COMN VISUALS

COVER STORIES:

“Seattle Sunsets” cover:

I had the idea for this cover when we first came up with the title for the song. I had recently noticed how dope the view of the sunset was from the window in our living room at the crib in Seattle and knew that I wanted to make that the cover pic for this track. In true rapper fashion I waited to the day before we were going to drop the track to take the picture in our backyard. I almost missed it cause it was the same night as the VMA’s and I was glued to the TV until I suddenly remembered I needed to take that picture before it was too late. So on a random commercial break I ran outside, snapped the pic and was able to make it work. I found this program online that allowed me to crop photos and add text so I loaded it in and looked for a font that looked as opposite as the actual song sounded as possible. I think I did pretty well lol! It looks like the title shot for a new California teen drama or something. I was very proud of myself and it set the tone for the rest of the covers.

“Overnight” cover (#NewSongEveryFridayDay series, week 1):

Halloween 2008. This was one of the more adventurous halloweens I’ve ever had. Cheeks and I went dressed up as Kanye West with me being ‘04 Kanye and Cheeks was '05 Kanye. I’m not sure if we intended on both of us being Kanye but it just kind of happened when Cheeks showed up at G.P.’s old apartment with that outfit on and an ascot around his neck! Needless to say we went all over town and crashed any house that even looked like they were having a party. During this whole night G.P. had his camera on deck and he was taking pics the whole night. The pic that was used for the cover is a moment towards the end of the night when Cheeks was pretty um…on one (or two), by then lol! This picture does the best job of reminding us how crazy that night was! Everytime I see it I have flashbacks.