PineapplePhantom
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No clue who did what on it but I have the MOV Stankonia pressing and it's easily one of the best sounding rap records in my collection, it's great!
Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop
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dhodo
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Any mastering info on Redman in the write-up? I'm assuming DMM since there isn't any on the product page.
Redman and Outlast were already instant buys for me, I only became familiar with Szabo a couple weeks when someone guessed it would be him but a different album Bacchanal . I really liked that album It was a really cool album to drive around the city to so I’m going take a chance that I m gonna dig this one also.
Don’t think so. Zero details from what I was able to gather.
NathanRicaud
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From the mastering and pressing details, I think the VMP pressing off OutKast will sound a bit better than the MOV pressing! The MOV pressing does sound very crisp, and clean but like @Mather said, lacks dynamics - which is something a lot of MOV pressings lack despite sounding clean and clear!
Still, that MOV pressing of Stankonia does sound and it’s easily better than the original pressing; which also sounds decent!
Still, that MOV pressing of Stankonia does sound and it’s easily better than the original pressing; which also sounds decent!
I asked in private about some of the details they left out and for hip hop, im sure you all could tell from the mockup and song list that Muddy Waters does indeed contain the whole album including skits. So that cancels all previous versions
scotthilk
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So pumped for this!
TenderLovingKiller®
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I am in the same boat but decided to go for it. I Own non-MOV pressing which is fine but not amazing but I love this album and would enjoy have a gatefold Jacket and I think the odds are pretty good it will sound better than the current press. Plus my brother loves Outkast too so I can give him my old copy as a Christmas present and I am sure he will be stoked.
NathanRicaud
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The MOV pressing sounds better than the original, so this VMP pressing will definitely sound better than the current copy of Stankonia you own!
I’ve also got the standard pressing and it does sound pretty decent. Like I was happy with it, but definitely noticed the improvement with the MOV pressing!
NathanRicaud
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I hope it does hang around for a good 3-4 months! I think it might actually because Ghostface Killah is still around. Not sure which album is a bigger ROTM pick though! Like who is more popular out of Ghostface and Redman? They’re both pretty equal! Redman does have more than double the amount of listeners than Ghostface on Spotify so I don’t know if that should be taken into account or not!
Muddy Waters with the Skits is definitely a big R&HH ROTM get for VMP. I can see it selling out within a month, especially if word gets around that this is the first pressing to contain the full track-listing, but I can also see this one hanging around due to the price increase!
If add-ons were still USD$23, it would’ve sold out, and the same goes for Ghostface! The USD$10 increase stops a lot of people from picking up a copy!
NathanRicaud
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Especially as Fishscale has production from MF DOOM, J Dilla and Just Blaze and was a critically acclaimed album from 2006 from a Wu-Tang Clan member; an album many would already know and love!This seems like pretty accurate thinking actually@Ghost I didnt know GFK was still around
Method Man’a Tical sold out instantly last year, but that was USD$23 as an add-on! Ghostface Killah would’ve sold out if it was USD$23 as an add-on!
walkingdogs
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Muddy Waters without the skits is a hollow shell of an album. While almost all the songs are amazing, those skits all have meaning and are critical as lead-ins to those songs. Glad to hear it's going to hopefully include them.
The increase is definitely a major factor now
NathanRicaud
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It is! USD$23 was like too good to be true! If you look now, there isn’t much coloured hip-hop albums on vinyl that are that cheap + free shipping!
I’m opposite, I hate skits. I edit them out of my digital copies of albums. I think albums are better without them
I think @duke86fan would agree. I'm more of an "tracklist as artist intended" kinda guy lolI’m opposite, I hate skits. I edit them out of my digital copies of albums. I think albums are better without them
NathanRicaud
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For me it depends on the album! I hate the skits on Big Pun’s Capital Punishment and am not much of a fan of the ones on Ghostface Killah’s Supreme Clientele!I’m opposite, I hate skits. I edit them out of my digital copies of albums. I think albums are better without them
But the skits on Muddy Waters are amazing! They add to the album in my opinion! Just like with Prince Paul’s A Prince Among Thieves and De La Soul’s first two albums!