A while back I had Grammy Award Winner, Sir Mix-A-lot on chasejarvisLIVE. The guy is smart – dropped some pretty serious knowledge on the show [here’s the re-watch if you missed it].
At the end of the show, I shot the cover for his upcoming album, live, online. Here are the results.
The lead one that shows his face is my fav, but there’s plenty of debate, because the other shot is tough and mysterious. I’ll resist the temptation to make any real case for one or the other, and I’ll let this is a straight up survey – which photo do you like better A (top) or B (bottom)? (please answer in the post, not via other social channels so we don’t have to chase your feedback – thx!)
Here is photo A:
Here is photo B:
Thanks for your input.
||And if you missed it: Here’s the chasejarvisLIVE episode with Mix||
A
B , better back lighting on the woman, and more balanced image and it seems almost more sylized. plus the desk is level !
Hi,
First, thanks for sharing this with us…
I must say B, just love the eyes!
I prefer the idea of B, but if I didn’t see A before I’d have no idea it’d be his hands in front of his face. Well it would’ve taken me a second to see, which is too long if I’m browsing CDs. So I pick A. Not too crazy about A though. The hand is too close to the butt and reminds me of spanking.
If his eyes were brighter in B, I’d pick it in a heartbeat.
I believe both images are strong, but here’s my question, what’s his album like? I think the message/tone/feel of the album will, and should, play a major role in the album image.
My interpretation of the images and perhaps what the album would sound like:
Image A – “This is me, Sir Mix-A-Lot. Love me, or hate me, this is me. But this is what you’ve come to know about me.”
Image B – “I got something new and totally different to drop on you. You’re gonna lose your sh*t when you hear this. This isn’t the Sir Mix-A-Lot you know.”
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