A few weeks ago, everybody with a .com jumped the gun in posting a heavily copyrighted image, assuming it was the album art for for Kanye’s forthcoming Graduation. (Including us, of course.) But now we’ve got the real cover design (unless ‘Ye’s just playing), with just as much bruin and just as much information regarding intellectual property protection emblazoned upon it.
Amazon and the more-reliable iTunes confirm its authenticity, and Vulture confirms the prior iteration as promo art. So we see the cuddly Kanye bear being making his way/being projected out of that great university in the purple ‘n’ mauve heavens. He lost his fashionable venetian shades somewhere along the way, but he needn’t worry — Kanye doesn’t leave home without a spare pair. Vulture sees Mr. West’s enlisting Japanese artist Takashi Murakami as a reflection of his “recent stylistic infatuation with contemporary Japanese art and anime.” But we have no idea what they’re talking about.
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Looks like smegma.
Yeah for cartoons! I didn’t really care for the bear suits.
I’m guessing it’s supposed to be glitter. But the text looks like a bad .bmp, or however it is that Paint files get all clustered.
Kanye West is the probably the worst rapper ever. “Uh uh” – “Uh uh” – “Uh uh”.
smeg”meh”
meh- but then again, since when did album covers mean anything?
My cousin hates the bear mascot because he believes that artists should put their face on the CD cover.
That cover looks awful. It looks worse than the cover from Lupe Fiasco’s Album.
this is my favorite one.
w…t…f
The fake one was better.
Kanye’s behind the curve and not afraid to flaunt it. Had he graduated class of 2000 this would almost be acceptable. It looks really dated at this point.
Cover art brought to you by Sanrio.
Who cares about the cover! Where can I download the album?
Wow! Awesome I love Murakami.
Very clever to get the Louis Vuiton Don’s album cover designed by the guy who saved Louis Vuiton’s ass.
kanGayWest
i llike it.
yeah the fake cover was a lot better.
I’m digging the Takashi Murakami. I wonder how people in the US will respond to it.
That looks like the back of the CD case actually.
I hate Kanye West. His music is rubbish and in person he comes across as being extremely dull. I just wanted to say that.
Maybe…the trick’s on us!?
I feel that this isn’t nearly polished enough to be the real cover (looks fan-made), I’m holding out until I see it in Virgin.
So the other day the wifey and I were watching the Kanye/zach galifianakis video, and she said, “This isn’t a real Kanye West song is it?”
And I said, “Yes, it is.”
“Wow, this is just awful.” she said “I didn’t know he was that bad.”
True story
Moronkomi is a fraud, who wouldn’t know what art was to save his life. Just some manga comic illustrator who sold his soul to the establishment. It’s whatever you can get away with this day in age! It’s Disney! By the way Vuilton is just a name that makes people feel good about their shallow existence. Bandying a Vuilton label advertises bourgeois empty soul!
the illustration is good, that font/color choice is terrible and the negative space at the bottom left needs some fillin’… (probably with an explicit lyrics sticker)
OMG, music that gets played on the radio? I will not hear of it!
Not that its particularly uncouth, but I feel that the shunning of mainstream hip-hop somehow bolsters an inner-sense of originality that I would otherwise be devoid of.
True Story.
it looks awesome
i smell pussy
shit looks like a cartoon tryin to be edgy in 1991
Takashi Murakami painted this.. this wasnt done on photoshop… quality art ( i’d like to see if half you haters could pull off painting with color coordination in half of these shapes) you fuck up a lil bit and the shit looks ugly
can some1 please tell me wat the album cover is soppose to be lol???
You people need to shut the f up. Kanye West is a great rapper and his new song Stronger is the shit.
Wow u guys are haterss,Kanye is the man!!
The man is way before his time…..he may even be as good as jay z if not better. After Jay there should be no more and there is. Mr. West!!! There are people trying to keep hip hop alive. Listen to what the man has to say. His lyricism is extraordinary and complex like jay’s. Thats why half of you haters can’t understand what he’s talkin about. Don’t be a ban-wagon hater. If you gotta hate then do it for a reason not because everyone else is doing it……..ONE! HOLLA!
so much hate lol i liked the cover….its different just like kanye get outta here with all that bull shit
I love your work I’m a big fan