This album cover is for an artist who is from a rough background of gangs and drug crime and the message behind the title is that he will either get rich or die trying to. The image of broken glass implying a bullet has been shot through it is in reference to the fact that this artist has been shot 9 times and survived. Album covers and Digi packs usually tell a little story about the artist for the viewers to relate to or engage with. The expensive looking chain in the line of the bullet whole through the broken glass would have been carefully placed there; the theme is to get rich or die trying so will the bullet kill him or will the chain which represents money actually save him from his life. Another thing about this chain is that it is a cross; a cross that stands between him and a bullet, possibly this is to do with the fact he feels God blessed him and protected him when he was shot 9 times and survived.
This is the same artist as the previous image but for a different album; this album came at a much later time in his career. As is was later on he had been very successful and now has a higher status than before. This is evident in the ratio between the size of the font and the picture of his face. In this his face is much bigger because it is now a famous face which will attract buyers and his name is written much smaller because the majority of people will see his face and automatically know his name. The title of this Album is 'before i self distruct' and theme is that the high life of fame and success isn't what it seems and in fact he is falling apart. The mise en scene showing the clouds behind him is to give him the appearance of power as he has become successful and his career is 'flying' demonstrated quite literally by these clouds. In contrast to this; half of his face is rotting or falling apart to illustrate the theme of self destruction meanwhile his facial expression is confident and controlled showing he is attemting to contain current inner struggle.
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