Specific Album Art Analysis- Black Eyed Peas

This is The Black Eyed Peas album cover to their 5th album 'The End' released in 2009. The overall sound of the album has a more electro hop beat rather than the usual hip pop/R&B feeling of their previous albums and this can be shown through the electrified album cover. The dark green and black show off the electric genre, and the feeling given off is much more serious as none of the band members are seen. The robot figure continues the serious electric atmosphere, as it has no eyes and could even suggest a more sinister style of music. 


This album cover is different from any of their previous covers and this signifies the change in their genre of music. 
For example this album elephunk was released in 2003, was their first major album release and differs dramatically with their album 'The End'. The clothing and pose of all the band members shows their R&B/ Hip Hop genre. The blue colour scheme is a lot lighter than the album cover to 'The End' however, you can still see their more urban style. 
As a group, we haven't found any inspiration from these album covers, as they have a completely different style to that of our artist, but it is useful to understand more clearly the codes and conventions of album artwork.