Is this the best 'The Source' Magazine cover they ever did? :

[Baka's Weird Case]

those eve and lil kim covers

 

[Buckeye Fever]

 

[jadillac]

This thread is sad as hell.

Look how far things have fallen off from where it was

 

[jadillac]

This was SO HUGE in the South when it came out. Up to that point it was easily the most impact ful Source cover, IMO.

 

[Elim Garak]

Dam man The Source dropped the ball crazy. They could’ve still been relevant today and had a media empire if they had integrity at the top level. They were the literal bible of hip hop and had the power to put artists on. I guess that model was rife for corruption due to that.

They would be dead by now either way. They just accelerated it.

 

[BlackDiBiase]

This was SO HUGE in the South when it came out. Up to that point it was easily the most impact ful Source cover, IMO.

This is very dope. I have never seen this joint. Sums up Master P and most of the South movement to the tee.

 

[Playaz Eyez]

Fortunate enough to still have a lot of Source, XXL, Smooth, etc mags. Wish I had more pre-97 ones though. I may have like 2 Murder Dog mags. I remember bringing those to school on bus rides and people were
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[Sean7]

I had to go back a year or so and get that one in good condition off of ebay, remembered it and wish I had it back then but I found it later in good shape. Definitely iconic. I remember the build up to that album in June and this cover set it off.

 

[Sean7]

I remember this one back in the days

 

[xiceman191]

 

[KingSol81]

I had the Wish cover, it was the only ones left on the shelf

 

[KingSol81]

I remember this one back in the days

DS left the group cause sticky mashed those bald heads on his cheeks

 

[Ziggiy]

Both The Source and XXL have some truly iconic covers. I don’t think one can be singled out as the greatest or best it really just comes down to personal preference

 

[King Harlem]

Slightly unpopular opinion: The Elliott Wilson era of XXL was easily a better magazine than the Source (post 1999).

 

[BmoreGorilla]

Used to love the Source. I had a subscription for years. First issue I had got was early 94 when they introduced each member of the Wu. My cousin showed it to me so I had to get it. A couple months later they gave Illmatic five mics. I had heard It Ain’t Hard to Tell and thought it was cool. Wasn’t really up on Live at the BBQ cuz I was only 12 so I wasn’t to familiar with him yet. Copped the tape just off the strength of the review becuz they hardly ever gave five mics. I did the with sane thing with Kast first album that got 4 1/2

And I gotta agree with OP. That was my favorite cover and prolly the dopest issue. They ranked the 50 best songs, MCs and groups. Classic issue. Crazy thinking back on some of the names they had top 10 back then