Compare the representations of Eminem in Hip Hop Connection and

Top Of The Pops? Suggest reasons why they may difer.

Give some detaied information a!out the genre" target audience and
!ac#ground of !oth maga$ines
The genre of Hip Hop is !asicay a type of music styed with a series of rhythms that
accompanies rapping as we as yrics that rhyme in a type of rhythm" this is
commony #nown as rapping. The target audience is mainy young%midde aged maes
&'()*+,. The genre of maga$ine is mainy aimed at those who i#e rap music. Top of
the Pops maga$ine is a charts maga$ine" so it gives you a the information and gossip
a!out the artists that are at the -Top. of the charts. Top of the Pops /rst came around
in '00+ and is sti running to this day" it is a spin of maga$ine from the origina T1
show Top of the Pops &which started in '02(, which ran on the 33C. Hip Hop
Connection &'044), is the ongest running monthy maga$ine for hip hop music ony.
H.H.C changed hands severa times and was once owned !y 5inistry of Sound where
they ony featured femae artists on the front of the covers" !ut they !egan to run out
of ideas and sod it to another company. 6ue to the change of hands" the new
company introduced an annua ist of the !est hip hop a!ums.
Give some information a!out the artist himsef
His rea name is 5arsha 5athers 777 &!orn '2 Octo!er '02*, and he has an ater ego
caed Sim Shady. 3efore he was a soo artist" he used to !e in a hip hop group caed
6'*" he was aso in a hip hop duo caed 3ad 5eets Evi. The 8oingstone maga$ine
has named him the 9ing of Hip Hop due to his ong and very" very successfu career.
He has aso achieved ': num!er one a!ums on the 3i!oard *:: in the ;S<.
6escri!e each of the images in detai. 6iscuss in detai the use of
coour" cothing" stance" non ver!a communication" accompanying
Coverines
He=s giving us &the
audience, direct eye
contact" the camera ange
aso ma#es it oo# i#e he is
oo#ing down on us" and it
aso ma#es him oo# !igger
than us too. This connotes
that the maga$ine is trying
to suggest that he is more
important%famous than us
and that he oo#s down on
anyone around him due to
his high status and it aso
suggests that he appears
untoucha!e.
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The way that he has !een
styed in the picture
connotes that he doesn=t
want to !e the conventiona
rap artist anymore" the shirt
is un)tuc#ed though which
shows that he sti wants to
!e seen as aid !ac#" !ut it
ma#es him oo# i#e he is
down to !usiness and more
sophisticated.
The tattoos" gun and
ighter are typica
conventions of the hip
hop cuture which
connotes re!eion.
The ighter coud aso
connote that he is
ready to ight the
word on /re !ecause
of his fame.
The red in the te?t
matches the redness
on his suit" the red
has connotations of
danger &which in#s in
with the gun" tattoos
and ighter,"
Here" it oo#s i#e the
camera is oo#ing down on
him" this connotes that the
maga$ine is trying to ma#e
him appear sma to the
target audience" perhaps
this coud !e !ecause from
the spash on the front of
the maga$ine they are
anaysing his music" so
they are anaysing him too.
<so" in this maga$ine the
way he is dressed ma#es
him appea more to the
target audience of the
maga$ine and not the
target audience of his fans.
The tite of the main cover
ine &spash, is !iased" its
connoting that there is a
for and against de!ate
inside the maga$ine a!out
the type of music Eminem
has created. 7t amost
suggests that the
maga$ine wants there
target audience to either
disi#e or i#e Eminem=s
music once they have read
the artice.
The maga$ine says -The
pop word has its say@
A79ES@. denotes that
whatever it is that the
pop cuture has to say
wi surey !e
controversia as they are
a competey diferent
genre and wi not
understand Eminem=s
music genre very we
and wi misinterpret a
ot of things he has to
say.
Suggest reasons why the respective maga$ines may have difering
representations of the artist
The maga$ines portray him in very diferent ights. 7n the H.H.C maga$ine" he is shown
as a sophisticated artist who sti appeared to !e himsef and wasn=t afraid to hide
anything &for e?ampe his tattoos,. However" he is sti portrayed as dangerous and
intimidating. Bhere as in the T.O.T.P=s maga$ine" he is portrayed as !eing vunera!e
to connote that he might not !e a that intimidating and untoucha!e as he might
thin#. However" 7 thin# there are some aspects of the T.O.T.P=s maga$ine that want to
portray him in a good ight" due to Eminem=s eye contact with the femae target
audience" it connotes that he is e?pressing honesty to them as we as his own fan
!ase.