Jay-Z Has A Secret Machine Working In His Art Department

oneplusu2equalsjayz1Jay-Z’s artwork for his forthcoming Blueprint 3 was released to the world today, and it’s something like a Rorschach test: Everyone sees something different in it!


First, the cover.
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Friend of Idolator Reed Fischer noted that the “white instruments on a white background” motif had been previously utilized by the Secret Machines on their 2004 album Now Here is Nowhere:
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And then we have the multiple lines of U2’s most recent album No Line On The Horizon:
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And then there is the “stark background with striking red element” motif of Jay collaborator Kanye West’s 808s and Heartbreak
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It’s like a Frankenstein of other album covers that actually made their way into big-box stores over the past five years! Feel free to share what you see in the Blueprint 3 cover here.
Jay-Z – Blueprint 3 Artwork [Nah Right]
[HT: Reed Fischer]

 

  • How do I say this...Throwdini!
    I see a gardena snake eating a Ford Taraus. What does that say about my relationship with my parents?
  • ILL WITH THE COMPOSITION
    I don't even care who he's ripping off - i love how this cover is all "fuck the rap-album cover standards."
  • @How do I say this...Throwdini!?!: Sometimes a Photoshop filter is just a Photoshop filter.
  • slowburn
    Awww, Jay wants to be a rock star.
  • juiceandgin
    stinkchronicity
  • bladerunner11
    Or it's just a straight ripoff of this.

    http://www.amazon.com/Uncovered-Various-Artists...
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