Illmatic changed hip-hop forever, and it started with Nas’ striking cover art, which captured his journey to the album’s arrival perfectly. Nas superimposed a child version of himself on top of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the bygone era of the 1990s, when physical LPs lined record store shelves like colorful beacons of musical promise, collecting ...

In the past few years, it has become fashionable for non-rap artists to cover rap songs, and it’s often with an overwhelming irony. Most of the time, though, the best covers are ones that take the ...

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Remember when album covers were a really important part of rappers' albums? Now that most people steal or buy their music online, albums covers can go overlooked. Or at the very least, they live ...

There's nothing more hip-hop than taking the remnants of something, re-purposing it and putting your own unique spin on it, a concept that has powered the culture since its inception. What began as ...

Darryl James, author, publisher, journalist, and filmmaker, along with Tenacious Books, a boutique warehouse for self-publishing authors, present "The Rap Sheet Legacy Collection." Darryl James, ...

The legends of the hip-hop world recently met the legends of the comic industry in an incredible crossover campaign. Starting last October, Marvel began rolling out dozens of variant comic book covers ...

Marvel Comics artwork from 2015-2017 will be used on reissues of classic albums from Universal Music Group's hip-hop label Urban Legends. By Graeme McMillan Marvel Entertainment is back to showing off ...

Lil Yachty posed a great question during his lines on Chance The Rapper’s “Mixtape” a couple years ago. “Am I the only one who really care about cover art?” That's clearly not the case. But it brings ...

Jay-Z, Ye, Lil Kim, Nicki Minaj and more. An artist’s album cover is arguably the most critical piece when rolling out a new project. Whether it’s a debut album or a performer’s swan song or anywhere ...