So, in celebration of HipHop’s 50th Anniversary, HipHopDX and HipHopWired have collaborated to present the 50 Greatest Hip Hop Album Covers Of All Time, spanning all five decades. There are some ...

Hip-hop has always been about lyrical skill, dressing fresh, and bragging power, but this album cover changed the game as money and wealth became more visible in hip-hop. View this post on ...

Iconic Hip-Hop Album Covers That Are Tougher Than The Rest. by: Fidel Martinez. Presented By. Lugz. December 6, 2016. As much as a cliche as it might be, a picture really is worth a thousand words.

For hip-hop's 50th anniversary this summer, XXL takes a look at 50 of the greatest album covers of all time within the genre. Skip to main content Skip to site footer Trending: ...

Hip-hop artists in particular have used album art to make a statement and contextualize their legacy, from Method Man channeling Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” for the cover of his 1994 “Dare ...

It’s clear that he is flexing — but if anything it is showing his Hip-Hop genealogy. Since the 80s, hustler culture has leaked into the artist space helping to shape the concept of “getting ...

Personally, I like to think Eazy had the gun loaded. The cover of Straight Outta Compton captured the essence of gangsta rap in the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, but The Pharcyde was the first hip-hop ...

This extends to album cover art, which leads to finished covers that never get used as highlighted here. Hip-hop's direct ties to the art world have only strengthened over the last decade.

In some cases it's not only the lyrics in hip-hop that cause controversy, but also the record's artwork. We're recognizing 21 of the most controversial album covers in hip-hop history.

So The Boombox took a look through Martini's collection and found 21 album covers that range from hip-hop and R&B to funk and reggae. Whether it's D'Angelo's shirtless portrait for his 2000 LP, ...

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33. Missy Elliot, Supa Dupa Fly Missy Elliot, Supa Dupa Fly. Supa Dupa Fly as an album cover was a stunt on the industry like no woman had ever done.No… the artistic direction wasn’t supa ...