Tension between the two rappers recently exploded, but that’s a story for another day. Ever since he came in the rap game, he has received charges for sounding and rapping exactly like Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan. Queens rapper Action Bronson has been going through a tough time this summer. Needless to say, there was a lot of uproar about this album’s cover art.
Jutting out from the car’s trunk was a pair of legs – apparently of a dead body (perhaps representing Kim). It featured Eminem standing on a pier with a dark-colored car also in the frame. The cover art of the record also conveyed this theme. One of the recurrent themes on the record was the hatred Eminem harbored for his child’s mother, Kim. The controversial record that went several times platinum was executive produced by Dr.
The Slim Shady LP was the first commercial release from Detroit rapper, Eminem. Without further ado, check out the list below. And in other cases, the over-the-top covers ended up taking away from the exemplary content on the album. In some cases, these album covers paved the way for the rappers to sell tons of records. There is quite a lot to see here: overtly sexual images, blood-soaked rappers and other types of provocative, skin-cringing visuals. In the following list, we present to you ten of the most controversial album covers ever released by rap artists. Hip-Hop is a music genre that thrives on controversy along with raw, undiluted visual & lyrical content.
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