2. Parental advisory reveals
that the content within this
album is going to be bad.
This could be used to attract
a specific audience.
Ice cube is presented himself to
attract attention as his face is the
main feature on the album cover.
I feel he's presenting himself as
someone who's powerful, maybe
as a GOD figure as he's looking
down on a city from the sky.
I also think that when he was
making the album cover he
wants to show the audience
that he has a purpose and is
looked up by people. I say
this as he's above everyone
with a huge presence.
He's facial expressions look angry and
disappointed. I feel he could be
disappointed with how the society is
treating each other as he was strongly
against how black were treated by
authority and others.
He’s face is made from the
smoke and mist from around,
he’s not a real person at this
point, he's just a powerful figure
that’s watching down on people.
The colouring of the album is dark and there is
red and yellow at the back which has come
from a fire. This could signify that there could
be riots and violence. Ice cube campaigned
and fought for black rights. So maybe that’s
what the riots are from. His face has emerged
from the smoke to the sky as a GOD figure so
maybe he's implying he's the leader of this
riots.
The fact his face is looking
down at the city could be ‘Ice
Cube’ presenting that he’s
better than people and they
look up to him.
The type of audience that this album
would usually attract is Hip-Hop listeners.
It would be a fairly young audience
ranging from 16-25 and predominantly a
male audience due to the language and
meaning within the songs words.
The ‘Laugh now cry later’ line
symbolises that although what
someone's done might be a joke
now, revenge is going to come
your way! Maybe this could be
aimed at raciest and the authority
that treated black people badly.
Ice Cube complained about the
treatment so now this album could
be signifying the start of revenge.
The text style of Ice-
Cube is has very Sharpe edges.
Could this be implying that if you
bother him you will get hurt. It
could also show he’s a hard and
strong character.
The riots could be
stimulated from
Ice-Cube and
others protesting to
not put up with this
treatment and fight
back against these
‘bullies’.
The type of Genre this album fits into is
Hip-Hop. This album fits the typical Hip-
hop album with features such as,
parental sign, face which is the centre of
audience and some sort of negative
points, such as violence.
3. Rick Ross has put his image in the
centre of the album which makes
the audience focus on him. I feel
he wants to express that he's
powerful and the only thing you
should be focusing on is him.
The fact his eyes are covered could show
that he's a mysterious character as he
does not want to reveal his presence.
The type of audience that this album
would usually attract is Hip-Hop
listeners. It would be a fairly young
audience ranging from 16-25 and
predominantly a male audience due
to the language and meaning within
the songs words.
His name is written in a bold text in
white on a black background. This
portrays a strong and fearless image.
The white on black contrast is very
eye catching as it really extracts the
name to come out from the album.
(he wants the audience to know who
he is) This could be symbolising his
image and what sort of person he is.
(strong purposeful) .
In his name ‘Rick Ross’ he
has replaced the double
S with two dollar signs.
This symbolises to the
audience that he is
money orientated and
maybe someone who
has a lot of money. This
has a further meaning to
show that all he cares
about is money and puts
wealth over everything,
this is shown as he as
illustrated wealth in his
name which could be
showing money is part of
him.
Parental advisory reveals
that the content within
this album is going to be
bad. This could be used
to attract a specific
audience.
The overall representation of the album is
targeting a particular audience by showing
the artist as someone who is rich, powerful and
deadly in the regards that he is not a nice
character and can portrays himself as some
sort of gangster that does not forgive.
His facial expressions
seem annoyed and angry.
Rick Ross is a fairly
aggressive and harsh
person, he is differently
projecting those
characteristics within this
album cover.
The saying ‘God forgives. I don’t’, is
powerful and reveals to the audience
that he's a violent and not a friendly
person. The reference of using God could
be cleverly used as the audience will
know God to be a caring and helpful
person, in that quote Rick is saying he
does the opposite to God, which could
be saying he is not caring and helpful.
Furthermore saying he does not forgive is
implying he has people who has
angered him to get some sort of revenge
back. This shows a typical trend in the
type of genre this album fits in, within the
music lyrics they sometime ‘rap’ about
violence and getting revenge on their
enemies.
