Kenny Gravillis' 10 Favorite Rap Album Covers of the '90s

The legendary creative director picks some of the best rap album art produced in the '90s.

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This is part of a daily, week-long feature series where we asked legendary designers about their favorite rap album covers from the '90s.

After five years at Def Jam's The Drawing Board, Kenny Gravillis became the creative director of the Black Music Division at MCA Records on the West Coast. Gravillis worked on Mary J. Blige's albums Share My World and Mary, Common’s Like Water for Chocolate, and The Roots' Things Fall Apart. He even branched out to design for Babyface, Usher, and Third Eye Blind. After leaving MCA, Gravillis connected with old friends Steve Carr of The Drawing Board and Brett Ratner to re-brand his design firm as a visual communications company to work on movie ads for Dr. Dolittle 2 (directed by Carr) and Ratner's Red Dragon. Today Gravillis is the co-owner and creative director of Gravillis Inc. Most recently, he has worked on TV and film advertisements for Vice and Kick-Ass 2. Read stories about the history of rap album art from the man himself with Kenny Gravillis' 10 Favorite Rap Album Covers of the '90s.

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RZA, Bobby Digital in Stereo

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Ol' Dirty Bastard, Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version

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A Tribe Called Quest, The Low End Theory

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Black Star, Mos Def & Talib Kweil Are Black Star

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Snoop Doggy Dogg, Doggystyle

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Gravediggaz, 6 Feet Deep

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Redman, Dare Iz a Darkside

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EPMD, Business As Usual

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Genius/GZA, Liquid Swords

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The Roots, Things Fall Apart

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