How do I create this effect?

Ive seen this effect on D12, GUnit and Lloyd Banks album covers and adverts.

I want to know how i can do this. It makes the picture look very still and more real than real.

Can anyone enlighten me?

I am no photoshop expert, but my answer would be:
That is called good professional photography. I don't know exactly what effect are you referring to, but it seems to me it has no other than the right light source and good photography.

Yeah i sort of thought that could be the case but photoshop is so full of ways to do things. I am quite alright at manipulation of almost any photo but just havnt yet found a way to create something like this.

If it is photography does anyone know what kind of lighting you would need to use.

Not a professional photographer,,,,

Vaseline on the lens or airbrushing. But the picture is not really clear enough to tell the effect you are referring to.

Yes, it would definitely help if you had a larger photo to refer to.