Here is the cover art for my mix of The 20 Greatest Hip-Hop Albums Of All-Time. My post on April 19th contains the liner notes for this mix.
It¡¯s important to note that this artwork was created for a friends-and-family mix only and is NOT for sale in any form. I¡¯m not profiting off of this art in any way and it is completely a labor of love. Please see below for my notes about the making of this image.
Here¡¯s the front cover:
Who¡¯s Who (& What¡¯s What) on the cover:
1 – James Brown
2 – Jack Johnson
3 – Booker T. Washington
4 – Richard Pryor
5 – Julius Erving (aka Dr. J)
6 – Bruce Lee
7 – Gil Scott Heron
8 – Miles Davis
9 – Langston Hughes
10 – George Clinton
11 – Malcolm X
12 – Martin Luther King, Jr. (painted over by gangsta rappers)
13 – Al Pacino (as Tony Montana)
14 – Robert Beck (aka Iceberg Slim)
15 – Eldridge Cleaver
16 – Lovebug Starski
17 – Mr. Magic
18 – Slick Rick
19 – Kool Moe Dee
20 – Grand Wizard Theodore
21 – Too $hort
22 – Grandmaster Caz
23 – Q-Tip (A Tribe Called Quest)
24 – Spoonie Gee
25 – LL Cool J
26 – Kurtis Blow
27 – DJ Charlie Chase (Cold Crush Brothers)
28 – Master Gee (Sugar Hill Gang)
29 – Big Bank Hank (Sugar Hill Gang)
30 – Wonder Mike (Sugar Hill Gang)
31 – Biz Markie
32 – Busy Bee
33 – Afrika Bambaataa
34 – Ice-T
35 – Rick Rubin
36 – Russell Simmons
37 – Rakim Allah (Eric B. & Rakim)
38 – Fab Five Freddy
39 – Flavor Flav (Public Enemy)
40 – Chuck D. (Public Enemy)
41 – Old Dirty Bastard (Wu Tang Clan)
42 – Method Man (Wu Tang Clan)
43 – Andre ¡®3000¡ä Benjamin (Outkast)
44 – Antwan ¡®Big Boi¡¯ Patton (Outkast)
45 – Sir Mix-A-Lot
46 – Jay-Z
47 – Afrika Baby Bam (Jungle Brothers)
48 – Kanye West
49 – Tupac Shakur
50 – Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls)
51 – Erick Sermon (EPMD)
52 – B Real (Cypress Hill)
53 – Snoop Doggy Dogg
54 – Dr. Dre
55 – Ice Cube
56 – Easy E.
57 – Adam Yauch (Beastie Boys)
58 – Adam Horowitz (Beastie Boys)
59 – Mike Diamond (Beastie Boys)
60 – Cee-Lo Green
61 – Muhammad Ali
62 – Josh Davis (aka DJ Shadow)
63 – dk (Getting hyphy at age 5)
64 – Raymond ¡®Boots¡¯ Riley (The Coup)
65 – 50 Cent
66 – Daryl ¡®DMC¡¯ McDaniels (Run-DMC)
67 – Jason ¡®Jam Master Jay¡¯ Mizell (Run-DMC)
68 – Joseph ¡®DJ Run¡¯ Simmons (Run-DMC)
69 – dk
70 – (obscured) DJ Q-bert
71 – Eminem
72 – Lyrics Born
73 – Prince Paul
74 – Timbaland
75 – Kid Creole (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
76 – Grandmaster Flash
77 – Scorpio (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
78 – Melle Mel (Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five)
79 – Joseph ¡®Run¡¯ Simmons (Run-DMC)
80 – Jason ¡®Jam Master Jay¡¯ Mizell (Run-DMC)
81 – Daryl ¡®DMC¡¯ McDaniels (Run-DMC)
82 – Empire State Building (for scale)
83 – Nas
84 – Marion ¡®Suge¡¯ Knight
85 – Lil¡¯ Kim
86 – Sonny Liston
87 – Masta Blasta (¡¯Homies¡¯ figurine)
88 – James Brown ¡®Sex Machine¡¯ LP
89 – Incredible Bongo Band ¡®Bongo Rock¡¯ LP
90 – Hennessy
91 – DJ Kool Herc (The original DJ)
92 – Boombox
93 – Ice Cold (¡¯Homies¡¯ figurine)
94 – Missy Elliott
95 – Wilson basketball
96 – Purple Erkel (ganja)
97 – Microphone
98 – Discman with headphones
99 – Handgun
100 – Sub Pop Bionic (¡¯Homies¡¯ figurine)
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