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The art on the album cover is a painting called Landscape With Graves by Caspar David Friedrich, a famous German painter who was beloved by Nazis.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Landscape_with_Graves,_c._1835-1837_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg
You've probably seen this painting before by the same guy. I've seen a lot of twitter Nazis using this painting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog#/media/File:Caspar_David_Friedrich_-_Wanderer_above_the_Sea_of_Fog.jpeg
The alternative album cover that he released was a Reichsadler, double-headed eagle crest.
Kanye held a concert on December 11 in Miami. He performed on stage in black-colored Klansman robe. There was at least a few right-wing grifters (Adin Ross, Sneako, etc) in the crowd.
He's announced that his new album is being released on this Friday. The pre-order is already on iTunes. I'm not sure if it actually will be release on Friday, he has a tendency to delay releases.
From what I have observed, Kanye is still being antisemitic. Baked Alaska posted a photo of them together on December 10. It is very likely that the album will be antisemitic and contain far-right messaging.
I'm worried that the album will be received positively by the hip hop community. If Kanye becomes popular again, it could normalize his cryptic love for Hitler.
god damnit learning that fuckin mountaineering painting guy is beloved by nazis
edit: although he died a century before the nazis were even around so it seems okay to like him
Friedrich was a fantastic artist. It's not his fault the Nazi's broken ass clock approach to art was right once or twice.