Kanye west album graduation was released September 2001. most of kanye west album covers are mainly animation. the artwork was designed by takaishi murakami. the artwork shows and range of bright colours which would grap a buyers attention. on most of the albums that kanye produces he uses a brown bear which he calls the "dropout bear" which is a bear who has to overcome many obstacles to reach his graduations, so kanye west albums represent a story. By using animation it creates a interesting look to the cover making it stand out and also making the album itself look more interesting and exciting. The connotation of the album cover is fun and exciting suggesting that the album is fun to listen to.
50 cent album was released on September 11 in 2007, the album features productions from Dr.dre, Timberland and Eminem, music critics have said that 50 cent album is a mixture of hard and soft songs. He sold 691,000 copies in the USA in just the first week of its release.
On most of 50 cent album covers he usually has himself on the front which show that he wants he face to be the main aim of selling and by having himself on the cover of the album people well recognizes that its him. the emotion on his face is a serous and looking directly at forward which shows that he's tough and that his album reflects all his emotion that he's felt while making this album. the connotation of the album cover, one of the album cover has a red background which symbolise being sexy and dangerous and the position that he is in which is a medium long shot which surggest that he wants to come across as being someone with power.
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