Trace That: Album Artwork Inspired by Other Artists

Seeing double on LP covers with Curren$y, Lil Wayne & more.

Roy Ayers Ubiquity and Smif-n-Wessun - The great jazz musician Roy Ayers has been sampled by numerous hip hop artists, but his classic 1972 recording He’s Coming was so inspirational that Smif-n-Wessun and their Boot Camp Clik re-struck the pose for their 1995 opus Dah Shinin’. (Photo: Polydor, Wreck Records)
Jay Z and Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne paid homage to the big homie Jay Z when he rhymed “I’m the best rapper alive since the best rapper retired” on “Bring It Back” from his 2004 breakout album, Tha Carter. Weezy also tilted his hat to Jigga with the album’s cover, a rendition of 1997’s In My Life Lifetime, Vol. 1.(Photos from left: Roc-A-Fella Records, Universal Records)

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Jay Z and Lil Wayne - Lil Wayne paid homage to the big homie Jay Z when he rhymed “I’m the best rapper alive since the best rapper retired” on “Bring It Back” from his 2004 breakout album, Tha Carter. Weezy also tilted his hat to Jigga with the album’s cover, a rendition of 1997’s In My Life Lifetime, Vol. 1.(Photos from left: Roc-A-Fella Records, Universal Records)

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