From the category archives:
The album cover for Wale’s upcoming debut album has been floating around the Net this evening. I love a good cover. This one is actually pretty dope… has me anticipating the album a little more. See it in full after the cut. What do you think? And how important is an album cover to you?
Somone sent me this pic that they found in a train station in Dortmund, Germany. Proof that we are definitely global! Guess I should make it out to Germany one day…
Imagine the Wu’s greatest work had it been part of the Blue Note catalog… that’s exactly what was designer Logan Walters‘ inspiration as he reimagined his Wu-Tang Clan catelog. His project is to redesign all 21 off Wu’s covers. Part one has him seven down. Head over to check them out in hi-res and if you’re daring enough, replace the original covers in your collection with these vintage ones!
I love looking at art just as much as I love hip hop. Props to J. Rizzle for turn me onto this artist by the name of Steven Lopez. The above video is the latest of him painting Erykah Badu, but if you check out his Vimeo site, he has some of Sade, Chaka Khan, Aretha Franklin, and more. Check it out!
This right here is just dope.as.fuck. Who here doesn’t like Madvillain? Album Cover ReVISIONS is a spontaneous, ongoing digital art project originally conceived by acclaimed painter/illustrator/designer Joe Buck, along with Redefinition Records. Imagined as a way to pay tribute to, and expand upon a noteworthy theme or piece of art, the Album Cover ReVISION series allows the incredibly talented Buck to revise and present his vision of a particular album or single’s cover image as he sees fit.
For the Madvillain ReVISION, Damu The Fudgemunk helped out with a little tribute of his own to Madvillainy. I wonder if Damu had my Madvillain sample set loaded in his MPC? Check the video and download after the cut and check here for the full details.
Canadian Interviewer, Nardwuar, was interviewing some guy named Jay-Z when a piece of art caught my attention. Nardwuar brought out a poster, an amazing poster seen above, and Jay-Z was in awe. This poster featured a head shot of every MC you could think of (including some soul pioneers and important figures) and even had a little tidbit about each artist on the backside. To date, it has blown the socks off of guys like Kangol Kid, NYOIL, Dana Dane, and your boy, Deez. In fact, it impressed me so much that I had to seek out the creator, Kagan McLeod, who in my luck, lives in Toronto. KevinNottingham.com is about so much more than the music. Sure, the music is up close and primary, but, it is artwork like Kagan’s that makes the culture so special and gives it a purpose. We felt that it was important to cover a piece of art that Hip Hop fans reading the interview could appreciate and undoubtedly will want to buy. I got a chance to kick it with Kagan at Toronto’s Hip Hop Karaoke and watch him do his best Jaz-O impression on stage before we kicked into interview mode. There was plenty to talk about ranging from his controversial encounter with Eric B, kicking it on stage with Masta Ace, missing some of the old and new, the story behind the piece, and, because it’s what we do, sampling.
My man Cinque hit me up with some original artwork he did of Kanye West. Very tight work! Check em out…
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