Dear Kayne West... Please Stick To Rapping

Kayne West is set to release his new album late in November, so he obviously has to do something obnoxious in the mean time to get his name at the tip of everyone’s tongue.

Instead of letting the music, and its subsequent reviews, speak for itself; West is drawing attention to the album’s cover art, which features a cartoon-like drawing of a naked male and female in a suggestive position.

While this may have become an issue later, West has beaten everyone to the punch and is putting the words right in their mouths. According to E! Online he tweeted on Sunday that his album cover had been banned from Wal-Mart stores. He also went on to say, “In all honesty…I really don't be thinking about Walmart when I make my music or album covers.”

If he doesn’t consider Wal-Mart in the first place, then why is he concerned about it now? I don’t believe that West is concerned at all about his fans that would possibly not be able to purchase his album if it is not sold in Wal-Mart. Instead I find his main concern to be maintaining his image within Hollywood.

Job well done! He has successfully made himself look like the self-centered, quick-to-speak idiot that we all know and don’t all love.

In an Entertainment Weekly article, Wal-Mart clarified that it has not banned the album and in fact looks forward to selling it in stores upon release. Maybe West should think about checking his facts before he opens his mouth next time.

One of his last tweets states, “I wanna sell albums but not at the expense of my true creativity.” I think that his true creativity is opening his mouth, and not just for rapping, which he has done on more than just this occasion.

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Many people are aware of the stunt West pulled at the 2009 Video Music Awards, where he went up on stage and stole the microphone from Taylor Swift and chastised the audience for not choosing Beyoncé as the winner of the award.

This just shows once again that he is no stranger to controversy and it doesn’t seem like the new album will be any different. I can only hope that in the future West will be confident enough that his music will draw enough attention and will keep his mouth shut.