The artists head covers the B in the title of the magazine. This suggests that ‘Vibe’ magazine is a well known reputable magazine.

The use of red throughout the texts in

this magazine represents danger, but also contrasts with the

background.

The font is very bold and wide, it gives the

magazine an original and authentic look.

The background is a picture of bathroom tiles. This looks similar to those of a prison, this makes the artist seem like a hardened character. Which works further well with the facial expression and tattoos. The layout forces the artist to

be the centre of attention, which seems like a casual approach for any magazine about music.

Suttle advertisement

The use of topless males will increase the buying factor for mostly the female target market.

‘original’ font, looks like an American magazine just by the font. Reflects the music genre of hip hop.

The language makes the magazine look in with the times, such as ‘4 ways to rock a suit’ and ‘The hardest.’ This language suits the hip hop genre. The font seems very basic and readable.

The background colour of this magazine is black, this makes the artists tattoos, jewellery and t-shirt design stand out.

The font featured in this magazine is distorted, although it is still

readable because of the black background.

Layout: Everything fits perfectly so that there is hardly any free space, it doesn’t look crammed with writing yet this magazine has still managed to create a neat front cover.

The slogan uses alliteration, therefore making the magazine easier to remember.

The XXL logo stands out the most out of every thing else on the front cover, suggesting that this magazine is well known. The logo itself has vintage features, such as the plain red and white. The use of curves in the text further reflects the culture of hip hop.

Barcode to make the magazine purchasable.

The artist is covered in jewellery and tattoos. This is the standard look for hip hop artists. This image shows that this look is stereotypical for artists.

The word ‘exclusive’ makes hip hop fans feel like they have to buy

the magazine.

Lists of artists featured in the magazine tells the audience the content of the magazine.

Red used occasionally throughout the front cover, connotations of red are danger. Which is coincidently the look the artists in this genre go for.

This magazine is more packed with writing and different pictures, they have managed to gain a different look to the previous front covers I have

analysed. This front cover looks similar to a tv guide magazine.

The use of a star which features in every ‘Hip hop

weekly’ magazine suggests that everyone

that is in the magazine is famous. This is further enhanced by the heavy

use of yellow on this front cover.

The font looks very original and vintage. This reflects the music culture

of Hip Hop which originates from the

1970s.

The use of the page being turned will make audience feel as if they

want to find out the content of the magazine. The star feature in this is

Beyonce, the tagline about the artist might

influence her fans to buy a hip hop magazine as

Beyonce doesn’t focus on the hip hop genre.

This magazine uses exclamation marks to

make the article featured seem more exciting. Hip hop weekly focuses on the magazine to look as exciting as possible from

the front cover.

Again, this magazine has made an effort to look exciting. Using vibrant

colours such as red behind a lot of artists

names teases the viewer to buy.

The hip hop artists generally pull serious faces, this is to increase the ‘hard’ image.