Blood in my eye back cover

The CD itself is a direct representation of the album’s name ‘Blood in my eye’. The blood being the colour red has connotations of murder and so the artist is constantly referring back to the gangster philosophy even through the cd design

The clever use of imagery is shown through the middle hole of the cd creating an image of an iris of an eye, still maintaining reference to the album’s name

The back cover still uses the cartoon effect to illustrate the various stages of the life of a gangster. The artists image is not needed on the back of album as already the cartoon imagery helps solidify what the artists looks like in the mind of an audience member.

White lettering is used to contrast the dark background as it helps the names to stand out to the audience making them familiar with what is included in the album. The name of the song is in white however the featuring artists are in grey showing that the name of each song is more important

There are a variety of red dots deliberately painted on the building walls. In my opinion, this has strong reference to my earlier point about Ja Rule ‘leaving his mark’ on the rap industry as the red dots could symbolise his removal of any opposition. This was a reoccurring theme in 80’s rap music with the war between rivalling gangs. Blood In My Eye along with Murda records, both have strong connotations of murder.