Hot! or Hmm..: Kanye's New Look

There's quite a bit of men's style today on The Fashion Bomb, and everyone's been talking about Kanye West's different look in the promo pics for his 808s & Heartbreak album, dropping later this year:

I rock with Kanye tough. And I love a style risk-taker. I'm going to go out on a limb (and I might be the only one) and say this is Hot in a Hmm-ish way just because I think Kanye's too smart to debut this look without having a (dope) plan behind it. Something tells me the nerd-chic steez might have a lot to do with the album's music (and its title).
Adriana