Photoshop/MS Paint your likeness ruining famous album covers

You did say *ruin* didn't you?

Revive!
I'm doing exactly this, making some mix CDs as favours for my wedding. So far I have John & Yoko's the Wedding Album, Freewheelin' Bob Dylan and White Stripes' Get Behind Me Satan, but I want to find a hip hop one as well. Any suggestions for a cover I could find with two people on them (hopefully 1 of each sex?) Closest I have come is that Run DMC one with their faces at the bottom. :(

Nancy (Sinatra) & Lee (Hazlewood)?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3051/2753052735_25d50dc26d.jpg

First two thoughts were single sex - Dirty Projectors 'Bitte Orca' and Louvin Bros 'Satan is Real'.

Oh, sorry, didn't notice that you just wanted hip-hop suggestions! Let me think...

Oh yeah, I missed that too.

Does this work?

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61CFD4E17QL._SS500_.jpg

The only two I could come up with:

http://media.avclub.com/images/articles/article/41013/TheCoupCoverLarge_jpg_300x1000_q85.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_XpzVbtlY8wE/St_So5ePcBI/AAAAAAAADME/G46yS3cLP54/s400/vybzkartel.jpg

Fairly tenuous, I know, especially as Vybz Kartel isn't even hip-hop, but I figure it has that sort of feel...

if that Ice T cover is getting suggested why not go for Doggystyle and have done with it

http://www.owebhost.eu/redman/images/Redman_-_Malpractice-front.jpg

If you don't mind both being girls...
http://www.peasprout.com/blog/wp-images/salt-n-pepa-tramp.jpg

http://www.formatmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/13/ghostface_rehab_cover1.jpg

Thanks guys! Unfortunately my relatively mainstream group of friends may not recognise these; I'm thinking three feet high and rising MIGHT work..Julie's 16th is uch a classic though! Heh.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_-yXNl0C0z7w/TIklYa6HLPI/AAAAAAAACYA/B8mMzC-oicM/s1600/fugees+%2B+score.jpg

I think this might work, if you edit one of the Fugees out (should be easy with the black background). It's a pretty recognizable cover too.

Tuomas!! You genius. That might be PERFECT!

Stankonia?

I think we're going to go with The Score, and not just for the lulz of making my Bichon into the third Fugee.

http://i54.tinypic.com/qrbsia.jpg

Who'll be the second one, then?

By the way, congrats for the wedding, hope it'll be fun!

Ha, I showed the original album to Amber and Alice, a few years ago, and said "That's me and mum in NY"

Amber says "Well, that's mum alright, but that's not you"

Well, first and second Fugees will be me and proto-Dylan, above! We're also going to do JOhn & Yoko's the Wedding Album and the White Stripes' Get Behind Me, Satan (much to his chagrin.)

Well, first and second Fugees will be me and proto-Dylan, above!

Okay, sorry, I was confused when you said you'll make "my Bichon" the third Fugee - I thought that was some pet name for your fiancee. But apparently "Bichon" is a dog breed?

oh LOL! Sorry. This is him, as seen on the PUPPY!!!! thread:

http://photos-e.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs274.snc1/10128_135197248577_516053577_2532044_5625233_n.jpg

http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/18600000/Vultures-the-jungle-books-vultures-18695335-500-279.jpg

hey now, don't not start that again!

(xpost)

That Freewheelin' cover is suddenly very much in the news - see the R.I.P. thread

oh dear :( I am bad luck :(

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/264205_10150259991838578_516053577_7622846_99962_n.jpg

we scrapped the white stripes in favour of the Ting Tings. It was hard to figure out how to tilt my head to match hers. And I see I have to do something to fix my neck :P Hope I don't kill either of them as I did with Freewheelin'. Still to come: Blondie's Parallel Lines (Dicksie's Parallel Lives) & The Essential Sly and the Family Stone (The Essential Andr3w and the Family St3 ph3n). But I can't think of a good play on the Ting Tings?? We're Lex (Alexis D1 cKs) and Andrew (St3 ph3n). Any ideas out there?

(Scrapped the score because our album ended up being a lot more soul than hip hop :P Still loved Bichon as third head idea.)

Closest I have come is that Run DMC one with their faces at the bottom. :(

been done :

http://www.banquetrecords.com/item.jpg?KORCD001

hahah well we scrapped it in favour of a soul mix anyway. we took shots for this one:

http://991.com/newGallery/Sly--The-Family-Stone-The-Essential-Sly-470491.jpg

bwaha.. I did it!

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/285158_10150281032588578_516053577_7819159_8259386_n.jpg

I was not able to get vinyl label accuracy, sadly. And not super happy about the Sly Stone. So it goes.