'XXL' Magazine Analysis

Front Page

The colours that the music artists are wearing are gold, purple, red, these are all rich colours. Gold has connotations of illumination and loyalty. Purple has connotations of royalty, nobility, luxury, power, and ambition. Red/burgundy is associated with strength, power, determination as well as passion. From the colours they are wearing we know they are very wealthy. They are also wearing many big chains around their neck which is also a sign of wealth. Both of the males 'Young Thug' and 'Gucci Mane' have tattoos all over their body, tattoos are stereotyped with young Afro-Caribbean males who are associated with drugs and gangs, however on this front cover they are seen as wealthy young males and not gangsters which is a countertype.

The man of the left 'Young Thug' is covering the masthead which is connotation of magazines.
There are not many cover stories and they are all listed at the top right hand corner of the magazine which is strange in a magazine as a connotation is to have the cover stories all around the CVI.
The main story is at the bottom of the front cover and it is bigger than the cover stories which is also a convention of magazines.