It doesnt but artwork is critical when you are marketing outside your fan base,I feel you need something to grab the eye of consumers who browse for something new and different to there taste..I call them casual consumers....I am one...I might go to tower records to go buy a hyphy....now Im lying anyways I might go to buy the new AZ and I might purchase that and something I never heard before,I have found many gems this way.....
But if your music is not good Ill will probably stay away from you and whoever associates with you. Ya see rasan has the good music I know and you know,but If I didnt know and I seen his album and had to pick between that and milli vanilli..oops I mean sick beav I would probably pick sick beav.My feeling is if someone spends little time and effort on the cover..what are the chances he spent time and effort on the music.