Runaway

Hate him or love him.

Kanye for a long time is a creative genius.

This non-gangster rapper owned the super known manipulated billboard charts from all his previous albums. Then Came this Dark beautiful album.

The album was dark yes, I loved the old Kanye but nevertheless the Album was another banger. After this well....i never bought another album from Kanye...which is a kind of lie because I bought the Kanye - Jay-z album and I didn't like it so it didn't listen to it. I have no idea where it is now.

Anyways

Runaway was a long ass music video/musical.

It told a dark story about Kanye and a demon. It had dancing, soul, and magic. The whole production was the best music video I've ever seen. It was both touching, sad and dark all at the same time.

Obviously Kanye can't act but yet he put on an epic show.

Overall, a solid production.

Verdict: This album was probably the last album CD that I ever bought. After this music and even Kanye went downhill. Kanye's latest stuff is a big racket.

Mbdtf is one of the most great things that ever happened to hi hp its so well made

The discontent that is shown on his face. What it means is not supposed to be finite. It is a love story. It has many versions of songs that it would typically not have. This is true art. A true musical.

However you take this, is totally dependent on yourself. It is filled with symbolization and metaphors, but there is no true way to know what they all actually mean.

A beautiful dark twisted fantasy.

First, my opinion of Kanye West's Runaway is completely unbiased. I normally listen to indie rock, never voluntarily listened to Kanye and never gave it much thought.

Then I stumbled across his website and began to watch the video. I was immediately curious. The story line was intriguing. Slightly confusing at first, but I was definitely interested. The effects were aesthetically pleasing. Selita Ebanks did an amazing (and very sexy) job as The Phoenix. Runaway is a work of art. I would consider it Hip Hops version of (Pink Floyd's) The Wall.

Kanye did a fantastic job. It's not a stereo typical rap video of big booty women, expensive cars and random pit bulls. It's very well thought out, well written, well edited, well acted and the music is amazing.

I also feel the ballerinas should be mentioned as well because that particular scene was incredible and I can't begin to describe it.

I highly recommend watching it for yourself so you can make your own opinion.

This film is pure genius. After watching this, I realized how complex of a person Kanye really is. The fact that he not only used his own music, but he also directed the film was unbelievable. He uses intense metaphoric language in the film and as a poet I found it rather exciting.