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Cover Art Gems: Meek Mill, Expensive Pain

A thug’s dreams and nightmares. Artwork by Nina Chanel Abney.

Visuals

The Record Store Day pressing of Freddie Gibbs & Madlib’s Piñata ’84 has vinyl label art inspired by a design Island Records used in 1983 and 1984.

Sidebars Visuals

Life during a pandemic is given an impressionist perspective. Cover art by the late Peter Gellatly.

Sidebars Visuals

Which way is up? As usual, cover artist is unknown. But the inspiration for the characters in the image is clear.

Spotlight Visuals

As the world adapts to life under a global pandemic, the album art of several recent rap releases is having a noticeable impact.