Analysis of the same genre of magazine

Here are two images of people within the same music genre, I have uploaded images of the magazine 'The Source' which include The Game and Lil Wayne. I have identified that the music genre for this magazine is rap.   I will discuss the similarities about the house style of this magazine in order to show that magazines of the same genre usually have the same house style.
The first thing I noticed about the magazines was the bold clear mast head used to catch the viewers attention, as well the mast head being side ways. The semiotics are also similar, the colour red is used in order to stand out and grab the viewers attention. These colours are used on things such as headlines and banners. The rest of the magazine is generally black, blue, brown or white, relating to the music genre of rap, therefore the use of colours on these magazines are usefull. As for the layout of the magazines, they are very similar. On the cover there is one image only, this is a close up shot of the rapper showing in detail the expression on both of the rappers face. Not only does the close up image show detail but it doesnt give the front cover much room for big writing and other images, therefore the writing that is around the image is short and small. This can also be related to the genre of music as the lyrics of many rappers are short but catchy. The front style of the text on the front covers suggests the genre to be very hard and bold, as block capitals and bold font is used.