Kanye West-Jesus Walks by Chris Milk
It is many things - an attack on racism and the divide between rich and poor, a confession ('I want to talk to God but I'm afraid cos we ain't spoke in so long') and a rooted 'gospel' song depicting Christ's compassion for the outcast:
'To the hustlers, killers, murderers, drug dealers, even the strippers, Jesus walks with them. To the victims of welfare, feel we living in hell here, hell yeah, Jesus walks with them.'
West's unflinching critique of aspects of his own Afro-American culture. He refuses to embrace the popular image of rapper-as-gangster-hero, and undermines the superficiality of the bling-bling, hip-hop consumer lifestyle.
Chris Milk demonstrates that his style is avoids performance videos and is therefor relevant to Kanye Wests song lyrics and deeper political stance and criticism of the US government. The video tackles political issues and the video amplifies the meaning of the song and depiction of a prison and treatment of inmates, along with the neglect of the country's people and drug dealers. Milks style is to focus on characetrs or particular scenes in order to build the video.
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