XXL Magazine Analysis

This magazine cover is the one i have decided to analyse. I like this magazine cover because the magazine name,'XXL', is a very popular Hip-Hop magazine. The magazine features a single Hip-Hop artist posing on the front cover, with writing about Hip-Hop news and recent occurances in the music industry. Often occurances are such things like chart toppers, album and single releases, Artist live apperances, artists being revealed and artist retiring and general urban/street news. The magazine shows its label name in the top left hand corner to prevent blocking the photography and writing, but is made clear either by use of bright colours or bold fonts. This magazine is using colours which represent urban stereotypical colours, such as greys and blacks. The font is also very urban. It is bold and simpily typed and is scratched and looks damaged to show its uncared for and urbanly based, much like the artists representing the magazine. Red is the colour used for the magazine label to brighten the magazine and establish the brand over he whole magazine for viewers, first time they view the magazine.