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While Grammy night's big winner, Winehouse, was a globe-trot away, Kanye was at the party and was really only interested in the reception he got while debuting his long-awaited video for "Flashing Lights."

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     "I feel like a brand-new artist that just signed yesterday," West said before playing his video on a large wall with the help of a projector. West, who co-directed the clip with Spike Jonze, said that "every piece of the video is me, what I represent now." The video is full of brashness, grace and humorous storytelling. Basically, the story revolves around a lady taking out her frustrations on a bound-and-gagged West in the harshest way. Let's just say that in the part where Kanye raps about his girl saying, "Where are you, Yeezy?," he apparently didn't have the best possible answer. "The video is incredible!" Nas said. "Nobody wants to be different. Everybody wants to be the same, and Kanye always comes with some other stuff. He's not afraid to be different."

     In the stars' VIP section, Beau Dozier and Kelis' space was next to Chris Brown's and Rihanna's. Across from them were Jay, Beyoncé and Michelle Williams next to L.A. Reid's and Usher's tables. Owen Wilson sat at his table drinking water. Quincy Jones and the Time were also in the house. Funny enough, it seemed like the entire party filed in from various parts of the club to the spacious VIP area. As you can imagine, things got tight. "I think DJ Cassidy DJs just for me," L.A. Reid said of the night's planned spinners, Cassidy and Jermaine Dupri. "He plays everything I wanna hear. JD better keep up

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