Although this article is not the kind of music genre I am aiming at I think it is a good representation of a different style of article, a simplistic approach with a bold outcome.
The article is a double page spread, with one whole side of the page dedicated to the close up image of the Rapper, Jay Z. The image itself is interesting as the lighting has meant one side of his face is illuminated by a red light and the other a softer light blue. This could be symbolism for his personality and can tell us that he has a darker side that is maybe shown through his rapping and the other side through him and his life away from song writing. With a section of the page cover by a quote from Jay Z and the section in which the Article is in. "RapRadar".
The other side of the page contains the article, laid out in two columns, with very small font. All these indicators, the large image, the small font and the amount of information tell the reader that this is an Exclusive article, and so should be high on the readers to read list.
Finally the article also has a large J overlapping the text in red. This along gives the page a dominance to its neighbouring pages, the large red J draws the reader in and is the letter starting the article. which traditionally is larger than the others but contained within the the beginning of the article but this takes up a whole page.
I personally like this style of page, i think it looks unique, setting it aside from the others, sticking to the clean and crisp colour scheme of the magazine but stretching the fonts and colours to their limits.
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