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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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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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Cover Art Gems: Meek Mill, Expensive Pain

mreeves September 22, 2021 No Comments Cover Art GemsMeek Mill

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

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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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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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Cover Art Gems: Craig G, Ramblings of an Angry Old Man

mreeves March 27, 2017 No Comments album artCover Art GemsCraig G

This one’s from 2012, but it has a, uh, timeless quality to it. Artwork by Adam Wallenta.

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Cover Art Gems: Trinidad James, “She Might Be a Lesbian”

mreeves January 12, 2017 No Comments album artCover Art GemsTrinidad James

Is this appropriate? I don’t know…I didn’t listen to the song.

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