tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83543127181526264332012-02-09T23:56:36.353-05:00From the authors of StereoTyped: Hip-Hop's Unsung Graphic Design Heroes, Heroines & The Visual Histories of The Rap Record (1979-1989)Darius Wilmore (The StereoTypist, StereoTyper)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14809400898428020264noreply@blogger.comBlogger1021100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8354312718152626433.post-84556939465550589242011-10-30T23:03:00.004-04:002011-10-30T23:16:07.639-04:00

Rap and hip-hop goes way back in the day. Common, dressed down, as freed slave Elam Ferguson.

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A photo-shoot with the members of ATL's Dungeon Family makes this issue worth flipping through. Andre 3000 in the x mask and fedora puts it over the top...in dopeness kind of way!

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Visit Jason Seiler's site for more dopeness.

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Hip-hop on the 18th century tip?Francesco Vezzoli gives Niki a new look.

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NOW SHOWINGProduced by the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design in Washington, D.C.we decided to call it “30 Americans.” “Americans,” rather than “African Americans” or “Black Americans” because nationality is a statement of fact, while racial identity is a question each artist answers in his or her own way, or not at all.Artists in the exhibition:Nina Chanel AbneyJohn

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"I wanted to transform the subway from its dark, degrading, and impersonal reality into images that open up our experience again to the color, sensuality, and vitality of the individual souls that ride it each day."—Photography Bruce DavidsonFrom Magnum: Since the ground was broken, New York City's subway system has been the stuff of legend as well as a source of inspiration and fear. This dim,

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A younger and sho' 'nuff afro topped Angela Davis blesses the illustrated poster of the 'Black Power Mixtape' film.If you have not heard about the film, out now for the past month, view the trailer.

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The Rizzoli published Def Jam coffee table book, an oral history work written by Bill Adler and designed by Cey Adams, has hit the street.You can find an interview conducted by Ted Panken with the book's designer, Cey Adams on the branding of Def Jam Records, on themortonreport.com.

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This month Kanye West took his talents into another arena with the debut of his 'DW' clothing line—a line for women named after his late mother, Donda West. Russell created Phat Farm, Diddy did Sean John, and Jay w/Dame brought forth the street reflection fashions of Roc-A-Wear. However, West's efforts in the women's realm of fashion may be the first time a member/rapper/producer from the Hip-hop

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Stumbled upon this art and campaign from the creative "frollaboration" company, Frolab. Don't know how old or new this work is but we're digging the message, artwork and slogan covered handbooks [what's in the handbooks?]. Eyrkah, Lupe, ?uest representing with a grip. Plastic black fisted props!So, go and "PICK FROS NOT FIGHTS"!

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THURSDAY 10 JUNE 2010 6:30–8:30PM MY MTV: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?AIGA/NY Presents: “My MTV: Where Are They Now?” and takes a look at the work and creative legacies of those that helped create MTV’s world-renown visual identity. 6/10/10, 6:30–8:30PM at Tishman Auditorium

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From NPR music:Musicians have long used shock value to pump up interest in their music. Elvis Presley swung his hips, Ozzy Osbourne bit the head off a bat, Madonna sang about her nonexistent virginity and Marilyn Manson named himself after a convicted killer. But how much has shock value changed since the days when Osbourne supposedly bit the bat? And what would have happened if the Internet had

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This is a real shout out to Detroit. With all the mayhem, devastation, and death the media claims to be running the city right now, here is something that hollers back to the “olden days” of the city. This was a time when jobs were plentiful and Mayor Coleman Young was still alive to see the city being run with love. The city has its own local television and radio station, channel 62 and

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From over at theroot.com:Is America's 'Race Music' Past Hurting Janelle Monae? How a segregated music industry makes it almost impossible for genre-busting musical talent to succeed.By: Latoya Peterson Kitschy, socially conscious singer and songwriter Janelle Monae has all the tools for a successful debut music career--interesting and dynamic production, a melodic singing voice, an interesting

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While watching this performance by the legendary funkateers, the Ohio Players, take note of the pop-lockin' dancers who take it to the stage when the band breaks down the groove.And if you did not know, Midnight Special' was a dope live music performance show from the 70s.Enjoy!And for some more info on the Ohio Players you can cop a back issue of Wwaxpoetics magazine (or cop the issue, issue

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Below are some more pictures from the work, times and life of the late Malcolm McLaren. McLaren, who would go on to become noted for his work with Rap music and Hip-Hop culture with his work with The World Famous Supreme Team, first gained notoriety with the UK Punk Rock group The Sex Pistols in the late 1970s. The Pistols, being managed by McLaren, had its origins formed in the clothing store

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Love this picture... and the classic life affirming quality of the uptempo Afro-Funk music listed. Check out the beats on NPR's web site at the below link.Hit The Floor: A B-Boy/Girl Workout Mix Hear Five Tracks In The B-Boy Canon

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I stumbled upon this brother's work years ago at the Drawing Board/Def Jam while reading through an issue of Rap Pages or Blaze magazine- one of them joints. Loved his work so we reached out to him to do the album packaging for the 'THE VIOLATORS' [Violator records/Def Jam]. He did a great job on the illustrations for the package. The renderings of Fat Joe w/Big Pun were hilariously on point. And

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From Emek's web site on his work for Erykah Badu:In this day and age of high speed internet and robotic carrier pigeons what kind of musician would fly an artist halfway across the country just to discuss the ideas of the album cover in person? and then cook them a wonderful vegan meal and play charades with her kids? Erykah, thats

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In the past week UK Punk Rock impresario and early 1980s Rap/Hip-Hop taster Malcolm Mclaren passed on. In the days ahead we'll explore some of the musical moves, along with the acts he managed, Mclaren made- a few of his musical experiments were groundbreaking, some revolutionary.

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THE PRACTICE AND STUDY OF "NIGGEROLOGY"?Someone with maximum credibility in the arena of the American advertising industry (Mr. Tom Burrell, founder of Burrell Communications) has put the work in, done the knowledge, dropped the science and compiled the history of the brainwashing of North America's (US) Black folk (AKA Negros!).And what does this have to do with music and images created for them

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Nneka - WalkingUploaded by FourMusic. - Music videos, artist interviews, concerts and more.Below is all that I can make out from the lyrics of Nnemka's song "Walking"-- my new favorite banger, jam, joint, song.Yes. Black. Blackness. The Black side of me. C'mon. Listen up.... We belong together... We ain't givin' up.See my people on the road walking I'm not sure as myself where we're headed to...

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"They play it safe. Are quick to assassinate what they do not understand. They move in packs, ingesting more and more fear with every act of hate on one another. They feel most comfortable in groups, less guilt to swallow. They are us. This is what we have become. Afraid to respect the individual. A single person within a circumstance can move one to change, to love our self, to evolve."--

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MUSIC INDUSTRY PHOTOGRAPHERJIM MARSHALL 1936 - 2010From the music news page of the NPR web site:"I'm not sure that the art world appreciates music photography adequately, but they will become more and more appreciative," he says. "And as we get further and further away from the remarkable maelstrom of music that Jim Marshall walked through and photographed in the '60s and '70s, we will see

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A little info on the life of music photographer Joel Brodsky.Born and raised in Brooklyn, Joel Brodsky graduated from Syracuse University in 1961 where he took his first and only course in photography. After graduation he worked at a local camera store acquiring the cameras he used when he went into business. Following a brief stint in the Army he worked as an assistant for one of New York’s top

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Growing up was of my favorite reads was RollingStone magazine. if I recall correctly it used to hit the newsstand (should have just subscribed) with a new issue every other week sometimes. Outside of reading the articles about who was on a come-up in the world of music, I loved seeing the illustration work. Often found on the left-hand side of the RS table of contents page, the images of the

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As noted here before, The Classics is going down with another exhibit tonight in DC celebrating the art of the 12 inch vinyl album cover. having covered Rap and Soul music, this time the minds behind the event have set their attention on Rock music. See below for all of the details. if you're based in DC you should be sure to drop by.The Classics - An Album Cover Art Exploration - Series 3: ROCK*

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CONVERSATIONS "IN Stereo":KASEEM GREENEGRAPHIC DESIGNER/ILLUSTRATORFrom time to time we stumble upon designers/illustrators/artists whose creative work we dig. When we do we feel the need to share and let the people in on the secret. Out on the left coast in the upper region of Cali (the San Francisco Bay Area to be right and exact), the designer/illustrator Kaseem Greene creates images for the

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A pervious post here on the StereoTyped blog gave some exposure to some of the illustration work of Artist/illustrator/professor John Jennings, Associate Professor of Graphic Design, Chair of the Graphic Design program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Prof. Jennings who, dedicated to exploring and teaching students about the relationship between visual communications and music (

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Gift of Gab's "Escape to Mars" album packaging design and illustration by the Drunk Park Studio.

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"hip hop culture has taken things considered garbage, has rescued them and taken things that have been considered dispensable and made them indispensable"CRAIG L. WILKINSHip Hop Meets Architecture As a graduate student in Cultural Studies at the University of Minnesota, Craig Wilkins was struck by how people define space at hip hop raves. In the midst of dance, human presence defines

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Sade returns to us after a decade with the song "Soldier of Love". In her new music video, directed by longtime collaborator Sophie Muller, we believe we've witnessed a salute to the the militaristic stepping of Public Enemy's S1Ws. Dope!See for yourself.

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MC BLACK THOUGHT (THE ROOTS)THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.TALIB KWELIPUBLIC ENEMYRUN-DMCIllustrations by: John Jennings, Associate Professor of Graphic Design,Chair of the Graphic Design program University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignJennings frequently lectures on visual literacy, popular culture, and the visual communication found in Hip Hop culture.Learn more about John Jennings.

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The welcome return of DJ/producer/musician RJD2 lurks right around the corner with his soon to drop album "The Colossus". we thought we'd throw up some of our favorite RJD2 related designs/images in reflection, and in anticipation. And we love the "Since We Last Spoke" cover design-- a StereopTyped favorite.

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Onetime former Manhattan Borough President Percy E. Sutton along with his Inner City Broadcasting, after having purchased WBLS-FM in the 1970s, later acquired the Apollo theater in 1983, reviving the establishment as a live music performance venue. It reopened at full capacity in 1985 and was designated a federal, state, and city landmark. The Apollo had garnered a reputation for being one of "

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Percy Sutton, the legendary civil rights activist and lawyer (who served as the lawyer and friend to Malcolm X) passed away this past December (26th, 2009). He was 89. Sutton's list of accomplishments is lengthy. You've likely seen reports of some of his political and business achievements offered by the news media. But we suspected that the CNN's and the ABC's of the world might not exalt the

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ANDRÉ LEROY DAVISTHE STEREOTYPED BLOG Q&A DW: Share with me the story of your formative years-- your upbringing and background.ALD: I was born and raised in the streets of Brooklyn, New York. My mother and father are both from Barbados and I am the youngest of four. I spent the first ten years of my life in Crown Heights, Brooklyn and then at the age of ten my family moved to East Flatbush,

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Upon hearing the news, and being from the Baltimore, MD area, the notion of dedicating a post to Frank Zappa felt like the right thing to do. This past December 21, 2009 Baltimore's (former) Mayor, Sheila Dixon, declared that Zappa's birthday (Dec. 21) would be a "Frank Zappa Day" in honor of the late rock musician and Baltimore born native son. Zappa employed a unique approach to rock music

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NOTE: The above article originally ran in an issue of VIBE magazine (publication date is unknown).Chuck D photo: Jean Pierre

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A 'hood legend for his precise pen-and can control, HAZE made an indelible mark on hip hop history with lucid logos."I was on a mission to not do the predictable graffiti thing" In 1972, at the age of 11, Eric Haze started spraying his name all over New York City. Eleven years later, as a student at the School of Visual Arts, he gained advanced technical and conceptual skills and went on to

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THE ORIGINAL IMPROVISORMusic historian Stanley Crouch includes Moby-Dick in his lectures about jazz history at Juilliard, even though the novel was written over five decades before jazz developed. According to Crouch, Melville was an expert at improvisation."Moby-Dick is largely an improvisation in which you observe Herman Melville following his ear through the book. Moby-Dick is about as close

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I'm just sayin'. I mean, I came across this picture of Rick James with these two women while doing a Google search on another topic for this blog. It's a picture I've never seen before and I'm assuming it's from one of his albums. I'm not sure of which one. All I can really say about this wild-out and outrageous set up is what I said in the above Title of this post. Side note: It's

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Art Vs. Commerce re-upped with another one of their The Classics album cover exhibit events in DC a few weeks back. We posted a heads-up on this event last month. Below are some shots of what went down and what was on display. It's good to see that people are still interested in the art and design history of the album cover-- an art-form and visual communications medium under persistent threat as

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You can find a great lengthy article on the life and artwork of the the designer Tom Nikosey over at Art Vs. Commerce. It's in support of the organizations second The Classics album cover art celebration events thrown in Washington, DC. Earlier in the year the first event made its debut with the work being focused on consisting of classic rap covers. In support of that event AVs.C

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WHO WAS BERT WILLIAMS?For the most part, we like to keep it funky over here at the StereoTyped blog concerning the music and design works we like to drop on you. However, from time to time there are exceptions. The previous post on the new Taschen book release on music packaging design work of graphic designer Alex Stienweiss inspired this post. Seeing a pic of Stienweiss sitting at his desk with

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The man who launched the Golden Age of album cover design"I love music so much and I had such ambition that I was willing to go way beyond what the hell they paid me for. I wanted people to look at the artwork and hear the music." —Alex SteinweissAlex Steinweiss invented the album cover as we know it, and created a new graphic art form. In 1940, as Columbia Records’ young new art director, he

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For over a decade and a half Andre LeRoy Davis created the imaginative "THE LAST WORD" illustrated page in the back of THE SOURCE magazine. Often clever and funny (keeping in mind that many a truth is spoken in jest), Davis'work often said in a single illustration what the magazine would aim to articulate with more than a thousand words in its articles on the current Rap and Hip-Hop scene of the

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Digging the Smokin' Aces movie closing credits sequence created in Adobe After Effects-- we loved the titles even more because of the tight Rap jam, put forth by MC Common, as the main theme song for the film played over the animated images and typography. They were grafted by Voodoo Dog.View the sequence at Art of the Title.

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A vivid, fresh take on hip-hopArt aims to break stereotypes, show 'creative, intelligent aspect' By Karen Sullivanksullivan@charlotteobserver.comPosted: Sunday, Nov. 29, 2009 Ask UNC Charlotte grad Antoine Williams to describe the influence of hip-hop music in American culture, and the 29-year-old can show you his paintings. They're large, colorful and rife with political and social

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Loved LEGO as a child. Love 'em as an adult. Below, they step to the Rap album cover classics.

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A few weeks back I'd gotten the word that a RUN-DMC musical was being planned in partnership between the surviving members of the "Hollis Crew" (AKA RUN-DMC) and Tom Cruise film production partner Paula Wagner. You can read more about this below and via the provided link (to the NYTimes online story). Hearing this news got the wheels spinning about Rap and Hip-Hop's relationship with live theater

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Inspiring typographic design work! Love the miniature model design. This work and the Non-format design studio first came tour attention in a special edition of the UK's Computer Arts magazine dedicated to music design. Always inspiring the contents of CA. You can check for a link to the mag in our side bar. Peep the work of Non-format.DESIGN CREDITS:Album: Jean-Jacques Perrey & Luke Vibert

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I think it was a RollingStone magazine article in which it was mentioned that Kanye West was now referring to himself as a "designer" and not only as a Rapper and/or rap/hip-hop/pop music record producer. The idea that he was now considering himself a designer (fashion, interior, graphic, etc) struck me as a very interesting notion. And in thinking on it I've come to agree

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While scrubbing through Amazon, I stumbled upon (and remembered) this album by No Doubt- 2001's Rock Steady. I recall it being a favorite music package design of mine, along with the music video for the album's single "Hey baby". I was attracted to the prominent display of handmade typography, strong color (the red, black and white color scheme is always a strong one) and the creative

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Earlier in the year (2009) the U.K. based DAZED AND CONFUSED Magazine decided to commission film and music video director, photographer, special effects artist and electronic musician Chris Cunningham (of "Come To Daddy", "Window Licker" and "Rubber Johnny" fame) to shoot your girl-- super-duper diva, model and R&B Disco Funk recording artist Grace Jones. Cunningham, a groundbreaking film

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If you're in Washington, DC or inspired by the below to attempt to ravel to the city, make it happen. The people of Art Vs. Commerce are throwing another event (the first one focused on RAP albums cover design) in praise of the seemingly, rapidly becoming lost art of the (printed) music album cover design. This time they've set their art loving eyes on the SOUL music genre. Art vs Commerce

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With MTV not showing music videos as they once day waaaaaaayyyyyyy back in the day (they've committed more of their air time reality TV). And I know ya' got MTV 2, 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 through 50 attempting to hold it down and that's a part of the point. With so many channels and online outlets for video content there's an ocean of stuff out there to swim through (or drown in). So, if you're a member of

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First things first. The work of David Lynch has always creeped me out. And it's a creeping creep-out if you know what I mean. Sinister and unsettling, there's always some type of nostalgic Americana with an overdose of menacing dread. real yet unreal and surreal all at the same damn-assed time! I just had to state that opinion straight of the top from over here. Earlier this year your man

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DEEP COVER They just don’t make album jackets like they used to. In homage to this dying art form, AMY LINDEN digs up the stories behind 10 unforgettable covers. An armed KRS-One peering from his window; DMX’s blood-soaked torso; Juvenile’s visage floating in the blinged-out heavens; Mary’s flawed-yet ultimately flawless-profile: The covers of hip hop and R&B albums are often as striking

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OPINION EDITORIALS | COMMENTARY | LETTERS 21st March, 2009 FACING THE MUSICAlbum Cover Art Helped The Music Business- And Its Disappearance Is Now Hurting It BY MIKE ALLEYNE There’s a good reason why the cover of the Miles Davis album “Bitches Brew” can be seen in an Absolut Vodka ad: Album cover images speak volumes. In the digital age, though, as listener’s relationships with recorded

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The above typographical work is that of Si Scott. Looking at his work is always inspiring. Slammin'! If you're new to his work peep game.

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For myself, for many, and perhaps for most (old enough to have memories form), in terms of exposure to Rap music and its parent, Hip-Hop culture, all interaction with the music form starts with this one 12 inch single- "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar Hill Gang. This single is groundbreaking for several reasons. Of course, if you're reading/viewing this blog right now you know that it's one

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The above United States Postal Service stamp was issued about ten years ago this year. Thought that we'd share this one if you guys missed this little jammie the first time around. Don't know if they still make these though. And i wish I knew who the original illustration/painting is credited to."Spin on your back/spin on your knees/spin on your head and then freeze"--West Street MobPS: We

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According to Creative Review magazine, next year the Royal Mail will launch its stamp programme with a set of ten 1st class stamps designed by Studio Dempsey that celebrate classic British album covers - including Blur's Parklife (designed by Chris Thomson / Stylorouge. Photography: Bob Thomas), and New Order's Power, Corruption and Lies (designed by Peter Saville) - both shown above. Deciding

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Being in love with the Clinton/P-FUNK multiverse as I am, I'd planned on posting something on the work of Pedro Bell at some point soon actually. But then I received an email today from a friend containing a link to a recent article (see below) on the legendary artist Pedro Bell. And I'm saying what the fuck (no, not "funk", fuck)?!!!!'We really believed that if we did this, we'd be able to

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Jay-Z - Sucker Free - MTV ShowsThe illusion that's given off by the giant screen graphic of the Brooklyn bridge towering behind Jay-Z as he walks out on stage and seemingly across said bridge to perform "Empire State of Mind" with Alicia Keys had us open being that we love live what goes into the production of live concert performances (lighting, staging, dance, graphics, etc.). After seeing this

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When I first saw the above flyer/ad for Spike Lee's 51st Birthday celebration for Michael Jackson the first thought was try and make moves to be up in the place when it all went down. The second thought was something along the lines of thinking the design solution of placing text around "70's Michael's afro halo was something we'd wished we'd had the chance to do ourselves because we thought it

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MASTERS OF MERCH BEHIND THE LOGOS: IF THE CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN,DO THE SYMBOLS MAKE THE MERCHANDISE? For a band that never sold more than a million copies of a single album, the Ramones have a lot of very public fans. Beach goers roam the shore in Ramones flip-flops, babies get carried around in Ramones onesies, and college kids and yuppies alike can be found in the band’s ubiquitous black

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Very interesting. Amerie coming out the box with something painterly and colorful for her new album "In Love and War".

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Re-uppin' on taking a look at some classic magazine editorial and cover designs. We hit you with some for Rolling Stone mag a while back and wanted to glance at some from RS's nemesis that is SPIN magazine. Though I'd not seen a lot of covers by the mag that really made me stop, stare and or smile in a very long time, the covers above did. The Gnarls Barkley issue cover is funny and brilliant.

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To our surprise, Grace Jones, teamed up with now deceased and legendary artist Keith Haring back in the 80's to paint Jones' body in a manner in which only Haring famously can. We're not sure of the specific occasion for their working together, we're certain it is, of course, fashion related. But like Jones, the results are one of a kind and provocative. Discovering this Jones/Haring collabo

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Remaining on the Grace Jones tip for a few moments more, we discovered this interesting piece of info on the design of the cover for her album "Island Life" over at the UK's The Guardian online. From The Guardian:The arabesque that Grace Jones is executing in this 1978 photograph/artistic creation may be graceful, but it is also impossible. "What I'm interested is the illusion of reality," says

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Outside of being a model, Grace Jones brought the Funk (in more ways than one) with her music albums in the late 70's and early 80's. If anyone possessed and expressed a form of "unforgettable Blackness", well, that 'anyone" was Jones.

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Illustrator, Graphic Designer and Art Director, Art Sims“It’s hard to get loans so I saved my money and worked hard to get the company in place. I did things little by little to set up my office in Los Angeles. I used CBS studios until I wore out my welcome. I used their studios for my own projects, but it became a problem. I was eventually asked if I was going to stay with CBS, but I had already

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I am the stone that builder refusedI am the visualThe inspirationThat made lady sing the bluesI'm the spark that makes your idea brightThe same sparkthat lights the darkSo that you can know your left from your rightI am the ballot in your boxThe bullet in your gunThe inner glow that lets you knowTo call your brother sonThe story that just begunThe promise of what's to comeAnd I'm 'a remain a

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We thought last year's 'Slime and Reason' album by London rapper Roots Manuva had a pretty interesting visual interpretation of the title for the cover design. It was done by the design firm Oscar and Owen. We stumbled upon a "behind the scenes making of" post by a great album cover history web site called "Sleevage". Love getting a glimpse as to how this project was executed. And we gotta give

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In 2002 the legendary underground emcee Cage released his solo debut album "Movies For The Blind". The cover for the album, illustrated, looks to be a type of homage to the original movie poster design of the classic 1988 Sci-Fi and dark comedy film "They Live" by legendary horror film director John Carpenter. Listening to this album leaves no hint of the influence, if any, of the film on Cage's

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Inspired by a previous post about Badu's clever music video for her 2008 single "Honey", we were curious as to who illustrated said single and the "New Amerykah" album for which it was released. The culprit is one who's dubbed himself "the thinking man's poster artist". also known as EMEK. About his work, his bio states that "in Emek's posters, psychedelic '60s imagery collides with

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Herbie Hancock, Rockit, 1983Uploaded by harrison73. - See the latest featured music videos.In 1983 the medium of music video was still a baby with MTV debuting just two years earlier. "Rockit", who's video began airing on MTV during that summer, was a big instrumental hit on the streets in the U.S. for Herbie Hancock. The song joined in on what was becoming the ever expanding and wildly creative

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In a previous post we shined light on some of Kehinde Wiley's Rap artist portraits for VH1's Hip-Hop Honors show. These paintings, disturbed me with their scenes of young Black males as they lay dead with backdrops of flowers. There's something very dream like, perhaps nightmarish about the juxtaposition of visual elements and color. And being from Baltimore, seeing what's happening in the city

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Erykah Badu - HoneyUploaded by UniversalMusicGroup. - Explore more music videos.We thought we'd revisit the ode to album cover art that is Erykah Badu's music video for her 2008 single Honey. And one year later the track is still slammin' (thanks for blessing us Producer 9th Wonder). The flick follows a slender young Sistah as she strolls through a record shop looking through the racks and stacks

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ICE-TBIG DADDY KANENOTORIOUS B.I.G.LL COOL JSALT-N-PEPAKeepin' it regal. Painter Kehinde Wiley has rendered some of Rap's royalty in the placewhere they belong- among royal backdrops baby. And that's how many of us who've experienced these emcees on the first generation tip always saw them. Grand Royal! The above portraits were featured as key artwork within VH1's Hip-Hop Honors ad campaign and

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The artist SO-ME illustrated the cover and spreads for the current COMPLEX magazine cover feature on R&B singer Kari Hilson. Good to see the use of illustration and handmade, imperfect design being put to great use here. In a way this type of direction is not new in the sense that there's been a move back toward the tactile, tangible, handmade and non-computer aided design approach for a few

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Speed is what you need/if finesse is what you want to posses/Flash! The answer to the ladies request.What can you say about the true grandmaster? The creator of the quick mix theory and took the role of the DJ to the next level with his abilities.

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Last Christmas while at a family members house for the holiday we were playing Rock Band. Being a hardcore Rap and Hip-Hop fan I thought to myself if someone would attempt to do DJ version of the popular music games, both Rock Band and Guitar Hero. Well, we've gotten the answer. Activision has designed DJ HERO. And from what we understand it features legendary DJ's like Grandmaster Flash, Jazzy

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We came across these two slammin' illustration and painted portraits of the legendary Godfather of Soul. The above painting served as the cover of a double LP set entitled "Self portrait" (Polydor records). And this great illustration is apparently a promotional poster for a past concert. For which year this was created for and by whom we do not know. I wish we did though. for I suspect that the

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With the death... and subsequent resurrection of VIBE magazine, the collapse of STEP Inside Design magazine, rumors and rumors of rumors regarding the sale of EBONY/JET, and many other magazines dissolving due to the current state of our economy and the steamrolling over of the periodical printed medium by digital media (like blogs for an example), we thought we'd take a look at what we feel have

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And just in time for Halloween... Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls and people of all colors and ages, KISS! Now, we don't know what it was and/or is about these cats (well, we have some hunches) but Kiss were on some other @$IT back in the years! Regardless of detractors and critics, the crew, coming out of Queens, NY (yes, the very same home of the legendary "KINGS OF ROCK", RUN DMC),

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Photographer Joe Conzo, while a student who was in love with pictures and the making of them in the 1970's happened to go to high school with a few members of now legendary and mythical rap group, Cold Crush Brothers. Invited by them to hang at one of their parties, and his thinking that he might make a few dead presidents taking pictures there, he began to document the birth of rap music and

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Some how this little jammie got passed us. But, while research the RZA a taste for a previous post, we stumbled upon this inspired piece of product design- a Sony Playstation video game console designed as replica of the by then famous Wu-Tang Clan winged bird W symbol logo created as an accompaniment for PS's release of the group's "Wu-Tang: Shaolin Style" video game.

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If you've not heard of James Simon, well, today is the day. Now you have. Simon, a graduate of New York's renowned High School of Art and Design and the prestigious School of Visual Arts, would later be dubbed "the Black Walt Disney" by observers of his artistic talents, pioneering efforts within the arts and his groundbreaking body of work. He and his company, Wantu Animation (Wantu is Swahili

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It's looking like it's shaping up to be the week of the RZA (which is all good over here). Posting here earlier on his recent enlightening book release and intriguing subsequent interviews in support of the project, has sparked inspiration for this and one or two more posts (to come). And when one thinks about it, given all of the dope work the he and Wu have put down for many years and the

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A few years on and we just still love the cover photo for Ms. Key's album "AS I AM". Though the original cover has the title's type set horizontally across the top. This album stays in the player- on the laptop and has been since its release (like, it's playing right now). So due to some late night inspiration, behold, the post.

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Kayne West, along with photographer Nabil Elderkin, has a new coffee table book out filled with images from his recent "Glow In The Dark" tour. Kayne has taken to referring to himself as not only a rapper but also a designer. We find this thinking on his part to be interesting and we'll explore this idea he has of himself as designer in a later post or two... or three. Though the haters hate on

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Droppin' science on the way of the WU, the RZA, the Razor, the Abbot, the RZArrector, in his newly released book The Tao of WU, expounds upon the journey he's taken through life and his amalgamated belief system. As the RZA makes the rounds promoting 'Tao', he's made a few interesting appearances and one of which we're putting you down with here- his appearance on the NPR related show On Point

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Above is Barry Gordy's famous house of hits in the city of Detroit, Michigan. And as most know today, this is where Mr. Gordy, Smokey Robinson, the Funk Brothers and many other stars to be worked and recorded what Gordy dubbed "theSound of Young America." In acknowledgment, respect and love of the "Motown sound" and the company's 50th year anniversary, look for more posts covering their album

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...IF YOU DIDN'T YA' WOULDN'T BE IN HERE.""Know we need it, soul powerWe got to have it, soul powerKnow we want it, soul powerGot to have it, soul powerGive it to me, soul powerWe need it, soul power, we need it, soul powerWe got to have it, soul power...""You need some soul, come on get some"And no credit is needed for the above song lyrics... if you're reading this post, you should already know

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