
Kimye covers the April issue of Vogue. Peep some behind-the-scenes footage from their photo shoot after the jump. Read More
Kimye covers the April issue of Vogue. Peep some behind-the-scenes footage from their photo shoot after the jump. Read More
50 unveils the official artwork for his fifth studio LP, Animal Ambition.
Hmmm…looks like a familiar concept.
Killa Cam and A-Trak appear on this month’s cover of Complex, drawing some inspiration from the classic 70’s film, Three The Hard Way. Read More
The two lead canines of the Top Dawg/Black Hippy movement cover the latest issue of Billboard Magazine. Read More
Fab Kringle is back with more fireplace jams for the holiday season. Read More
Is there a harder working man in the industry than Gucci?
Incarceration and an impending 20-year sentence can’t slow his roll as Gucci unveils the cover art for the sequel to his 2009 major label debut, The State Vs Radric Davis, which arrives on Christmas.
Your cries are heard, Guwop.
Bronsonelli reveals the cover art for his Blue Chips sequel with Party Supplies, which is set to drop Friday.
Is that Mark Cuban in the crowd behind the broad lifting her top off?
Check out the official trailer for Blue Chips 2 here.
In 1938, Alex Steinweiss, an art director for Columbia Records invented the concept of album cover art, making way for epic images that continuously influence pop culture. It’s different now that most listeners stream and download music, which has ignited a market for unique album artwork to differentiate one project from the next. Also, design software is much more accessible and apps like instagram are extremely popular. That accessibility has given artists a bevy of new media to expand greatly the idea of album covers. Artists can create several album covers with a mouse click, and with a simple QR code make them interactive, or create a vine video that gives the viewer a short film in lieu of a traditional static album cover.
So it’s no shock that this year is has delivered dope album covers.
Here is my list of 2013’s Five Best Hip Hop Album Covers, based on: visual aesthetic, concept in relation to album name and theme, and creative execution.