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.

Hempstead’s Roc Marciano reveals the cover art for his upcoming Marci Beaucoup project, which will likely release before the end of 2013.

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.

Dom unveils the official cover art for his upcoming Get Home Safely LP, set to hit retailers October 15. Deluxe artwork after the jump.

Em unveils the official artwork for his upcoming sequel to The Marshall Mathers LP, slated to arrive on November 5. (more…)

The up-and-coming Chicago emcee covers the October/November issue of Complex. Peep the cover story by David Drake here. (more…)

Danny Brown gives us an early look at the official cover art for his Old LP, set to drop on September 30.

Pusha T unveils the cover art for his long-awaited solo LP, My Name Is My Name, which will finally hit stores October 8. Hit the jump for the alternate artwork. (more…)

Drake graces the cover of Billboard’s latest issue. (more…)

Tunechi unveils the official artwork for his upcoming D5 tape, set for an August 30 release. Let’s see if that date actually sticks.

Drake unveils the standard and deluxe covers for his third studio LP, Nothing Was The Same, set to now drop on September 24. Deluxe artwork after the jump. (more…)

Nas and Cole cover VIBE’s 20th Anniversary issue. (more…)

Vado unveils the cover art and tracklisting for the fourth installment in his Slime Flu series, dropping August 15. (more…)

He’s made a lot of beats, and now he’s made the cover of Billboard. (more…)