The record’s title and cover continued the Biblical theme of It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot. DMX – Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My BloodĭMX’s second album dropped less than a year after his debut. Memorable, unique and absolutely one of the best rap album covers of all time. The album’s cover is an artistic rendition of the rapper’s face interwoven with the moon. Now over a decade later the record is regarded as a new-school classic. There were high hopes for the debut album from Kanye West protege Kid Cudi before it dropped in September, 2009. Kid Cudi – Man on the Moon: The End of Day Sign up to our newsletter for the dopest content exclusive for hip hop heads. There have been times when I’ve stumbled across an artist I’ve never heard of before and I’ve listened to their album off the strength of their artwork – a recent example would be Daniel Son’s album, Son Tzu & The Wav.God.įrom GZA’s comic book renders on Liquid Swords to the fantasyland of Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde to the hugely influential Illmatic artwork, here are the 50 best rap album covers of all time. You know that saying – “don’t judge a book by its cover” – well I totally judge a hip hop album by its cover. Still, that doesn’t mean the rap album cover is from a bygone era. What’s the value of an album cover in the streaming era? It’s not like back in the day when vinyl records featured the space large enough to accommodate thoughtful artwork – nowadays, you’re most likely staring at the cover on a mobile device.

Me against the world album cover