Wed 21 Aug 2013
Following the news his Nothing Was the Same LP is now delayed by a week, Drake reveals the dual-covers to his junior effort now arriving on September 24. The dual-covers designed by Kadir Nelson illustrate the past and present. The standard artwork depicts Drake as a child with a big afro and comb along a clear blue sky, as the deluxe cover is more of a present look with Drizzy’s recent trademark hair part.
The follow-up to 2011’s double-platinum Take Care will feature confirmed appearances from Jay-Z, Lil’ Wayne, Hudson Mohawke, Noah “40” Shebib, and Hit-Boy. Drake was announced earlier on Wednesday as a performer as the MTV’s Video Music Awards this Sunday at 8 p.m. EST live from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center.
BONUS: Kadir Nelson‘s also designed the cover artwork featured on the album MICHAEL, Michael Jackson’s first posthumous album release.
Check out the deluxe cover below…..
New Album Date…NOTHING WAS THE SAME SEPTEMBER 24th…www.ovosound.com
— Drizzy (@Drake) August 22, 2013
Previously: Drake’s ‘Nothing Was the Same’ Album Delayed One Week
August 21st, 2013 at 10:02 pm
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August 21st, 2013 at 10:24 pm
wat
August 21st, 2013 at 10:46 pm
Till this day they rip off Illmatic cover. Someone @ Hot 97 should go get the nigga that shot/designed cover for Illmatic and ask him/her how dey feel about 50 albums to date ripping off Nas.
August 21st, 2013 at 10:51 pm
Shit looks like a Disney movie.
August 21st, 2013 at 10:58 pm
what is the meaning of this shit?….i need one of yall artsy asap mob type nikkas to break this down
August 21st, 2013 at 11:04 pm
LMAO good one. Yeah men who wear dresses then claim its a long shirt PLEASE chime in. im still laughing at the comment lol. not a bad cover though IMO
August 22nd, 2013 at 5:56 am
baby drake looks Aight.
but that pouting ass GAY NIGGA
not a good look he should have jus kept the kid
August 22nd, 2013 at 7:08 am
Listen my friend, they rip off Nas regularly to this day….Member they gave those grammy awards to drake instead of Nas….
This thing called hip hop has been slowly gettin destroyed right at the very top of its apex
August 22nd, 2013 at 8:51 am
Drake is phoney baloney. Fuckin’ Canadian biyotch.
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:26 am
This shit is very moist.. smh
August 22nd, 2013 at 11:09 am
So if illmatic met my beautiful dark twisted fantasy with a couple of Pixar affects, this is what it’ll bring u…..ol Canada dry ass …..
August 22nd, 2013 at 12:36 pm
I’m not sure, but when I think of Nothing Was the Same; I also think of then & now. I guess that’s why there’s a picture of him as a baby and another of him presently.
Also this artist is very well-known. A lot of celebrities collect his artwork. Shaq, Will Smith, Ice Cube, Steven Spielberg, Denzel, and way more.
August 22nd, 2013 at 12:43 pm
ripping off nas?
please look up “Howard Hanger Trio : A Child is Born” album cover from 1974, and then slap yourself. drake just has a kid on the cover. nas literally stole the whole idea from howard hanger trio, yet you idiots think any kid on a cover is stealing nas. get your facts straight.
August 22nd, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Its kids out here doing better shit and they not even get paid. I dont care if he did mj cover. This is weak.
August 22nd, 2013 at 5:21 pm
@”nar”
And? There were albums prior to “A Child is Born” which used kids on cover. HOWEVER GEEK, Nirvana’s Nevermind disrupted rock while Illmatic disrupted hip-hop in both direction of content and album artwork using kid/baby themes. “Child is Born” was obscure till Nas paid homage. In Kanye’s voice: I AM A GIRL. GOONIE. with intelligence. Musical and scientific research skills bar none. Are you that irritating geek reporter NARDWUAR? (“nar” for short, perhaps?) Nigga, I AM A GOON. LOL. BRING IT. #Haveaseat #IOwnStaxRecordsOlderThanYou #YourMamaWhoBirthedYouisanIdiot
August 22nd, 2013 at 9:58 pm
Real talk all these not broolyn niggas need to slide off biggies dick…no one mentions him or pays homage but they stay swagger jacking… It’s the same thing with hov…
August 23rd, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Hey who the fuck cares if others have put a kid on there album cover I mean seriously drake is not ripping off nas he’s just putting out an album cover