Hip hop magazine analysis

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Barcode- this is used so magazine retailers know who bought the magazine

The main image has two people who are heavily involved with the hip hop genre DR DRE and his prodigy Kendrick Lamar in the this photo we see both people centrally framed while Kendrick Lamar is sitting down while DR DRE is standing up behind him which gives off a sense that he is looking over Kendrick Lamar which brings in the hip hop genre where many artists of today are prodigies and they have mentors looking over them also there are signifiers in this picture which are associated with this genre such as jewellery.

Headline – its black and bold which tells the audience that this is the content that’s going to be in the magazine the audience can tell the headline is associated with the hip-hop genre as it has a hip-hop artist a Dr DRE bringing Kendrick Lamar to the scene after snoop dogg and Eminem who are hip hop heavyweights as its headline which shows it’s an hip-Hop music magazine.

The overall colour scheme consists of three colours red white and black these colours signify the hip-hop genre as those colours associate with the hip hop genre

The masthead - bold and white which shows its importance. The audience can tell this is a masthead as it has the biggest font size then the rest of the text on the front cover. It is based on the left corner on the front cover.

Cover line- they all relate on hip hop and the cover lines are based on the contents in the magazines.

The masthead - bold and white which shows its importance. The audience can tell this is a masthead as it has the biggest font size then the rest of the text on the front cover. The audience can tell this is a hip-hop magazine as it has signifiers of an microphone which people associate with battle rap, free styling and beat boxing which shows the audience this is an hip hop magazine

Headline – its white and bold which tells the audience that this is the content that’s going to be in the magazine the audience can tell the headline is associated with the hip-hop genre as it has a hip-hop artist GAME as its headline which shows it’s an hip-Hop music magazine.

The overall colour scheme consists of three colours red white and black these colours signify the hip-hop genre as those colours associate with the hip hop genre

The main image is of an hip hop artist game looking at the camera we know this is the main image as he is centrally framed which shows the audience he is the main person to look at. The main image has signifiers which are associated with the hip hop genre for example the snapback and the shirt plus tattoos all originated in LA where gangsta hip hop had come from and where the game is from which overall tells the audience this is an hip hop magazine.

Banner – the background of the banner is black whereas the writing is white we know that this is an banner as it is on the top with a message to readers the banner tells the audience that this is an hip hop magazine as it has the word hip hop on the banner

Splash- says black history month as the hip hop genre is mainly associated with black people.

Website – the magazine has its own website so readers can connect with the magazine.

Cover line- they all relate on hip hop artists or people associated with hip hop this shows the audience this is an hip hop magazine as the cover lines are associated with people predominantly black men who are with the genre.

Barcode- this is used so magazine retailers know who bought the magazine