Behind the Covers

propaganda

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "propaganda" design theme, all from the 1980s. The cover sits within the hip-hop tradition and features work by Public Enemy. Each entry below includes the cover artwork, the designers and photographers behind it, and a short story about the visual choices that defined the release.

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy — album cover art

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy (1988)

Public Enemy's radical collage cover packed surveillance imagery, crosshairs, and militant graphics into a visual manifesto that perfectly captured hip-hop's revolutionary spirit. Designer B.E. Johnson created a chaotic information overload that mirrored the group's dense sonic assault.

Label
Def Jam Recordings
Designer
B
Genre
Hip-Hop
Decade
1980s
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