Maybe Kanye West isn’t as in love with his own image as we thought. Just a few days ago a clip of West’s funky, Daft Punk-sampling “Stonger” made the rounds on the Web (it features bits of anime classic Akira), and today comes an even wackier new video for “Can’t Tell Me Nothing.” A super-lo-fi video for the song had hit the Net in May, in which West defiantly raps alone in a giant field. In the new, far more ambitious video that resembles the fan-made homages usually found on YouTube, a bearded, beer-bellied white farm dude lip-synchs West’s vocal track while gyrating on a tractor, tending to cows, presiding over some dancing girls in country frocks and spitting at his equally unlikely sidekick. [Update: Yes, Rock Daily is aware that the “dude” is funnyman Zach Galifianakis and his “sidekick” is indie troubador Will Oldham.] Both tracks are from West’s upcoming Graduation, which will face off against 50 Cent’s Curtis on September 11. We’ll expect a clip of a suburban soccer mom rapping to “I Get Money” in the near future.
Comments
The Real | 7/26/2007, 1:59 pm EST
good to see he finally revealed his true indentity.
Redneck Rock | 7/26/2007, 2:20 am EST
Rather listen him than Jay-Z, but that’s not saying a whole lot.–RB
Hunter | 7/25/2007, 11:25 pm EST
amazing.
George Orwell | 7/25/2007, 11:19 pm EST
I know you don’t believe me, but I’m tellin’ ya…these cameras!–RB
Richard Legner | 7/25/2007, 5:08 pm EST
well I can’t get the video to work (other than hearing the annoying chain saw), but hopefully this isn’t some shot in the face of the Heartland by West.
The guy has made so many ignorant comments I just don’t trust him
anymore. I bought the last two albums…we’ll see about this one.
West is racist, close minded, and WAY arrogant.
The Playlist | 7/25/2007, 1:56 pm EST
Bearded white dude? C’mon, it’s Zach Galifianakis and Will Oldham. It’s also a direct rip-off of Fiona Apple’s “Not About Love.”

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