Kanye West has no cover. Kelly Rowland uncovers herself. And many more examples of Design for CD Selling.
What you are looking at above is the “cover art” for Kanye West’s new album, Yeezus (Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam). In fact, there’s no cover or CD booklet at all, just a sticker on the back of the package with the track listing. This dovetails nicely with Kanye’s mysterious anti-campaign for the album’s release today. He did perform “Black Skinhead” and “New Slaves” on Saturday Night Live in May, and if those hard-hitting, industrial-sounding tracks are any indication, then Yeezus could be a wowzer.
Still, I can’t stop thinking about that “cover art” and, paradoxically, how much it reminds me of this:
