" It just opens up a huge can of censorship worms that has no place in a free society.
Agreed!
Plus, just about every old BN/Prestige/Verve album cover from that period has someone smoking, it's just the way it was at the time.
And many of these others also had substance abuse issues.
I agree about the smoking and would not have thought twice if it clearly looked like a cigarette me was smoking. But with the way the photo was lit it looked like he was lighting a crack pipe even if it was really a cigarette. And I in no way am advocating that the picture should be changed or censored. I was just surprised they chose a picture like that in the first place, that's all.
Now that I think about it, it also may be a time lag thing. 1) the date of the album release may have predated Mile's drug problem and 2) the photo may have also predated the introduction on Crack (or at least the popularity of it) so at the time it was taken nobody would have had the gut reaction I had to it.
As usual, you guys are waiting in the wings to keep me on my toes.
