Analyse the representation of Jamaican Reggae music and musicians such as Bob Marley in this MOJO front cover

In this magazine extract, MOJO uses a plain background with bright red, yellow and green accent colours which are very eye catching and are associated with the reggae style of music. The main image is of Bob Marley who is representing the music genre. He is smiling and in a colourful shirt to match the reggae vibe. He also covers a considerable portion of the MOJO text which shows he is the most important thing on the page. This is different from the musicians and music styles MOJO use on their covers. Stereotypically, the artists are heavy metal/rock musicians and are older, white men, dressed in bleak colours. This shows that Jamaican Reggae is seen as colourful and fun whereas MOJO's usual genres are serious and dark.

The text on the front cover further expresses the colourful fun vibe that MOJO is trying to put forward (the word Marley which has a gradient like effect of red, yellow and green). Furthermore, Bob Marley may be staring into the audience rather than of into the distance because MOJO is trying to differentiate it from their typical magazine covers and they want the reader to connect with Marley and the positive vibe they are trying to convey.