Kanye West feat. Young Jeezy – Amazing

by Chad Jordan, April 24, 2009

What has been written about Kanye West’s latest album, 808s and Heartbreak can fill a book. It has been praised for it’s raw emotion and criticized for it’s auto tune heavy singing. Whether you love or hate the album, it is certain that it has become a new watermark for popular music. MCs have already started to mimic the album’s format and advertisers have utilized the cinematic compositions for dramatic effect. “Amazing” featuring Young Jeezy is one of the least somber songs on the album but just as emphatic as the other tracks. The song takes the age old Hip Hop braggadocio mold and gives it an epic feel. The visuals to the music provided by veteran music video director Hype Williams captures the enormity of the track by simply pairing it with breath taking shots of landscapes and oceans.

30 Responses

  1. Posted by: FRESH SWAG! on April 28, 2009 at 7:28 am

    anything but amazing…mediocre at best. hype could have got more creative with that budget. jeezy is a piece of s*it!!!! i wanna slap the taste out his mouf…first he’s down wit mcain now he flip flopped n is all about obama. he’s the epitome of what’s wrong wit rap music…tryin sooo hard to be hood. straight IGNANT!

  2. Posted by: chili sv on April 27, 2009 at 4:24 pm

    Has he figured out the fishsticks joke yet?

  3. Posted by: DANTE on April 26, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    POST GLC VIDEO

  4. Posted by: bsovercrook on April 26, 2009 at 4:39 pm

    The producer of this video should be fired. Any millionaire with a camera and access to a helicopter and a boat can make this same shit. Kanye West is deeper than alot of people think. But this video ruins the song….

  5. Posted by: nig on April 25, 2009 at 11:51 pm

    SNEAKERhead, they’re wet with jizz is what

  6. Posted by: skateboardP on April 25, 2009 at 11:42 pm

    he has every right to have that ego

  7. Posted by: Nicolas Del Homme on April 25, 2009 at 6:38 pm

    The video is cool but why everybody gotta hate… but I guess its cool because thats what feeds Kanye.

  8. Posted by: miles on April 25, 2009 at 12:40 am

    hahaha~ LOST season 6 preview ..!

  9. Posted by: IanK on April 25, 2009 at 12:23 am

    Graduation was good.
    His other albums were OK.
    Horrible rapper, horrible singer.
    Decent producer, but not great.

    I don’t see the big deal about him. His last album was horrible. When he was making Graduation, did he look at T-Pain, who guested on one track, and think, “Fuck, this guy makes a living on this Auto Tune shit? Even I can do this.” Why bother hanging with the lowest common denominator?

    Anyway…..

  10. Posted by: shut on April 24, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    I HATE JEEZY WHY HE ALWAYS MESSIN UP THE SONGS xD his fucking constipated voice

  11. Posted by: yoofray on April 24, 2009 at 8:36 pm

    this is HOT

  12. Posted by: IRUNHI on April 24, 2009 at 8:04 pm

    HAWAII/808 REPRESENT! REPRESENT! SENT SENT!

  13. Posted by: young on April 24, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    still aint nuthin like college dropout

  14. Posted by: Blanky on April 24, 2009 at 7:12 pm

    So dope, Ye.

  15. Posted by: D on April 24, 2009 at 6:35 pm

    Kanye going all emo in this vid

  16. Posted by: SNEAKERhead on April 24, 2009 at 5:30 pm

    KANYE is RAW.. He got SWAGGA…in other words he a WET as Ninja.. plus them Nike AIr Yeezys in my closet is looking WET as well..

  17. Posted by: 2b on April 24, 2009 at 5:08 pm

    Props to dude for letting the people know Kayne has paid major dues….Most guys are afraid to live at that level just to get their ideas out…..Talk about Sacrifice. Where a lot of producers might spend a few hours on a beat….Yay was spending a week on one beat. If your gonna put that much effort in one beat…..Producers are visible now but back in the day the people use to appreciate the work and ignore them….no wonder Yay beats on his chest all the time.

  18. Posted by: Mighty Nyce on April 24, 2009 at 2:42 pm

    Why he always seems uncomfortable during interviews?

  19. Posted by: PimpGator on April 24, 2009 at 2:26 pm

    that song kinda sucks…and jeezy is probably the worst rapper ever to touch a microphone. that 808 album was basically a r&b album. Graduation was far more superior. And the more i hear this cat talk about himself the more i dislike him. its like he just talks about himself just to keep his ego-driven career going. he should just shut up…

  20. Posted by: NOYZ on April 24, 2009 at 2:04 pm

    his shoes are so fucking bulky. video’s alright

  21. Posted by: dolnenzo on April 24, 2009 at 2:02 pm

    shit is whackkkk
    graduation was wayyy better

  22. Posted by: Cubs Suck on April 24, 2009 at 12:40 pm

    this man’s videos are always so ill.

  23. Posted by: Vangard112 on April 24, 2009 at 12:01 pm

    You need to walk around with a big Ego when you have talent like Kanye. We feed our selfs with our own ego. Thats why Kanye keeps getting better and better. He believes he is the best so what comes out of him is nothing but the best in him + more. I understand his personality because i live my life the same way he does. I am nothing but the best at what i do. No questions ask.

    Xx Rebel Art Xx

  24. Posted by: NEW NIGGA on April 24, 2009 at 10:22 am

    his music is unique his ego has togo.
    many other great artists who are good are not that concieted as kanye he could be much more likeable with his ego

  25. Posted by: 1234 on April 24, 2009 at 9:59 am

    best song on the album, and it was a rather good album compared to graduation

  26. Posted by: a-hole on April 24, 2009 at 9:07 am

    probably his worst video to date. Its just not very good or well thought out. Its not really telling a story or actually making a connection with the content of the song. Just a very weak showing.

  27. Posted by: joshua on April 24, 2009 at 8:29 am

    looks as if he likes “lost” lol

  28. Posted by: astrograph on April 24, 2009 at 8:11 am

    niceeeee

  29. Posted by: Uzi Z on April 24, 2009 at 4:48 am

    Ill scenery..

    Kanye always has the need for someone to feed his Ego.
    Dude had shaky hands + the Yeezys are bigger than Yeezy.

  30. Posted by: FaB G0T SWaGG on April 24, 2009 at 4:07 am

    Great ViiDeo!!
    SonG iiS AweSome To0..