The Genius Story of Kanye West's Album Covers: A Visual Journey
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- čas přidán 2. 06. 2024
- From the debut of the Dropout Bear on "The College Dropout" to the provocative imagery of "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy" and the minimalist statement of "Yeezus," each cover is a reflection of Kanye's artistic evolution and cultural impact.
Join us as we delve into the artistic backgrounds, stories, and controversies surrounding Kanye's album covers, featuring insights from photographers, designers, and collaborators. Discover how each cover encapsulates the themes, emotions, and ambitions of Kanye's groundbreaking music.
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:34 The college dropout
2:25 Late registration
3:43 Graduation
5:19 808s & heartbreak
7:00 Mbdtf
9:33 Watch the throne
10:24 Yeezus
12:08 Tlop
13:44 Ye
15:15 Jesus is King
16:25 Donda
17:39 Vultures 1
19:38 Outro - Hry
is this the official final boss of kanye glazing?
That’s a legal requirement for any Ye fan
Pin of Shame
Not really glazing. Its just the story behind every album cover. College Dropout is him being at the bottom, Late Registration is him being new to fame, Graduation is him really making it. 808s and Heartbreaks is obvious, there’s literally a broken heart with hands ripping it apart, symbolizing someone at fault breaking his heart. MBDTF is something I don’t really know how to explain. Yeezus I also don’t really know how to explain either. Watch The Throne is gold because this symbolizes prosperity and richness, which is exactly how his life was. The Life of Pablo is the choice between family and God and the night life and sex. Ye album cover is pretty simple. Kids See Ghosts doesnt have any meaning it just looks pretty cool. JESUS IS KING also is pretty obvious. Donda represents mourning and the idea that God doesn’t have an appearance, it doesn’t matter as long as God is there for you. Vultures is just him being horny lol
Ty was on the vultures cover (just facing the wall)
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@@wedmoke8856BRO 😂
It's nice seeing the hiden side to ty
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why KSG is not mentioned? probably the best ye cover
Genuine mistake while writing the script, but thanks for the comment, I’ll will make sure to get it perfect next time
@@patriciovallarino overall it felt like a great looking and well researched video, loved the quality
Meaning wise it's not the best, design.....maybe, but I'd say THE best, is either TLOP or MBDTF....
not his best
kids see ghost isn’t even a year album
it’s self titled by kids see ghosts, the hip hop duo
@@Ozdestro his best is a subjective answer and seems like a lot of people have that same opinion,
by your logic YeNDolla album VULTURES 1 or Watch The Throne self titled album shouldn't be here as well
actually, the cover of DONDA is all black to symbolize mourning, wasn't just Kanye being lazy
they all say that
@@Dor_atarit was to symbolize grief and the concept of god having no image
@@bwaah0_0 Since it's also known that you don't need a image for God since you already know he's there
It fit the sound of the album too, very stripped back. I genuinely don’t think he has a single bad cover on his main albums.
Yeah this content creator really lazy fr he didn’t even explained or tried to explain vultures album cover
Crazy how different bros covers are from the beginning
Easily one of the best quality youtube videos ive seen in a minute
watch video essays, some of them dont belong on yt because how good they are
Nah Ty was in the vultures cover, ye just tried to cover it up saying it was Bianca
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Oh Damm didn’t notice that
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What
this lowkey deserve more views, the editing and overall quality of the video is something i would expect from a 100k+ sub channel.
Thank you man I really appreciate your comment, I’ll try to post more videos with this type of quality
@@patriciovallarinoyeah this was excellent
Commenting to boost this up algorithm
Man, I genuinely thought this was like a fully produced video by a large youtuber. You deserve may more subscribers, awesome stuff!
same
Great Video! I'm pretty sure Kanye said the Donda album cover was just black to symbolize his mourning and to also not distract the listener as a kind of tribute to his mom.
Graduation is the most important ye cover to me as i really love the illustration of the bear
No way Donda took 1 minute to be explained.
yeah, its a good video but giving no explanation on the black donda cover sucks
**Kanye watching this learning new info of his own album covers**
Love this video. Could you do this but with Kendrick's covers?
Working on it
How do you only have 60 subs bro I thought this was a high production video made by a big channel due to the insane quality of this vid bro. Absolutely amazing
0:59 i GYATT something in my eye
holy crap i fid not notice the subs until i read comments, this quality of content is actually insane dude, you’re gonna hit big for sure.
Great video! I would love to hear you talk about more classic album covers, your editing style really works with this style of video.
Amazing Video! I was so shocked when I found out how small your channel is. This is potential!!!
I was watching this video assuming it had at least 100k views, this is so well edited and made
I wish he used the dropout bear as a mascot for all his albums. It’s just be cool and iconic imo
i thought i was tweaking when i saw 500 subscribers this channel deserves 100k+
most underrated channel ever wtf keep it up
amazing video. only critique I have is that ksg wasn't mentioned but still glad to have found this in my recommended. good job!
Fantastic video! Watched this while I drank my coffee this morning
Amazing depictions of all these covers, really makes me think about the visuals. Can’t wait to see your deserved success bro 🙏🏼
Dude I thought this was a big channel. Only 520 subscribers?! Ur super talented dude.
This is an amazing video, I hope you make more like it
thought you had ATLEAST 175k subs with this editing and research and voice over hope you make it big bro
Great video👍 you should make an update when vultures 2 and 3 releases and add kids see ghost for the completed version
as your first video like this this is really good. hope you do more ye content like this
Dude what a well put together video I honestly looked down at the subscriber amount and expect like 100K+ great job man
Thanks man hopefully one day
Thank you for this amazing video
Only 313 subscribers is crazy you deserve way more
underrated channel fr fr
Pretty great video. Thought you were a bigger channel. Keep it going with content like this and you will be
keep dropping more videos please
Thank you for producing this video. I really enjoyed watching it.
It was fascinating to know some of the background to Kanye's albums.
Thanks bro I’ll make more of these 🤞
This is great. You deserve more subscribers 💯
this is just the video i wanted about kanye thanks you got a sub
you shouldve said why kanyes mask on the vultures 1 cover became black after like a day
Amazing vid, if u want to know about Ye this is the perfect vid
i really wish he kept the original vultures covers, the cover for volume 3 looked so sick
PLEASE make more videos like this
That Prod. Genesis music in the background is 🔥
this video explains the covers so well yet its so underrated thank you bro🙏🙏🙏🙏
Thank you for watching I’m glad you liked the video :)
Jesus is King was the first Kanye album I listened to in its entirety, mostly due to it being the most recent release at the time that I started listening to him. I was immediately struck with how similar its cover was to yeezus. Almost as if it was an epilogue, an evolution of his train of thought. It feels like JIK is the evolution of the latter, and I can't help but feel that it is a purposeful attempt from Kanye to demonstrate how he has changed and grown as a Christian, while remaining consistent in his diction, art, and musical talent.
I think the choice of the hockey mask on vultures is to represent the new coming of the Kanye we love that was drowned in the controversy
fire vid broski
i'm from germany and i didn't know the german word "zeitgeist" is used in the english language too. btw great video!
nice video man earned a sub!!
How you only got 30 followers? This vid is great
amazing vid bro, imma use some facts for my upcomming video 😘😘
Calling takashi murakami a japanese andy warhol is a crazy thing to say. Never the less nice video
Fire vid, should have way more views
It took one day for this to be his most popular video💀
its intersting that if you just listened to his music, you would have no idea what kanye looks like.
Bro is definitely underated
Good video you should make a series of this with different musicians like Tyler the creator, Frank ocean and Kid Cudi and Outkast
I was thinking about it, thanks for the support :)
@@patriciovallarinodo ittt
@@patriciovallarino no problem
14:40
happy anniversary, ye!
Commenting to boost this up algorithm. Reply to this or comment something to help, this guy deserves more
How do you not have more subs bro
15:00
Take a few steps back, close your eyes veeeery slowly and see the name of the album apears
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The first donda album cover was so cool
The colors used on the left side of the 808s cover resemble the "Saville code", a pallette created by cover designer Peter Saville and used on the records of the british band New Order. Since Kanye was inspired by New Order while making 808s and also inspired by Saville's artwork, I guess Ye was trying to pay homage to those artists.
3:49 where you get this live clip from
19 subscribers, only? goddamn
HOW DID YOU MISS THE BEST ALBUM COVER 😭😭😭😭
The Yeezus Patrick Bateman cover goes hard af, how have I never seen that
the biggest problem with kanye is that he knows hes a genius
We still need the bear
The 3° Pablo also is interpreted as Saint Paul
Vultures 1 is kanye and bianca
Vultures 2 is Ty$ holding a picture of his locked up brother
From where is this remix/ live version at 3:49?
bro the quality of this video 👍
No ksg is outrageous but the vid still tuff
though you had way more subs than this the video is such good quality no way you dont blow up
thought*
Thanks bro I’ll try to make more videos with this sort of quality
Good video bro 👍
Kanye da 🐐 no 🧢
good video kind of felt like an abrupt end maybe a recap pargraph or something to sum up his career
I’ve always wondered how the donda cover was made. Was it just some black screen from Google or did someone just take a picture of the ground like idk
The Priest and Bear come with the Vinly of My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. The Bear is my second favorite but it kinda gives me bad vibes when I look at it
only 127 subscribers?!?! remember me when ur popular
I’ll remember you bro
what was the song playing during late registration?
wish kanye would have the bear on just one more album. his final album at least
The goat 💪🔥
Explain how bro only have 40 subs?
The Jason Voorhees mask in the VULTURES 1 cover was removed 2 days after release, idk why he did that tho
Great video
Good vid
whats the song during late registration i might just be tired. I got like 60k minutes on kanye im lost.
Kanye needs to bring the bear back
What's the song at 2:57 please ?
what song was playing during graduation?
i don remember that part of the bound 2 music video at 11:34
There is a cool story behind the 808s cover. It’s actually a balloon. Disappointed you didn’t mention it
buen video 😜🤙🏽
17:46 what is this song called
why tf is kanye so ripped at the beginning of the vid when he’s holding a cross in his hand 💀
something about mbdtf makes it the best album cover
I've read several places that the bear (MBDTF) was a fanmade cover
It's on the vinyl cover.