One of his initial unused Donda covers was a painting of ... Here's a look at 7 hip-hop album covers that were never used below. As part of an art style he would use in his album's rollout ...

XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this feature. When it comes to the essence of an album, oftentimes the cover art is just as captivating as the music. Since the popularization of hip-hop ...

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 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. Depictions ...

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 ...

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.

Even though they came almost two decades after the release of Illmatic, the two best hip-hop albums of last year both featured childhood portraits on the cover. For R.A.P. Music, Mike used an ...

Pen & Pixel is the graphic design company behind some of the most iconic hip-hop album covers of the '90s. The company was started by brothers Sean and Aaron Brock, who in the early '90s worked at J.

AllHipHop has put together a list of the best HIp-Hop album covers ever created! Eric B and Rakim, Paid in Full The front cover from the album Paid in Full by Eric B and Rakim is one of the ...

AllHipHop has put together a list of the best HIp-Hop album covers ever created! The first time the world got to meet the chief representative of the Park Side Killer Schoolly D was with the ...