ScHoolboy Q clarifies what's going on with his 'Blank Face LP' art.Alright, guys, we've been trolled, as speculated. Gave an exclusive interview to TMZ (yeah), where he finally spoke on the Blank Face LP artwork he's put out and clarified it at that.' The fact that people think that I would actually use that as my album cover is funny,' Q says during the episode of TMZ Live.
'So I just trolled the people because as soon as I put it on my twitter everybody just said, 'ScHoolboy Q album cover,' 'ScHoolboy Q art.' But they defeated the purpose of what I was doing, I have a concept behind it.
Late last night I put out the Donald Trump cover, but I had a series of covers I was gunna put out.' Still, he admitted he understands why people would take that as his cover art, and beyond that, it's not like he didn't make a (rather feeble) attempt at having the Crying Jordan meme as his actual cover.
He says, 'I even tried to make it my album cover, I called my managers and Top and them, and said 'do you think we can get this cleared?' And they like, 'nah I doubt we can do it.' 'He gives another #exclusive, though, by letting them see his ACTUAL album cover, albeit, via an image on his cellphone. Screenshot above, and watch the video piece below.Edit: high quality version of the art has now been revealed.
But, the actual album cover isn’t black-and-white at all. Instead, it’s a vibrant cover featuring tree branches and Q on the bottom right hand corner in full Blank Face attire. It’s the same character that Q plays in his “Groovy Tony” music video.“It has a meaning to it,” the TDE spitter said. “I don’t want to spoil it for people, but once the album’s out, I’ll pretty much go deeper into what my album is.”Blank Face LP, the follow-up to 2014’s Oxymoron drops July 8. For now, watch Q explain the cover situation below.
Schoolboy Q has announced the title to his new album. The follow-up to 2014’s Oxymoron, his Blank Face LP will be released this summer via Top Dawg Entertainment. The rapper announced the album.
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