![]() The idea of power, influence, responsibility, faith, sin, and redemption are themes that run rampant in what would later become regarded as the Ye’s magnum opus. The music video set the tone for what was to come with the release of Ye’s forthcoming project. Portraying himself as a godlike figure, loved by many, hated by most, the 3D animated portrait shows Ye being showered by gifts on the other hand, two-horned, staff-bearing men who resemble Isis and Hathor stand on either side of West each slowly strikes the ground with their staff toward the end of the video. Premiering with a Marco Brambilla-directed music video, which West calls a “moving painting,” features a portrait-view headshot of West staring intensely into the lens with illuminated eyes while wearing a large, low-hanging gold chain with a pendant of Ancient Egypt god, Horus. Notoriously a polarizing public figure, Ye's return to the spotlight was expected to be monumental. It was the Chicago artist’s first work released after his self-imposed exile to Oahu, Hawaii, following media crucifixion due to his controversial outburst at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, when the emcee intoxicatedly interrupted Taylor Swift’s Best Female Video acceptance speech. ![]() It was August 5 I was in an Orlando, Florida, hotel room on a family trip to Disney World, sitting in front of the television screen in full anticipation for MTV's exclusive premiere of Ye’s latest single, “Power.” I’ll never forget the beginning of the My Dark Twisted Fantasy rollout. Needless to say, Kanye West’s influence on me was undeniable from the beginning. I was a victim of the Shutter Shade trend prompted by the “Stronger” music video. My first iPod in 2008 was loaded up with all of Ye’s releases up until that point, including 808s and Heartbreak. Kanye West became my favorite rapper the very moment I heard "Jesus Walks".
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