okay, so my homegirl PeanutButterCookiez did this fly album cover for Rain All Day (click the pic to enlarge) by this hip hop crew called The Nope
. the artwork was tight enough that i decided to listen to the song (which she had on her profile). so, after about 4 bars of finely tuned lyricism, i went to the group's profile for more, and before long i was on my blog, pasting together this post. so what's my point? listen to the snippets and if you are impressed like i was, go to The Nope's mySpace and listen to the songs for free (or buy 'em at amazon.com), and remind them that it all happened because they had DOPE artwork!-ghettoManga.com
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TELL'EM AGAIN !!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI can't even begin to mention how many times I checked out a book, film or music because the cover artwork is tight.
ReplyDeleteHowever when it comes to comics, its a different story. Often times, the cover trumps the inside artwork and then other times (as in 100 Bullets) you get a dope cover and killer inside artwork.
(you know it, goldi!)
ReplyDeleteScratch- you actually touched on a pet peeve of mine since grade school. i think the interior and cover art should (at least) have a cooperative relationship. if the covers make the interiors look bad, you should probably just let the interior artist do his own covers. sometimes, a lushly illustrated cover makes great interior art look bad when it really isn't.
i'm a fan of comicbook artists drawing their own covers, but if not, at least try to be complementary.
Agreed all around. 100 Bullets makes sense because it has a dedicated cover artist who works well with the dedicated interior artist.
ReplyDeleteMore importantly...
your girl did a WONDERFUL cover. That's beautiful.
I reposted on my blog! Good work Samax :) Also peep my post about Drake's album cover. I think you'll dig it.
ReplyDelete<3 Kristi aka guerillamilk