subconsciously.
That was um, odd. That’s all I’ll say.
I’m not naive nor am I brushing my shoulders off to the obvious
#gettingmyhouseinorder
LadeeA says:
@madame_zenobia- and classical work of art can’t be demonic? The Devil didn’t just pop up in 2010, he’s been around since the beggining of time and influencing since the beginning of time. Furthermore, just because someone paints angelic beings in a painting means nothing. The bible says that when Satan was kicked out of Heaven he took a 1/3 of the angels with him. Don’t be fooled by these things you see that APPEAR to be of God. Lastly, the bible says that Satan transforms himself into an “Angel of Light.” Don’t get it twisted.
Now back to the video- While Kanye was in hibernation, he was preparing to take it to another level and not in a good way. The video speaks for itself. He’s clearly working his way up the Devil’s ladder, and everyone can see it.
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We’re not knocking y’all but I think its important we keep our eyes open. Looking really suspect right about now…
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lexdiamonz says:
waiting for redeemed video breakdown
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renegadesince1985 says:
@Stella
Yeah I know about Satan…I think people take things too literal…looking at the surface is saying he’s a devil worshiper cause they’re girls with horns in the video.
Looking beyond the surface I see the symbolism as it pertains to his life…
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See, I didn’t even notice that the women had horns on in the video! Like the PP stated, something about this video just doesn’t sit right with my spirit. :/
Wasn’t that the whole video? Typically when a video premiers doesn’t it premier in it entirety? the video is less than 1.5 minutes. PERIOD!!
ow if anybody can analyze Good and evil with in those few moments!! then you are a damn genius and probally should’nt be wasting all that cardnal knowlege dising celebs on Sandrarose.com. And as someoneelse just mentioned….Maybe some of you all should get to know God a little better
Not hatting just sayin.
Ye’ playing into this whole “demonic” debate for hits OR is he ???????
damn illuminati theorists got me CONFUSED!!!!!!!!!!!
women with horns !!!! see now he saying women the devil !! he gonna go gay!!!!!
i kid i kid (not)
REDEEMED !!! hurry up and break this down for me!!! I NEED ANSWERS
Those who get it, get it and those that don’t will chalk it up to devil worshipping because that’s what they’ve been taught. Things that are considered evil or satanic are labeled so for a specific purpose…to maintain an ignorant state of mind. Meanwhile, those in power study the so-called Satanic stuff (which is nothing more than the forces/energies of nature, astrology, cosmology, etc.) and pervert it and turn around and use it on you everyday. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Marco Brambilla potrait is the catalysit for the video..the image of a still West, the camera pulls away to reveal women, some as saints and some as sinners. The video has religious references;
Brambilla, an Italian-born Canadian artist and filmmaker who works in the United States said “the rapper admired his previous efforts, which combined sexual overtones with religious imagery.”
This is just Kanye stretching to the next level of knowing and learning….now black kids will know who Marco Brambilla is cause google is our friend
OR we can scare them into thinking they are going to hell if they watch it…
that’s what my God mother did to us as kids…WE DIDN”T Watch the SMURFS for YEARS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What is art if not a deliberate attempt to evoke emotion?…good or bad…that’s what it does.
I personally don’t believe he is a devil worshiper but I could be wrong. Of course everyone’s perspective may differ or be in agreement, I don’t think nothing there is anything wrong with that. If your spirit is telling you something is wrong with Kanye and/or this video there is absolutely nothing wrong with that and if you feel there is nothing demonic about this video there is nothing wrong with either.
I know this may seem not very Christian like but my concern is not worried about what celebs are devil worshipers. I know who I serve and my focus/teachings/followings of getting to heaven is on my own household!!!
@ggouch
was she worried about the actual smurfs or Gargamel and that damn illuminati cat of his?
Girl all I know is that one day during summer bible study,this man came into speak to us and all the kids had to sit in the front and watch as he told our parents that the smurfs, cartoons with talking animals, lucky charm cerel and tinker bell was of the DEVIL!!
Saturday mornings in that house went to HELL after that every PUN Intended!!!!!
No cartoons, no child friendly cereol and housework!!! I am so damn damaged as a result!!
yeah people are quick to throw the illuminati and devil worshipping card because of a few youtube videos these days. but i think his tweets right before the video last night tell the story
Tyzgurl says:
IMO, of course….
The video was hawt!!!! The concept was hawt!!!!
I’m tired of seeing silicone pumped arses, photoshopped bodies, liquor, club scenes, cars with rims, rappers with lil arse t-shirts and tight skinny leg jeans sagging…….
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Ye was simply raising the bar. Gangsta rap and Trap music has an expiration date. Artists will have to be just that, artists. Here’s hoping the next generation will seek creative imagry and not the usual hip hop experience.
Gangsta rap and Trap music has an expiration date
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You mean the “Mentally Challenged Rapping Program” lost it’s funding?
Damn!! now what will Wacko, rocko and soldier boy do now!!
To call someone’s opinion of something ignorant(lack of knowledge), is to me, quite disrespectful. Just because I find the video dark, does not mean that I have not read, or understood the Bible. I have read it, and I understand it very well. We just have differences of opinions. You see it one way, and I see it another. No big deal. Just adults who see things differently. You know, real life shyt. We are human, not sheep, so we are going to think seperately, as opposed to as a whole. Doesn’t mean I’m right, doesn’t mean you’re wrong. We’ll never really know the total truth until we meet Him anyway. Until then…it’s just a blog. It ain’t that serious.
By the way, the song is very deep, and i understand it. I haven’t formed an opinion one way or another on this video. I just think that the imagery is a little off-putting to me. Not because I think he worships the devil, cause I don’t know Kanye. I just don’t like how I feel when watching it. I can only be responsible for me. And no, this is not because of you tube videos. When will we be able to agree to disagree? SMDH
mistarie says:
By the way, the song is very deep, and i understand it. I haven’t formed an opinion one way or another on this video. I just think that the imagery is a little off-putting to me. Not because I think he worships the devil, cause I don’t know Kanye. I just don’t like how I feel when watching it. I can only be responsible for me. And no, this is not because of you tube videos. When will we be able to agree to disagree? SMDH
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LadyLioness says:
Those who get it, get it and those that don’t will chalk it up to devil worshipping because that’s what they’ve been taught. Things that are considered evil or satanic are labeled so for a specific purpose…to maintain an ignorant state of mind. Meanwhile, those in power study the so-called Satanic stuff (which is nothing more than the forces/energies of nature, astrology, cosmology, etc.) and pervert it and turn around and use it on you everyday. KNOWLEDGE IS POWER!
Also, I wonder how many pay attention to the artwork in churches? I’m not talking the new-school mega churches either. #notjudgingjustcurious
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I was just speaking in general. Not to anyone in particular. I don’t do blog beefs. That comment was hella funny though.
Dr. Donda West raised a spoiled guy with a huge ego. That’s all. He gets points for thinking outside the box though. I will take “Power” over “Pretty Boy Swag” anyday.
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the song, the video, not so much. I seriously doubt the horns are a sign that Ye’ is a “devil worshiper”. He’s an artist and art usually isn’t that literal anyway…..
OFF THIS TOPIC:
kanye west video:
From my research, this video could possibly be hinting to something to come concerning him in the near future:
1. The general look and feel of the video is ” Dreamy ” , so I assume this must have been a dream that felt very real to him. Lady Gaga herself said she has these weird dreams. She admits to using her dreams for her concerts ( which most of you who are still spiritually blind like to call it ” CREATIVE ART ”
2. The pillars in the back may possibly represent Solomon’s Temple pillars Jachin & Boaz. The pillars were made of brass.
3. kanye is dressed in all black ( ” all black everything ” ). Black is dark, meaning no light, and representing evil.
4. kanye is wearing a heavy chain around his neck, with the face of an idol attached to the chain which may possibly mean he is a slave to that idol, and since he is clothed in black, evil has taken over his body.
5. kanye has a sinister look on his face. He might be possessed, or under some kind of mind control. The first verse in his lyrics say ” I’m living in the 21st century, and doing something mean to it.”
Will be continued…..
mistarie says:
By the way, the song is very deep, and i understand it. I haven’t formed an opinion one way or another on this video. I just think that the imagery is a little off-putting to me. Not because I think he worships the devil, cause I don’t know Kanye. I just don’t like how I feel when watching it. I can only be responsible for me. And no, this is not because of you tube videos. When will we be able to agree to disagree? SMDH
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Everyone is intitled to their own opinion.
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The song is “okay”. They lyrics are okay (I’ve heard “deeper” material from Tupac, DMX or even Master P!) and the music is so-so.
Actually, I don’t like the song and I still think the video is a little “suspect”.
So I watched the video “painting” and was all “whatever Kanye it would have actually been thoughtful had it not been the work of a malignant narcissist who, while having a knack for knowing how to appear ‘innovative and someone alt,’ is utterly oblivious to the depth of symbolism in art and only emulates real creativity for the $ake of being seen as edgy and relevant” but then I got to the comments section and read a bunch of stuff that actually makes Kanye look somewhat intelligent. You guys with your ridiculous Illuminati/devil worship comments sound like a group of primitive religious fanatics. I doubt most of the people who complained about the symbolism have the slightest clue as to what the “Illuminati” [who may or may not even exist] is about, much less enough knowledge to comprehend its nature [which may or may not even exist either]. How come when white artists make creepy ass videos with actual satanic symbolism no one gets up in arms but when a black artist uses very mild dark imagery, suddenly he is the member of a conspiracy and/or a devil worshiper?
aniyvwiya says:
How come when white artists make creepy ass videos with actual satanic symbolism no one gets up in arms but when a black artist uses very mild dark imagery, suddenly he is the member of a conspiracy and/or a devil worshiper?
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Whoa! Um, because we don’t care (don’t listen to their music)–duh!
Atleast artists like Marilyn Manson and Nine Inch Nails explicitly put it out what their belief system is.
Personally, I don’t give a damn about who Kanye and other artists worship or how they live their lives. I just said that this video was freaky as fyck and *I* didn’t attack anyone that felt didn’t share the same sentiment
Y’all are getting WAY too worked-up over this shyt. Kanye ain’t paying YO’ bills, is he???? Dang!!!