Album Cover Research

This is Emeinem album cover. As you see its in black and white which i love as it is back to the old school style, also it may show that his album is maybe sad. I also like just the artist being on it with a black background it shows the audience the artist which they want to see the most on a album cover. I like that idea of just having the artist on as it follows a normal and suitable album cover which relates to the audience. The writing of 'recovery' is in black dark writing and stands out; this is good because it makes the audience have to read it and it stays in there hand;also recovery is a good name of the album as its about Emeinem recovering from what he has come through 'drugs' , 'crime', 'women' and 'children' this shows the audience that the album may mean something to him therefore giving the words meaning throughout the album. The way he is sitting with his hand on his head relaxed but with no happy emotion;this is good because it shows that 'coolness' Emeinem have about him and that 'swagga' they always want to portray, making his characters which everyone believes in stay them same. As well with no expressions it could mean that it is a serious and meanly album cover; the album cover tells the audience a lot about it and is very important to attract audience eyes to it so they go look and it and buy it. His album cover is unique and totally different to anyone else's i have ever seen that's why it is good as the album cover reflex Emeinem.


This is 'Tinie Tempahs' album cover. As you see it is very colourful showing i may be fast paced and happy lyrics; this is good as the use of colour within the album cover attracts the eyes of customers making them go look at it. I like the way he is holding the city in his hands showing he is the king this is good because it shows of his cockiness which a mainstream artist like this needs to have for his characters to work. The kinda glow of him shows that he the king of the city; also the stars in the background is common for his biggest song at that time which was 'written in the stars' therefore it is symbolic to that song. The sunglasses he wears just gives it that sense of being in a different world which is album cover looks like also it gives him that look of a proper rap artist as they need the 'bad' look for there target audience love that quality. The writing on the album is simple but it stands out as it is white writing on a black background therefore it tells the audience which artist this is therefore avoiding confusion. The name of the album is 'disc-overy' shows that maybe it is a sort of dance rapping album which is different to what rap artist bring out therefore attracting the audience to maybe buy it as it is original which is always good. The album cover overall is very good and brings across and attracts the audience to buy it which we need for are album cover.

This is Kano album cover. As you see it is very plain but in my view is very effective as sometimes plain album cover is very good. As you see black background plain and simple but allows the audience to focus on 'Kanos' face therefore focusing just on the artist which the audience care about the most. The writing for 'Kano' is in a weird font which is effective as its different and not just as a normal album cover; this writing makes his name stand out which is most important as his name the audience will know; for example if they have heard him on the radio and didn't know what he looked like the text is easy to read and lets the audience straight away know who the singer is. The name of the album is 'London Town' this maybe showing the audience why he has come from and may hint that his album is going to be about where he grow up and what his children hood was like; this is good because we know the album will have meaning throughout the lyrics and not just made up he is basing the whole album on his past experience which the best songs always come from. Also with this album cover it would save him money as they would not have to pay much for a designer to design that album cover. In my view the simple plain album cover is really good and i believe we should include some factors which he did in are album cover.

This is 'lil wayne's' album cover. As you see the is sitting on a sofa in the background this is very different as i don't really understand the meaning of him on that sofa; maybe it means that he is chilling and this album might be tot tally different to the rest of them. He is holding a guitar in his hand; as Lil Wayne is a rapper and is normal really 'gangster' throughout all his album covers therefore with this guitar it may show that it is totally different. As this album is all more rocky then his rest he maybe showing in his album cover that he likes all sorts of music not just 'grime' therefore creating this imagine of him at the front of the album to relate to what the album is about. His name on the album cover is quite big which i love as it shows the audience who the artist is straight away; as we know Lil Wayne is a huge artist and is well known all round the world his name is his icon and with having it big at the album cover it shows of his most famous feature - his name. The name of the album is 'rebirth' this is a good name as it shows that he different in this album therefore he has been 'rebirthed' as not just a 'grime' artist but as a 'rock'artist as well; him making a rock album it create more audience as it opens to all the people who enjoy that type of music. Overall the album is great as everything on it is symbolic to his album which is what i want are album cover to show.

This is the Collage i created i made and used loads of different types of album covers from the Hip-Hop culture. I did this to get a better understanding of what they look like and to show that i researched into albums into detail. I tried to use a variation of different artists which allowed the collage to be a all round view of different types of album covers. I made sure every album cover on there is the same as are genre therefore giving the whole group a lot of different examples on the collage they can look at for ideas. Overall im very happy with my collage as it shows what my genre identity and style is and gives me more ideas to use for my final album design.