Five Digipack Analysis

The general style of the image depicted in the albums artwork is rather unconventional for a Hip Hop album. Although the artist, Dr. Dre, has centered the attention to himself, amplifying his star image, the way he has done it is very unconventional. He has set himself in a very posh, wealthy mirror, or framework you would see in an old mansion, or possibly a wealthy home many years ago. The style of the imagery strongly contrasts the content of the album. The image displayed of the artist himself, within the frame of the artwork, has many possible connotational meanings. For example, in the image, there is darkness to one side, and light on the other. The streaks of light on his face suggest he is behind something, emphasizing the idea he has not been fully discovered yet. In setting this image, he presents to his audience that the music within the album could relate to his more underground music style, from before he became the star. The white color surrounding the frame Dr. Dre is being presented in contrasts the themes of the album. In the album, are a number of very dark and swear heavy songs. The color white often connotates innocence, and purity, and it completely contrasts the content of the album.

Juxtaposition - values of higher class imagery, stereotype, what would be expected of a typical hip hop albumSimilarly to the artwork on the cover, the font of the album title and artist name are rather unconventional to the genre. He has written the title and artist name in a very royal font, amplifying his importance, emphasizing how he has become royalty in the rap world.The gold embroidery around the frame Dr. Dre is presented in amplifies the importance of the photo. In other words, it amplifies Dr. Dres personal star image, presenting him as royalty.Another feature in the album artwork presenting a non conventional setting to the music is the lack of bling on Dr. Dre. In a conventional Hip Hop cover there would ordinarily be the artist centered, with gold jewelry amplifying their importance.

This digipack cover for this is for the white in your eyes by choir of young believers is a very conventional indie digipack cover. The cover is presented to the audience as more of a piece of art than promotion, indicating to the audience what to expect from the artists and the music within the album. You can see how the title of the album and the artists title is left uncapitalized and in rather small font. In doing so, the artists are possibly portraying how they dont want to be the center of attention, but they want their art, the music within the album, to be the focus. The color scheme and artwork have absolutely no correlation to the artists, and becomes the focus itself. In using a piece of artwork for their digipack cover the artists emphasize how they feel about their music, that they dont want the focus on them but on the music that theyre creating.