Best Eminem Album Cover

[illegalweapons]

Since eminem made like 8 albums and all the covers are the BOMB i want to know whats ur favorite eminem cover (including other stuff like with D12, Curtain Call, Re-Up, ect.).... Im too tired to post the photos, so i let other people do that
best covers
1. Marshall Mathers LP covers (both of them) - it got style
2. Recovery - both covers are the best.... makes me say its eminems best album
3. Relapse - the pills that made his portrit made its style

worst covers
infinite - nothing special

[illegalweapons]

Infinite is one of my favourites. It's just so empty and mysterious, like the universe depicted on it - it's infinite.

i agree... its just plain black with stars to me

[WakeUpShow]

Best is Relapse, Worst is probably Rcvry.

[illegalweapons]

Best is Relapse, Worst is probably Rcvry.

DUDE HOW CAN YOU HATE RECOVERY!?! HATER

the covers makes me fill like Eminem does not give a **** about what you say about this album and he is just gonnna walk away

the second cover is creapy

[xnoxiousx]

[illegalweapons]

WHOA i never seen a clean version of that cover

[Graphic]

The MMLP cover with him sitting in front of his house on Dresden street.

[2DreamFire]

The Slim Shady LP. I don't know why, it's just always been my favorite cover.

[Mr Change]

My fav covers are the one for Relapse and the MMLP one with the house in it.




And what's this about Recoverys album art making you wanna say it's his best album? Ookay...

[illegalweapons]

Funny thing about Relapse..I remember back in 09 Eminem said one of his favourite albums was T.I's Paper Trail.

Compare the 2:

Interesting

Oh, I like the MMLP one with him in front of his house way more than that alternate version. It isn't the same vibe...I feel like (for his first 4 albums) that a song always corresponded with the cover.

SSLP - '97 Bonnie & Clydge
MMLP - The Way I Am
TES - Sing For The Moment
Encore - Not sure...Like Toy Soldiers?

SSLP = BONNIE AND CLYE
MMLP1 = The Way I AM
MMLP2 = Under The Influence
The Eminem Show = SIng FOr the moment
Encore = Encore/Curtains Down
Relapse = ???
Recovery = Not Afraid

SSLP and Recovery are easy to find out
on reocvery get it "i'm not afraid, to take stand, everybody come take my hand, we will WALK THIS ROAD TOGETHER"

[illegalweapons]

Encore would be Encore ^

[illegalweapons]

My fav covers are the one for Relapse and the MMLP one with the house in it.




And what's this about Recoverys album art making you wanna say it's his best album? Ookay...

nigga i didnt say it was best album, i say the art work is like eminem doesnt give a f*ck about what you say about him... the 2nd cover is eminem's life in a box

[EminemBase]

Hmmm.

If The Slim Shady LP didn't have the writing in the corner I'd say that. The concept and actual shoot of that is the best to me as it's an idea that's from the album, which sums up the album and is the arguable conceptual peak of the album...

And it's just right there, in a realistic yet slightly abstract (due to the disclouring) photograph. It just looks artistic and great. And that is the kind of thing Eminem should be doing and which I'd expect him to be doing. It's less formulaic, more ballsy and free.

But, the 'The Slim Shady LP' writing just ruins it for me. I get the font and the fact it's supposed to look twisted and slap-happy but it doesn't blend with the background and just looks out of place over the picture like that. I think it'd be better, and perfect, without that.

Next I'd probably have to give it to The Eminem Show. I think we're all tempted to say The Marshall Mathers LP due to how iconic the album is, and it's a masterpiece. And I think pretty much any image could be the cover and we'd intuitively feel it's special or great due to it being attached to that music in our heads. And the atmosphere of the album.

Not that the cover isn't great, but, I think I love it more than I would, simply because... it's The Marshall Mathers LP.

The Eminem Show cover however perfectly captures the theme of the album, makes it a little visual concept... even though you could make it literal also and have it be perfectly fine, and realistic. Given that Eminem really is an entertainer, who does do shows. But, the red curtains and colouring... he always 'colours' his albums...

Infinite is black. The Slim Shady LP is various blues, The Marshall Mathers LP is gray, The Eminem Show is red, Encore is blue, Relapse is orange and black and Recovery is bright breezy colours. Notice how the colours all seem to define the music too though... I've heard (no... pun? intended) that you can 'hear' in colour, and that whole concept... maybe he takes that into account, even subconsciously, when choosing colours. Or maybe wants to just separate them all visually.

But I can't think of The Eminem Show without thinking of red now. And even if I hear the music, i think of red. It's of course also tied loosely to the Batman and Robin theme / outfit. But, I think that cover is just perfect, as is the album (nearly).

The cover for Relapse is great, and creative too.

And the 'glass house' cover for Recovery is pretty ingenious. When I first thought about it I thought he didn't have that many great covers, but most of them are pretty good. But having his life on display ,symbolizing that he has no privacy and is like an animal in a cage and all that... and then, having it right in front of the GM building, with the word Recovery... that's pretty fucking good.

When he talked about the album meaning a little more metaphorically and it slightly tying in with the recovery of Detroit etc. that made it seem a lot better. The metaphorical idea of that and tying it in with his own recovery is pretty fucking brilliant. He always finds a clever little double-entendre or theme to weave an album with. But... it's a shame he didn't dedicate that idea more through the material. As it's all entirely personal.

The cover implies it beautifully, not that I'd want him to make music about GM motors lmao, but, there could of been ideas to do artisticlally to restate the theme / metaphor / tie-in.

[illegalweapons]

Relapse = Hello
Recovery Alt. = Talkin' 2 Myself (or Cold Wind Blows. If you get the reference)

hell the sequel: welcome to hell

d12 world? curtain calls? re-up anyone?

[Blu]

^ I completely agree with the "The Slim Shady LP" writing on the cover. It doesn't exactly ruin it for me like it does for you, but, it seems so out of place.

Honestly, MMLP has a great cover but I find it too simple. It's not anything really fancy or artistic like the cover of Relapse. A bunch of pills just creating Em's face. Showing that he has become the pills and he needs them to be Eminem. Now THAT'S brilliant.

The cover for TES was good too. Eminem sitting in the back, thinking whatever's on his mind. Then you see a stage, red curtains. Like EmBase posted it perfectly depicts how he's a performer, an entertainer. He's here to entertain you. And that's all he is.

Recovery was cool, nothing special. Him walking down a road. The alternate cover was great though, him in a glass box. Depicting how he's isolated from the world. Fucker can't even leave his house.

I'd have to go with Relapse.