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Cover Art Gems: Quasimoto, The Further Adventures of Lord Quas (Gold Chains Edition)

mreeves January 1, 2022 No Comments album artCover Art GemsMadlibQuasimoto

A 2021 “Gold Chains Edition” of Quasimoto’s 2005 album, with new artwork inspired by Sgt. Pepper’s. Note the name spelled out in bricks. Design by…

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Inspired by Shel Silverstein: MidaZ the Beast, Mavi

mreeves December 18, 2021 No Comments album artMaviMidaZ the BeastShel Silverstein

In the past two years, album covers for MidaZ the Beast and Mavi have drawn inspiration from Shel Silverstein’s 1974 children’s collection, Where the Sidewalk Ends.

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Cover Art Gems: Ghostshrimp and Audio Recon

mreeves November 6, 2021 No Comments album artAudio ReconCover Art GemsGhostshrimp

Audio Recon answers a few questions about its vinyl reissues featuring illustrations by Ghostshrimp, whose best known album cover remains MF DOOM and Bishop Nehru’s NehruvianDOOM (Sound of the Son).

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Freddie Gibbs & Madlib vs U2

mreeves July 7, 2021 No Comments album artFreddie GibbsMadlib

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

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Cover Art Gems: Lupe Fiasco & Kaelin Ellis, Home

mreeves August 7, 2020 No Comments album artCover Art GemsLupe Fiasco

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

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Cover Art Gems: Youngboy Never Broke Again, 38 Baby 2

mreeves May 1, 2020 No Comments album artCover Art GemsYoungboy Never Broke Again

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

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Rap Art in the Coronavirus Era

mreeves April 26, 2020 No Comments album art

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

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Cover Art Gems: Money Man, Epidemic

mreeves March 3, 2020 No Comments album artCover Art GemsMoney Man

Ripped from today’s headlines.

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Cover Art Gems: Tish Hyman, Trap Bisney Fairy Tales

mreeves August 29, 2017 No Comments album artCover Art GemsTish Hyman

Heh heh. Artwork by Andrew Adames. Thanks to Tish Hyman for identifying the artist.

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Cover Art Gems: Kodak Black, Painting Pictures

mreeves March 31, 2017 7 Comments album artCover Art GemsKodak Black

Trying to find out who the illustrator is, but so far Atlantic Records is being coy. October 29, 2021 update: The artist is “OG Lyoch”…

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