Text on an album cover is a touchy topic. Most designers will shy away from putting too much text on a cover because it detracts attention from the visual message. Label executives don’t need anyone reading — they need people reacting and buying. And musicians might avoid the text because it stands too far apart from [...]
Wu-Tang Clan – (36 Chambers)
14 March 2011 by Leave a Comment
For most groups, the next number after ‘six’ is ‘orchestra’. Often times, bands that surpass the average number of members also claim the inalienable need for three bassists or five vocalists or a member who only plays an enormous drum and a tambourine. But of course there are exceptions to this superfluousness – particularly large [...]
N.W.A. – Straight Outta Compton
2 December 2010 by Leave a Comment
Before Dr. Dre was pushing Dr. Pepper and hawking headphones at Best Buy, before Ice Cube was making movies for tweens, N.W.A. were the most unabashedly angry, violent, sexist, and hedonistic artists on the planet. Their contemporaries Ice T and Public Enemy were proving rap’s legitimacy to the world by making social commentary and provoking [...]
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