Magazine double paged spreads.

These three double page spreads are all from the genre of my chosen music magazine, Rap/Hip-Hop. I have decided to choose these double page spreads as i can analyse them and use what i think is good from them on my double page spread.

The first double page spread i have chosen is of an artist called "Factz" he is sat in an urban surrounding, pointing at the camera whilst sat on a bench. On the other side of the page is a shadow of "factz" sat down. This is because they have taken the photogrpah whilst the sun has made the shadowof him, also their is a shadow of trees at the top of the double paged spread. The photograph of the artist doesnt look like it has been altered, so this is suggesting he is like the real deal, he aint fake, he is one from his urban surroundings. The bench which the artist is sat on, has a quote from the interview on the other side of the page printed along the top of the bench next to the artist. The artist is sat casually on the edge of the bench, whilst the quote takes up the rest which is empty. The photograph of the artist has his arm missing on his left side, but the shadow on the other side makes it look like his other arm pointing out to something. I like the way this photograph has been taken, as it has used the surroundings around it to construct a unique photo.

The second double paged spread i am looking at is off " Ice Cube", raper turned actor, back to raper. The title of the article which features Ice Cube is called " express yourself" this was once a song from Ice Cube and the N.W.A, this is one of his most famous songs. The article is called this as they have Ice Cube "expressing" his views on hip hops hottest topics. One side of the double paged spread is of the article itself, with the answers from ice cube and the other page features ice cube posing to the camera. Ice Cube has his fist up ready to fight, with one fist heading towards the camera. The hand which is coming towards the camera is blurry unlike the rest of the photo which you can clearly see ice cube. The text which has been used for the interview is infront of a black background with white writing and red sub titles. The red is seen as violent, often which rapers are seen as, as they are in their own gangs, so it is symbolic.

The third double page spread i chose to look at is a picture of the artist grand master flash. Grandmaster flash is stood with his hands on his hips, with the lower part of his body blured slightly, and his head clearly visible. The other page has an article about grandmaster flash. The questions are in red and his answers in white, the red could suggest blood, violence as rapers are seen as gangsters. The name of the article is called "the original" this suggests he is a raper from the beggining and has helped rap music go furthur.