With recent publications on Hip Hop history
being released all over the world at the moment,
Andrew Emery has found a niche that is often
overlooked in the image of the artist, that
of the cover art.
However if the cover of the book where to be
the same as a CD or LP we would instantly say
its wack on first site, however it’s the
content that really inspires. What do they say
about never judge a book by its cover?
With contents titles such as: When shoelaces
where fat – Old school 1978 –1984,
and Shine and stars: The Jiggy Era 2000 –
Present, its not hard to conceptualise that
there has been a bit of research in this to
get things just right.
Some cover art is iconic. Someone say…
Beat Street, Fear of A Black Planet, Midnight
Marauders, Things Fall Apart or Tommy Boys Greatest
Hits? Others are just damn embarrassing, or
poorly executed. Say for example MC Lyte’s
first LP. If you did not hear the album you
could be forgiven for thinking one of the guys
on the cover was the MC! Also check out Dre
in a tight suit that looks to be knitted out
of white plastic bags when he was with the World
Class Wreckin Cru. One word: Dodgy.
Also, Trying to work out if your album is a
bootleg or not? While this may not answer all
your questions, at least it shows if they got
the photo or artwork on the front right when
they copied it!
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