Kanye West’s “Monster” Video Hits the Web "Ruff Draft" Ft Jay-Z, Rick Ross, & Nicki MInaj

In what looks like another epic leak, Kanye West’s video for his hit single “Monster” (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver) has hit YouTube. The video is rather rough, poorly synced and seemingly unfinished, which indicates that West did not intend for the vid to hit the web today.
Note: This video is NSFW.
Fans have been anticipating the release of this epic (and gory) video for weeks now, after being given a sneak (leaked?) peek at the making-of in early December, followed by a preview soon after.
Kanye’s album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, oozed online weeks before its November 22 drop date, so it’s no small wonder that the accompanying videos would get a similar treatment — especially when the disc has been on every end-of-year-album list across the web.
Although some are speculating that this was an intentional leak (we’ve reached out to West’s camp for comment), we doubt it. The rough-cut quality of the vid — complete with time code — juxtaposed against the spectacle that was West’s 35-minute hip hop film Runaway presents too sharp a contrast. “Monster” appears to be an epic-in-the-making, even in the rough cut, so we doubt that West — who has previously been extremely vehement about leaks — would be kosher with an unfinished version making it to the web.
We’ve also reached out to one of the alleged leakers to see if we can find out where the video came from.
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