WATCH IT: Jay-Z f/ Rihanna + Kanye West - Anthony Mandler, director

This is a no-brainer from the get-go: Not only is it the first "commercial" record from Jay-Z's forthcoming album The Blueprint 3, but it features both Kanye West and Rihanna, in her first recorded appearance since the "incident." Director Anthony Mandler rises to the occasion, delivering a gritty, post-apocalyptic video that plays a bit like a tougher, East Coast version of "California Love." The three musical heroes are portrayed as leaders of an underground revolutionary movement that seems like the hip-hop version of the Symbionese Liberation Army. If only they were in charge of keeping order at those health care town hall meetings.  --> watch "Run This Town"

Jay-Z f/ Kanye West + Rihanna
"Run This Town" (Roc Nation)
Anthony Mandler, director | Karen McCarthy, producer | Ciarra Pardo, executive producer | Les Enfants Terribles, production co | Jonathan Sela, DP | Jeff Selis, editor