Damn Son Where Did You Find This? is the first book ever to focus on the cover art of the modern US hiphop mixtape. A visual world that reached unseen levels at the turn of the millennium, uncensored, unregulated and extreme, it is a the most anarchic of all genres of graphic design.Freed from major label guidelines, lawyer opinions and moral hindrances the designers featured in this seminal book are truly unique - something that is hard to come by in today's global world of intertwined visual tendencies.Along with 500 cover artworks from designers KidEight, Miami Kaos, Mike Rev, Tansta & Skrilla, including interviews with artists and DJs which tell the stories of how they slipped into the hiphop mixtape industry.They take us through the creative process, how visual trends have come and gone, moral hazards and how designing mixtape covers changed the trajectories of their lives.This book is a document showing the work of five extraordinary Adobe Photoshop wizards who day after day, get up, draw up an epic scene centered around one or more rappers, and finish it off with blazing typography, all in the matter of a couple of hours and for as many hundred dollars.Created by graphic designer Michael Thorsby, and media producer Tobias Hansson

We wanted each other’s worlds, and in the months we collided, we created our own. Five years later. Months between lovers have tested the most significant power of change. Plagued with loneliness, AJ tries to rekindle new sensations with long time boyfriend, Jenkins. Rage-filled Briggs has invested in a violent record, all while Trae Lae tries to rise above the flames that burn with shameless loyalty. Illusive Noah engages with the past, smuggling treasured feelings into the present, reconnecting with Laney. They will cross a bridge when little Lakea and Noah become father and daughter. Tiny cracks break open the truth. Can each of them survive the bumpy road? When it comes to salvaging their tawdry connection, family bonds sanctioned by unbreakable vows in the years that kept them together. It’s all worth it because we were able to be here finally with one another and live with gratitude and appreciate the darkness to enjoy the light. Sometimes the star that burns us the most is the one that keeps us warm, even when it blinds us. 18+ Mature Content, Explicit Language, Sexual Content.

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