Kanye West: Glow In The Dark Book

by L.A. Ruano, October 9, 2009

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Launching a book of “Kanye-isms” earlier in the year, Kanye West returns to the book world with his latest project, entitled Glow In The Dark. Adding the title of author to his already accomplished resume, Kanye West documents the success of his Glow In The Dark tour in a hardcover book covering all facets of his life on and off stage. The book also features photography from renown video director/photographer Nabil Elderkin. A release is slated for October 20th, 2009 with a pre-order now available via Amazon.

Are you ready to glow in the dark? Crash landed alone on an unknown planet for the entirety of his Glow in the Dark set with huge space scapes behind him, Kanye West takes you on a musical and visual odyssey that no antihero has taken you on before. This deluxe volume represents another leg of that voyage, giving you a gorgeous photographic ride through West’s life, both on and offstage, as well as into the intimate technologies of his creative process with top visual artists of today. The instrumentals are tracks from his set remastered to echo John Williams’s famous score (”Jesus Walks” is Vader’s theme). In personal sketches and reference imagery, 3-D models of the holodeck-ian stage, and costume designs (including his Grace Jones–inspired outfits for opening act Rihanna), West once again expands a medium and triumphs in the artist’s epic struggle to be creative. With a CD including previously unreleased instrumentals from the show as well as an interview with tour collaborator Spike Jonze, the book is not only a memento of one of the most successful musical performances of the year, but it is also an experience all its own.

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36 Responses

  1. Posted by: Jordan on October 13, 2009 at 4:46 am

    “Kanye is basically the best fashion designer in the world right now”

    Wow…really?

  2. Posted by: Mr. Jenkins on October 12, 2009 at 9:58 am

    Hold on haters, Imma let you guys finish cracking jokes, but Kanye is still making money and you guys are still typing your senseless lives away off of a stale moment in time so Kanye definitely has the best joke of all time..

    BTW artwork looks crazy..definitely gonna have to buy a copy of that.

  3. Posted by: A Savvy on October 11, 2009 at 9:43 pm

    I completely agree with randster. I figured that was his plan, since he never let HBO air it. The best live show I’ve ever seen, hands down.

  4. Posted by: YungOne on October 11, 2009 at 12:03 pm

    @La Prima Donna Loves You
    relax
    we’re just jokin
    im a Kanye fan all day
    im just pokin fun at his many stupid award show moments
    he got my 30 bucks as well
    …chill ya nips

  5. Posted by: BROKEFLATBROKE WE AINT GOT IT on October 11, 2009 at 3:11 am

    gayfish

  6. Posted by: Hypemonster1 on October 10, 2009 at 10:58 pm

    Btw “Neas” what sort of art are you into? celebrity art?

  7. Posted by: Hypemonster1 on October 10, 2009 at 10:56 pm

    Kanye is basically the best fashion designer in the world right now, i mean first the yeezy’s and now an amazing book which is so original its scary!

  8. Posted by: snl on October 10, 2009 at 10:45 pm

    looks dope

  9. Posted by: Ahoodie.com on October 10, 2009 at 9:44 pm

    I think I love Kanye more than he loves himself. I would buy it. And by “buy” I mean I would make love to the book. <3

  10. Posted by: The Sam on October 10, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    GAYFISH!

  11. Posted by: Mr M. on October 10, 2009 at 8:03 pm

    Gayfish

  12. Posted by: La Prima Donna Loves You on October 10, 2009 at 5:06 pm

    Do the people that repeat the whole “vma moments” not read comments. It was funny the first time cute the second time and just plain dumb the third time…..let it die. Dope looking book by the way but I think I’ll wait until it’s on the B&N clearance table for 10 bucks. I prefer my scifi with paragraphs….

  13. Posted by: Neas on October 10, 2009 at 3:37 pm

    I don’t care what any of yall say, ART is Art. He’s got my 30 bucks.

  14. Posted by: randster on October 10, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    He should stop messing around and release the dvd for this tour

  15. Posted by: YungOne on October 10, 2009 at 10:54 am

    im sorry Ye’ im proud of you
    and ima let you finish
    but mother goose has some of the best picture books of all time
    OF ALL TIME *shrugs**gives mic back*
    *walks off*

  16. Posted by: ILOVEKANYE on October 10, 2009 at 8:33 am

    If Kanye west made dildos you lot would sit on them.

  17. Posted by: Jace from Omaha on October 10, 2009 at 8:24 am

    yo kanye imma let you finish, BUT DR SUESS’ SHIT IS KILLIN YOUR BOOK.

  18. Posted by: Marques on October 10, 2009 at 1:13 am

    i really wanna buy this, sucks how they cancelled a concert for sumthing that was promised in the 1st Ammendment!!!

  19. Posted by: JAyP on October 10, 2009 at 12:06 am

    a book with pictures of kanye???? i can google pictures of him for free lol wtf, i mean the photographer’s work looks amazing but idk a book of kanye pictures is a waste to me

  20. Posted by: hooaah on October 9, 2009 at 10:55 pm

    the pictures look great.. perfect for my coffee table

  21. Posted by: Elohino on October 9, 2009 at 7:56 pm

    fuckin amazing
    great gift for the holidays

  22. Posted by: simiretheskater on October 9, 2009 at 7:43 pm

    looks very dope. i’ll buy it for sure. but that freakin sucks how the fame kills tour got cancelled =[

  23. Posted by: sekr on October 9, 2009 at 6:23 pm

    looks dope. and its actually pretty cheap. on amazon its selling for around $30 with free shipping.

  24. Posted by: Taylor on October 9, 2009 at 6:22 pm

    Yo Kanye, I’m really happy for you and Ima let you finish, but Dora the explorer released one of the best picture books of all time!

  25. Posted by: ANON on October 9, 2009 at 6:20 pm

    ho’d up ryan imma let you finish but 4chan had the best kayne meems of ALL tiME!!!

  26. Posted by: hustleGRL on October 9, 2009 at 6:11 pm

    This is dope.

  27. Posted by: jay man on October 9, 2009 at 5:31 pm

    how much ?

  28. Posted by: ryan on October 9, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    Ho’d up, imma let you finish, but Daft Punk had the best stage show of the 2000s!

  29. Posted by: BIG JOEY on October 9, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    i’ll wait for his color-forms book. too, too, tooo much kanye.

  30. Posted by: Dissertation. On. Authinticity. on October 9, 2009 at 4:33 pm

    Great photos shots, This is a great coffee table art book. P.S Kanye next time use 13th Witness as your tour photographer!

  31. Posted by: Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones on October 9, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    Pictures only?????

  32. Posted by: zoltron on October 9, 2009 at 3:34 pm

    yo kanye i’mma let you finish, but moby dick was the best book ever!

  33. Posted by: dim on October 9, 2009 at 3:02 pm

    MUST COP

  34. Posted by: Taj627 on October 9, 2009 at 2:43 pm

    this is cool defintly cop

  35. Posted by: www.freshkidsclothing.com on October 9, 2009 at 2:21 pm

    This book couldn’t have came out at a poorer time for Kanye or Razzoli after the whole Taylor Swift blowup, just look at the GAGA-WEST tour getting cancelled as a result of it.

  36. Posted by: Kevin on October 9, 2009 at 2:13 pm

    I want to see the pics, but I’m not sure if I will buy it..