Recorded and produced by singer Dave Bayley, the track has been suitably repurposed to suit his quiet, leading tone. It has subsequently become a key (and very popular) part of their live set. … Obviously, it was going to be the basis for everything going forward so they went out and bought this suit which was then what they used on the DVD cover and for future promotions.Glass Animals seem to be in the latter camp, and thus, in the spirit of bizarre-but-wonderful covers, decided to finally record and release their own take on the lead single from that same album: “Love Lockdown”, which they first performed live on Australia’s Triple J earlier this year.

“I think they tried to buy or purchase that from the high school,” he said. Arginsky said that from what he knows, West's team wasn’t able to successfully purchase that specific costume because the school declined the deal. Arginsky revealed that the hip-hop artifact sat in the closet of his mother’s home for nearly 17 years.Īrginsky revealed, however, that this isn’t the actual costume seen on the cover of The College Dropout. RELATED: Kanye West Officially Changes His Name To 'Ye'Īndrew Barber of the Fake Shore Drive podcast sat down with Eric Arginsky, who came into possession of the bear. West wanted to be on the cover of his debut album but didn’t want his face to appear, so he used a bear head of the school’s mascot they were shooting at. The bear appeared in various forms throughout the pre-808s & Heartbreak chapter of West’s career.

The album cover features Kanye West wearing a bear costume while sitting solemnly on school bleachers, which would go on to be synonymous with the rapper.

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