People gotta stop hating on Hov so much.
Most Hip Hop covers are inspired by other photos, artwork or covers. He's spoken on where he got it from many times. His success doesn't make him except from doing what literally every other artist does. If The Blueprint dropped on Def Jux and sold 15,000 copies, nobody would care. Jean Grae and 9th took 4 different covers from Hip Hop classics and used them for the Jeanius cover and people thought it was so "creative". Most Hip Hop classics have artwork pulled from other sources. Jay does it, and it's "stealing".
The hate is so blatant now. It's corny.