Kanye Tweets Banned Album Artwork

Grammy-winning artist Kanye West recently revealed the banned cover art that was to appear on his forthcoming My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy album.  See the controversial pic inside, plus find out why Sade doesn't do collaborations.....

Mr. West went on another twitter rant saying Island Def Jam won't allow him to design his album cover the way he wants.  He wants to use the picture above, which reflects a caricature of himself and his phoenix" sexing on a couch, to express his artistic side. But Wal-Mart and Target won't be having that. 
However, The Los Angeles Times, says no one exactly “banned” the racy album cover. A source at Island Def Jam says the label “strongly urged” West to ditch the image, he “was told if he wanted to do it, the label would stand behind him.”
So, sounds like Kanye is looking for attention/trying to get a buzz going for his November 22 release date.
Here's what he had to say about the situation on twitter:

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