RedEye designer Trent J. Koland made the cover image of Kanye, which happens to look a lot like the cover of Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, the first book in O’Malley’s popular graphic novel series. O’Malley took to Twitter and wrote, “this is both an honor and an outrage: chicago r[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Kanye West’
December 9th, 2010 - 10:58 pm § in Freelance Work
I’mma use your cover | Music | The A.V. Club Chicago
January 4th, 2010 - 6:43 pm § in True/Slant
Is Kanye West the new Maya Angelou?
Will Kanye’s new album have a riff about I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings? Well, West made reference to Caged Bird author Maya Angelou today on his blog while announcing his return to the studio: IT’S FUNNY HOW SO MANY RAPPERS GET WORSE AS THEIR CAREERS STRETCH OUT BUT TRUE POETS GET BETT[...]
November 6th, 2009 - 1:30 am § in True/Slant
Sufjan Stevens' 50 states project is a joke – here's the punchline.
So, by now the “news” that Sufjan Stevens has declared his 50 states/50 albums project long gone has made its waves. In case you didn’t pick that up, here’s the excerpt from his interview with Paste: “The whole premise was such a joke,” he says now, “and I think maybe I[...]
October 19th, 2009 - 11:45 am § in True/Slant
Kanye West & Spike Jonze – We Were Once A Fairytale
Kanye West is back, back to being an artiste of merit, back from the depths of hell he was cast in after a disastrous VMAs appearance, back from South Park cracks and autotune-haters’ smacks. Or something like that. MTV reported that the short-film collaboration between Where The Wild Things A[...]
August 31st, 2009 - 1:55 am § in Perfect Lines
R&Bemo?
It seems that the Seattle Times‘ Andrew Matson has stumbled upon the formula that came to fruition in popular culture a bit over half a decade ago: “random genre/culture/thing/idea/word” + “emo” = combination of the former two concepts! Back when emo first really hit it[...]
March 6th, 2009 - 1:04 am § in Perfect Lines
The Rap on Emo Rap
P.O.S. said emo rap “sounds pretty unfortunate,” so one must wonder what Kanye West must think about the term. Sure, various blogs abound on the Internet that didn’t meet a song with any emotive content they couldn’t shake a finger at and immediately label it have tied Kayne&[...]
October 21st, 2008 - 7:19 pm § in Perfect Lines
Kanye Wemo
It’s been a number of days, but Stereogum’s post on Kanye West’s “Coldest Winter” caught my eye for oh so many reasons. Of course, images offer the best summation. Thanks Stereogum: The post offers an interesting look at the perception of emo today. Given that Stereogum[...]