.

However Kanye West did associate with artist Takashi Murakami in the promotional work and album cover for his album. West continues to challenge expectations for what his music and inspirations should be. This can also be seen in the music video for "Stronger" where West sites anime film "Akira" as a major influence.

This would also see the end of West's school theme as his music and topics would continue to evolve.

This personal inflection is also further heightened by the lack of features on the album

The cover art for this album is again influenced by Murakami.

The album does reinforce West's lack of fear to experiment with new sounds and influences.

This aims at reinforcing West's position at the center of culture.

with a black politics of content, in which the wealth of the duo demands that they offer comment on material realities, Black aspiration, and wealth accumulation.

Now look who the hot ... look who everybody want to be like. They want to be like Kanye and Pharrell. Them dudes is not cool. They not cool to be. That’s not cool to be, in the ’hood. That’s not cool, like they whole image. Who would want to be that? You wear Louis Vuitton driving shoes. Like who does that in the ’hood? Who dresses like that? Silk shirts with the buttons, with the chest hairs out and all that. Who does that? Like they trying too hard. That’s not cool to be. Dudes like where I’m from, you get caught, you walking down the street like that, you liable to get something happen to you. Yeah. You might as well come all the way out the closet, homeboy.