This morning, the cover art for Clipse's long-awaited third album Till The Casket Drops leaked, and as promised, it features an illustration by art icon Brian "KAWS" Donnelly. Obviously, we prefer the cover that KAWS and Clipse created for the current issue of Complex (this one!), but we're probably a little biased.
How do you think their new cover matches up against the illustration from their 2001 debut Lord Willin' and the money-filled image from the 2006 follow-up Hell Hath No Fury? Learn more about each of Clipse's covers and cast your vote for the best below...
ALBUM: LORD WILLIN' (2001)
ILLUSTRATION BY: Vicki Berndt
DESIGN BY: Courtney Walter
For their official debut, the Thornton brothers went with an illustration that shows them riding through Virginia Beach with black Jesus in the back seat. Damn, he couldn't get shotgun?
ALBUM: HELL HATH NO FURY (2006)
PHOTOGRAPHY BY: Jonathan Mannion
DESIGN BY: Courtney Walter
What better way to convey the crack music inside than by photographing Pusha and Malice with a kitchen stove? The international currency on the wall was definitely all obtained through legal channels.
ALBUM: TILL THE CASKET DROPS (2009)
ILLUSTRATION BY: KAWS
He's already done cover art for all of their 2009 singles—"Kinda Like A Big Deal", "All Eyes On Me" and "I'm Good"—and KAWS continues the up-close graphic motif on the official album art, which shows a pink casket and the artist's signature X's.
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Rush November 11th, 2009 at 03:58 PM
When I heard Kaws was doing their album Art I was excited to see what was going to happen. I like most of his work and there's no question about the great music the Clipse puts out, but that album cover is straight up BORING!!!. I hope Kaws threw them a freebee. He could have done way better then that. He did Pusher and Malice dirty, I'll still cop (buy NOT Download) the album none the less.
johngone November 11th, 2009 at 04:12 PM
i got love for the clipse.. but their album covers have always sucked.
soneerokz November 11th, 2009 at 04:16 PM
I agree....Kaws could've done something a lot better than this! This cover is way too plain. Put it this way, the other covers for Clipse's previous albums are way better!
yoooo November 11th, 2009 at 05:34 PM
i thought the HHNF cover couldve been better, only because the album was so frickin good. The cover is the only visual you have at the moment when listening to the album, so a cover that coincides with the music is always good. kaws' cover was good, it matches the mood of the album..lighter and more free and etc (thumbs up)
yoooo November 11th, 2009 at 05:42 PM
oh and NOBODY has a cover worse than thiiiiiiis http://www.amalgamdigital.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/imported/images/Big_Bear_%27Doin_Thangs%27_Album_Cover.jpg
yoooo November 11th, 2009 at 05:43 PM
or thiiiiiiiis hahah http://www.torkhum.com/topten/rap_trickdaddy.jpg
Marcus2000 aka Marcus Robinson November 11th, 2009 at 05:50 PM
Please Clipse...Don't fuck around and use this cover man..don't let this be a epic fail on your part..AZ's Doe or Die Album cover shits all over this new one so that in itself should tell u what's really really good..Back to the drawing board immediatelly my niggaz b4 its too late!!! Then again I'm hoping that ur pulling a fast one on us and had plans 2 switch it up on em all along..
ugh! November 11th, 2009 at 06:47 PM
Maybe they should've had the cover in the shape of a Tri-angle face.
cm photography November 11th, 2009 at 07:57 PM
I like lord willin'. There just something about illistrations that I love.
DoubleClutch95 November 11th, 2009 at 09:37 PM
Til the Casket Drops cover is easily the worst of the 3 and KAWS is truly killing the clipse with his gay looking shit. How could the clipse approve this bullshit? Hope it get changed in time so the cover matches the actual work of the music...