It’s one of the most iconic album covers in hip-hop history - a young Nas faded into the Queensbridge skyline. But how did ...

Bas is the latest hip-hop artist to offer up a true testament to the definition of “genre-disregarding” album. The Dreamville ...

Ever since Spotify launched Canvas, which displays a looping video instead of album art in the Now Playing screen, album art ...

After a surly split from Compton rap group N.W.A and Ruthless Records, Dr. Dre released his solo debut The Chronic on Dec. 15, 1992. In sheer numbers alone, the album was a phenomenon: winning one ...

Below, read an excerpt of our conversation about the story behind every Perfume Genius album cover, which spawns discussions about paper towels, bodily fluids, choreography, and more. There’s a ...

The album cover of Deafheaven’s second album, 2013’s Sunbather, accrued a weighty, polarizing significance that its creators never anticipated it would bear. It garnered derision from metal ...

Slashing guitars of Duane Allman and Dickey Betts–tellingly positioned at the former’s right shoulder in cover photos from and back–lead ... there is hardly a more efficient debut album in the annals ...

The album cover has been a cultural obsession as long as albums have. Ever since 12-inch vinyl records took off in the 1950s, packaged in cardboard sleeves, musicians have been fascinated by the ...

For years, claims have spread online that British rock band The Beatles' 1966 album "Yesterday & Today" featured dismembered baby dolls and cuts of raw meat on its cover. We previously fact ...

the superstar singer-songwriter shocked fans by announcing she’s got a brand-new album on the way — “The Tortured Poets Department,” out April 19 — and sharing the sultry cover art on ...

Released in 1971, the iconic album features mega-hits like “Stairway to Heaven.” But it’s also famous for its curious cover, which doesn’t include text identifying the band name or the ...

Back in 2020, Dr. Dre’s “The Chronic” was archived in the Library of Congress, as previously reported by AFROTECH. The Library of Congress selected the mogul’s 1992 debut studio album as ...