Kanye West – “New Slaves” Video

As a broad-strokes vision designed to get people talking and to (once again) reinvent its maker, everything about this was masterful. But consider the little cinematic touches, too, like the way the sweat on Kanye’s face and the actual coloration of the building behind him made Kanye’s skin look darker, or the way he stands completely motionless, not nodding, during the parts where he isn’t rapping. A four-minute close-up on one man’s face should not be this riveting, but it absolutely was.