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Kanye West recently took a short break from infuriating everyone in the world and making sweet kicks for the kids to direct a video for Degrassi: The Next Generation alumni Drake (née Aubrey Graham). And Drake recently took a short break from regular summer vacation stuff such as being—along with Michael Jackson's death—among the most-trended Twitter topics this week, dating Rihanna (allegedly), signing to Lil' Wayne's record label, and having two songs in the Billboard Hot 100 to give the words "make your bra strap pop" from his single "Best I Ever Had" a whole new meaning. A whole new set of meanings, if you will. Big, bouncing, I-can-use-bad-stereotypes-if-I-pretend-they're-ironic-but-really-I-just-like-them Kanye West meanings.
The internet can house the harshest of critics, and, to varying degrees of literacy, the comments on Kanye's blog are no exception. Feedback ranges from polite approval:
To oh, snaps:
And some heartfelt inspiration:
Emilio Estevez and his Mighty Ducks get a shout out, but apparently this person didn't catch that part:
But people are catching onto (aka, making up) a potential Yeezy vs. Drake beef.
It's a good thing our fair city is out representing strong:
But, according to the internet, the real star of the video isn't Drake or Kanye. It's the can't-be-anything-but comically gratuitous you-know-whats:
With piles of exploitation accusations sure to come his way, maybe Drake should have consulted the Degrassi bible and taken these precious fifteen minutes to ask, What Would Caitlin Ryan Do?
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Drake: "I want women to feel special when they watch the visual and say, 'I wish that was me,' or 'I know that feeling.' That's the goal with the video — to be genuine and not sappy. Be sexy and keep it together, but still make women smile."
This video is for women?
Of course it is.
That was before Kanye was involved afaik.
STOP AUTO-TUNING ALREADY!
Glad we have a hometown hero here, but the track is weak and if it's supposed to be the single from the album, the album must suck.
It's like Kanye jr and I think we've all had enough of him.
Ashley Kerwin is not going to be happy about this.
Trashley's a butterface, anyway.
This cute title can be used over and over..i hope the print media dont catch on
Why is pop music so boring these days?
Also, did he name himself after the hotel he couldn't get into a couple years ago?
Aubrey sucks - I wish he was still in a wheelchair on CTV.
Drake is dude's middle name and he made a video off of a track off a mixtape. If that doesn't say something I don't know what does.
His buzz is phenomenal right now and he's about to blow the hell up. Sort of surprised he's getting coverage here.