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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Kanye West - POWER

Ok, so i've watched this video several times and i sincerely enjoy it. However, i was like "WTF does this mean?" I was afraid to look it up because everytime someone creates something that is out of the box, black folks accuse them of being a member of the Illuminati or some other dumb shit. I found a few articles but none of them attempted to break down the video. They only discussed the creative and artistic value. And then I found an answer in the worlds strangest place: Montana Fishbourne's twitter timeline. She actually broke down the meaning of the video. True, I don't trust her judgment but if she is wrong then I wanna know who is right about the video. According to Montana, this is how it goes:


Aite let me break down this @KanyeWest Power video to ya'll.#GirlJustDontGiveSheGotBrains *****she almost lost me after that statement but i stuck with it*****
Power is actually in reference to two things: Dionysus the Greek deity of celebration and ecstasy and Horus the Egyptian one of sky and war.
In Greek history there was a man by the name of Damocles who admired Dionysus and asked him to trade places and so he did.
Damocles was pampered with pretty women, delicious food and more. But then he looked up and to his horror was a sword above his head.
It was suspended on just a strand of horse hair. #VeryScary This represents the anxiety people with a lot of power feel
Horus was a clever Egyptian deity who conquered Set in a boat race and became the ruler of Egypt. Kanye feels both these struggles.
Kanye is expressing how he feels like a King but is in constant anxiety of the world around him given his cover with his head & sword in it.

Now you might think that she is full of shit, but go ahead and watch the video again (i posted the link for you) and tell me if you think she's wrong.




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