This Week’s Streak Of Dope Music Videos Continues With “No Church In The Wild” (Video Breakdown) Posted by Danielle Harling on 05/30/12 | Filed under Refined Video Picks, Kanye West, Video Breakdown, Jay-Z, Frank Ocean

Sure, there’s no actual appearance from Kanye West, Jay-Z, or even Frank Ocean in this “No Church In The Wild” music video, but with visuals this amazing it doesn’t really matter. The video is directed by French director Romain Gavras and seems to fit really well with the somewhat tense tone of "No Church In The Wild." And despite being rapper-less this music video does feature a cameo from a few horses and an elephant so at least we've got the whole "in the wild" thing going.



0:00 – It’s great that there’s finally a video for “No Church In The Wild” but when I hear this song I immediately picture Denzel Washington in “Safe House” or Leo and Spiderman in that “The Great Gatsby” trailer.

0:06 – Wait a minute, is this going to be the sequel to the “Run This Town” video?

0:26 – Naked statues and fog, now that's something we clearly need a lot more of in rap videos these days.

0:32 – Could this be Frank Ocean?

0:36 – Why do I get the feeling that Jay-Z and Kanye aren’t going to be in this video? I just don’t see them fitting in.

1:09 – Yeah, there will be no Kanye West, Frank Ocean, or Jay-Z appearance in this video, but that was one dope running kick.

1:27 – Looks like all the running kicks in the world can’t overpower “the man.”

1:57 – Well, we’ve got about three minutes left so maybe Kanye will show up soon to rescue the people...or not.

2:29 – I always wondered what the point of flipping cars during riots is. I guess it’s just a good morale booster.

3:24 – It’s about to get “mad real” during this riot.

3:33 – And that looks pretty amazing. It’s kinda wack that Kanye, Jay-Z, and Frank Ocean aren’t in this video, but despite that these visuals are on point.

4:13 – Anyone have any idea what city or country this was filmed in?

5:00 – An elephant! Now that’s how you close a video!

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