VIBe Magazine Front page Analysis

This is the front cover of vibe magazine. The focal point of the front cover is 50cent who is wearing a classy looking suit which reflects the hip hop culture. The front page looks quite bold and simple this which reiterates the fact that this is a hip hop magazine.

the masthead for the magazine front cover is in red, red usually symbolises hip hop the fact that the colour of the text is bold and has no gradient connotes that the magazine is for hip hop audiences.

I think that the magazine is aimed at a male audience because the magazines theme is that of scareface this is called an inter textual reference to the movie which a quite masculine. The use of colour also emphasises the fact that this magazine is aimed at the male audience.

The main focal point 50cent is not wearing much jewellery except for a large ring, the small amounts of jewellery suggests that he not interested in showing how much wealth he has through his jewellery but through his clothes. The genre is unlike R&B as it does not base the genre on wealth but on sophistication and success.