In just a few short years, Kanye West has unquestionably produced the most creative videos in hip hop music. His active approach to not doing the same thing over and over and over has resulted in a wide range of clips for our enjoyment. Everything from gritty street traditional hip hop videos, avant-garde artsy fartsy clips, and multiple types of animation have been employed. Lets take a look at his best work:

**Honerable Mention** Good Morning

I believe this was Kanye's very first fully animated video (based on the drawings of Takashi Murakami), and for some reason, was not released to the public until many many months after being completed.



10. The New Workout Plan
This video plays like an elaborate informercial targeting gold diggers seeking to find a man with money. Plenty of bright colors and women with breast implants, how can you go wrong? There are cameos from Traci Ellis-Ross, Anna Nicole Smith, and video ho-fessional Vida Guerra.



9. Champion

Champion was released right in the middle of the Beijing Olympic games and featured a puppet version of Kanye competing against humans in a track & field competition. The timeliness of the video as well the puppet being adorable makes this video memorable.



8. Stronger
This video contains liberal inspiration from Akira, Daft Punk, and uses Cassie as the requisite hot chick. I'm not a fan of any of the three things I just mentioned but I have to bow down to the overpowering eye candy Hype Williams and Yeezy threw together.






7. Throw Some D's
Everyone knows how serious Kanye takes himself most of the time, so what makes this video so great is how unbelievably silly it is. Kanye made an un-official remix to Rich Boy's "Throw Some D's".... only Yeezy's version was about buying implants for your lady friend.





6. Two Words
Both the video and the song were gritty and creative... you can tell Kanye had to be more resourceful with his video projects in the "College Dropout" days. This is also one of the more underrated tracks Kanye has done.


Kanye West w/ Mos Def Freeway - Two Words


5. Diamonds From Sierra Leonne
Bling is a staple of hip hop attire, but not everyone knew the story of how *some* diamonds make it onto our necks and wrists. Although the original version of 'Diamonds' was a song about Roc-A-Fella and not the conflicts in Africa... he decided to educate the masses (with the first single off his album...risky bidness).

I believe the video was shot in Prague, and the visuals of blood shooting out of a woman's ring while slave children watched on was a little chilling.




4. Jesus Walks

Kanye ended up shooting 3 different videos for this song because the first two didn't live up to what he envisioned. The third time was a charm because the final version was super dope.



3. All Falls Down

This video is shot entirely first person mode, which means Kanye only appears on-screen when his character is looking in the mirror. This is a good thing because Kanye is looking at his girlfrind (super-MILF Stacey Dash) the entire time... The X-ray and reflection scenes were dope.





2. Through The Wire
I love this one because five years later it still holds up as one of Kanye's most creative and entertaining clips and it didn't have a huge budget like his newer stuff. I think this video had a lot to do with launching his career because the home videos integrated within it gave us an intimate look at who he is.



1. Flashing Lights
This video had the 'innanet goin' nutz' when it first dropped, on every hip hop site in existence you had mini arguments on whether or not it was "the full copy" or if "part 2 was going to come out" later on. And then there were fans who simply didn't understand what was going on and why the main character did what she did. We as fans like everything to be explained to us, but Kanye chose to go to the left and simply let viewers decide what was going on.

I thought both the song and video were brilliant, Rita G and her oh-so-delicious assets brutally bludgeoned Kanye to death with a shovel at the end.... loved it.