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.

We’re Only in It for the Money still managed to reach No. 30 – Zappa’s best showing until Apostrophe became his only Top 10 album in 1974 – and build a small reputation as a counterculture ...

W hen Sabrina Carpenter revealed the cover for her surprise album Man’s Best Friend, it sparked a whole debate that had the ...

He found a few families willing to let their child be the star of this soon-to-be-classic album. But that was only the beginning ... The 58 people depicted on the cover were handpicked by the ...

who ultimately decided to put out a different version of the cover with only the musicians' faces instead. "On the original album there were old-fashioned film stars, but because we were stupid ...