RELEASE: KANYE WEST 'POWER' MUSIC VIDEO

KanYe's breaking barriers with this one. Here is some footage from the video and more. It's really more of a look inwards into the project, not really something we get with these "behind the scenes" clips if you will. Calling it as such, really sort of cheapens the clip in this case, because it's so much more than just a behind the scenes. Now mind you I just took an art class recently so it might be why I rapidly jumped to this thought, but the Sistine Chapel is not exactly an obscure piece of art. As I was watching the artistic scenes, it immediately came to mind, you really see the influence. As it turns out, some of the images in this production actually were inspired by the very same. The visual master piece for 'Power' is set to premiere on MTV, Thursday August 5th following Jersey Shore, @11PM.

"POWER shows a continuous camera move from extreme close-up of Mr. West revealing an a neoclassical video tableau showing characters and creatures surrounding him in an abstract environment - all moving in extreme slow motion.

Inspired by Michelangelo's frescos in the Sistine Chapel, the piece depicts a faux historical moment - an empire on the brink of collapse from its own excess, decadence and corruption."