Check The Artwork For Kanye's Just-Released "Power" Single, Produced By DFW's Own Symbolyc One.

Earlier this week, we showed you Kanye West's performance of his new Symbolyc One-produced single, "Power," at the BET Awards on Sunday night. Well, this morning, DFW-produced single earned its release via an exclusive iTunes arrangement. And it's doing OK, too, currently sitting at No. 5 on iTunes' Hip-Hop/Rap Songs...

By Pete Freedman

July 1, 2010

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Earlier this week, we showed you Kanye West's performance of his new Symbolyc One-produced single, "Power," at the BET Awards on Sunday night. Well, this morning, DFW-produced single earned its release via an exclusive iTunes arrangement. And it's doing OK, too, currently sitting at No. 5 on iTunes' Hip-Hop/Rap Songs chart. Not that so much is all that surprising: The King Crimson-sampling song is straight fire, folks.

What is somewhat surprising, though--and, let's be honest, with Kanye, nothing's really all that shocking any more--is the single's accompanying artwork, released late last night. It's created quite the hullabaloo. Entertainment Weekly, for instance, is calling it "bizarre." Me? I kinda like it.

Check the back cover art after the jump.

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