Chapter 13: Beast Nova

"Tell me about it!" Badman was intrigued by Donde's self-confidence.

Raymond also perked up to know what kind of cover the photographer was going to shoot for his album.

Tang De reached out and took the napkin on the table, well, it's a napkin again, and I don't know why it's in this kind of place every time I talk about creativity.

But there is nothing to find fault with, Donde took a square napkin and said: "If this is Raymond's album cover, I'm sorry, who gave me a pen?" ”

"Hey!" Davis called the waiter, asked for a pen, and threw it to Donde like a dart.

After Tang De grabbed it, he drew a simple figure on it with a pen.

Far better than Apollion's painting skills, the album title is indicated by a row of English text at the top.

At the bottom, an outline of a figure is drawn and scribbled extensively with a pen.

"This place, just put the title of your album, Raymond, what's it called?"

"Beast Nova." Raymond took a sip of Coke and said the name of his album.

Tang De raised his eyebrows, he had never heard of this name, it should belong to a very ordinary hip-hop album. But this is normal, there are too many black hip-hop artists releasing albums every year, and only a few are really famous.

And it's not necessarily alive now.

So Raymond's album seems to him to be a predetermined fate, and what he has done is nothing more than carving on the shit, packaging it from a stinky shit that people love to a piece of fragrant shit that doesn't look so bad.

Although there is no difference in the taste in the mouth.

"Okay, Beast Nova, just put it on top." Tang De took a pen and explained to Bardeman: "The cover color of the album is unified in red, and the font is golden yellow. ”

"So what's underneath? Beasts? Davis couldn't help but ask, but he was beaten by his brother in the next second.

"Stinky boy, that's me!" Raymond saw the meaning of Donde's painting: "So I'm just below the title, but it doesn't seem to have anything new." ”

Badman thought about it and said, "yes, this album cover sounds a bit simple. ”

Tang De smiled, of course it was simple, both in terms of typography and shooting.

But that doesn't mean the album cover is bad, in fact the idea he says comes from the cover of the "Starboy" song in '16 by Wicken.

It was a song he collaborated with the goofy punk band, and as soon as it was released, its MTV won the "Best Pop Video" award at the European Music Awards.

In addition, its cover is also considered a classic hip-hop cover, not because of its form, but because of its unique color scheme.

Tang De smiled at Badman and Raymond's somewhat puzzled eyes: "It sounds simple, but no, I plan to make Raymond's whole person blue." ”

He dotted three parts with his pen: "Blue, red, yellow, the three primary colors of art." It's also one of the most eye-catching color combinations, and with the film noise, it's absolutely cool! ”

"Red-blue?" Badman frowned and thought for a while, faintly feeling that there was indeed a sense of impact, but now there is no way to establish a more intuitive impression in his mind without pictures.

Raymond simply shook his head: "Hey, Bro, don't you think this is too monotonous?" Why don't I find a few horses to take a photo with my brother, just in black and white, it looks much cooler than I am! ”

What he is talking about is the cover style that many hip-hop singers often use today, holding a pile of money and gold chains in his hands, and his body is full of tattoos, all black and white, and the main style is a gangster.

The big gold chain and small watch, this style is similar to the Northeast aesthetics of the distant homeland.

But Don De scoffed at this: "Raymond, do you really want the album to be a big hit?" ”

"Of course!" Raymond's loud voice shook the ears of the others.

"Then it's going to be a surprise!" Tang De knocked on the table: "Think about it, the record store is full of black and white albums, and at this time there is a bright album with red, blue and yellow colors, do you think those customers will take a few more looks." ”

Bardeman suddenly slapped his palm: "That's right! That's it, Don De is right! ”

Raymond looked at the two of them a little dazed, and touched his head: "What do you mean?" Why can't I understand? ”

And Davis seemed to have figured out the key, nodded, and whispered: "Brother, indeed, it's better than black and white." ”

Raymond's brows twisted into Sichuan characters, and when he saw this, Badman teased: "Raymond, you really should go to school for a few more years, look here!" ”

He took out a red lighter and put it on the white table: "Do you think red or white is more appealing to you?" ”

"Lighters, of course, Badman, you're so sweet, I just wanted to smoke." Raymond picked up the lighter and lit a cigarette for himself, and also handed out cigarettes to the others.

Don smiled and refused, moving his ass away from them.

Secondhand smoke is not only harmful, but also smells the worst, and he doesn't want his healthy body to be affected by this.

However, after taking a few puffs of cigarette, Raymond seemed to understand the key, shook his head and said: "Red is more eye-catching than black and white......

"Trust me, Raymond." Tang De shrugged: "I'm a professional." ”

"yes, you're right, brother." Raymond figured it out after a short period of struggle: "Professional things should be handed over to professional people, and the division of labor is clear." ”

"That's right, there's a clear division of labor." Badman laughed: "That's it, Lehman, we'll get the cover out as soon as possible tomorrow, and then I'll help you hand it over to the factory to print." ”

"Although the cost of doing this is higher than that of black and white."

Badman's mouth kept puffing, hiding his expression in the smoke.

"Badman, if you want to succeed, you can't care about the cost!" Raymond is confident: "Maybe my album will sell all over New York and let everyone know my name!" ”

"I hope so!" Badman got up and patted Don De on the shoulder: "Tomorrow you come to the company, let's talk about what needs to be prepared for the cover, Donde."

"No problem."

"Okay, I've got some more things to deal with today, so let's go first."

"Goodbye, Mr. Badman."

"See you tomorrow."

When Bardman leaves the pizzeria, Raymond suddenly invites Don to hang out at his music company.

Tang De didn't have anything to do, so he didn't say no, and followed Raymond and Davis directly into the inside of the building not far from the pizzeria.

Unlike the bright and spacious music company he had imagined, Raymond led him straight into the basement, which was surrounded by an iron fence and a thick iron door.

"Is this your company?" If it weren't for the 'Fez Music Company' sign hanging on the door, Don would have thought he was in a prison.

Davis, who put his arm around Arcade, spread his hands: "This is normal, you will know it when you see more." ”

And Raymond had already stepped forward and knocked on the iron door.

"Bang bang bang!"

The sound was very loud, and soon someone pulled open the strip peephole and swept everyone with a scrutinizing gaze.

Then the iron door opened, and a large black man with a tattooed flower arm let several people in.

"Good afternoon, Slo."

"Is there any smoke?" Slow looked a little lazy.

"Here you go." Raymond directly handed him the shriveled box of cigarettes, then clammed his fists with him, and walked into the Fez Music Company with Tang De and a few people.