Not the painting.Of course, the opulent and innovative production, the album’s features and the striking artwork have played a huge part in creating hype around West’s MBDTF but the cleverly crafted marketing campaign West called “the G.O.O.D Friday”, where every week he dropped free releases of the album, earned its place in the pantheon of memorable musical moments. "What's happening in their minds should be banned. "The superimposition of people's perceptions on a cartoon is shocking," he says. One of the covers, which depicts West with an evil grin on his face and being straddled by a nude, armless winged woman created a firestorm upon release and several major retailers such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Apple's iTunes Store said they would not sell that version of the album in their stores, much to the disgust of both West and Condo. I wanted to get that feeling that he's almost a Miles Davis-like guy." "Like an African mask with almost a modern face. "It's sort of cubist, you know, this portrait with all these different dimensions to it," Condo said of one of the five works that the mercurial musician eventually selected for use. Parts and pieces from some sort of sci-fi landscape." But the song's hook inspired Condo to want go for a portrait instead. "I started having all ideas about these mythological creatures and volcanic landscapes. "I was very old school rap, you know what I mean?" But upon their first meeting, when Kanye blasted lead single "Power," Condo said the music began generating ideas in his head immediately. The album's cover art, created by painter George Condo, is drawing plenty of attention too for their bold statements and explicit imagery, reports New York.Ĭondo, a New York-based artist known for his cubist-inspired work, said he was contacted by the rapper last summer to collaborate on the album's visual component, but he wasn't familiar with 'ye's work. The music isn't the only thing drawing attention to Kanye's West newest release, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, which hits stores this week.
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