In September 2003, the duo released the double album Speakerboxxx/The Love Below, which featured the number one singles " Hey Ya!" and " The Way You Move." The album won the Grammy Award for Album of the Year and was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America.
In 2000, Outkast released the critically acclaimed Stankonia, which included the singles " Ms. With successive releases including ATLiens (1996) and Aquemini (1998), the duo further developed their sound, experimenting with a variety of styles and achieving commercial success. Outkast released their debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik in 1994, which gained popularity after the single " Player's Ball" reached number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart. īenjamin and Patton formed the group as high school students in 1992. The duo achieved both critical acclaim and commercial success from the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, helping to popularize Southern hip hop while experimenting with diverse genres such as funk, psychedelia, jazz, and techno. Widely recognized for their intricate lyricism, memorable melodies and positive messages, Outkast is often regarded as one of the greatest and most influential hip hop acts of all time. If you know who the designer was please add a comment and a URL if possible so they get some recognition.Outkast (sometimes written as OutKast) were an American hip hop duo formed in 1992 in East Point, Georgia, consisting of Atlanta-based rappers André "3000" Benjamin (formerly known as Dré) and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton. Here is the gallery of a selection of album cover art which I find really inspirational and exciting. Yes – Union ( Roger Dean)Ĭrystal Method – Divided By Night (Neil Ashby) These are my favourites and really encompass what I love about album cover art design.
#OUTKAST ALBUM COVER ARTWORK FULL#
Inspired by Daft Punk’s single Around the Worldīelow this is my full collection but I thought I would just outline my top 5 beforehand. Inspired by Daft Punk’s single Digital Love Inspired by BT’s album These Hopeful Machines Inspired by The Avalanches’ album Since I Left You Inspired by Mike Oldfield’s album Platinum Inspired by Deadmau5’s album Lack of a better name
Inspired by Jean Michel Jarre’s album Zoolook Inspired by Jean Michel Jarre’s album Equinoxe Inspired by Gareth Emery and the track Metropolis
#OUTKAST ALBUM COVER ARTWORK SERIES#
Follow my Flickr stream if you want to see more as I’m planning to keep this series going for a while or at least until I run out of truly inspirational music (which won’t be any time soon). Here a few of the design I have created so far in the Musically inspired album cover series. I’d like to think that most of the designers below in the gallery have taken a similar approach as some of the designs seem to match the music perfectly.
Obviously there are subconscious influences, as with any design, which will come in to play but for the most part it just about me, the music and Illustrator CS5. I start with a blank screen and just start designing and hopefully create something that fits the style. The artwork here has been created with no other influence other than the music (playing on repeat1). This in turn has started a new project of mine on Flickr which I have called “Musically Inspired Album Covers”. This year I have been asked to create more and more album covers, which I love doing, but I noticed that the ones which I wanted to work on most were the ones where I had been inspired or moved by the music itself. My Musically Inspired Album Covers Series However recently it looks like there has been a re-emergence in bands wanting to have more exciting and interesting album cover art – which is great as I would hate to see this kind of art dwindle. This today is not the case as much more music is simple purchased out of hearing the music or recommendation / word of mouth. The trend of having interesting artwork for album covers obviously started way before digital downloads and, like magazine covers, were a way of catching someone’s eye for them to want to find out more about the music or potentially make a purchase there and then. I personally try and buy a physical version of the album whenever I see a good design but I sadly think this might well be a dying trend, mainly due to the convenience of applications like iTunes. Over the years there’s been lots inspirational artwork created for album covers and with this post I am going to highlight a few of my all time favourite designs as well as introduce my new series of “Musically Inspired Album Covers”.ĭigital downloads are unfortunately taking away more and more sales from physical CDs which is a shame as you really lose out on seeing the awesome artwork associated.
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