The document discusses and analyzes the album artwork for albums by several artists, including Drake's "Nothing Was the Same", Jay-Z's "Magna Carta Holy Grail", Janelle Monae's "The Electric Lady", and Snoop Dogg's "Malice in Wonderland". Key themes across the albums analyzed include reflection on the artist's journey, transformation, independence, and conveying the artist's personality through unconventional or symbolic visuals.

2. Drake-”Nothing Was The Same”
Nothing was the same is Drake latest album. The
album art is quite interesting. It has Drake as the
grown young man he is to date wearing a gold
chain with his hair clean cut, facing himself as a
young child with an afro comb in his afro hair.
The picture is an extension of the messages
within the music on the album. It’s all about
reflection which we can see by the mirror
illustration on the cover. Drake is looking back on
his life and what he’s become. Drake the child
has an afro comb in his whereas drake the grown
man is wearing a gold chain portraying the idea
of starting from the bottom(one of the songs on
drakes album) and getting to the top. The
background used is the sky and this represents
the fact that he had a dream since he was a child
and now he’s living out his dream on cloud 9.
He sends out the message “the sky is your limit”
to his fans.

3. Magna Carta Holy Grail is Jay z’s latest album. As
shown, he uses established artwork to illustrate his
album. The sculpture is named Alpheus and Arethusa by
Battista di Domenico Lorenzi. The sculpture is a
depiction of a Greek myth about the nymph Arethusa
who is pursued by the river god Alpheus. In attempt
to escape her pursuer, Arethusa transforms into a
stream. Maybe Jay-Z is referencing his own
transformation from hustler into the successful and free
artist that he is today. This idea of a river represents
freedom. Jay z often also plays up to the stories about
him that people seem to believe such as him being
associated with satanic groups ad being apart of the
illuminati. This escape may be perceived by the people
who carry these views as a negative thing. It could
symbolise Jay z escaping God, “his pursuer” and living
his life free apart from od’s rules. The title of his album
isn't displayed on the front, yet many people know the
name of his album despite this. This just shows how
established and major he is. The thick black line struck
through his name makes it a little bit hard to read which
metaphorically represents that Jay Z is quite a hard
artist to read into.

4. The electric lady is Janelle Monae’s latest album.
The album art illustrates the title her album. She
looks like she’s wearing some sort of electrical
suit, which is quite different and stands out from
most artists. Janelle Monae is quite an eccentric,
interesting artist, likewise some of her songs,
and I feel that her hair style and costume reflect
this. Her pose portrays this idea of independence
and strength which is definitely an accurate
reflection of the type of person she is. She’s very
bold and different from other female R&B artists
who rely upon their sexuality unlike her, but she
loves who she is and isn’t afraid to show this. I
love this album art not only because I love
Janelle, but I feel that it brilliantly captures her as
an artist in just one image.

5. Malice in wonderland is one of Snoop
Dogg’s past albums. The album art is very
comical and playful likewise Snoop Dogg
himself. Most Rappers are quite serious
and rap about heavy, topics, struggle and
hardships in life whereas Snoop Dogg is the
opposite. His comedic characteristics are
reflected through his hip hop twist on the
innocent story of Alice Wonderland in
which Alice comes to find alcohol, flash
cars and money.