Comic artwork on hip-hop records
mattmatical
making some suggestions on story development, etc.
while he does most of the work including the drawing.
Getting into this kind of thing made me realize how many
hip-hop records have covers (and sometimes entire artwork
concepts) that are influenced by comics.
I'm surprised how many different styles are drawn from.
Some of them are influenced by the more cartoonish
characters that graffiti has developped, while others look
like they could have been torn straight out of a comic book.
Of course, sometimes the lines between more traditional comic
styles, 'legitimate' art, mural paintings, computer graphics etc.
are blurred. However, I think a lot of drawn rap record covers
can be subsumed under the comic genre.
Here are some of the records I'm talking about:
"Movies for the Blind" - Cage
"Monsters in the Closet" - Swollen Members
"The Future Is Now" - Non-Phixion
"People's Instinctive Travels..." - A Tribe Called Quest
"The Low End Theory" - A Tribe Called Quest
"Beats, Rhymes & Life" - A Tribe Called Quest
"T.I.M.E." - Leaders of the New School
"Journey to Anywhere" - Ugly Duckling
"The Album V2.0" - Violator
"Straight Out the Jungle" - Jungle Brothers
"Done By the Forces of Nature" - Jungle Brothers
"Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age" - Public Enemy
"Lune Tunz" - Raw Breed
"Civilization Vs. Technology" - H.E.A.L.
"East Side Story" - Kid Frost
"Lord Willin'" - Clipse
"Body of the Life Force" - Afu-Ra
"Rawkus Presents Soundbombing II"
"Will Rap For Food" - Cunninlinguists
"Blacks' Magic" - Salt-N-Pepa
"Short Dog's in the House" - Too $hort
"Soundpieces: Da Antidote!" - Lootpack
"Doc's da Name 2000" - Redman
"Stress (The Extinction Agenda)" - Organized Konfusion
"Train of Thought" - Reflection Eternal
"ATLiens" - OutKast
"Aquemini" - OutKast
"The Diary" - Scarface
"Funcrusher Plus" - Company Flow
"Liquid Swords" - GZA
"A Bizarre Ride II" - The Pharcyde
"Business As Usual" - EPMD
"The Cold Vein" - Cannibal Ox
"My Life, Your Entertainment" - PA
"Eastern Conference All Stars III"
"Sittin' On Chrome" - Masta Ace Inc.
"RZA as Bobby Digital"
"Personal Journals" - Sage Francis
"A Prince Among Thieves" - Prince Paul Presents
"Universal" - K-otix
"Danger Zone" - Tuff Crew
"Chubb Rock featuring Hitman Howie Tee"
"Tunnel Vision" - Tunnel Rats
"From tha Roota to tha Toota" - Field Mob
"Ghetto Stories" - Swizz Beatz Presents
"BB Queen" - Bahamadia
"Soul Food" - Def Jef
"Black Bastards" - KMD
"Operation: Doomsday" - MF Doom
"Labor Days" - Aesop Rock
"The Body-Hat Syndrome" - Digital Underground
"Doggy Style" - Snoop Doggy Dogg
There are just some of the albums featuring comic-
influenced artwork, and there must be even more
in the singles department.
In Europe, the influence is also apparent, the most
convincing covers gracing the following albums:
"KLR" - Saďan Supa Crew (France)
"Lektionen in Demut" - Reflektor Falke (Germany)
"On the Rise" - Aphrodelics (Austria)
"Chromatic" - Sens Unik (Switzerland)
"Leben" - Azad (Germany)
"Das Dritte Auge" - Die Firma (Germany)
"La Morte Dei Miracoli" - Frankie Hi-NRG MC (Italy)
"Supernatural" - Stereo MC's (England)
Matt
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tryin' to buy time" (Jay-Z)
tim schnetgoeke
"mattmatical" <dont...@try.it> wrote:
> I think a lot of drawn rap record covers
> can be subsumed under the comic genre.
don't forget schoolly d's b boy comics ;-)
the drawings make me smile each and every time.
tim
Example
and rza's bobby digi was a take off on another album too...
Example
"mattmatical" <dont...@try.it> wrote in message
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> "KLR" - Saļan Supa Crew (France)
Aztec
MistaRyte
MistaRyte
BSE
Bill Scienkiewicz (EPMD - Business as usual, RZA - Bobby Digital)
Kyle Baker (KRS One - Break the chain)
BSE
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wrig...@monroe.army.mil (MistaRyte) wrote:
> Lyricist Lounge compilations...
how? Those are photoshop traces.
Tim Nigrin
Bumpy Knuckles - Industry Shakedown
Kutmasta Kurt - Masters Of Illusion
Rakim - 18th Letter got some on it, too
Tim
BSE
<Tim...@s.netic.de> wrote:
> Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
That's not comic artwork it's a redo of the decidedly film-poster-esque
cover of "I want you" by Marvin Gaye.
MistaRyte
> In article <7f9231bb.03021...@posting.google.com>,
> wrig...@monroe.army.mil (MistaRyte) wrote:
>
> > Lyricist Lounge compilations...
>
> how? Those are photoshop traces.
>
> BSE
Damn... never mind. Glazed over the "Comic book" refernece, and just
threw out anything cartooney.
MistaRyte
Mr Bounce
wouldnt have said it was comnic book style though. more graffish.
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Tim Nigrin
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> In article <b2uekm$2lar$1...@fluffy.foo.fh-furtwangen.de>, Tim Nigrin
> <Tim...@s.netic.de> wrote:
>
>> Camp Lo - Uptown Saturday Night
>
> That's not comic artwork it's a redo of the decidedly film-poster-esque
> cover of "I want you" by Marvin Gaye.
>
> BSE
>
oh alright then, thx.
Tim