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The 10 Worst Rap Album Covers Ever Made

thehyena.net — Check the list out here. The covers are all pretty bad and the commentary is funny.

Who dugg this? Made popular Jan 25, 2007

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  • Yashar, on 10/12/2007, -14/+92I think this should be #1

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig/coup.jpg

    It's pretty horrible.
  • blapierre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+57@Yashar

    That album cover was made before 9/11. I remember seeing it a few days after the attacks. From Wikipedia:

    "In 2001, The Coup released Party Music to widespread praise; however, in part due to distribution problems, sales of the album were low. The original album cover art depicted group members Pam the Funkstress and Riley standing in front of the twin towers of the World Trade Center as they are destroyed by huge explosions; Riley is pushing the button on a guitar tuner. The album's planned release date was just after the events of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and the cover art was withdrawn hastily. The cover art was finished in June 2001; there was no connection between the band and the attacks. The album release was held back as alternative cover art was prepared."
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+56This is one of the funniest things I have read in a while. If this doesn't make #1 i will be greatly disappointed!
  • BabyWookie, on 10/12/2007, -2/+40I know it's easy to hate rap based on all the mainstream junk that they play on MTV and the radio, but there's a lot of really good underground ***** out there - artists that don't glorify the "gangsta lifestyle", wear bling crosses, rap about how much money and hoes they got, etc. A lot of underground rap out there has complex rhythmic structures and generally good music, with truly poetic, though-provoking lyrics. Unfortunately, you have to dig deep to discover it.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+35Better choices than Kingpin Skinny Pimp??? Dude, you're smokin more gonja than those Grizzlies. What is he doing? THANGS.
  • jstohler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29No doubt. What about the entire Master P catalog?
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24http://www.duggmirror.com
  • halfamazing, on 10/12/2007, -3/+25there are quite a few that are worse.

    for instance
    http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00000J6AC.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

    - J
    nationofmillions.com
  • SteelChicken, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18no zip zap rap?
    lame.

  • dvddesign, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17I haven't clicked the link yet, and I'm wondering...

    Does Devastatin' Dave, The Turntable Slave, have what it takes to be on this list with his album Zip Zap Rap?

    If not, it's a crying shame...

    (looks)

    So, disappointed...
    http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/67/Zip_Zap_Rap.jpg
  • flamingmb, on 10/12/2007, -3/+17yeah those album covers are awesomly bad. Trick daddy needs to fire his webdesigner.
  • fhcoop, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13Glad to see ma boy BIG BEAR at #1. Keep doin thangs, Bear.
  • stupidStan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13This was amazing... I especially appreciated the non-loaded AK-47 - very intimidating...

    I guess he might have a single shell in the chamber??? Still not a very efficient drive-by weapon.
  • rig0rmortis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11The "pyramid"...isn't that the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada?
  • jazbek, on 10/27/2007, -0/+1110 worst? Or 10 BEST?!!
  • twooranges, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Just goes to show you that the #1 threat to America is bears. Damn you godless killing machines!
  • CajoleJuice, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11I clicked to see if Big Bear - Doin Thangs would be number #1. I wasn't disappointed.
  • elamr, on 10/12/2007, -4/+14@Yashar,
    Coup's WTC explosion picture was the first thing that came to mind when I saw this topic. second was Old Dirty Bastard on a Food Coupon card (Well Fare):

    http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002HFU.01._AA240_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

    This man was truly... unique.
  • tommyhat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10Only 10?
  • canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9that oscar was a prime example of racial pandering and nothing more. it was like denzel getting best actor for training day when he had deserved it well before (imo, as hurricane carter). i don't go to the oscar commitee for my hip-hop advice, thanks.

    you want to know what should have been the first rap song to win an oscar?

    fight the power- public enemy- from do the right thing.
  • snypa, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Definately, this was bloody hilarious.

    LOL @ "I don't think the one on the far left even knew that the picture was being taken. However, the real hero is the one on the far right. Despite the fact that he is about to be put to death for the crime of abusing image editing software, he still manages to flash his bling at the camera."
  • debtman7, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Splash Mountain...
  • canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -2/+11dugg for the commentary, but i think there are some better choices out there.
  • ezikiel2517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I wonder if he raps about dial up and floppy disks.
  • PlasticSolution, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9Sorry but that's one of the best covers ever.
  • ihavebeenseen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+9I know this is slightly off topic but I was checking amazon for the album Kobe did and it surprised me to see "Doc Johnson Kobe Tai Realistic Vagina" as the fourth result. Go figure a white vagina you can beat up is named after Kobe. Again sorry for the segway, but I had to share that.

    http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/103-2362686-3111826?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=kobe
  • canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -4/+12"Explain to me how TSM is ignorant?" oh lets run their list -tear da club up, ridin spinnaz, that thang is juicy, womp that trick, it's hard out here for a pimp, etc. please, explain to me how any of those songs are not ignorant.

    "Have you listened to them before, or rap for that matter?" i was a fiend, even before i became a teen. i loved the microphone instead of cones of ice cream. $10 says you have no idea where that is from.

    you like ignorant, ***** rap and need an education on what real hip-hop is. case closed.


  • Urusai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Your favorite music genre sucks.
  • DNAspark99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7even better, is the fact that you don't have to spend the money for a brand new one, you can get this item USED....
  • SkippyDoorknob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7Country Bear Jamboree
  • chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6He got stabbed 9 times by the inside of a cheap computer case!
  • ajrizzo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9Kool Keith put out an album a few years ago as Dr. Doom, with an album cover to spoof all the bad ones out there. It featured a monkey, giant cockroach, Gorilla, and a "Ratburger" among other things. (Cover Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FirstCome.jpg)

    So all you can think when looking at Big Bear -- sometimes the truth is stranger than fiction. God damn ridiculous.


  • ezikiel2517, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6The cover with the bears reminds me of a Disney Land ride. I can't remember which one.
  • Camr0ngx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5No, It's definitely the pyramid in Memphis.
  • inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6WTF!?! No Devastatin' Dave??? NO ZIP ZAP RAP?????

    http://www.rubbermonkey.s5.com/images/worstalbumcovers16.jpg

    This list is not complete without it.
  • btgoss, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5True...this list could be hundreds of albums long... I can find at least a dozen albums through Amazon that would be this bad... pretty much anything with Giant Grillz, and Bling, and Dubs... which is 99% of rap as far as I can tell.
  • PerroLoco, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8No matter how bad the cover, it can't compete with the garbage inside the cover.
  • soogy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Damn, all of you missed the baddest suckaz around: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Icy_hot_Stuntaz.jpg
  • mynameistim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002W86.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

    look at the guy kneeling down.

    i'd liek to see a 10 worst country album covers list
  • Mitijea, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I like how you can get them used. Some guys are so bad off they even have to settle for sloppy second plastic pussy.
  • canewediggit, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6akaji- http://digg.com/podcasts/Stones_Throw_Podcast

    free education for you. enjoy.
  • shertzerj, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6http://www.snopes.com/rumors/thecoup.htm

    Luckily it wasn't the final version of the album cover.
  • spect3r, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6http://duggmirror.com

    :P
  • TheFunnyDigger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/worst-album-covers

    This one friggin rocks!
  • Jarasmen, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Christ, I haven't laughed this much in some time. Thanks (both to the author... and Christ too. He's a cool guy).
  • PARAPA, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6http://duggmirror.com ?
  • buckynekkid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Same thing can be said about Ray Charles. He deserved it YEARS before dying, but only got it posthumously. I guess that was the Academy's way of saying, "Sorry for screwing you over all these years Ray."

    Those awards are a joke, and anyone that thinks they have any value, is a fool.
  • hode, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6Yeah seriously...

    http://images.google.com/images?q=zip%20zap%20rap&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
  • BryanJK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3@rig0rmortis
    Yes, yes it is
  • Thuktun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/segue
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segway
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