When talking about album art in hip hop, most people will point to older album covers ... was an innovation in both sound and cover design. The dark cover features a woman with vibrant red and green ...

Jerry Barrow Art direction and design by Mike ... have been welcomed by Hip-Hop diehards, the chosen cover option was for the best.—Alvin aqua Blanco “That album cover was completely his ...

Hip-hop artists in particular have used album art to make a statement and ... Cole hired artist Kamau Haroon to design the cover, who described it as a “marriage of art and music.” ...

Drake's album art for Nothing Was ... the Nothing Was The Same cover also tapped into a tradition that's been an essential part of hip-hop since its beginning: graphic art. Visual art ...

Dating back to its earliest ties to graffiti culture, the visual component has always played a large part in hip-hop culture. Today's album art mostly serves as thumbtacks for NahRight posts or ...

Visuals have always played a prominent role in hip hop culture. In the early days, it was graffiti (as decreed by DJ Afrika Bambaataa); Since then, the music video and the album cover have ...

In the 50 years of hip-hop's existence, there have been a myriad of rap album covers, ranging from the good, the bad, the controversial and everything in between. While there's been a sharp ...

So, why doesn’t hip-hop have many cover albums? Part of the answer may stem from rap music’s status as a young genre. Just 30 years ago, the culture as a whole was still fighting for its ...

However, no one can deny the richness of the genre’s albums. Join BLACK ENTERPRISE as we take you down memory lane with these eight historic hip-hop album covers.

It’s crazy that two of the greatest hip-hop groups dropped classic records in the same year. Midnight Marauders is one of the most enjoyable albums ever with arguably the best album cover.