Behind the Covers

queensbridge

1 cover story in our archive

Behind the Covers' archive includes 1 album cover documented under the "queensbridge" design theme, all from the 1990s. The cover sits within the hip-hop tradition and features work by Nas. 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.

Illmatic by Nas — album cover art

Illmatic by Nas (1994)

A childhood photograph of seven-year-old Nas superimposed via double exposure over a nighttime shot of the Queensbridge Houses — the ghostly overlay captures the collision between childhood innocence and adult reality that defines the album.

Label
Columbia
Designer
Aimee Macauley
Photographer
Danny Clinch
Genre
Hip-Hop
Decade
1990s
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