The genre of my magazine will be hip hop, which is mainly an americanly sold genre magazine because of its popularity compared ot anywhere else. And hip hop has many conventions in print, mainly the most obvious are black people, celebrities and probably rappers, not wearing bright clothes unless that is their usualy style.

So, since i knew my genre i saw it only relevant that i should research hip hop magazines. So here are some of the exampels of hip hop magazines i found,,
- The Source
- Hip Hop
- XXL
- Vibe

These are some top hip hop magazines, which all have starred and interviewed top hip hop names, for example 50 cent, lil wayne, chris brown, eminem etc...


Now i need to review one or two of these magazines covers to see if that cover follows the conventions ande works as a magazine cover.

To start i got a cover from, The Source..
As you can read on the front cover is Keyshia Cole who is a soul/R&B artist, and firstly you notice she is naked, not covering up much to covering enough to make it ok to be on the shelves. This will attract the male audience to buy the magazine as she is a very attractive person and this picture gives the idea there might be more inside the magazine.

Secondly, i noticed that her eyes aren't looking straight out at the reader, which conventionally the cover artist should be, so this cover is going againstr conventions so making it different but obviously it has been done on purpose. And the fact she is looking away i think makes the reader look more at her whole image and then noticing she has nothign much on. So it diverts attention from her face down to her body, making the reader probably more enticed to buy it.

Although, them magazine does follow some conventions, firslty it is eye catchign and apealing to the reader. The colours work together and the cover is glossy, which in modern times, most top magazines are known as 'glossies'.

Also the title is at the top of the page, and as a new'ish normality the artist on the cover is covering part of the title with the top of their head. This makes the reader, i think, have to look closer and twice at the title to know what it says, which by then they are hooked to reading what is inside the magazine.

Then, the text appeals to the reader, in the bottom right of the page it says "why you should stop hating on Cuba Gooding JR.", and the 'you' in this caption is very formal towards the reader and invite them in because this magazine now concerns them.