dorothy reimagines 42 classic hip-hop albums as oversized postage stamps

dorothy puts a stamp on classic hip-hop albums

UK-based studio Dorothy has released a new print that reimagines 42 seminal hip-hop albums as a series of oversized postage stamps, beginning with the 1982 breakthrough album The Message by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Titled ‘Stamp Album: Hip-Hop’, the poster illustrates 41 other classic albums in chronological order.

These albums include: Run-DMC and their 1984 self-titled album, Public Enemy and It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Beastie Boys and Paul’s Boutique, A Tribe Called Quest and The Low End Theory, Wu-Tang Clan and Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), Fugees and The Score, Missy Elliott and Supa Dupa Fly, Lauryn Hill and The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, Eminem and The Slim Shady LP, Jay-Z and The Blueprint, Kanye West and My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and Kendrick Lamar and To Pimp a Butterfly. The print concludes with the latest self-titled and politically charged album from Run the Jewels. 

the print features 42 classic albums in chronological order 

6-color litho print with album-inspired graphics 

Dorothy (see more here) featured a graphic on each stamp, inspired in some way by the album or its tracks, the release date, its running time, and original label. The final design is a 6-color litho print measuring 80cm x 60cm and adorned with an additional silver foil mimicking a perforation. 

‘Stamp Album: Hip-Hop’ joins eight others in Dorothy’s bestselling ‘Stamp Collection’ range, which also celebrate seminal post-punk, post-rock, psych, electronic and alternative albums. You can purchase this new print from the studio’s website for £35 / €40 / $42. 

beginning with the 1982 breakthrough album The Message by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five

albums by Jay-Z, J Dilla, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar, and Run the Jewels tie up the hip-hop history lesson

the print incorporates a silver foil to mimic a stamp perforation

including Run-DMC and their self-titled 1984 album and Radio, the 1985 debut album by LL Cool J

project info:

name: Stamp Album: Hip-Hop
design: Dorothy

print type: 6-color litho print with silver foil

paper type: 20gsm KeayKolour Snow White uncoated

print size: 80(H) x 60 (W) cm 

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edited by: lea zeitoun | designboom