Research into existing hip hop magazines.

My AS foundation portfolio requires me to create a front page, contents page and double page spread for a music genre of your choice. 


I have decided to create a magazine for the Hip Hop Magazine. I have chosen this because Hip Hop is my music choice and I have background knowledge of the music stars within the genre. from the image on the opposite side I have you can see some of the existing professionally made magazines. 


From looking at existing magazines within the Hip Hop genre, I have found that all of them follow these basic codes and conventions and these are 

• The main image is the feature article.
• The cover line story is the largest on the page.
• There is a bar code and date (unless its not forsale ( the RWD magazine with Skepta on the page))
• There is small amount of colours used. 
• Large masthead the colour of the title contrasts with the background making it easily legible.
• All the magazines keep a similar furniture and structure from copy to copy.
• The background is pretty dull and very simple.