This album cover of NWA has the group all having serious expressions suggesting that they are serious about what they are trying to put across which is about there old lifestyle. They are dressed in streetwear which relates back to their old lifestyle. This is done because it helps the audience understand more what they used to be like.
The low angle shot gives the group power and symbolises how they are looking down on something e.g a dead body as this will refer to the lyrics which are about people dying. As the NWA font is red it represents blood which is one of the gangs in central Los Angeles. Spidery style font helps people understand this is appealing to a younger audience and the parental advisory enhances this because it makes the younger audience want to find out more.
The use of a gun shows that they are a rough group and involve violence in their songs and they see it as a positive by showing it to the camera. This was during the times of the LA riots and in which African Americans were treated badly in America in the 1980s. N.W.A tried to fight this lack of equality through their lyrics including the song 'Fu** The Police', in which they highlight how black people were discriminated.
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