Rap-Up.com || Chamillionaire Calls Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’ Video ‘Genius’

Once Lady Gaga and “Honey B” Beyoncé joined forces as a team of femme fatales in the video for their pop smash “Telephone,” it was only natural for their music industry peers, namely Chamillionaire, to form an opinion about the nine-and-a-half-minute visuals.

The Houston rapper was mesmerized by the cinematic piece upon initially viewing it. “I thought it was genius, from a directorial standpoint and an iconic standpoint,” he reveals to Rap-Up.com. “When I saw that video, I saw so many racy images.”

That daring display of imagery lead Chamillionaire to compare Gaga to another pop superstar who is no stranger to pushing the envelope. “Lady Gaga has always been big, but before her there was Madonna,” he states. “[The video] reminded me of Madonna. It also reminded me of the fact that [Lady Gaga] is so big that people are gonna be like, ‘Oh my goodness, I can’t believe you’re doing that. What the heck?’”

With many artists’ creativity being stifled by record labels’ decreasing budgets, the Grammy-winning artist applauded the platinum-haired singer’s ability to do as she pleased when it came to the clip’s concept. “The freedom to be able to do whatever you want is an incredible thing in the music industry,” he admits. “I appreciate that because nowadays man, most people want to do that but can’t.”

As for his favorite “Telephone” moments, the “Ridin’ Dirty” rhymer couldn’t pinpoint just one. “[There] was so much weird stuff that was really weird but really dope,” adds Cham. “There was a lot of originality in it—she had the glasses and they were smoking. It’s definitely something that you will go back and look at the video 20 times and pick up something different every time.”

–Georgette Cline

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15 Comments

Lmao
March 18th, 2010 at 12:08 pm
if u look closely at the gaga pic..it looks like she has no belly button..haha :| and i think this video could of been better if gaga and beyonce had acted better, it was a bit wooden in parts.
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Your Father
March 18th, 2010 at 12:11 pm
What an overhyped piece of garbage that was. The state of creativity in the music industry must be at an all time low if you give someone props for wearing clothes made out of curtains and shit..like really, though. GaGa is dope but she’s becoming more image than actual music. Hopefully she pulls back a little. It’s overkill.
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Your Mother
March 18th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
^ what a naive comment. you obviously can’t process more than what you saw on the surface.
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Ghetto Fab
March 18th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
@ Your Father
What curtains was Gaga wearing in that video? Everything Gaga had was pieces either straight off the runway or designed perfectly for the video. If it wasn’t your cup of tea I get it but the fashion was on point! Also you said she’s becoming more image, thats exactly her pint for doing videos like this. She’s not your conventional pop star. She specializes in Pop Art. Think about it, Madonna Michael Jackson, Grace Jones, were all known for their image too. And they aren’t doing to bad themselves.
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Your Father
March 18th, 2010 at 1:23 pm
It’s not a naive comment…I just didn’t see why that particular vid got such hype. The song is one of my least fav records by her. As for the curtains thing, Ghetto Fab, I was referring to the Bad Romance video which in my opinion is better than Telephone. I dig what you’re saying about image, but the difference is the artists you mentioned have music to match the images…I honestly don’t see Telephone playing next summer. Thriller still kills it today. It’s like Interscope noticed her uniqueness and are now trying to force it. Just doesn’t seem as natural as before to me.
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Ghetto Fab
March 18th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
@ Your Father
On that note I actually agree with you. While I do like the songs she produces, I’m afraid only few of them will stand the test of time. But no different from everything coming out of this era in music. Hits for now and will be forgotten. I feel like Bad Romance will be remembered much more than Telephone.
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100% Nikehead
March 18th, 2010 at 3:23 pm
yeah Bad Romance was a visual and classic masterpiece that should be remembered until the end of time. The telephone video was way overhyped and the end product didnt match that. As a song and video Bad Romance was the best Lady Gaga has ever released and i think MJ would be really proud to see an artist that has so much creativity and writes there own songs. I think thats another thing that people forget is that Lady Gaga writes all her songs and if your shooting for legendary u need to write your own material and not have other song writers do it for u. Real talent always prevails and as u can see Lady Gaga has achieved that with only 2 albums to her name.
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Rad
March 18th, 2010 at 3:55 pm
Damn Rap-up did you really need Chamillionaire’s opinion on this?
Wouldn’t it have been just as good, or better, or even relevant to ask the first person you saw outside your office?
Lol chamilli-a-who?
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Lisa
March 18th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
That video was a DISASTAH!
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JD
March 18th, 2010 at 9:48 pm
What the hell does Chammillionare have to do with lady gaga and why does his opinion matter? he aint had a hit since I was in high school over 3 years ago
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davyd69
March 19th, 2010 at 5:30 am
i’m so tired to see lady gaga all the time what she doing on rap-up she’s not a r&b or a hip-hop artist she is a pop artist so!!!
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LadySheamus
March 19th, 2010 at 7:54 am
Eh…
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davidf
March 19th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
bad messages is all see
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TLD
March 23rd, 2010 at 8:17 am
Lol and most of you all talking as if you have any relevancy.He is more relevant than you all, who are YOU?
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Arjes Forbes
April 16th, 2010 at 1:02 am
well even if the video was too long either too short, i still like it! x.o GAGA♥
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