Dan Watt analyzed the front covers of popular music magazines such as Vibe, Rolling Stone, XXL and The Source. He found that they all feature a large central image in vibrant colors with bold, easy to read text. On the Rolling Stone cover analyzed, the main image is of deceased rapper 2Pac in black and white, and the selling point is an article on the "50 greatest hip-hop songs of all time." Watt also analyzed a cover of Vibe magazine featuring Rihanna, noting similarities like the black and white central image but also differences like Vibe having less text in a smaller font on a light blue background.