This front cover is featured by the hip hop star lil wayne and in industry better known as weezy. This has a lighter background allowing it to have a big bold front cover for recognition. standard colors again used for fonts ( black and white). Catchy subheadings about artists and story lines about the music stars. The style of this magazine cover is very cool and has a huge focus on Lil Wayne and his appearance. The cameras angle aimed at lil wayne makes him look very intimidating with a swagged attitude.
Vibe is a music and entertainment magazine founded by Quincy Jones and launched in 1993. it features R&B and hiphop vibe media engages categories such as music, culture, entertainment and lifestyle. After shutting down in summer 2009, Vibe was then purchased by the intermedia partners and is now issued every month. the front covers for Vibe are well known to be creative and well known artists featured throughout. Such as Keisha Cole, Mary J Blige, Kanye West, Beyonce and Snoop Dogg and many many more.
In September 2003 issues where then realized of new covers for vibe using black and white portraits for its most popular cover subjects.
Rolling stone is a US based magazine, published every two weeks which is devoted to music,liberal politics and popular culture. Rolling stone was founded in San Francisco, California by Jann Wenner- who is still the magazines chief editor. Musical talents vary such as Wiz Khalifa, Keisha and Paloma Faith.
in the 1990s the magazine changed its format to include the younger readers interested in movie actors and music and popular music.
This front cover has black background and the text colours stand out with the bold red magazine header and pinks hot rock look. Her clothes suggest her punkier side also with her nose ring and short bleach blonde hair. This image is also provocative as if shes about to take her jacket off.
Any rolling stone magazine is identifiable to be this magazine with simple fonts very bold text and a key focus on the celebrity on the front page . The colours used all compliment eachother and are used well when needed.
XXL is a hiphop magazine published by Harris Publications, founded in 1997. Datwan Thomas former editor in chief of rapPages and vibe music editor. In 2009 datwon Thomas resigned from XXl and executive editor Vanessa Satten was now named the new editor in chief.
in 2006 XXL took over the struggling hip hop producer and DJ magazine scratch. Theyve also released many other special projects including tour programmes, mixtapes and exclusive DVDS.
It has its own website with regular daily hip hop news, original content and content from magazines.
In august 2005 XXL and Eminem teamed up to release a special issue titled XXL presents shade 45. This was to give maximam awarness of the shade 45 as a radio station and at the same time to shady records label.
On this front cover Snoop Dogg is staring directly into the camera and reader and with his facial expressions you get a 'i dont care' attitude. With this close up shot and ' Snoop unleashed' links in with his expressions on this front cover page.
The red and white work well together on the title making it eye catching and standout on the dark cover photo.
All the text is kept to the outside of the page giving it a tidy structure. Also Snoop Dogg is a big rap and hiphop artist being a perfect example of this magazine.
BLENDER MAGAZINE
Blender is an american music magazine that bigged itself as the ultimate guide to music and more. it was also known for its steamy pictures of celebrities.
It includes lists of celebrities lists of albums, artists, and songs including both 'best of' and 'worst of' lists. In each issue, there was a review of an artists entire musical recording better known as a discography, with each album being analysed in turns. the magazine began in 1994 as the first digital CD rom magazine by Jason Pearson. It started publishing a print edition again in 1999 in its most recent form.
It includes lists of celebrities lists of albums, artists, and songs including both 'best of' and 'worst of' lists. In each issue, there was a review of an artists entire musical recording better known as a discography, with each album being analysed in turns. the magazine began in 1994 as the first digital CD rom magazine by Jason Pearson. It started publishing a print edition again in 1999 in its most recent form.
This magazines name blender suggests the different genres of music featured.Also from the subheading of the 'dirtiest band in indie rock' also nirvana and Michael Jackson in the bottom left corner and you have Taylor Swift on your front cover. Including all different genres.
Taylor swifts outfit is simple yet trendy, a typical outfit image for a girl next door which she is given that title to on the front page. also blending with the colors that are chosen for this cover. The eye grabbing sub headings highlight words in the color blue to contrast the background. the hand above her head suggests she's relaxed yet being cute and sexy with it.
ROLLING STONE
in the 1990s the magazine changed its format to include the younger readers interested in movie actors and music and popular music.
This front cover has black background and the text colours stand out with the bold red magazine header and pinks hot rock look. Her clothes suggest her punkier side also with her nose ring and short bleach blonde hair. This image is also provocative as if shes about to take her jacket off.
Any rolling stone magazine is identifiable to be this magazine with simple fonts very bold text and a key focus on the celebrity on the front page . The colours used all compliment eachother and are used well when needed.
XXL is a hiphop magazine published by Harris Publications, founded in 1997. Datwan Thomas former editor in chief of rapPages and vibe music editor. In 2009 datwon Thomas resigned from XXl and executive editor Vanessa Satten was now named the new editor in chief.
in 2006 XXL took over the struggling hip hop producer and DJ magazine scratch. Theyve also released many other special projects including tour programmes, mixtapes and exclusive DVDS.
It has its own website with regular daily hip hop news, original content and content from magazines.
In august 2005 XXL and Eminem teamed up to release a special issue titled XXL presents shade 45. This was to give maximam awarness of the shade 45 as a radio station and at the same time to shady records label.
On this front cover Snoop Dogg is staring directly into the camera and reader and with his facial expressions you get a 'i dont care' attitude. With this close up shot and ' Snoop unleashed' links in with his expressions on this front cover page.
The red and white work well together on the title making it eye catching and standout on the dark cover photo.
All the text is kept to the outside of the page giving it a tidy structure. Also Snoop Dogg is a big rap and hiphop artist being a perfect example of this magazine.
