As the music industry catapults into the digital age, album art was at risk of becoming a relic of our more physical past. But cover art has lived on and grown in the hip-hop industry as another ...

It’s no surprise then that a lot of the most consequential records in hip hop also happen to come with pretty memorable cover art that says as much about the album and as the songs in it.

Hip-hop's direct ties to the art world have only strengthened over ... I really don't be thinking about Wal-Mart when I make my music or album covers #Kanyeshrug!" he added. He also said, "So ...

a bit like searching through Spotify or Apple Music today. Album covers were an important part of this experience. And in the world of hip-hop, they have long been used to send messages about ...

The rap legends have now teamed up again ... Daddy Kane‘s iconic album art into the backdrop. The music video pans into the cover art for LL Cool J’s sophomore album Bigger and Deffer, which ...

HIP-HOP WAS BORN in the Bronx in the summer of 1973. To celebrate the music’s 50th anniversary ... “East Coast” grew to cover artists like Beanie Sigel and Meek Mill in Philadelphia ...

(Photo courtesy of the Baltimore Museum of Art) “It’s important that we don’t lose grip of why hip-hop exists culturally. Music is one thing, but culturally it was created as a peaceful ...