Best Rap Album Cover Bracket

Donda got robbed

The whole "oh its so iconic" angle Ant's bringing for Ready To Die is legitimately so stupid for a bracket like this. Just do a best album of all time bracket then. The bracket is significantly more interesting if you're judging the cover without looking at how well the album was made

Ant's bias towards Ready to Die is INSANE... it's legit just a picture of a baby on a white background, how the fuck did it make it that far!?

0:52 “playing with the kids at the amusement park” -Ant

The “iconic” angle Ant kept taking is ridiculous. If you’re going off of Iconic status, do a most iconic album cover bracket

Nah it was over for me after G.R.O.D.T beat TSSLP 😂

TYLERS FLOWER BOY COVER IS MAJESTIC

NO WAY ASTROWORLD BOUNCED FIRST ROUND WTFF

Atrocity exhibition getting first rounded is a horrendous take also no motm 3?

No way SSLP loses in the first round , that cover art is sick.

Lu looking mad cute today

The problem with Ant's "iconic" argument is that Ant leaned more towards "popularity" and "exposure." The problem is that when discussing art, by that logic, the "Mona Lisa" is the greatest painting of all time, when it's not even a top 10 Da Vinci art piece. ICONIC just means "relating to, or having the characteristics of an icon." An ICON is "a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere." The value in something iconic is in "How easy it's to remember?" and "How easy it's to recognize?" Being iconic is just ONE ASPECT that an artist needs to worry about. When making art, the artist also needs to transmit emotions/messages, do a good job at representing his/her vision, have a purpose for existing in the first place, separate yourself from the rest, etc... The value in art is in the creativity (not being too stale/predictable), composition (being recognizable and not having a bunch of useless bullshit across the art piece that serves no purpose), color palette (how pleasant it's to look at), meaning (how well it represents the album) and how good of a job the artist did to sell that image (so you can see it in the context that the artist wants you to see it).

Relapse cover by Eminem is underrated

They knew exactly what they were doing with that T.I.T.S. 😂

Madvillany would have made a crazy run here

SSLP cover is Eminem (and Hailey). Shit is perfect.

We need a part 2 with TA13OO, The Forever Story, Piñata, 2014 FHD, JEFFERY, Let the Sun Talk, Learn 2 Swim, and more 🙏🏾

The Slim Shady LP cover is a scene from “97 Bonnie & Clyde” which is on the album. It’s not a random guy on the dock, that’s Eminem & Halie with Kim in the trunk. That cover clears everything.

The doggystyle glazing is wild ngl, I cannot see it being that highly ranked

Doggstyle over Kids See Ghosts and MM Food over Graduation are some braindead takes 💀💀