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Madlib – Madlib Medicine Show: Pill Jar EP (2013)

Dedicated to archiving all visual homages, lampoons, parodies, pastiches, remakes, rip-offs, send-ups, spoofs and take-offs within the realm of rap culture.

All of these re-creation photos are done by those involved with hip hop, trip hop and turntablism music (generally for the album cover art).

Whether the original source is music (hip hop or not), comedy, logos, print media, artwork, films or TV shows…whatever it’s based on, depicting, inspired by or referencing, if tributes are being paid, we’re showcasing it here. (Some may be coincidence, it's difficult to know for sure a lot of the time.)

Please submit others to help add on, credit will be given.

For hip hop literature that covers this topic, check out:

ego trip’s: Book of Rap Lists (1999)
“Rap Album Artwork Based On Other LP Covers”
Pages 170-171

The Book of Hip Hop Cover Art (2004)
“Beat Biters: Dope Style Takers”
Pages 124-135