Rap-Up.com || ‘Cruel’ Candid: Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music Kick It in Qatar

Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music family flew to Qatar in April to shoot the film Cruel Summer, but few photos were seen. In one of the rare images from the top-secret set, Mr. West poses with his crew including Pusha T, D’banj, CyHi Da Prynce, Big Sean, Mr Hudson, Hit-Boy, Teyana Taylor, and Q-Tip, who are all dressed in matching black-and-gold attire.

The film premiered to a star-studded crowd including Jay-Z and Kim Kardashian in Cannes earlier this week. Produced, directed, and written by West, the 25-minute short stars Kid Cudi as a car thief who falls in love with a blind Arabian princess.

“I’m not the best director in the world or anything like that, but I had an idea,” said Kanye, who projected the film on seven screens. “I could dream of, one day, this being the way that people watch movies, in this form where it surrounds you and people want to go back and see it more and more because they missed something else to the left and missed something else to the right, and it felt more like the experience of life.”

GQ described the experience as a “mash-up of high-gloss Doug Aitken-style video installations, concert video backing panels, and narrative, big-budget music-videos,” while the L.A. Times said, “The story is secondary to the pyrotechnics, with new music from West and a thumping surround-sound quality that makes a 3-D Michael Bay effort feel like an iPad short.”

The installation will eventually travel to New York and be screened at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival in Qatar on November 19.

Photo credit: Teyana Taylor

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27 Comments

Nataliana
May 25th, 2012 at 12:54 pm
they look dumb as hell tho!

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EDIson Espinosa Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 3:55 pm
@Nataliana, G.O.O.D. MUSIC THIS OUR YEAR

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white hos love BBC Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
@Nataliana, qtips not even in the pic, thats cyhi da prince on the right of teyana and 2 chains in the back

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Lauryn
May 25th, 2012 at 1:36 pm
SO ARE THEY GOING TO BE SUPER CORNY NOW?

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OKW
May 25th, 2012 at 1:45 pm
I suppose cruel summer is like the good music compilation version of runaway?

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illerbrown
May 25th, 2012 at 1:51 pm
G.O.O.D. Music

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P
May 25th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
shit corny as fuck lol

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YUUUUUP
May 25th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
dat sure dosent look like q-tip, dats 2chainz

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grrl Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
@YUUUUUP, Q-Tip is standing beside Teyana

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YUUUUUP Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
@grrl, nope, thats cyhi da prince

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_iamjones Reply:
May 25th, 2012 at 4:05 pm
@YUUUUUP, thats 2 chainz thats big sean behind teyanna

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grrl Reply:
May 26th, 2012 at 12:01 am
@_iamjones, lol okay maybe yall dont know what he looks like but that indeed is Q-tip on the far right of the photo with the avaitor shades on

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Iceman
May 25th, 2012 at 2:37 pm
Just you look at my babygirl Teyana there lookin’ all beautiful in that black & gold…you can keep your Nicki and even your Shanell-long as I can get her close to me, I’ll be good ;)

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Jayson King
May 25th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
Don’t forget 2Chainz!

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Ryo
May 25th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
QTip is NOT in this picture. That’s 2Chainz in the back. Come on Rap up!

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Sharp Tongue
May 25th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
QTip is in the picture people.

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KingBEY92
May 25th, 2012 at 4:24 pm
I’ll 2Chainz can’t rap, he’s ugly, and just plain stupid.

But the picture is HOT.
I wish ROC Nation does one

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Mr.Sneakier Lover brownie Reply:
May 26th, 2012 at 2:41 pm
@KingBEY92, so is you.

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TheDreamer
May 25th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
That is 2Chainz. Hmmm…please don’t sign him Kanye! I would love to have seen this film.

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chukie
May 25th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Is it just me or is 2chainz working his butt off!!you might not praise him for his lyrical ability but you gotta applaud the guys raw determination!!its like everyday there’s a song from 2chainz or some feature..by the way shoutout dbanj I’m from nigeria too and the guy is a performance genius y’all should watch him on stage I mean it he’s fantastic always brings it on the stage!!

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stfu
May 25th, 2012 at 7:44 pm
big sean positioned his hand calmly on the breast there.

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DAYUM
May 25th, 2012 at 8:01 pm
Dope!

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Mr.Sneakier Lover brownie
May 26th, 2012 at 2:44 pm
didn’t even know half of them is signed to Good Music to kanye west Record Company label, this Look GREAT 4 them & let see what they all get in the store

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hotstuff
May 26th, 2012 at 3:35 pm
D’BANJ I SEE YOU! #NIGERIA

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shhh Navry24 lop Candaxc
May 29th, 2012 at 2:00 am
they look like shit hot ass mess are they from Afo

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shhh Navry24 lop Candaxc
May 29th, 2012 at 2:01 am
are they from Afo

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