King of music video's, Hype Williams, and Kanye West, combine to give the world the video for the single "All of the Lights" off of Ye's latest album, MBDTF. It's an epic song with a beautiful intro provided by Elton John but this song really includes over 11 other artists contributing their vocals to it. You won't be able to tell since they're layered over each other, but Drake, Alicia Keys, Kid Cudi, Fergie, John Legend, The Dream, Ryan Leslie, and others all provided their voices for the song, most notably, Rihanna, who does the chorus and also appears in the video....oh yes, she does.
Hype and Mr. West have worked together before many times. Gold Digger, Amazing, Heartless, Stronger and others. Hype's resume is basically a who's who's and what's what's of hip/hop and R&B music videos and of my all time favorites. There is an influence from Gaspar Noe's 2009 film Enter the Void in the video as well.
I love when hip hop transcends the norm and shows a true artistic quality. The horns, vocals, percussion, orchestration and now the visual all come together to provide something fantastic for everyone to enjoy. Ashy to classy....Enjoy the video and the song.
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