Hip-Hop
44 cover stories
Hip-hop cover art evolved from street photography and graffiti-influenced graphics to some of the most culturally significant imagery in contemporary visual culture. From the Queensbridge projects on Illmatic to Kendrick Lamar's White House tableau.
Un Verano Sin Ti
Bad Bunny · 2022
Melt My Eyez See Your Future
Denzel Curry · 2022
MONTERO
Lil Nas X · 2021
IGOR
Tyler, the Creator · 2019
DAMN.
Kendrick Lamar · 2017
Flower Boy
Tyler, The Creator · 2017
Atrocity Exhibition
Danny Brown · 2016
The Life of Pablo
Kanye West · 2016
Coloring Book
Chance the Rapper · 2016
To Pimp a Butterfly
Kendrick Lamar · 2015
Run the Jewels 2
Run the Jewels · 2014
Yeezus
Kanye West · 2013
The Money Store
Death Grips · 2012
good kid, m.A.A.d city
Kendrick Lamar · 2012
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Kanye West · 2010
Graduation
Kanye West · 2007
Late Registration
Kanye West · 2005
The College Dropout
Kanye West · 2004
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
OutKast · 2003
The Black Album
Jay-Z · 2003
The Blueprint
Jay-Z · 2001
Stankonia
OutKast · 2000
The Marshall Mathers LP
Eminem · 2000
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Lauryn Hill · 1998
Aquemini
OutKast · 1998
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliott · 1997
Baduizm
Erykah Badu · 1997
The Score
Fugees · 1996
ATLiens
OutKast · 1996
Reasonable Doubt
Jay-Z · 1996
Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...
Raekwon · 1995
Illmatic
Nas · 1994
Ready to Die
The Notorious B.I.G. · 1994
Midnight Marauders
A Tribe Called Quest · 1993
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Wu-Tang Clan · 1993
The Chronic
Dr. Dre · 1992
Rage Against the Machine
Rage Against the Machine · 1992
The Low End Theory
A Tribe Called Quest · 1991
Mama Said Knock You Out
LL Cool J · 1990
3 Feet High and Rising
De La Soul · 1989
Straight Outta Compton
N.W.A · 1988
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back
Public Enemy · 1988
Paid in Full
Eric B. & Rakim · 1987
Licensed to Ill
Beastie Boys · 1986