From the heavy lift of the visuals accompanying Graduation, to The Life of Pablo’s five-minutes-in-photoshop aesthetic, Kanye West album covers, and the collaborations they've inspired, have never ceased to defy expectation. One glance and it feels like such a departure from albums past, but really this is just another example of him embracing unexpected imagery.

It's an oxymoronic revelation about his experience with mental health and a declaration that it’s part and parcel of his greatness. The Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak Vinyl 12' was released in March 2014. The Kanye West 808s & Heartbreak Vinyl 12' is a must have for fans of Kanye’s music, and signifies the start of a more experimental phase for Kanye.

Stamped in the very center are the words “I hate being / Bi-Polar / its awesome,” a lime green, handwritten, meme he borrowed. The record utilizes 808 drum machines to create an electronic-inspired sound mixed with Kanye’s auto tuned vocals. It sends you to that moment descending through the sky where you're silently reminded that our planet is a masterpiece. Crowned by snow-capped Tetons and what appear to be clouds of dawn, it’s the kind of flick you’d snap after waking up alone on a flight that’s landing somewhere more a little more pure than where you were before. The cover of Ye-a twenty-three-minute reflection on inner demons, family, and public life-is a serene shot of the sprawling fields that swim for acres in that as of yet untouched corner of America.

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