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Image
There is a mid shot of Nas who
is the rapper who was featured
on the main cover. It has the
atmosphere is the same; it is the
dark and gloomy style. However,
he is wearing different clothes but
still keeping that "bad boy" style
as well as he has a slightly different
pose but it is very similar. The
background looks like a car park,
mechanic's or an abandoned place,
this all adds to the theme.

Page Layout
The page layout is simple. It is just
the picture of him, and columns on
two separate pages. The columns
only contain the contents of all  editorial content pages and also stays true to the three colours scheme as the background, is quite dark and the letters are red and white.

Language
The language is straight forward but it's not too formal, in other words it's written in a quite relaxed manner. Which can either be loved or hated but it matches it's target market. Furthermore, it showcases rappers and artists in which their songs are composed using informal words and slang.

Genre
The genre is hip-hop without a doubt. And in this magazine it portrays that in many ways. Firstly, Hip-hop was predominantly music that came from poorer areas, so it came from those who had been through a lot and had done bad things because they didn't know better and needed to survive so it's quite dark. Just like most of the magazine as well as the red, which could possibly signify danger, blood and risk so it is definitely a good choice for a colours. Also the language which is quite relaxed compared to another and more formal magazine.