Beats, around the same time that Yeezus was born. Here, of course, those spots have been replaced by the cartoonishly round digital bellies of the pregnant emojis. West coincidentally tapped Christ to join his production team, Very G.O.O.D.
The composition of the Drake recalls Hirst’s spot painting series in which hand-painted circles of bright colors are interspersed on a white background. Some of his stuff is almost cheery in appearance and has proven quite commercial (by design). His two most famous (or infamous, depending on your tastes) pieces are For the Love of God, a platinum cast of a human skull encrusted in diamonds, and The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living, a dead tiger shark encased in formaldehyde (in case you’re not picking up on it, Hirst is championed for his bold “ideas” more than his mastery of a traditional artist craft). Hirst is best known for pieces that ruminate on death. The artwork for this album was designed by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami. Kanye’s Dropout Bear makes a return in this cover, directed by Morning Breath, Inc. Well, emojis aside, the artwork does seem to be in conversation with Hirst’s previous work. Designed by Eric Duvauchelle, this cover features the Dropout Bear mascot sitting on a set of bleachers inside a golden frame. Why enlist Hirst, reportedly the U.K.’s richest living artist, for that? After all, it’s just emojis-the pregnant lady emoji reproduced and repeated in various color combinations, to be exact. In the third installment of Kanye’s scholastic trilogy, 2007’s Graduation, The Dropout Bear made it, seemingly flying through the air to his next goal in the artwork for the album. The Certified Lover Boy cover may not be apparent to the casual viewer instantly as serious art. Backpack rap-era Kanye West got Japanese artist Takashi Murakami to do the artwork for Graduation, while studied polyglot-era Kanye recruited painter George Condo to do the My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy visuals.
Lady Gaga famously commissioned Jeff Koons (in a way, Hirst’s American counterpart) to do the cover for Artpop. who previously designed the cover of Wests hit 2007 album The announcement.
It’s the kind of flex that only the top tier seems to be able to pull off. Free Download Kanye West Graduation Album Cover Wallpaper Kanye West. Drake has reached a milestone in his career few have achieved: he’s commissioned a blue-chip artist-in this case, the conceptual and controversial Damien Hirst-to design the cover for his upcoming Certified Lover Boy album.