Along with the typical features that you would expect to find on the front cover of a magazine such as the issue number and date shown at the bottom right, the front cover of NME Magazine displays a large photograph of Dizzee Rascal looking extremely happy with his arms outspread.
In the background there is graffiti on a wall which suggests that he makes urban music and it says his name in very large type so that it is made clear who he is as soon as you look at the page. Underneath is a line that reads "I'm spreading joy around the world, man!", which suggests that his quite rough and intimidating sense of style and image does not portray his aims, rather than promote a sort of illegality within his music he is trying to make the world a better place.
The colour scheme is largely black, white and red which is simple yet eye grabbing, this gives the magazine a very clean cut and professional look and prevents the page from looking cluttered and tacky as it deals with quite a busy image.
The title of the magazine is situated just above the photo but is somewhat overshadowed by the image of Dizzee Rascal, showing that he is a big recording artist. The names of various artists are written along the top and the bottom of the page as a sort of 'teaser' and to show the range of different types of music and articles that are featured.
These sub-titles also suggest what type of audience the magazine is aimed at which is obviously quite a wide one considering the magnitude of different musical styles that are included, from Jay-Z to Kasabian.
