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The Piles chokes on cliches as far as gangsta rap covers go, but "No World"'s tacky Frank Frazetta-esque cover kills me. Did the dragon warrior pop out of the hole or did a crashing metorite miss him?

What really makes the Plies cover is that there's smoke surrounding his head from the joint or cigarette or whatever he's smoking, but then there's a bunch more smoke/steam coming from either his crotch or the giant book he's rising out of. I still voted for C&C, though.

The Coheed and Cambria cover looks like something a crackhead would paint on the side of his van. Down by the river.

@Cam/ron: The Coheed & Cambria really does look like some kind of Double Dragon bonus level.

That Coheed & Cambria cover probably inspired that goddamn "Xavier: Renegade Angel" show that's killing Adult Swim these days.

The dungeon master told me to vote for C&C.

Oh... this was just way too close to call. I was divided until decideding that special effort went into making that coheed album suck that bad.

@summeroflove: deciding. argh!

What most everyone else said. Coheed and Cambria deserve beatings (and not just for the cover).

is there any way we can get an overview of whats gone on thus far?

Coheed could have had someone really solid from the comic book world but this, this!

The Plies cover is conventional and boring... except for that platinum, 3-D, Mr. Potato-head hanging from his chest. WTF?

The Coheed and Cambria cover is pissing me off. There are too many odd things going on. Why is the ground filled with space? Why does a building have to have spikes on either side of it? Are Coheed and Cambria going to save the world from the half-naked man or is it the other way around?

And points off for illegible title.

But Plies wins. I'd rather be irritated/ponderous than bored.

I just like to picture how close the second option is to saying "Piles". I also like how literal that cover is. For something w/ so few elements going on, it really manages to mess up all of them.

@rhythmchyc:

"except for that platinum, 3-D, Mr. Potato-head hanging from his chest. WTF?"

What's the big deal? Later he's going to make blinged out julienne fries, and didn't want someone stealing his potato.

I don't know what's worse--the Plies cover or his claim that The Real Testament was the best rap album in the last 10 years or so.

So how exactly do you pronounce "Plies"?

Is it something along the lines of "puh-leeze"?

I rest my case...

When I first saw his name, I thought his name was Piles and he had something to do with hemorrhoids.

@walkmasterflex: "Listen, listen! I'm Hemorrhoid, I'm the leader! Now, put the tape back in, and gimme the tox."

I think the real winner here is the fantastic image filename.

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