Graphic Designer: Takashi Murakami
Artist: Kanye West
CD: Graduation, 9/2007
Kanye’s bear mascot used repetitively through his (3) CDs: 1) The College Dropout 2) Late Registration and now 3) Graduation. A story of the bear has been told through the years, from college dropout to now graduating. In Graduation, vibrant explosion of colors in the celebration of graduating and being pushed out into the real (cruel) world.
Graphic Designer: Emek
Artist: Erykah Badu
CD: New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War, 2/2008
Erykah Badu is known as analog girl in a digital world. New Amerykah is a fusion of Hip Hop music and political, social, and religious subject matter. New Amerykah speaks on the awareness of the artist when she once lived in the “OLD Amerykah” before World War IV.
Artist: Beck
CD: Modern Guilt, 7/2008
AllMusic best described the album. “An effective dosage of 21st Century paranoia.” Beck fusion of funk, hip-hop, rock, and blues is simply shown inside the cover. With a modern clean cutoff of two unidentified character with some sort that seem to be coming from musical instrument, the modern style is a perfect way to show less is more (it makes a big impact).
Artist: John Legend
CD: Evolver, 10/2008
The red and black color scheme gives off a vintage Hollywood vibe. The red works well with blacks, grays, and whites. Emphasis on ‘Evolver.’ Title itself in important because on this album John Legend is stepping out of his piano based songs and into songs you’d probably would not expect. Not big into thematics. John Legend was quoted stating:
"I think it's hard to find a general theme [for the album]. It's a lot of love and relationship songs, as people probably would expect from me. There's not an overarching lyrical theme that goes throughout. It's just a bunch of good songs, I think."
—John Legend, MTV
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