Not long ago we were witness to a leaked, unfinished version of Kanye West‘s video for “Black Skinhead,” much to the egomaniacal rapper’s chagrin. Now, the finished version has arrived, with ‘Ye officially premiering the visuals Sunday night via an unexpected tweet announcement one hour before its scheduled release – which he then promptly deleted. Not much has changed, though it does look better.
Some strong similarities to the original leak still exist, including a certain elongated appendage and a CGI-rendered Kanye dancing in the dark. The video, directed by West and Lady Gaga collaborator Nick Knight, replaces the user’s cursor with an outstretched middle finger and allows viewers to speed up and slow down the video using your +/- buttons.
Watch “Black Skinhead” at Kanyewest.com. Then mull over this hilarious tweet:
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/358614185086693377
I offer this as a verse competitor, and on-topic to boot: the crushingly powerful tale of a slave’s shackled journey to America in Public Enemy’s “Can’t Truss It”:
