Hip Hop Music Magazine - Front Cover, Contents Page & Double Page Spread Examples

Hip Hop Music Magazine: VIBE

The Codes and Conventions of this Music Magazine are publicized and unproblematic to notice for they stand out so much, such as the colour for example: as shown they're bright pink, black and a gradient mixed background. All the font in the design are bold and stand out just as much as each other however the Header and the subheading stands out even more; VIBE" which is the title of the magazine and "Lil Wayne" the sub heading in a bold pink colour. The artist himself Lil Wayne is in a powerful mid shot pose, with an intimidating face expression on his face and not a chocolate box however this could have a positive effect on the audience because they know the artist is prosperous and has the attitude of a real hip hop artist.

The target audience for this magazine would definitely be males, of working class who like hip hop music with a passion and are probably looking for a music career, back to discussing the codes and conventions, the way text has been arranged around the artist really does give it a stand out effect and makes the magazine become the center of attention

Contents Page - VIBE

This Vibe contents page  is very unique but simple, as shown not much detail is included within it but it's shown briefly, with a mid shot image of Kanye West at the front with a gray scale photo filter. With a large V at the back being the first letter of the title of the music magazine, also not to mention the text on the right side of Kanye west is miniature but it lets the reader know of the main articles, the regulars and what else is to be displayed within the magazine. Also shown the colours are dried out but it all blends in perfectly with each other. His face expression emotionless probably matching the mood of the contents page, however the contrast and colour is shown in the Poppy, this page may signify that he likely has a new song or album out and this is a teaser picture. 

However I believe the main reason why VIBE has used Kanye for the contents page is for when the reader flicks the page from the front cover to see the contents page it draws the audience in a lot more for someone famous and populars face is shown. Returning back to his face expression it likely signifies that he's a laid back character and from his appearance there's something powerful about him for he has his pockets in his hands and the V behind may also show this. 

Double Page Spread

This double page spread gives you an idea of what a hip hop double page spread looks similar to, which shows of Lupe Fiasco's interview at the time shown 9:30, displayed on the first page on the left hand side is a medium close up image of him and a banner or header revealing his name; not much is shown on this page because I've noticed from scoping out and completing some research that the image is usually on the left side and on the right side is the interview that was taken, displaying a quote from one of his songs, reasons for this may be because it's predictable and likely that the reader always looks to see what's shown on the right page which is why the image is there to reveal to them who the artist is, and once they've finished analysing the picture and the header they then want to know more about what the "Fiasco @ 9:30" represents which is why they read onto the interview on the left, this is a technique not only used by Hip Hop Magazines but a number of Music genre magazines.The colours are used seem pretty general but match perfectly with his cloth wear. As shown from the text on the right, some of the text is highlighted in yellow which probably show to the reader his answers to the questions being asked which is a technque I'll hopefully be able to use in my own double page spread.