In the intervening years, West hasn’t strayed from the spotlight. You can hear the details of those traumas clearly on his next album, “808s and Heartbreak”, for which he opted for a minimalist cover splattered with not-so-subtle irony: a pair of carton-esque hands tearing apart a wrinkled, heart-shaped balloon. He broke up with his longtime fiance and then dealt with the unexpected death of his mother, Dr.
Of course, the good times didn’t exactly last. Murakami’s version was a colorful nod to West’s fascination with anime, and a sort of visual membership card for an artist who’d gone from pining at the gates of pop stardom to sitting atop every industry VIP list. He’s gone from the college-themed bears of “College Dropout” and “Late Registration” to the revised and highly praised version by famed Japanese artist Takashi Murakami for 2007’s “Graduation”. To be fair, Yeezy’s long been praised for his album cover art. The new album, “My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,” is due out around Thanksgiving on November 22, but it looks like he’ll have to find an alternative cover for US-based fans.
Why? The image depicts a naked black monster holding a bottle of alcohol and lying beneath a presumably naked white woman. This time the artist is taking heat over his new proposed album cover, which he claims has been “banned” in the U.S. It’s almost time for Kanye West to release a new album, which means mostly one thing: controversy. This post has been updated since initial publication.
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