The video is just the icing on the cake, because it’s so different. West chose renowned cartoonist Bill Plympton to create the pencil sketched animation. It follows a young boy, his mother, and a cab driver who resembles West himself. Throughout most of the video, the scenes mirror the verses that Kanye raps, right up until the end. At that point West (the taxi driver) and the little boy die in an explosion in the least graphic way possible. Okay kinda dark, but don’t worry: they turn into angels! While the boy stays in heaven, it looks like the driver comes back to earth to continue his job. Even though the song is kind of morbid, it sticks with us. Why? Because it’s true. Nothing that is here today is guaranteed to be here tomorrow, so cherish it. This is why I miss old Kanye. This song, along with the rest of Late Registration (and pretty much everything up until 808s & Heartbreak), was Kanye’s best music. It was soul loving hip-hop that made you think and feel at the same time; and it went beyond the song. But I don’t think the spirit of that artistry has completely vanished yet. I believe he’s gonna come back to his musical roots. In the meantime, lets reminisce on what made us fall in love with Kanye’s vision of hip-hop in the first place.
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