Tag: Hip Hop
My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue 30th Anniversary Edition on Red Vinyl. Amazing to me that this is 30 years old but still sounds very…
The Pharcyde, Labcabincalifornia, 1995 on Delicious Vinyl. My copy in the @vinylmeplease reissue All about somethin’ that means somethin’
The Notorious B.I.G., Ready To Die, 1994 on Bad Boy. My copy is the 2022 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, with notes by Tyler Barstow and artwork by Bráulio…
A Tribe Called Quest, Low End Theory, 1991 on Jive. Tribe were part of the Native Tongues collective, with De La Soul, Queen Latifah, and Jungle Brothers. Busta…
Various Artists, Street Beats, 1984 on Sugar Hill Records. There are many versions of this comp – some 1LP as Vol 1 or Vol 2, some called Street…
Young M.C., Stone Cold Rhymin’, 1989 on Delicious Vinyl / Island. My copy is the Vinyl Me, Please edition via Craft Recordings from 2022. Don’t just stand there,…
Queen Latifah, All Hail the Queen, 1989 on Tommy Boy. My copy is a 2018 reissue via Vinyl Me, Please on splatter vinyl Powerful debut album from Dana…
Usher, Confessions, 2004 on Arista. My copy is a Vinyl Me, Please reissue in 2021 – on “gold nugget” vinyl, fancy. Another quality pressing, filling some gaps in…
Wu-Tang Clan, enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), 1993 on Loud Records / RCA. My copy is the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on 2xLP “Gold Galaxy” vinyl
Ludacris, Word of Mouf, 2001 on Def Jam South. My copy is the 2021 reissue from @vinylmeplease Rollout, Area Code, Move B***h, Saturday (Oooh Oooh). One of the…
Run D.M.C., Raising Hell, 1986 on Profile My copy is a 2017 reissue by Get On Down Run D.M.C.’s third album,, produced by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin…
Nappy Roots, Watermelon, Chicken & Gritz, 2001 on Atlantic. Mine’s the 2021 Vinyl Me, Please reissue on “Kentucky Mud” vinyl. Love Po’ Folks, Country Boyz, Ho Down.
Kid Cudi, Man on the Moon: The End Of Day, 2009 on Universal Motown. Vinyl Me, Please reissue of Kid Cudi’s major label debut – still sounds super…
Erykah Badu, Mama’s Gun, 2000 on Motown. Socially conscious hip hop from the turn into the new millennium. My copy is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please reissue, which…
Run-D..M.C, King of Rock, 1985 on Profile Records Darryl McDaniels, Joseph Simmons, and Jason Mizell, straight out of Hollis Queens to the King of Rock @kingdmc @rundmc @jammasterjay…
Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill, 1986 on Def Jam / Columbia. Mine’s a 2016 reissue (30th anniversary) 180g on Def Jam / UMG Reissue sounds great – No…
The Roots, Phrenology, 2002 on MCA. This is the 2020 Vinyl Me, Please remastered, reissued club edition from February 2020. Beautiful package, sounds great – pressed at GZ…
Lauryn Hill. The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, 1998 on Ruffhouse / Columbia. One of my desert island disks / top 10 albums ever. I just wish there was…
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, The Message, 1982 on Sugar Hill Records. My intro to socially conscious hip-hop, circa 1982. “It’s like a jungle sometimes it makes…
Run DMC, Tougher than Leather, 1988 on London Records. Via Unknown Pleasures in Edinburgh Scotland (aka @vinylnet.co.uk )