Leave a Comment

Video: Kanye West - ‘Champion’
Rap-Up.com — Kanye West goes Kermit the Frog on us with his Olympics-themed video for “Champion” starring himself as a puppet. Now we’ve seen it all. This entry was posted on Monday, August 11th, 2008 at 10:04 pm and is filed under Music Videos ...

new kanye west video :: "champion"
gorillavsbear.net — Is it just me, or have this year's Olympics been the most compelling Summer Games since like '92? So many epic moments so far, and we're only a few days in. Even Kanye puppet is way into it: (official video for Kanye's "Champion," directed by neon) ************************************** In other Yeezy news, Nah Right has the mp3 of the album version of "Jockin' Jay-Z," the new Kanye-produced joint that y'all loved/hated. The Oasis diss is slightly more effective/funnier here than in the live version. ...

Kanye West - Champion
illRoots — Shiiiiit.

Kanye West - Champion Video Directed by Neon
RealTalkNY Brought To You By Nigel D. — ShareThis

[VIDEO PREMIERE] Kanye West - “Champion”
Gossip On This! — Here is the T2W video premiere of Kanye West’s song, “Champion”, from his latest album Graduation. Although Kanye didn’t actually appear in the video I still think it’s funny how he made a video to spotlight the Summer Beijing Olympics that are in session as we speak. Check out the video above!

Kanye West - 'Champion' Video
..::That Grape Juice // ThatGrapeJuice.net::.. || Thirsty? — Peep Kanye West's new hilarious Olympic inspired video for 'Champion' from his most recent LP 'Graduation': I'm really liking how Kanye is switching things up with the clips which have accompanied the singles/releases from his 'Graduation' LP (namely 'Flashing Lights' etc). Good stuff. What do you think of the video?

Video: Kanye West: "Champion"
Pitchfork Media - Today — The Steely Dan-sampling "Champion" was released as a single some time ago, but it's just now become a video and Kanye posted it to his blog. He must have been holding the video until the Olympics were in full swing: The clip finds a puppet version of the rapper competing in the "Unified Games". We watch as he trains (man, that peg board shit is hard) and eventually becomes, yes, a champion. He also does some rapping along the way. Directed by Neon. [from Graduation; out now on Island Def Jam] ...

Kanye Goes For The Gold [Videodrone]
Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip — Between this puppetastic Olympic-themed clip for Kanye West's "Champion" and that Morningwood clip I posted yesterday, it would seem that puppetry is the new "flashing your phone just long enough so that everyone can see you made an endorsement deal with Blackberry." (And really, that's a trend that has been way, way too long in the offing.) [OnSmash via kanYe West: Blog] ...