This is the front cover of Cee Lo Green's album "the lady killer."

The image is done in a tasteful way and it gives the artist the "swagger" to go with the album name "the lady killer" it has to be done in a way that makes the artist look cool and up to date. The sun glasses are an image he has and this gives him continuity throughout all his media texts, the audience recognise this as part of his image.

The sun glasses and diamond ring show the materialistic assets of the artist which is now a major part of the rnb culture and the artists involved.

Follows conventions of CD covers by having the artist and album name as the only text on the front cover, this is what majority of cd covers will have on.

Everything done on a front cover is for a reason for example the crisp white shirt and bowtie make him look smart and sufisticated but at the same time with the bowtie it makes him different and shows a fun side to personality.