The front cover rationale summarizes the design choices for a magazine cover focusing on old school rap music. It will feature a dominant image of a rapper wearing urban clothing with messy hair and a scornful expression to portray a lower class image. At the top will be a red banner reading "Home of Old School Rap" to catch readers' attention. The main pull quote across the image will say "Adam T: I'm Back" to advertise the focus artist's return. Additional sell lines will promote featured rappers and articles about Eminem and Tupac. The colors red, black, and grey will be used to represent blood, darkness, and the possibility of redemption respectively in line with gangster rap themes.

1. Front CoverRationale
For my frontcover,I wantmy mastheadtobe partiallycoveredbymydominantimage soitlooks
professionalasmanywell-knownmagazinescoverthere mastheadsastheyare sowell known. For
my dominantimage Iwanthimto wearclothingthatmatchesthe urbanlifestyle.Thisclothingcan
include,hoodies,tracksuits,leatherjackets,etc.Ialsowant hishairmessyandundone,like a
bedhead,inordertofurtherportrayhimas lowerclass. Finally,Iwanthisface to have scorn
expression,toshowhe isangryand tough,to portray himas a typical rapper.
At the top of the magazine,Iwanta banneracross the top inred saying“Home of OldSchool Rap”.
Thiswill catch the reader’sattentionasitiseasilynoticeable.IwantitinRedas red isthe colourof
bloodandBloodis associatedwithdeath,whichmanyrappersandevenreadershave witnessed,so
the colourwill speaktothem.The writingwill be inblackasblack isa colourthat standsoutin red.
Alsoblackisthe colourof darkness,whichcanbe saidthat all rappershave darknessinthemdue to
theirpasts.
My mainsell line will be writtenacrossmydominantimage,saying“AdamT:I’mBack”. This pull
quote ismeantto bringin newreaderswhomissedoutonthisrapperinhis prime andso use the
magazine tolearnmore about him.Thisalsoservesasadvertisingformydps.For the restof my sell
lines,Iwantthemto advertise some of the thingsthatwill be inthe magazine.Thisincludesalistof
rappersthat are inthisissue.Alsosome sell lineswillshow some of the articlesinside suchas
Eminem’s newalbumandthe 20 yearanniversaryof the deathof Tupac Shakur.
The coloursI want to use will be quite darkcolours asgangsterrap is typicallydark.Iwantred for
bloodas bloodisrepresentsdeath.Iwill use thiscolourforthe sell lines.Iwantblackas it linksto
darkness,whichcanattribute towardspersonal demonsthatmostrappershave.FinallyIwantgrey
as it isbetweenlightanddark,blackandwhite.Thismeansthere isthe possibilityof redemptionfor
rappers.