If I don’t win, the awards show loses credibility: Why I Love Kanye West

2009, Daniel Stewart
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Week of 22 May, 2006

Première: Justice vs. Simian “We Are Your Friends” (10 Records) directed by Rozan & Schmeltz.

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Thursday, 2 November, 2006

Justice wins Best Video award for “We Are Your Friends” [Rozan & Schmeltz] at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Copenhagen, Denmark. While accepting their award, fellow nominee Kanye West joins Xavier de Rosnay and Gaspard Augé on stage. Microphone in hand, he addresses the audience: “Oh hell no… If I don’t win, the awards show loses credibility.”

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Monday, 30 April, 2007

Première: Justice “D.A.N.C.E.” (Ed Banger Records) directed by Jonas & François/ animated by So Me. “D.A.N.C.E.” is dedicated to the late Michael Jackson:


Do the D.A.N.C.E.
1, 2, 3, 4, fight
Stick to the B.E.A.T.
Get ready to ignite
You are such a P.Y.T.
Catching all the lights
Just easy as A.B.C.
That’s how you make it right

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Tuesday, 11 September, 2007

Première: Kanye West feat. T-Pain “Good Life” (Roc-A-Fella Records) directed by Jonas & François/ animated by So Me. Kanye West and T-Pain lifted “P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)” [as performed by Michael Jackson] for their 2007 hit “Good Life.”

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Friday, 5 October, 2007

Kanye West posts “The Making of Good Life” (since removed) on the kanYeUniverseCity blog: “I bet you didnt know where I met the director…Funny story.”

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Monday, 29 June, 2009

Première: Mr. Hudson feat. Kanye West “Supernova” (Mercury Records) directed by Jonas & François.