Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop

[NewsFedora]

If you’re patient you’ll probably eventually find the BN Classics Shades of Blue on sale somewhere (I just ordered Donald Bird’s Places & Spaces for $10 from Acoustic Sounds, for example). No telling how long the VMP version will be around for or if it’ll ever make it to a sale, though.

I’m kind of curious to hear the reviews comparing them before I make a final decision. I have an ‘08 reissue that sounds fine to my ears, so I’m not even sure if I’ll even need to double dip.

 

[Skalap]

I mean, it's not though...

Retail is 37.98

Madlib - Shades of Blue 2LP (Blue Note Classic Vinyl Series)

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To be honest I didn't look for BN Classics for a while. I remember these were in the 20ish for single LP and 30ish for double LP. I am still in the BN Classics camp and would wait for a 3x2 deal or sales, which will probably happen.

 

[Skalap]

So Dope DOD pressed Branded on vinyl in 2021 and nobody told me?

 

[TCell]

Q3 RotM Clues:

July: Queens, Year of artist’s debut: 1999
August: Minneapolis, Year of artist’s debut: 1997
September: Long Island, Year of artist’s debut: 1997

 

[Skalap]

September Rakim with 18th Letter? Not exactly his début but 1997 was the year he released his first solo album.

Atmosphere for August?
QTip for July?

 

[bdrummond]

Q3 RotM Clues:

July: Queens, Year of artist’s debut: 1999
August: Minneapolis, Year of artist’s debut: 1997
September: Long Island, Year of artist’s debut: 1997

That last one I think may be Aesop Rock.

 

[TCell]

September Rakim with 18th Letter? Not exactly his début but 1997 was the year he released his first solo album.

Atmosphere for August?

Yeah, those two, and then maybe Q-Tip for July.

 

[Skalap]

Yeah, those two, and then maybe Q-Tip for July.

Edited right after. Would definitely be in for Rakim and Q-Tip.

 

[avecigrec]

That last one I think may be Aesop Rock.

That would be WILD if they were set to reissue Music For Earthworms!
Any other solo Aesop is readily getable.

 

[avecigrec]

I'm guessing Pharoah Monch for July

 

[bdrummond]

That would be WILD if they were set to reissue Music For Earthworms!
Any other solo Aesop is readily getable.

Once again we're left at the mercy of VMP clues, ie. solo debut vs musical debut, but yeah that would make the most sense out of all the albums.

 

[avecigrec]

Once again we're left at the mercy of VMP clues, ie. solo debut vs musical debut, but yeah that would make the most sense out of all the albums.

I would resub damn near instantly if it were the last Hail Mary Mallon album.

 

[bdrummond]

I would resub damn near instantly if it were the last Hail Mary Mallon album.

Rob Sonic is from the Bronx though.

 

[avecigrec]

Rob Sonic is from the Bronx though.

Also, why would they put out something THAT good!

 

[bdrummond]

Once again we're left at the mercy of VMP clues, ie. solo debut vs musical debut, but yeah that would make the most sense out of all the albums.

I was going to suggest Impossible Kid or Skelethon as things I haven't seen around in a minute, but they're still readily available on the AR official site.

 

[avecigrec]

Once again we're left at the mercy of VMP clues, ie. solo debut vs musical debut, but yeah that would make the most sense out of all the albums.

Unless they pull another Freddie Gibbs and do Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives

 

[bdrummond]

Unless they pull another Freddie Gibbs and do Fast Cars, Danger, Fire and Knives

I would really appreciate it if they stopped trying to charge me like $70 Canadian monies for EPs but it's definitely not something they're adverse to doing.

 

[bdrummond]

Also: each quarter they spend NOT doing something like Cannibal Ox or Company Flow is a wasted quarter. These are logical VMP picks here.

 

[Skalap]

Found this. I don't know if it has been shared already :

As part of Sony’s HH50 campaign, multiple albums in Sony’s Hip-Hop catalog will be featured into 2024 as part of Vinyl Me, Please’s Hip-Hop and Essentials Subscriptions. Albums by RUN DMC, Wu-Tang Clan, Boogie Down Productions, Lauryn Hill, Q-Tip, and more will be featured.

https://www.thehypemagazine.com/2023/04/sony-music-entertainments-certified-announces-over-50-product-releases-to-celebrate-hip-hops-50th-anniversary-in-partnership-with-mass-appeal/

 

[bdrummond]

I hate to alarm everyone but the Queen's rapper Ja Rule made his debut in 1999.