Textual Analysis

XXL is an American magazine specialises in Hip-Hop.The target audience is 15 to 38 years of age and the sell lines tells us (the reader) that it is an informal and aims to be user friendly to the target audience being the younger generation by not producing many sell lines making it easier for users to take in the contents, 'Dueling Eye Candies Of The Year' this connotes that it is aimed at the younger generation because sex is most affiliated with the younger generation. The front cover is effective because it features hip-hop and gangsta rapper 50 cent, who has been the face of rap of recent Years. The picture of him sitting on money and counting it shows that he is a very successful individual. The handcuffs show that he cannot be contained stereotypical of the hip-hop nature that most artists have been convicts but these handcuffs show that Rapper 50 cent can't be incarcerated The mise-en-scene of the baseball cap and the baggy jeans and t-shirt are all also stereotypical of hip-hop. For most rappers within the hip-hop genre are stereotypically associated with crime if they have large amounts of money. Counting money is also associated with crime as drug dealers count large sums of money. His facial expression is aggressive a stereotypical view of all of the hip-hop rap artists by the audience. 50 Cent being able to sit on the money shows how much he has and the power he has as it is extremelly risky to have all that money out and no one has attempted to steal his money. Harris publications is the publisher of XXL magazine aswell as a scratch magazine. Both magazines are hip-hop based. The sell lines ' Dueling Eye Candies Of The Year!' appeal to the urban audience as this is an event that takes place every year and get the audience involved by making them vote for their best candidate.The sell lines 'Snoop Dogg Gets A Job' would interest the readers because rappers do not really need to get jobs as they make enough money through their music this would interest the audience as it is unusual in the hip-hop society. The front cover is also a conventional magazine front cover as the masthead is placed behind the focal image and has a conventional layout with a limited amount of colours. Another way in which it conventional is through the use of barcode and website.