Just as you could (and should) think up a simple single-take vid (as seen with Pixies, U2 and many more), you could also produce a 2nd d'pak outer cover, using the sabotage approach taken over covers for Chris Brown, Paris Hilton etc albums.
This brief article outlines the history:
Chris Brown's albums sabotaged with protest stickers
In
the wake of the outcry over the singer's tattoo, protesters are putting
warning stickers on his CDs that condemn him for beating up
ex-girlfriend Rihanna
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Chris Brown albums in HMV with protesters' warning stickers.
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Chris Brown's
foray into repulsively self-referential body art was the tipping point
for some. His latest album Fortune has been covered with bespoke warning
stickers in London branches of HMV. "Warning," they say. "Do not buy
this album! This man beats women."
Similar guerilla art tactics
were used in 2006 when Banksy re-tooled Paris Hilton's debut album,
Paris: she was topless on the cover, her head was replaced with a dog's on the inlay photos
and the listed song titles were changed to philosophical chin-strokers
such as Why Am I Famous?, What Have I Done? and What Am I For?
Sabotaging
record sleeves is a decades-old pastime for many (who hasn't drawn a
pirate goatee over a popstar's face in Biro?) and a random assortment
has been collected together on the Defaced Value
Tumblr site. The best ones have an obvious subtext, such as the topless
girl on the cover of Blind Faith's album with a bra hastily scribbled
on, Bowie's Heroes with him clutching the Velvet Underground's banana like a baby, and Bruce Springsteen getting kicked in the derriere on Born in the USA.
So,
how long before we see Emeli Sandé's album with "Available for Rio 2016
opening ceremony – will bring own microphone!" scrawled on its cover?
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