XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this feature. When it comes to the essence of an album, oftentimes the cover art is just as captivating as the music. Since the popularization of hip-hop ...

However, no one can deny the richness of the genre’s albums. Join BLACK ENTERPRISE as we take you down memory lane with these eight historic hip-hop album covers.

It was his idea to create a hip-hop basement. We wanted to have that ... Timbs. It was my first album cover. I was anxious and couldn't wait to start doing things. Here I am getting hired to ...

Drake's album art for Nothing Was ... the Nothing Was The Same cover also tapped into a tradition that's been an essential part of hip-hop since its beginning: graphic art. Visual art ...

In some cases it's not only the lyrics in hip-hop that cause controversy, but also the record's artwork. We're recognizing 21 of the most controversial album covers in hip-hop history. Depictions ...

Hip-hop artists in particular have used album art to make a statement and contextualize their legacy, from Method Man channeling Funkadelic’s “Maggot Brain” for the cover of his 1994 ...

In the '80s, hip-hop hit the mainstream ... Salt-N-Pepa released their final album, Brand New, in 1997, and while they took a hiatus in the '00s, they got back together and still perform today ...

The most enduring of those tracks was built on the Incredible Bongo Band’s cover of Bert Weedon ... s As Nasty As They Wanna Be album to minors. The ‘80s hip-hop song that influenced the ...

For most music lovers, the cover art is the visual gateway to their sonic sojourn. Before the first beat drops or word is uttered, that first impression is often the packaging for the album or ...