2. Close up of artist connotates Artist featured on the
male dominance which is a key album cover to establish
himself with his name also
convention of the hip hop
to establish the album as
genre.
'his.'
Parental advisory notice Overall the album
is a key convention to cover is kept simple,
this could be done to
have on a hip hop draw the customers
album as they tend to attention to the album
include some swearing. cover, give them key
info (artist, name,
The black and white colour album name) and not
scheme used allows the overload them with
album to stand out amongst info.
others within the genre as hip Another reason the
hop albums are mainly in album cover could be
colour. This will allow the kept simple is to not
album to stand out on the take any attention
shelf. away from the main
photo used for the
Large size of text used for the cover.
artists name allows the name to
stand out and can be eye catching
straight away, the colour of the text
amongst the white background also
allows the name to stand out.
3. Medium close up of Colour scheme used
artist to connotate reflects one of his songs
male dominance within his album, 'black and
which is a key feature yellow' which shows the
of the hip hop genre. artists consistency.
The fact the artist is
Yellow is a bright colour
used on the cover
which will help the album
again implies this idea
stand out on the shelf
of the ablum being
amongst those of its
'his' and is an aspect
genre. The yellow lines
of self branding and
also defines the white
marketing.
text and points
The image used also customers to the
allows the audience to important information
have a close personal
connection with the
artist.
The parental advisory notice is a key feature
of albums from the hip hop genre, they are
important as it allows parents to know that the
album may include some swearing, this is
important for customers who may be
purchasing the album for their children.
