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July 24, 2007

Kanye West's Graduation Cover

Before you doubt its authenticity, just take a look at those ventilated shades. Familiar? Yep, that fashion-forward teddy bear's taken style tips directly from your favorite hip-hop graduate, and he's got his eye on the rekkid. Maybe Amazon goofed? Either way, don't even think about stealing this fine art before Graduation day -- Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltc. and Kanye West LLC own this shit.

UPDATE: Sorry Kanye, we jumped the gun. Nah Right tells us what's up after the jump.

Via Nah Right:

Contrary to what you may have been told, this Graduation cover is fugazi. From what I’m hearing, the actual cover will be much crazier. That said, some pretty big info about the album will be announced real soon, and it’s gonna set the internets on fire.
Well we love Fugazi, but we hate fakes. So it goes! Next time we post the Kanye cover, it'll be less fake but probably just as copyrighted.

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this is really shitty. there's no way this is the final artwork. it looks like someone did a bad job at a mockup of the Stronger single's art.

Posted by: jim at 07/24/07 4:02 PM | Reply
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i'm calling import cover art or single cover art.

Posted by: Christopher at 07/24/07 4:22 PM | Reply
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Amazon allows users to post their own version of artwork if none exists already. Plus, what dude above me said: It's Fake.

Posted by: Josh H. at 07/24/07 4:59 PM | Reply
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first daft punk, now murakami? what's next, kanye?

quick guess: a wes anderson documentary about the making of the album starring Battles, Deerhunter, and Panda Bear.

Posted by: daft at 07/24/07 8:26 PM | Reply
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do you see what happens when you try to cover hip hop?

Posted by: nick at 07/24/07 9:34 PM | Reply
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that would have been an awesome cover. not as great as zeitgeist (that was sarcasm) but i honestly would have bought the album on that alone

Posted by: Jonathan at 07/24/07 10:26 PM | Reply
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Shit, since this album is gonna drop on 9/11, why not just put a photo of the burning twin towers on the cover.

Posted by: I Was The World Trade Center at 07/25/07 12:19 AM | Reply
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Because the Coup already did that.

Posted by: packmuncher at 07/25/07 1:52 AM | Reply
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This would've been an awesome cover:

http://www.prefixmag.com/images/blog/Justice-Kanye-Always-Be-Alone-Large.jpg

Posted by: zylvezter at 07/26/07 2:57 AM | Reply
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were all just gonna have to wait and see
wat kanye came up with for the cover...
this shit is gonna be hot...cant wait for
this shit to come out..

Posted by: saywaht at 07/29/07 7:47 PM | Reply
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what a wicked front cover .. i think it luks mint!! soooo much betta than the previous ones but anyway i aint 2 bothered about that i wanna nar what the album sounds lyk!!!

Posted by: cara at 08/03/07 10:42 AM | Reply
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The Itunes Store has a small picture of the cover and this isn't it.

Posted by: G$ at 08/09/07 9:21 AM | Reply
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