Contents textual analysis

From the contents page we can see 50 Cent standing on a pile of money with a briefcase full of even more money. He is wearing jeans and a mostly all blue outfit, this could show that he is either affiliated with the Crips or that it’s his preferred choice of colour. The whole page seems to have an aura of wealth and riches, the font used for the ‘Features Dec/Ja 2010’ is very formal, this could be to relate to banks and accountants which reflect back to the pile of money which is the main attraction to the readers’ eye. The cover lines all seem to have something to do with either, murder, rap, gangsters, robberies or all-round thug activities which could implement the idea of the articles being about topics such as these. The masthead is done in lowercase letters to give a more thuggish attitude to the page and show a lack of education and stereotype the artist featured, ironically who is holding an unreal amount of money at his feet which could show being literate won’t always bring you riches. The XXL logo is still planted in a small partition of the page where the reader can still see it easily to remind them of the publisher. The thin border gives the page a much neater look and make it look much more sophisticated. The colours used are those that you are likely to see in banks and on grainy buildings such as the ones on Wall Street, yet again bringing back the idea of wealth and riches.