Research: Song choice shortlist

I have drawn up a shortlist of songs which I may use for my music video. These songs are:

Kanye West - New Slaves
Kanye West - Black Skinhead
Jay-Z and Kanye West - Otis
Jay-Z and Kanye West - No Church in the Wild

I have chose these songs on my shortlist as I am familiar with them and they all fit into the genre which I have chosen.

Research: Analysis of Poster - Recovery

This poster is similar to the album artwork, which also shows us it follows typical conventions of rap posters. It shows the album artwork and also what date the album is to be released. It gives the same message as the artwork as they are the same picture. The colours on this poster show rap conventions but with Eminem's own spin on things showing him walking away.

Research: Analysis of Album Artwork - Recovery

Eminem - Recovery

 

This album artworks links to the title of the album, 'recovery'. It shows how Eminem has recovered from what had happened to him in past life and he can now walk away from everything which has affected him. It follows the conventions of rap albums as the artwork links to the title.

 

 



Research: Analysis of Poster - Watch the Throne

This poster follows the typical conventions of a rap poster, it shows who is playing and where, and it also shows the album which the artists will be performing. You can also see what you can expect Kanye and JayZ to look like as there is a picture from one of their gigs. This poster uses rap/hip-hop colour conventions using the dark background and highlighting the artists and easy to read text.

Research: Analysis of Album Artwork - Watch the Throne

 JayZ & Kanye West - Watch the Throne

This is the album cover for JayZ and Kanye West's album Watch the Throne. From the artwork we can see that the gold patterns are what we would see on a throne of a King or Queen.As JayZ and Kanye are believers of the Illuminati there is signs all over the cover of things such as the pentagram and the triangles which represent the Illuminati. This album artwork does not follow the conventions of a typical rap album.

 



Research: Analysis of Poster - Yeezus

The poster which Lanye West used for his US tour shows how he has mixed his nickname 'Yeezy' and the name of the Christian leader 'Jesus' to make 'Yeezus'. We can see this as it looks as though Kanye is being elevated by a ray of light leading him to God, which also matches the name of the album as Jesus was taken after he resurected and Kanye has took that idea and made it his own. The colours on this poster show the hip-hop/rap conventions using the dark colours with a bright main image.

Research: Analysis of Album Artwork - Yeezus

Kanye West - Yeezus

Kanye described his album cover as an “open casket funeral to the death of the CD.” It represented the changes in the music industry since the beginning of the Internet Age. The cover also fits with the rest of the album’s minimalist aesthetic. This album artwork does not follow the typical conventions of a rap albums album artwork.