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 ...

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 ...

Dating back to its earliest ties to graffiti culture, the visual component has always played a large part in hip-hop culture. Today's album art mostly serves as thumbtacks for NahRight posts or ...

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.

Here's a look into some of the most outrageous NSFW hip-hop album covers ever. All the Diss Tracks Dropped Between Joey Badass, Ray Vaughn and the Rest of the West in the Latest Bicoastal Rap ...

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 ...

Spotify has tapped some of today’s Hip-Hop stars to recreate the unforgettable album cover which featured the Young Money boss as a baby complete with his array of face tattoos.

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 ...

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 ...

AllHipHop has put together a list of the best HIp-Hop album covers ever created! This album cover has a humanoid crouching as if ready to spring into its future, and the colors that she carries in ...