Posts with tag "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy"

Kanye West Allegedly Staged His 'Banned' Album Cover

Posted Jan 10th 2011 at 06:01 PM by Jett Wells

We always knew Kanye West had a knack for drama, but we never thought he'd stage it for personal gain. According to a piece in the New Yorker (via Vulture, as the full piece is not online), West asked artist George Condo to design the first controversial album cover for 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' in hopes it would be "banned." "A couple of weeks before my first visit to Condo's studio, ...

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Does Kanye West's 'Dark Fantasy' Make Him Untouchable?

Posted Nov 11th 2010 at 08:51 PM by Jett Wells

Pop-Ed: You can't script the kind of year Kanye West is having. Ever since re-emerging onto the scene after his famous Taylor Swift moment, the MC rolled with the punches and campaigned his way back to the summit with one prize on his mind--the album that would change his career forever. That album became known as 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,' the missing piece that people say would change ...

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The Irony Behind Kanye West's 'Banned' Album Cover

Posted Oct 19th 2010 at 07:00 PM by Jett Wells

Pop-Ed: There are enough story lines behind Kanye West's latest album, 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy,' to fill a three-pound autobiography with Kanye's big grin on the cover. Even when we'd like a little less Kanye, everything is always about ... Kanye. Now with only a month left till the album drops on Nov. 22, the cover art is making more headlines than the leaked tracks. When Kanye broke ...

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Angry Kanye West on Graphic Album Art: 'Banned in the USA!!!'

Posted Oct 18th 2010 at 10:34 AM by Zach Dionne

Kanye West's 'My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy' album art is too hot for stores, according to the rapper's Twitter frenzy on Sunday. "Yoooo they banned my album cover!!!!!" he tweeted. "Banned in the USA!!!" George Condo, the American artist behind Kanye's 'Power' music video/painting, created the new album cover. The banned art features a thick red border with a small painting in the ...