While browsing the web at work, on a Saturday (see my life isn't all pictures, tea, and footie), I came across an article in boston.com (isn't that the city that wasted all the Earl Gray?). The aricle list the worse album covers of all-time. Quite hilarious bunch really. For instance, take a look at this:
I remember when we use to take those double shot poses for grammar school photos. Ken's though, looks like a clay mock-up that they would do on Unsolved Mysteries when they found a person's skull. Yet, rather than repost some of the albums (like some bloggers do), I thought I would steal the worst album cover idea and reoriginate it to just include hip hop albums. I now present you with:
The Ten Worst Hip Hop CD Covers Ever
Actually the album cover isn't that bad on this one. What's bad are the words "Greatest Hits" and "Snow" being put together.
No your mind is not playing tricks on you. Don't try this at home. What is "this" you ask? Shooting yourself in the eye. Apparently Bushwick, Scarface, and Willie D. thought it would be a great idea to make Bushwick's failed suicide attempt there album cover. Great album, terrible cover.
The words "Shabba Ranks" and "naked" let alone, extra naked, should never be put together. Also, if you are wearing a necklace on your album cover, make sure the link is not visible.
Forget for a second that its 4 guys in a hot tub with their shirts on. What's up with all 4 of them throwing a fist up? If you were her, would you still be standing there?
Master P and the No Limit posse raised the bar on terrible album covers in the mid-to-late 1990's. This gem features P at his most ghetto fab before he really became a household name.
If they didn't look like hoodlums; didn't have a group name that paid homage to cumming; and didn't have a group member with a cap that says "head"; wouldn't you think that this album title was for an elementary singalong?
Yo Yukmouth! I got 5 on your next album cover design.
Wow, this album cover is unbeweavable!
Back in like 91-92 when people had Geo Trackers, Suzuki Samurais, pull out Alpines, and Kickers; this was the album everyone waited for because of a song called "Ain't No Future In Yo Frontin." I remember when it came out and we all made a collective, "wtf!" upon seeing it. Nothing said one-hit wonder more.
This one is number one for the simple fact that K-Fed had an album. The padded walls are a subliminal message for "you are insane if you buy this."
Can you think of any bad hip hop album covers?
10 comments:
There's not a particular "album cover" that comes to mind... I think I'm too young to remember what they look like(refrain from making a joke daniel son)... truth be told, I owned your first artists "tape" blasted it in my 5.0 in Germany and now thanks to you I can't get the words Inforrrmmer (inaudible...blah blah blah) lick me boom boom down... and then there was doom doom doom do do doo dooom.. Ice Ice baby...
Album, cd, tape... it's all Greek to me. You know what I meant. I'm sure you can think of a "tape" sleeve then Miss, er soon-to-be, Mrs. Specific :-).
Rollin in your 5.0. Did you have raptops?
I gotta find the lyrics to "Informer." I have to know what he was saying.
ok now I can't stop singin... I'll lick ya boom boom down! Snow looks so wack!
by the way this is zara!
I would have to agree on these being the worst covers ever. My guess before I went to the page was that the old school Master P had to hold a spot on here bc those cover were hilarious. The K Fed has to be hilarious bc like you said, he actually had a cd, and the fire could have been done better...
@ Nollywood Lover
I know who it is. Your name gave you away. :-)
Yea, I could not stop singing that chorus after I saw the album cover myself.
@ AB
You knew I would remember P? That is so funny. Yea No Limit held it down with the photoshopped pictures back in the day.
And K-Fed's cd is called "Playing With Fire." So why is he holding a regular deck of cards? Shouldn't they be on fire?
(your lyrics sir)
Informer
You know say daddy me snow me-a (gonna) blame
A licky boom-boom down
'Tective man he say, say Daddy Me Snow me stab someone down the lane
A licky boom-boom down
Police-a them-a they come and-a they blow down me door
One him come crawl through through my window
So they put me in the back the car at the station
From that point on I reach my destination
Well the destination reached in down-a East detention
Where they whip down me pants look up me bottom
[CHORUS]
Bigger they are they think they have more power
There on the phone me say that on hour
Me for want to use it once and-a me call me lover
Lover who me callin'-a the one Tammy
And me love her in my heart down to my belly-a
Yes say Daddy Me Snow me I feel cool and deadly
Yes the one MC Shan and the one Daddy Snow
Together we-a love 'em(?) as a tornado
[CHORUS]
Listen to me ya better listen for me now
Listen to me ya better listen for me now
When-a me rock-a the microphone, me rock on steady-a
Yes-a Daddy Me Snow me are the article don
But the in an a-out (?) a dance an they say, "Where ya come from?"
People them say I come from Jamaica
But me born and raised (in the ghetto) I want ya to know-a
Pure black people man thats all I man know
Yeah me shoes are-a tear up an-a my toes used to show-a
Where me-a born in-a the one Toronto
[CHORUS]
Come with a nice young lady
Intelligent, yes she gentle and irie
Everywhere me go me never lef' her at all-ie
Yes-a Daddy Snow me are the roam dance man-a
Roam between-a dancin' in-a in-a nation-a
You never know say Daddy Me Snow me are the boom shakata
Me never lay-a down flat in-a one cardboard box-a
Yes-a Daddy Me Snow me-a go reachin' out da top
[CHORUS]
Why would he? [repeat]
[MC Shan:]
Me sittin round cool with my jiggy jiggy girl
Police knock my door, lick up my pal
Rough me up and I cant do a thing
Pick up my line when my telephone ring
Take me to the station, black up my hands
Trail me down 'cause I'm hangin with the Snowman
What an I gonna do, I'm backed and I'm trapped
Smack me in my face, took all of my gap
They have no clues and they wanna get warmer
But Shan won't turn informer
[CHORUS]
Thanks. I actually already found them. I didn't want to post them and make my mates suffer.
I'd never seen basically all of those album covers before, but I have to say they all suck. Sometimes I seriously wonder how people get signed, and what the hell record producers are thinking sometimes.
Loved the blog though!
PS - You spelled article wrong in the first paragraph. :)
Post a Comment