A Musical Journey: The Music of Today and Yesterday Looking at the CD covers and photos of Tupac Shakur, Marvin Gaye and the group called Sugarhill Gang, you will sense that they all have something in common. Shakur's facial expression always gives the impression of a serious person who seems to have a lot on his mind. When one looks deeply into his eyes, some can see the deep thought process that seems to be going on. It often seems to have a significant aspect and have a lot to say. Shakur wears a diamond in his left nostril and an earring in his left ear. In most of her photos or CD covers, she reveals her upper body which most fans find endearing and seductive. The image he is projecting is that of a very confident man. Shakur also has many tattoos on his body which could be another way to convey who he really is and what he is trying to state. There's that gangster look that he plays. For example, what tattoos say and what they symbolize. In some of his photos he also sports a bandana which usually matches the clothes he wears. He is always very neat and well dressed, whether he is dressed to kill or casual (Google Tupac Shakur website). When people look at photos or album covers of the Sugar Hill Gang, some will have a different perception of what the group was trying to express. . There were only four album covers that showed who the Sugar Hill Gang was made up of. Most of the time the group wore casual clothes. The Sugar Hill Gang always showed photos of themselves performing in front of a live audience. They seemed happy and enjoyed what they did. The letters in the title of each album cover were always very large and colorful. The title would appear over a large city with a large population of people. Sometimes there were children jumping rope, laughing, socializing or just sitting and watching what happened. There is an album cover that has two hands holding microphones facing each other. According to the words written on the album cover; the Sugar Hill Gang was competing with another group that performs the same musical genre (Sugar Hill Gang Google Website).