蟹江西！！！

Last month, it was announced that the release day of Graduation, the new album of Kanye West, is going to be carried earlier on the Website. At first, it was going to be dropped in September but carried on August 15. It is said that, in this album, Jon Brion joins as a co-producer ahead of the second album, and Chris Martin, the member of Cold Play, a rock band in the U.K., John Legend and Comnmon join as guests.

I'm of course gonna buy the album because I own both of “The College Dropout” and “Late Registration,” the two albums he has ever dropped. I'll run to the Tower Record on the release day. But I don't feel like I can wait until August. So I visited his Official Website. On the Website, you can see the jacket of the 1st single from the album. When I saw it for the first time, I thought, “man, what is this sleazy and strange character? Where is the pretty bear in the 1st and 2nd?” I laughed at 蟹江西 in kanji, too. But looking at the jacket more carefully, I realized that it was designed by Takashi Murakami, a Japanese modern artist. I got surprised again! Anyway you better click the screen and watch the video. You can see how def he is. He'll rock you for real. By the way, let me remark upon the song. The sound which he composes keeps on developing! And I mumbled unconsciously, “Oh, damn. Can't tell him nothin'!!”