Kanye's New Album Cover Banned in U.S. (NSFW)

• Um wow. So a painting that would end up as maybe a 2 or 3 inch square on a CD cover has upset stores that couldn't care less about music or art. Try a sticker that says "Kanye's New Album" or something. Where's the story? How completely conservative this country has become? How sad is the music industry that Best Buy and Walmart are your outlets? 

• Kanye West: King of doing things just because he can.

• This man couldn't be more annoying this week. The most self-righteous man in America...think it's best said here http://www.weltbranding.com/blog/ not hatin', educatin'

• A number of case like this in the past. The European Cover of Pink Floyd's "A Nice Pair" is different than the US version, with the US version having round stickers over certain parts!

• I checked out a few articles and none of them specified exactly who banned the artwork, but Kanye himself stated it was banned. Check out his Twitter for more: http://twitter.com/kanyewest

• Banned by whom? The record label? The U.S. Government? By Kanye's management hoping to stir up controversy and thus boost album sales?

• That's a decent suggestion. While I don't disagree with Def Jam that an alternate cover might be appropriate for copies that are sold in stores, I don't see why he shouldn't keep his original racy artwork for online downloads.

• Personally, I would love to have the "True" cover to the CD instead of the Walmart version. Mr. West should conciser having the actual covers be sold online for his fans to pickup, like a DIY Collector's set.

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