1 spot for their classic artwork (and we do truly mean artwork) for the album Soldiers Under Command. If it wasn’t for Crain being such a ninja legend that he almost disemboweled America’s greatest sports hero with a samurai sword and lived to tell about it, we probably would have given Stryper the No. The album cover is only the second most famous part of Crain’s legacy though: He once almost killed Michael Jordan by attempting to slice a watermelon off of his abdomen while blindfolded. Mike “Karatist Preacher” Crain didn’t need flashy graphics, fancy costumes or even proper lighting for his album image: Just a stack of concrete, a cross and an old-fashioned karate chop. In the world of Christian music, where many artists used the cover to blend spiritual metaphors with airbrushed supernatural entities, inspired outfits and creative font selections, there is truly something that modern music fans are missing.Īnd though some have attempted to compile lists of great Christian album artwork, we’ve decided to rank them-definitively-to inspire a new generation of artists not to neglect such an essential part of the album creation process. Sure, we still see tiny thumbnail images of singles and LP album covers displayed next to the song streaming on our iPhones, but it’s just not the same as regularly examining album covers in all of their visual glory. But even though listening to music online costs less and gives you access to millions and millions of songs you might not otherwise hear, one thing has sadly been lost in the streaming era: Appreciation for incredible album art. Well, Damien, mission accomplished.The digital music revolution has, for the most part, been great for music fans.
So that’s where the Spot paintings came from - to create that structure to do those colors, and do nothing.” While saying next to nothing about Drake’s music or his long-anticipated album, the artwork(?) is a deludedly self-referential tribute to Hirst’s career.Īs Hirst once cryptically said, “I’ve always had a phenomenal love of color … I mean, I just move color around on its own. Drake’s cover art appears to echo these dappled compositions while also nodding to sculptures of pregnant women the artist has made over the years. Right up there with Kaws and Koons on the list of artists who are comically easy to hate, Hirst is best known for displaying a shark preserved in formaldehyde and for his admittedly more palatable Spot Paintings, monochromatic canvases covered in rows of dots painted in complimentary colors. LSW5tts0KO- DONDA Dropped Yesterday August 30, 2021 The Virgin Mother (2005) and Spot Paintings (2012). The Drake cover is a combination of two Damien Hirst artworks. Shortly after, the official account shared a photo of a physical canvas of the cover, adding that it was “1 of 2” and hinting at a potential second cover option.
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Others have more intricate interpretations: “Drake is dropping Certified Lover Boy, an album about love (baby making) 9 months after the expected release date, (9 months is a full term pregnancy), on LABOR day weekend,” speculated one Tweet. Featuring a grid of 12 multiracial “Pregnant Woman” emojis wearing different colored tops, the design’s meaning is open-ended: perhaps the rapper wants to imply that this is baby-making music, or maybe he is confessing to having fathered a dozen children, one Twitter user hypothesized. In an Instagram post announcing the drop date for his new album, “Certified Lover Boy,” Drake also unveiled the accompanying cover art designed by none other than British artist Damien Hirst. The rapper tagged artist Damien Hirst in a photo of his new album cover.
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