Atari Called Quest / Vignette Vectors
Today marks the 20th anniversary of Midnight Marauders - check out this great article by ego trip on the making of the album art. Ali Shaheed Muhammad also co-hosts NPR’s microphone check.
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#a tribe called quest #atcq #q-tip #midnight marauders #npr
Atari Called Quest / Vignette Vectors
Atari Called Quest / Vignette Vectors
Seriously WTF 2016 stop taking our heroes… RIP Phife
Apollo 8bit
Shrink Floyd / Dark Side of the Zoom
Bonus Bits:
45 Years Later… 10 Things You Didn’t Know via @rollingstone
Vector Underground
too bad that’s not really what a vector is so your pun sucks
I create all of these from scratch using Adobe Illustrator. Each one is 100% vector before saving for web.
Madpixely
Another great "behind the cover" article from EgoTripLand, this time on Madvillainy, released 10 years ago this week. The cover is basically one part King Crimson, one part Madonna.
I almost chose this one for the cover of Volume 1…
Speaking of the book- I’m working with a new publisher to get the price down. Maybe an alternate cover for v. 1.1?
THUMBS UP: Thanks to this month’s top supporters nobodygetstheshrinkray, dub9dope, and michaelbatista - you have all won a “Bare Essentials” magnet and a set of 12 stickers. Please email your mailing address to marc@albumartifact.com and I’ll ship these out, free!
These super limited items will not be available for purchase online. Reblog and share your favorite Album Artifact posts on tumblr, and I’ll reward the Biggest Fans again next month with free exclusive merch.
Thanks to Busy Beaver for the magnets, Sticker Mule, and the Tumblr staff.
One last thing- the book goes on sale tomorrow!
Beastie Bits
Licensed to Ill officially goes DIAMOND. (via coslive)
Bonus Fact: This cover was the very first Album Artifact created and posted!
The forever adolescent LP reluctantly turns 30 today.
Compress the Rats’ Mess
