Is Kanye West’s New Album Cover Banned in the U.S.?

He claims it is. The album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, due out November 22, depicts a naked, demonic West lying beneath a naked woman with wings and a tail.

George Condo, the illustrator, also provided artwork for West’s “Power” single.

It’s unclear who banned the art, reports ColorLines and MTV News.

West tweeted:

In the ’70s album covers had actual nudity … It’s so funny that people forget that … Everything has been so commercialized now.

So Nirvana can have a naked human being on they cover but I can’t have a PAINTING of a monster with no arms and a polka dot tail and wings.

I know that cover just blew yall minds … I wish yall could see how hard I’m smiling right now!!!

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Cooper Fleishman is managing editor of HyperVocal.com. After graduating from Kenyon College in 2009, he moved to New York to follow his dream of book-publishing glory. Once here, he sold dog food on the street and copyedited celebrity-gossip tabloids, finally landing as senior editor of the Good Men Project, where he served for a year before sneaking into HyperVocal. Email: cooper@hypervocal.com Twitter: @_cooper.

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