Scarface Album Cover

[Marketta Filipovich]

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Most of the original posters in this digital collection were created to promote recordings by Houston hip hop artists, including such well-known figures as Bun B, DJ Screw, Paul Wall, and Scarface. The collection is also rich in the posters of artists from two underground rap collectives, the Screwed Up Click and the South Park Coalition.

The posters range in style from glossy and commercial to low budget and underground. They include images from the world-renowned Houston design firm Pen & Pixel Graphics, Inc., which pioneered the "bling" aesthetic in the nineties, particularly with their album covers for rap star Master P. The collection also includes posters by independent Houston designer Mike Frost of SLFEMP.

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