Hype stickers can vary from a mini-sales pitch to spruik the album you’re looking at, a bog-standard track listing or just the name of the producer who was paid twenty grand in the 90s to remix the single. Here are some I found in the shelves this morning and deemed worthy of a snarky accolade.
Most Informative Album Promotion Award:
Most Powerful Graphic Design Award:
The Gift That Keeps on Giving Award:
Best Use of a Cartoon Chicken Award:
Most Awkward Attempt at Witty Wordplay Award:
Best Typography Award:
Most Confident Statement Award:
Best Colour-Coordination Award:
Broken Promise Award:
Most Eye-Catching Title Award:
Random Godfather Don Sighting Award:
Looks Like the Sticker is Part of Generic Sleeve Design Award:
Best Photos of the Group Sporting Custom Crewnecks Award:
Most Excessive Use of Fonts Award:
Best Use of Long-Forgotten Regional Slang Award:
We Got Jokes Award:
The Ghost of Hype Sickers Past Award:
Best Ad for the Forthcoming Album Award:
Pointless Other Format Alert Award:
Whoops We Forgot to Write the Names of the Artists on the Cover Award:
Most Accurate Replication of the CD Cover Award:
Most Symmetrical Design Award:
Best Use of ‘A Fork, Knife and Plate’ Award:
Most Egregious Use of Bubble Letters Award:
Refusing to let the Double Underline go the Way of the Dodo Award:
Best Use of the Term ‘Jeep Rap’ Award:
The Magician Who Revealed His Tricks Before the Show Award:
Bitch-Ass Bootlegga Award:
Worst Bootleg of a Rap Group Logo Award:
(Vs. actual CD cover)
Dope not hype
Guess Who? got shafted on that Doug hype sticker. One of the best tracks on that LP.
Did Spoonie ever have any hype stickers? There’s none of any of the records of his I own.
I have to wonder if Doe-V was pissed about that sticker
Great work again Robbie