An album cover is more than just packaging in the modern music industry; it's a representation of the artist's personality.

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But long before this resurgence, one of the earliest jazz-infused Hip-Hop albums, Reachin’ (A New Refutation of Time and Space), was released by Brooklyn-based trio Digable Planets on this day ...

Big Zulu even promised his followers a “iverse” (universe) of good things to come, suggesting that his album will be packed with incredible energy and stories that fans can vibe with. While Big Zulu ...

Navajo hip-hop artist and producer Cecil Tso has been making music for ... for her passing while you were making this album. What was that like? Did that show up? TSO: So the photo that I'm using for ...

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From the beginning of his career, provocative, funny, and surreal album covers helped Zappa set himself apart from his contemporaries. Zappa’s sleeves were pop art in the truest sense ...

On this day in 2004, Def Jam Recordings released Kanye West’s highly anticipated debut album, The College Dropout ... on to reshape the landscape of Hip-Hop.

It doesn't happen often, but there are some cases where different albums have had the same, or at least very similar, artwork on their covers. While some bands have artwork designed specifically ...

Just like eyes are windows to the soul, album covers are glimpses into a musician’s artistic expression. In some instances, cover art has become just as—if not more—iconic than the music itself, ...

There is a growing trend with some of hip-hop's influential stars aligning themselves ... If you look at one joint he made on his "Street’s Disciple" album, there’s a cut called “These ...