Bruhhhhhhh. You guys remember the election? That wasn't even a month ago.
Vinyl Me Please (store, exclusives, swaps, etc)
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Ponman2003
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2020 was definitely the safest year for Essentials. It's a great list of music, but 2019 was a lot more fun imo.
Essentials:
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |
| January | Dirty Projectors | Flying Lotus | Moby | Panda Bear | Nada Surf | Youth Lagoon |
| February | The Roots (Phrenology) | Van Morrison | Ayalew Mesfin | Main Source | Big Bill Broonzy | Father John Misty |
| March | Caroline Rose | da la Soul (3 Feet High and Rising) | Beach House | Tennis | Lapsley | J Dilla |
| April | The Stooges | Loretta Lynn | Artic Monkeys | Gorillaz | The Fugees | Menomena |
| May | Stevie Nicks | Experience Unlimited | Clipse | Fiona Apple | Weezer | Torres |
| June | The White Stripes | Phoenix | TV on the Radio | Kevin Morby | Wells Fargo | Hot Chip |
| July | John Mayer | Jorge Ben | The Silvertones | Betty Davis | BadBadNotGood | Lee Scratch Perry & The Upsetters |
| August | BVSC | Sleater-Kinney | Mitski | The National | My Morning Jacket | Wilco |
| September | Spiritualized | Jim Sullivan | Feist | The Notorious BIG | Glass Animals | Four Tet |
| October | Outkast (Stankonia | The Flaming Lips | Townes van Zandt | Moses Sumney | Beck | Blessed Feathers |
| November | Erykah Badu (Mama's Gun) | Queens of the Stone Age | Queen | St. Vincent | The Books | Black Sabbath |
| December | Billie Holiday | Aretha Franklin | Mavis Staples | Miles Davis | Nina Simone | Nils Frahm |
RHH:
| 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| January | NERD | Juvenile | Little Simz | |
| February | El-P | TI | de la Soul (Buhloone Mind State) | |
| March | Blackalicious | Handsome Boy Modeling School | Erykah Badu (But You Cain't Use My Phone) | |
| April | Rick Ross | Ivy Sole | Goodie Mobb | |
| May | Salt n' Pepa | Camp Lo | Snoop Dogg | |
| June | Future | Outkast (Southern) | MF Doom | |
| July | Prince Paul | Method Man | Open Mike Eagle | |
| August | Lord Finesse | Knxwledge | Queen Latifah | |
| September | Ghostface Killah | The Roots (How I Got Over) | Denzel Curry | Noname |
| October | Redman | Da Brat | Saba | Common |
| November | People Under the Stairs | Slowthai | Rico Nasty | Living Legends |
| December | Big Boi | Run-DMC | Lil Wayne | Madlib |
wmeugene
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2020 really picked up at the end of the year for both subs.
But for the Aug/Sept choices, 2019 was really strong in Essentials. 2017 was really strong too.
bshikari
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2018 RHH and 2017 Essentials though <3
ThePakoBuelna
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displayname
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Did you have to ask them, or was this a proactive effort on their part?
ThePakoBuelna
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Received an email in the morning.
displayname
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At least they are being proactive for once. Big step in the right direction. Too bad it didn't happen until after they enlisted a 40% price increase over the last 4 years.
best years IMO for essentials anr R&HH
essentials: 2017, only one major OOF album and though i dont like kevin morby i get the appeal
R&HH: 2018 (it was touch though because both that and 2019 were great)
this year was the worst for R&HH and the worst for essentials was probably 2016.. the first 3 months of that year were just not good
NathanRicaud
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This year was the worst for R&HH in terms of the first half of the year (January - June R&HH ROTM’s). The second half of this year was easily the best second half for the R&HH track! All those six R&HH ROTM’s were outstanding picks in my opinion!
SpinningSince85
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Agree except for Feb and especially March (Blazing Arrow was one of my white whales)
MikeH
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Now going on copy #3 of Stankonia...horrible non-fill on every copy I have received so far.
Noob question. What is non-fill?
the vinyl isn't completely pressed and thus there are some spots where the surface is uneven and basically has a dip in it
NathanRicaud
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100% - February and March were amazing picks! The other four were quite mixed though, with two of them being particularly disappointing (The Future & N*E*R*D* ROTM’s). For that reason alone, the first half of this year for R&HH is definitely the worst first half we’ve ever had.
I’m sure a disappointing first half of R&HH ROTM picks won’t happen again, and if it does, it won’t be as bad bad it was this year
MikeH
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It’s this nastyness. You can see it in the light reflection here. Makes some noise when it plays in those sections.
Picked up The Budos Band record when it popped back into the store last week. Was excited to play it when it arrived today. I didn’t even finIsh placing it on the platter and I could tell it was fucked. Worst warp I’ve ever seen. Sent an email to CS.
Does VMP usually replace records for warps? I didn’t even put the needle down on it out of fear of damaging my tonearm. So I don’t know if it effects playback, but it’s so bad I can’t imagine it doesn’t.
Does VMP usually replace records for warps? I didn’t even put the needle down on it out of fear of damaging my tonearm. So I don’t know if it effects playback, but it’s so bad I can’t imagine it doesn’t.
MikeH
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They are iffy about replacing for warps lately it seems. I'd also be surprised if they have replacements but worth a shot!
Well, I had a $10 off coupon so it only set me back $16 at least. We’ll see I guess. Thanks!