Hip-Hop Magazine Contents Page

This issue of 'Vibe' magazine contains a generic and conventional Hip-Hop magazine contents page. Like many contents pages in this genre, it contains a very plain background with a smooth colour gradient. The colour used is red, which I have noticed is the most popular colour within Hip-Hop by a clear margin. I will use this colour in my own contents page.
The 'Contents' banner is written in conventional typography, using a clear, bold and smooth looking font in a plain colour, in this case, white.
The banner is written over three lines and placed in the top right, covering much of the area, this broken down effect is common among Hip-Hop contents pages.
The picture used in this instance is of an artist displaying his jewelry and wearing only a a hat in the upper body shot. The picture covers much of the page and is the feature that the audience is immediately drawn to. His expression is plain and shows no obvious emotion, much like pictures on Hip-Hop magazine front covers.
What is unusual about Hip-Hop contents pages, is the way that they display such small and so few features on their contents page, and in a posh looking typography that is nothing like the rest of the typography in the magazine. This usually means that they need to have their contents spread out over several pages.