Young Ones: Baby Pic Album Covers

ScHoolBoy Q continues a familiar hip hop concept.

Drake - Nothing Was The Same - Drake's Nothing Was The Same included hits like "Started from the Bottom;" "Worst Behavior;" "Hold on, We're Going Home" and "The Language." It more than holds its weight as an Album of the Year contender.(Photo: Young Money Records)
Nas - “The Genesis,” Illmatic (1994) - Illmatic introduces us to one of hip hop’s most cinematic rappers with an intro that contains audio clips from Wild Style, a movie that inaugurated hip hop into film.(Photo: Columbia Records)
The Notorious B.I.G., Ready to Die - The Notorious B.I.G's debut, which dropped five months after Illmatic in 1994, also featured a picture of a child (though in this case it was a baby with a resemblance to Big, not an old pic of the rapper himself). Ghostface later criticized Biggie for "biting" the Illmatic cover in a skit on Raekwon's Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (Photo: Bad Boy Records)
Common, One Day It'll All Make Sense - Common also took on the childhood pic cover theme from a family angle with his third album, 1997's One Day It'll All Make Sense, which was covered by a vintage image of him and his mother. (Photo: Relativity Records)'Not Like Crazy' - On this track she goes on a journey of love. Comparing what her lover does to the sun rising and moon shining at night.  (Photo: Warner Bros Records)

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Nas, Illmatic - Nas set off the baby pic album cover trend with the iconic artwork for his classic 1994 debut, Illmatic, which features a picture of him when he was 7, superimposed over an image of the Queensbridge housing projects.  (Photo: Def Jam Records)

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