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I mean, bruh. If this ain’t one of the Blackest album covers of all time then I don’t know what is. Wilson Pickett…

I don’t need a ton of words to describe the way I feel about the cover for Public Enemy’s sophomore album, 1988's It…

Ain’t no way in the world this monthlong series would pass without a nod to one of the greatest albums ever that…

It all started over the past year when like many of us, I made a very hard turn into damn near exclusively buying…

The cover for jazz guitarist Sonny Sharrock’s debut album, 1969's Black Woman, could have easily doubled as a movie…

The cover for Leon Thomas’ 1973 album, Full Circle, does not look like what it sounds like, to me at least. The…

There is no discussion about Black album covers, iconic or otherwise, that doesn’t include the string of album…

Max Roach was a famed jazz drummer and composer who has countless albums with various configurations of artists. His…

Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly (all parts of it) has been think-pieced to death, so that’s not what’s going to…

I love the album cover for multi-hyphenate Dee Dee Bridgewater’s debut album, 1974's Afro Blue. Dee Dee is a…

Mary J. Blige’s My Life is a personal choice for me. For my money, her 1994 album is one of the best albums ever…

It’s possible that you’ve never heard of the London-group Shut Up and Dance. They were (are) a British…

Even though we’ve already let you know who won our 2021 Skippies, that does not mean that the party has stopped. The…

Friends, Romans, Countryfolks...this is one BlackAF album cover. The group, Mystique, signed to Curtis Mayfield’s…

2020 was a year. And I don’t mean that in a good way. Because this whole endeavor is about positivity, I won’t even…

“Even the sun goes down, heroes eventually die, horoscopes...often lie, and sometimes “why”/Nothing is for sure,…

We’re so happy to bring you the winners for our 2nd Annual Blackest Awards. Around here, we call them The Skippies…

I love this album cover for Perfect Angel. For starters, it has an innocent feel to it, but that melted ice cream…

It’s Valentine’s Day so it only makes sense to include an album cover for an album about that good lovin’. Marvin…

Have you ever seen an album cover that had you at hello? For me, that album cover would be Preston Love’s Preston…