After The College Dropout, Kanye West released his second studio album Late Registration on August 30, 2005. From Wikipedia:

Late Registration is the second studio album by the American rapper Kanye West. It was released on August 30, 2005, through Roc-A-Fella Records and Def Jam Recordings. West recorded the album over the course of a year during sessions held at studios in Hollywood and New York City, in collaboration with Jon Brion. The album features guest appearances from Adam Levine, Jamie Foxx, Common, Brandy, Lupe Fiasco, Jay-Z, and Nas, among others. […]

The art direction and music packaging design for Late Registration were both handled by Brooklyn graphic design studio Morning Breath, Inc, while Louis Marino served as creative director. The photography was done by Sarah A. Friedman and Kris Yiengst, the latter of which also did art coordination. Styling and grooming were handled by Charlene Roxborough and Ibn Jasper, respectively, for the company Partos, while Doug Joswick was responsible for package production. Similar to the cover art of The College Dropout, the artwork features West’s “Dropout Bear” mascot, showing it at a child’s size and stood in the center of two large wooden doors at Princeton University.

Poster and merchandise realised by Studio Cutané for Eternal Mana, a Paris-based music event organisation. The event was held on April 15, 2026, at La Station – Gare des Mines.

Studio Cutané used Aldine, a work-in-progress typeface by Lucas Maréchal, as well as Large by Alexandre Créquer and Arial by Patricia Saunders and Robin Nicholas. For both typefaces, the studio played with stretching them.

To nie przejdzie (English: “That won’t fly”) is a rap mixtape by BURNER (Dawid Burner with Synestezja & DJ Beezee). This project is a tribute to the culture of physical music formats, celebrating the raw, tactile experience of compact discs and cassette tapes. Mix and mastering is delivered by KR1SBeats.

The design by the multitalented Dawid Błaszczyk is built on a mixed-media approach. It incorporates recycled materials to create an authentic release in limited run. The layout is using RL Wit and RL Sezon, blending music and typography with local influences.

Neon Demon is used for the logo of Bologna-base drum and bass act Madklip, in a design by UAGB.

Designed by the Slovenian design studio Ljudje, Indeks is Dacho’s debut album. The cover features a photo of the young rapper and mimics a student record book. Main title is set in Ergon, the stamp uses a typeface named Karlin, designed by Type Salon after a concept design by studio Ljudje, and the artist’s full name is written by hand. There are a few more typefaces making an appearance and extending the typographic palette: Helvetica, Notera and Cactus Jack.

Global image direction by Paris-based design studio Feelings for artist Danyl’s first album ZMIG (2026) and the accompanying campaign, including a shirt for shows in fall/winter 2025/2026, a poster for the Sprinter Tour 2026, and an announcement for the concert at Zénith Paris in November 2026.

The collegiate slab serif appears to be Weichi He’s LL Champion (Lineto, 2024). It’s supported by Axel Pelletanche Thévenart’s Dank (Ornamental & Title Type, 2025). There’s also another sans and an Arabic font (for “دانيل زميڨ”) which are yet unidentified.

The visual identity for 070 Shake’s sophomore album You Can’t Kill Me from 2022 was developed as a cross-media campaign including album artwork, logotype, photography, packaging, merchandise, tour posters, and promotional copy. Eddie Mandell designed the project in collaboration with 070 Shake and The C.O.R.E.

The typographic system pairs Futura (Paul Renner) with Tempos Mono (Samara Keller) for supporting and informational text and Anton (Vernon Adams) as the main title font. The blackletter face is Anglican Text (Dieter Steffmann).

The album cover features a Nicola Samorì painting, which is used alongside the typography. The cover was listed at #15 in Our Culture’s “50 Best Album Covers of 2022”.

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A defining presence in the global lo-fi beat scene, Wun Two and Made in M – two of Germany’s most refined hip-hop producers – joined forces for their collaborative album Sole Spirito, released on June 28, 2024 on Sichtexot.

Steeped in the nostalgic glow of 1970s Italo wave, Sole Spirito drifts through a cinematic Italy of sun-drenched coastlines, decadent interiors, sensual tension, and faded film grain, echoing an era where style and emotion were inseparable.

Swedish graphic designer Andreas Pedersen channels this spirit visually, pairing hot, saturated hues with a slightly condensed version of the seventies-inflected typeface Ouroboros to capture the album’s retro-modern pulse.

The classic sans-serif ITC Franklin Gothic serves as the secondary typeface, in different widths, also set in uppercase, grounding the composition with understated clarity.

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From Wikipedia:

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (commonly referred to as the Purple Tape) is the debut studio album by American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon, released on August 1, 1995, by Loud Records and RCA Records. [...] Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... has received acclaim from music critics and writers over the years, with many lauding it as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time.

The cover art is credited to Daniel Hastings (photography), Miguel Rivera (design) and Christian Cortes (set & logo design) of the company Cartel. Daniel Hastings was interviewed by egotripland.com about the making of the cover in 2011.

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In 2024, Goodbois collaborated with the German rap/pop artist CRO to create a custom bomber jacket for his upcoming tour in Germany. The design was inspired by an earlier piece from the Goodbois Dream Pack ’23, where this character first appeared. The idea was to merge CRO’s iconic character with it, while also incorporating the signature Alaca College typeface that plays a central role in the Goodbois universe.

To give the jacket a classic yet timeless edge, the design placed Nautica at the forefront—presented in a circular motif that symbolized a true ‘full circle moment’. On the inside, a personal detail was added: a stitched-in photo of CRO from 2009, when he wore a Goodbois tank top for the very first time, closing the loop between past and present.

The sweaters shown at the bottom are leftover concept explorations, showcasing how the design could have been reimagined for colorful knitwear and additional pieces.

This product was created exclusively for CRO and is not available for sale on any website.

Artwork for German rapper Döll’s 2025 album Weg vom Weg. Design by Dominik Keller using a portrait by Robert Winter.

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Raleigh artists KATA and JUSTOMOBBIN have come together for a new single titled “call you mine.” The single features an accompanying video shot by Greensboro filmmaker Austin Sellars. The video titles use David Jonathan Ross’s Kuhlman and ITC Avant Garde Gothic Condensed for the credits.

DJR’s Kuhlman is also used for the teaser videos opening text.

The song “call you mine” is available on all streaming platforms and the video is available exclusively on YouTube via KATA and 47 Eyez On Me.

Frank album cover

Amy Winehouse’s debut album Frank was released in October 2003 on Island Records. The cover was designed by Michael Nash Associates, with photography by Charles Moriarty. The singer’s name and the title of the album and most of the singles released from it are set in all caps Litera.

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The cover for the album’s first single, “Stronger than Me” from October 2003, forms an exception: here the text is set in Gill Sans.

“Take the Box” single cover, January 2004

“In My Bed” / “You Sent Me Flying” single cover, April 2004

“Pumps” / “Help Yourself” single cover, August 2004

From Wikipedia:

“Big Energy” is a song by American rapper Latto. It was released through Streamcut and RCA Records on September 24, 2021, as the lead single from Latto’s second studio album, 777 (2022). […] A remix with American singer Mariah Carey featuring DJ Khaled was released on March 28, 2022, with an interpolation of Carey’s song “Fantasy”, which also heavily samples “Genius of Love”. Following the release of the remix, “Big Energy” earned Latto her first top 10 hit on the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number three in April 2022. It also hit number one on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart for 2 weeks. Consequently, it became the highest-charting solo song by a female rapper since March 2021. The song also reached the top 10 in Australia and Canada, and top 20 in New Zealand. “Big Energy” became Latto’s breakthrough on mainstream radio, and she performed the song live on several television appearances. The live version received a nomination for Best Melodic Rap Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.

The font in use is Lovelo Black, the solid style of Fontfabric’s all-caps display family, with a glow effect. The squarish sans used for “featuring” is yet unidentified.

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The lyrics video for “Down in Atlanta” pairs moody nighttime visuals with bold typography set in Sequel Sans Wide Extra Black from OGJ Type. Rendered large and glowing with a neon effect, the letterforms pulse against scenes of downtown Atlanta, echoing the track’s late-night energy. The combination of scale, glow, and motion turns the type itself into part of the rhythm—sharp, heavy, and unmistakably urban.

Album cover. Bastion is used on Tyler’s hat.

Don’t Tap the Glass is the ninth studio album by Tyler, the Creator, released on July 21st of 2025. Promoted only days prior to its release, the album sees Tyler embrace all out dance music with glittery synths, hard hitting beats and infectious tunes. I was admittedly slightly worried about the album music-wise but it was still very worth it.

Aesthetically, this album is the complete inverse of his previous album, Chromakopia. Embracing an 1980s-inspired pop and disco aesthetic, Don't Tap The Glass uses a modified version of Bastion set entirely in uppercase as its only branding typeface. It is used for the logo of the album and in all promotional material.

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Album title lockup. Some notable changes in this modified Bastion are the very different single quotation mark and the letter T in “The” lacking the base serif.

Homepage of the promotional website

Lyric sheet for “Tell Me What It Is”, the last track in the album. The words in the lyrics have an inconsistent line height and some letters are tilted at an angle. Something I also noticed is that the letter S is bolder than other letters. Utterly confounding.

The taglines for the album, first heard in the opening track. Just like the logo, some letters visually are subtly different from others.

Almost all of the music videos from Don't Tap The Glass end with the logo flashing for a few seconds.

One of the first teasings for the album during the Chromakopia tour. The logo is seen here.

Still from the video for “Stop Playing With Me”

“Glass Tapper” T-shirt merchandise

Cover design for “Söldi/Fögli”, the new single of Clamö, released by the Pluggers records label.

Karol Tomoki Yamazaki created the cover design for the second album by Manchester-based MC Fox, released under The North Quarter. It is set in Agrandir by Alex Slobzheninov (Pangram Pangram). See the playlist on YouTube.

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Iceland Music is based in Reykjavík and serves to help Icelandic music and artists locally and Internationally.

Their branding incorporates the use of Sarvatrik, a typeface designed by the type foundry Universal Thirst.

Sarvatrik is a multi-script typeface designed for seamless use across digital and print. Designed for versatility, it performs well at both large and small sizes while maintaining a warm, approachable character. extensive coverage of Indic scripts

Besides Latin, the Sarvatrik font family has a growing coverage of Indic scripts including Devanagari, Bangla, Gurmukhi and Tamil. Sarvatrik has been designed from 2021 to 2024 by Gunnar Vilhjálmsson, Hitesh Malaviya, Namrata Goyal, Lipi Raval, Kalapi Gajjar and Joana Ranito.

13 Months of Sunshine is the third studio album by American rapper Aminé.

Designer Bijan Berahimi of FISK makes expert use of my typeface Megascope throughout the release, including the album cover, back cover, interior, and associated merch. Berahimi generously sprinkled in Megascope’s alternates to give titles extra flair, and made other customizations to give the x-height extra bounce. I love to see Megascope used this way! Avant Garde, an admittedly more text-friendly geometric sans, is used for liner notes and other body text.

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Photography: Lucas Creighton⁣⁣
Hair: Aliky Williams⁣⁣
Makeup: Alexa Hernandez⁣⁣
Styling: Tinbete Daniel⁣⁣
Creative consultant: Liam MacRae⁣⁣
Design direction: Bijan Berahimi (FISK)⁣
Illustration: Nick Collini ⁣
Management: Mischief Management (Justin & Ryan)
Vinyl photos: Mario Gallucci

Back cover

Album and merch

Front cover

Interior spread

13MOS

Liner notes

Liner notes (detail)

Album and merch

Credits and illustration

Detail of tricolor disc, Side A

Detail of tricolor disc, Side B

Detail of tricolor disc, Side C

Detail of tricolor disc, Side D

Aminé wearing the Unc Ringer.

Aminé sharing the White tee.

Tour poster. The supporting typeface is Gill Sans.