Hip Hop Magazine review

Hip Hops a mag targeted at your typical Hip Hop lover. Peeps that know the ins and outs of true underground music and interested in upcoming talent. Looking at the language, topics, images, colours and adverts, its easy to say hands down that the mags target audience is working class men. Aged between 18-30. The mag has hardly any ads, this could be because it might not be big enough to attract companies that want to be associated with the mag. The little ads it does have are of small underground venues and music shops like HMV, which only take up half the page or less. You’ll also see articles about loving beer, Hip Hops 100 hotties (featuring in every issue a naked woman, telling readers about what she does and wants out of life and stuff). Also articles on gang beef, with pictures of cows wearing bling and also, a recipe for a real mans dish. The colours the mag uses are mainly dark with a few bold colours like yellow and red. The mag costs over £3 but but is pretty thick for its contents. The mags made in Britain, so features a lot of British hip hop culture with the odd American influence every now and then. HIP HOP also comes with a cd of new artists out on the scene (which are mainly British, but Iv never heard of). I dont know anything about Hip Hop culture and wouldnt be interested in the slightest to learn by reading HIP HOP. This mags for TRUE HIP HOP listeners.