Vibe Magazine, Front cover:

The title of the magazine is partially hidden automatically giving you the impression that its quite a famous and well known magazine. The Mast head is very big and very simple, using a bold black font and a simple yet msuci base name. the background is quite busy but they have emphasised the main aspect on the page which is the celebrity in this case 'Usher'. they have emphasised this person by making part of him overlap the title because most people would look at the title before anything else and when you see the title you see Ushers face at the same time. Yellow text has been used and this is so that it stands out on the busy background which has a lot of different colours in it.
Not many coverlines have been used and i think this is to tone down how busy the background picture is. 

The magazine isn't glossy but they have used a form of paper that has a matte effect and in my opinion this makes it look expensive and classy.