Pop Art?

This Obama Piece was shown in the design museum trip, In my initial ideas (in my head) I wanted to create some illustration maybe a pop art style but definitely had the idea of using bright colours to emphasise the up beat vibe they would like to have. This poster was a 2008 for his campaign design by Shepard Fairey who is know for his political street art. I like the stencil theme, it's managed to combine a political issue why a contemporary art style which is quite inspiring, not to stick to conventions. I think I need to research more into styles of work like this as I feel this is the style to follow. Below is a cd cover I came across which to be honest I cannot remember where I found it. But the style used is very similar to the Obama campaign poster using bright colours and the face detail being simplified down with a stencil like effect, I feel it's really effective and eye catching, it differs from your average photograph based cd cover. The use of hand rendered text and 'wavey' lines softens the style and brings the genre back to jazz. The colours used are much warmer than above which again I think is a key element to associate with jazz or even jazz-funk as it represents the style of music quite homey? If that even makes sense it's more raw and original rather than music that has been highly edited. I never initially thought that I would of used a hand rendered type but seeing it in this design I may consider as it works so well and emphasises that soul jazz feel.