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4 of the Best Hip-Hop Album Covers of All Time

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We tend to judge a book by its cover when it comes to albums. Whether we want to admit it or not, an ugly album cover will disincentivize us from listening to a record. But if the right visuals speak to us, we’re more inclined to see what the full record sounds like. That’s part of why music videos maintained such a strong grip on society during the peak of MTV, VH1, and BET’s 106 & Park. Great album covers capture that same visual magic to aid our imagination with a piece of art.

There have been some iconic album covers across hip-hop’s rich history. Noisey has selected four of the best to come out of the genre and culture to date.

4 of the Greatest Album Covers in Hip-Hop History

A timeless New York coming-of-age album depicted........

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