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01-18-2016, 09:50 PM
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Behind every good hip-hop album there's usually some dope album art to accompany it. It's not a secret that some of hip-hop's greatest rappers are inspired by comic books ( MF DOOM, Ghostface Killah, Killer Mike etc.). When the good people at Marvel announced that they will be releasing a free comic book that will include a variety of comic art based on hip-hop albums, fans rejoiced. Who are we to thank for this? Marvel and probably Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels started a comic project in 2015 which was incredibly well received by fans and Marvel.
If you have ever watched a Boondocks episode you can remember hearing tracks from MF DOOM and if you're a fan of either you see how effortlessly they pair together. Rappers and comic books go together like peanut butter and jelly; the art of storytelling mixed with animated visuals influenced with an urban imagination - I am officially turnt up.
This release is great timing for Marvel too, with Deadpool being highly anticipated and the trailers already depicting Deadpool as someone who appreciates hip-hop (the trailer includes snippets from DMX and Salt-N-Pepa), Marvel is doing a great job of continuing to bridge diversity in not just their comics but their audience too.
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Over the past few months, Marvel Comics have been paying homage to hip-hop through a series of variant covers (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/business/media/marvel-to-release-free-reprints-of-hip-hop-homage-comic-book-covers.html?smid=tw-nytimesmusic&smtyp=cur&_r=2&mtrref=undefined) inspired by beloved albums from Run the Jewels, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, DOOM, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Tyler the Creator, Jay Z, Missy Elliott, 2Pac, Eminem, and many, many more.
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The company has announced a free (http://pitchfork.com/news/62317-marvel-releasing-free-comic-book-compiling-hip-hop-variant-covers/), 32-page book featuring reprints of 14 of these covers, The New York Times reports. "The hip-hop variants were a really special initiative that caught fire in the outside world," Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso told the Times. "We thought this was a great opportunity to highlight that and make it available to fans for free." The comic will be available in participating stores January 6.
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Update (01/06, 7:18 p.m. EST): Killer Mike wrote the introduction to the comic, which details his history with comics. Read an excerpt below and find the whole thing over at Fuse (http://www.fuse.tv/2016/01/killer-mike-marvel-hip-hop-covers-introduction-exclusive).
I have two dads, both of whom played a significant role in raising me: my biological father -- a conservative, pro-gun cop -- and my mom's husband -- my "dad," a liberal man of the arts with an amazing collection of records and comics. He was the one that introduced me to comics. I still remember when he gave me first copy of Uncanny X-Men. Seeing Storm for the first time -- a beautiful, powerful, dark-skinned woman that looked like my mother with a Mohawk -- I was instantly drawn to her.
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Behind every good hip-hop album there's usually some dope album art to accompany it. It's not a secret that some of hip-hop's greatest rappers are inspired by comic books ( MF DOOM, Ghostface Killah, Killer Mike etc.). When the good people at Marvel announced that they will be releasing a free comic book that will include a variety of comic art based on hip-hop albums, fans rejoiced. Who are we to thank for this? Marvel and probably Run the Jewels - Run the Jewels started a comic project in 2015 which was incredibly well received by fans and Marvel.
If you have ever watched a Boondocks episode you can remember hearing tracks from MF DOOM and if you're a fan of either you see how effortlessly they pair together. Rappers and comic books go together like peanut butter and jelly; the art of storytelling mixed with animated visuals influenced with an urban imagination - I am officially turnt up.
This release is great timing for Marvel too, with Deadpool being highly anticipated and the trailers already depicting Deadpool as someone who appreciates hip-hop (the trailer includes snippets from DMX and Salt-N-Pepa), Marvel is doing a great job of continuing to bridge diversity in not just their comics but their audience too.
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Over the past few months, Marvel Comics have been paying homage to hip-hop through a series of variant covers (http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/30/business/media/marvel-to-release-free-reprints-of-hip-hop-homage-comic-book-covers.html?smid=tw-nytimesmusic&smtyp=cur&_r=2&mtrref=undefined) inspired by beloved albums from Run the Jewels, Kendrick Lamar, Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, De La Soul, DOOM, Wu-Tang Clan, A Tribe Called Quest, Tyler the Creator, Jay Z, Missy Elliott, 2Pac, Eminem, and many, many more.
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The company has announced a free (http://pitchfork.com/news/62317-marvel-releasing-free-comic-book-compiling-hip-hop-variant-covers/), 32-page book featuring reprints of 14 of these covers, The New York Times reports. "The hip-hop variants were a really special initiative that caught fire in the outside world," Marvel editor-in-chief Axel Alonso told the Times. "We thought this was a great opportunity to highlight that and make it available to fans for free." The comic will be available in participating stores January 6.
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Update (01/06, 7:18 p.m. EST): Killer Mike wrote the introduction to the comic, which details his history with comics. Read an excerpt below and find the whole thing over at Fuse (http://www.fuse.tv/2016/01/killer-mike-marvel-hip-hop-covers-introduction-exclusive).
I have two dads, both of whom played a significant role in raising me: my biological father -- a conservative, pro-gun cop -- and my mom's husband -- my "dad," a liberal man of the arts with an amazing collection of records and comics. He was the one that introduced me to comics. I still remember when he gave me first copy of Uncanny X-Men. Seeing Storm for the first time -- a beautiful, powerful, dark-skinned woman that looked like my mother with a Mohawk -- I was instantly drawn to her.
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