Reasearch

·         Skyline with featured artists

·         Large masthead

·         Colour scheme (red, white, black

·         Featured articles on the left above barcode

·         Other features on bottom right of page

·         Lack of plug

·         Lack of pull quotes

·         Large main image

·         No images to accompany feature stories

·         Audience of magazine are hip hop fans and people wanting to read further into the culture and politics associated with the genre of music

·         Feature story titles are all red with white outlines

·         Same font used throughout

·         Mast Head is a phrase commonly used on hip-hop music

·         Smaller main image used, depicts the RZA as religious

·         Skyline features images, and is accompanied by a heading

·         Feature stories have white ‘rubbed out’ background affect

·         Features on both side of main image

·         Portrait barcode rather than landscape

·         List of other featured artist near barcode

·         Colour scheme of red, black and white

·         Masthead covers entire length of page

 

  ·         Large main image of Eminem, depicts hims as rebellious (tattoos, facial expression etc.)

 ·         Large skyline, with featured artists, and the question “Is 1998 Raps last classic year?”

·         Logo with “sticker effect” on top right of page, claiming that the issue is “the real rap issue”

·         Pull quotes used from main feature story

·         Features on both side of main image

·         Different parts of text emphasised by using different colours and font sizes

·         Colour scheme of red, black and white

·         No barcode featured on front page

·         Use of rhetorical questions on front page