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Hip Hop at Fifty

Hip Hop at Fifty


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Double vinyl LP pressing. 35th anniversary edition. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by Public Enemy, originally released in 1988.
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: 35th Anniversary [2 LP]
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Salt-N-Pepa - "Very Necessary" / Very Necessary is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, first released in 1993. In celebration of it's 30th Anniversary, this 2LP reissue is being released on black vinyl.
Salt-N-Pepa - Very Necessary: 30th Anniversary [2 LP]
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Beastie Boys’ perennial debut album Licensed To Ill was the first hip hop album to top the Billboard 200 chart and has been diamond-certified by the RIAA for selling over 10 million copies. Released in November 1986, it features classic Beastie anthems, including “Hold It Now, Hit It,” “Brass Monkey,” “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” and the MTV staple “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party. ” Hip Hop's 50th Anniversary LP on Fruit Punch vinyl. Indie Exclusive. Limited Edition. (Def Jam Recordings)
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fruit Punch LP]
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Ne-Yo’s double-platinum debut album, In My Own Words, topped the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in 2006. It features the hit singles “So Sick,” “When You’re Mad,” and “Sexy Love.” Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Edition 2 LP on Fruit Punch vinyl. Indie Exclusive. Limited Edition. (Def Jam Recordings)
Ne-Yo - In My Own Words [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fruit Punch 2 LP]
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Port Of Miami is the platinum-certified debut album from Rick Ross, which topped the Billboard 200 chart when it was released in 2006. Featuring the Top 10 rap hits “Hustlin’” and “Push It.” Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Edition 2 LP on Fruit Punch vinyl. Indie Exclusive. Limited Edition. (Def Jam Recordings)

Rick Ross - Port Of Miami [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fruit Punch 2 LP]
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Released in 1988, The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick is the hip hop legend and pioneer’s debut album. Featuring the hits, “Children’s Story,” “Teenage Love” and “Hey Young World,” the album topped the Billboard R&B/Hip Hop chart for five consecutive weeks and peaked at #31 on the Billboard 200. Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Edition 2 LP on Fruit Punch vinyl. Indie Exclusive. Limited Edition. (Def Jam Recordings)
Slick Rick - The Great Adventures Of Slick Rick [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fruit Punch 2 LP]
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Double 180gm audiophile vinyl LP pressing. 2Pacalypse Now is the 1991 debut studio album by 2Pac. The album is 2Pac's commentary on contemporary social issues facing American society such as racism, police brutality, poverty, black on black crime, and teenage pregnancy. It featured three singles; "Brenda's Got a Baby", "Trapped", and "If My Homie Calls". The album was initially released on T.N.T. Recordings and Interscope Records, which at the time was distributed through Eastwest Records America and Atlantic Records. Following Shakur's death, Amaru Entertainment (established by his mother Afeni Shakur) obtained the rights to this album. The album generated significant controversy stemming from then-U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle's public criticism after Ronald Ray Howard murdered a Texas state trooper and his defense attorney claimed he was influenced by 2Pacalypse Now and it's strong theme of police brutality. Quayle made the statement, "There's no reason for a record like this to be released. It has no place in our society."
2pac - 2pacalypse Now [Vinyl]
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This 30th anniversary LP edition of Beastie Boys' debut album Licensed To Ill is cut from original production masters and presented on 180-gram heavyweight vinyl. The album is back-to-back classic Beastie Boys anthems including 'Hold It Now, Hit It,' 'Brass Monkey,' '(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party),' 'No Sleep Till Brooklyn' (featuring Slayer's Kerry King) and 'Girls.' Licensed To Ill is the 1st Hip Hop album to top the Billboard 200 and in 2015 it was certified Diamond by the RIAA.
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill: 30th Anniversary Edition [LP]
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Limited vinyl LP pressing. 2016 release from the R&B sensation. Having treated fans with new music during various TV performances over the past year, Top Dawg Entertainment alongside Aftermath Ent/Interscope Records release untitled unmastered. By Kendrick Lamar. An eight song project which features studio versions of the untitled songs Kendrick performed on The Colbert Report, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and his performance at the 58th annual Grammy Awards show. The album's tracks are previously unreleased demos that originated during the recording of Lamar's album To Pimp a Butterfly (2015), continuing that work's exploration of politically-charged and psychological themes, as well as it's experimentation with free jazz, soul, avant-garde, and funk styles.
Kendrick Lamar - Untitled Unmastered.
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Limited double vinyl LP pressing. 1999 release, the third album by American rapper DMX. In 2000, it was certified 4x Platinum and then later 5x Platinum. The album was nominated for Best Rap Album at the 2001 Grammys. In 1999, DMX released his best-selling album... And Then There Was X, which featured the hit single "Party Up (Up in Here)". He has acted in films such as Belly, Romeo Must Die, Exit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave, and Last Hour. In 2006, he starred in the reality television series DMX: Soul of a Man, which was primarily aired on the BET cable television network. In 2003, DMX published a book of his memoirs entitled, E.A.R.L.: The Autobiography of DMX. DMX has sold over 30 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling hip-hop artists of all time.
DMX - ...And Then There Was X [Vinyl]
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YG’s debut album, My Krazy Life, was an instant classic when it was released in 2014. Featuring the massive hit singles “Who Do You Love?” and “My N*gga,” the album solidified the partnership between YG and super producer DJ Mustard, establishing the duo as one of the most important artists in West Coast hip hop. Hip Hop’s 50th Anniversary Edition 2 LP on Fruit Punch vinyl. Indie Exclusive. Limited Edition. (Def Jam Recordings)

YG - My Krazy Life [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fruit Punch 2 LP]
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Liquid Swords is the second solo studio album from Wu-Tang Clan member GZA. Upon its initial release, Liquid Swords received critical acclaim for its complex lyricism and hypnotic musical style. Over the years, its recognition has grown, with a number of famous publishers proclaiming it as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time. Continuing with its Respect The Classics campaign, UMe will be reissuing the classic back on standard weight vinyl for its 20th anniversary.
Gza - Liquid Swords [Vinyl]
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Double vinyl LP pressing. Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated 2015 album, To Pimp a Butterfly: "honest, fearful and unapologetic". The album is the follow-up to the rapper's critically-acclaimed 2012 Effort Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. The album was recorded in studios throughout the United States, with executive production from Dr. Dre and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. Boi-1da, Flying Lotus, Terrace Martin, Pharrell Williams, Knxwledge, Sounwave, Thundercat and several other hip hop producers also contributed. It's music was influenced by aspects of funk, jazz and spoken word. To Pimp A Butterfly debuted atop the Billboard 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised it's musical scope and the social relevance of Lamar's lyrics.
Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp a Butterfly
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Vinyl LP pressing. Back-to-back tracks in the middle of Lethal Injection are all the proof we need that Ice Cube is a great talent. "What Can I Do?" opens with a strings-and-wah-wah motif from an early-'70s blaxploitation film and follows with a "Superfly" tale about a high-level drug dealer. Next up is "Lil Ass Gee," the story of a 12-year-old wanna-be gangster. Just a few years ago he was playing with G.I. Joe dolls, and now he's playing with real guns and making real babies. On both numbers, the rapper's rich, resonant baritone bleeds into the synth strings with a sense of fatefulness that's chilling to hear. Ice Cube is a mesmerizing storyteller, a seductive vocalist, and a brilliantly inventive producer of aural collages.
Ice Cube - Lethal Injection [Vinyl]
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Niggaz4Life (also known as EFIL4ZAGGIN), is the second and final studio album by gangsta rap group N.W.A. It was their final album, as the group disbanded later the same year after the departure of Dr. Dre and songwriter The D.O.C. for Death Row Records. The album features only four members of the original line-up, as Ice Cube had already left the group in 1989. Reissued back on vinyl for the first time in years, this classic comes with a limited edition 3D lenticular cover that brings the grisly murder scene on the cover to life.
N.W.A. - Niggaz4life [Vinyl]
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Mama Said Knock You Out is a certifiable hip-hop classic showcasing LL's return to form that solidified his legendary status in the rap game. The album would go on to sell over two million copies and arguably become the biggest of his career. LL took an active role even in the visuals for the project, suggesting a photo from a Vogue Italy magazine shoot that would inspire the minimalist cover design. Already a rap veteran at the young age of twenty-two, LL understood the tightrope of fame and street cred that he was walking. While lesser men would have cracked under the pressures of coming of age on wax, L was able to synthesize his growing pains into platinum records. What may have begun as teenage braggadocio on Radio had now matured to the delicate confidence of a grown man facing adversity and taking on life's challenges head-on.
LL COOL J - Mama Said Knock You Out [3D Lenticular Cover Vinyl]
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FEAR OF a BLACK PLANET was produced by the Bomb Squad and features the hit singles, 'Fight the Power,' 'Welcome to the Terrordome' and Flavor Flav's '911 Is a Joke.' FEAR OF a BLACK PLANET, which celebrates it's 25th anniversary in 2015, finished #300 on Rolling Stone's list of the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' and was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2005. The album is certified platinum by the RIAA for more than one million shipped, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200.
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
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Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) continues its 'Respect the Classics' tribute to many of hip-hop's finest with the vinyl re-issue of rap icon Talib Kweli's four historic Rawkus Records albums, including the underground classic, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, in a limited edition two-tone black on black picture disc.
Black Star - Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are Black Star [Vinyl]
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A continuation of Eminem's most acclaimed studio effort, 2000's The Marshall Mathers LP, production was handled by Eminem alongside Rick Rubin, Dr. Dre, No ID and Symbolyc One (S1). The album features guest appearances from Skylar Grey, Rihanna, and Fun. frontman Nate Ruess and Kendrick Lamar.
Eminem - The Marshall Mathers LP2 [LP]
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Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this 1988 Hip Hop classic. Although not the creators of Gangsta Rap, N.W.A was it's most prolific pioneer, putting it on the map of American music without the help of radio or MTV. The group was formed in Compton, California in 1986 by Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube. Shortly after composing "Boys N the Hood," they added DJ Yella, the D.O.C. and Arabian Prince to the lineup. N.W.A.'s first album, N.W.A And the Posse, was released in 1987. The following year, the group added the edgy vocals of MC Ren. All of the pieces were in place to deliver the now classic Straight Outta Compton in '88.
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
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Double vinyl LP pressing. 2012 release from the Compton-based Hip Hop artist. Currently signed to Top Dawg, Aftermath and lnterscope. Lamar is a member of Hip Hop supergroup Black Hippy, along with fellow West Coast rappers and label mates Jay Rock. Schoolboy Q and Ab-Soul. He first gained major attention after being mentioned by Dr. Dre resulting in a buzz for the, then upcoming. release of his fourth mixtape. Early in his career, Lamar amassed a large internet following, and had already worked with Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Wiz Khalifa, Game, Drake, Rick Ross, Meek Mill, Talib Kweli, Lady Gaga, Kid Cudi, Busta Rhymes, E-40, Warren G, Bun B, Tech N9ne and Lil Wayne among other popular artists.
Kendrick Lamar - Good Kid: M.A.A.D City [Vinyl]
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Limited edition triple vinyl LP. The words "Kanye" and "vinyl" don't sound like they go together in the same sentence, but this triple vinyl LP pressing will prove you wrong. The 14-time Grammy-winner mixes some raw, rattling tones with brass, woodwinds and string instruments, and the 70-minute set he produces here taps into anger and naked emotion. The album famously came together with the help of 42 people, some of whom are Nikki Minaj, Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Justin Vernon of Bon Iver on the single "Monster," and Pusha T on "Runaway," a single that received the "Best New Music" stamp from Pitchfork. Collectors, excite: The record comes in a die-cut double gatefold sleeve, with 5 inserts and a 24" x 24" poster of George Condo artwork.
Kanye West - My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy [Limited Edition Vinyl]
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The follow up to Nicki Minaj's debut album Pink Friday Roman Reloaded features the mega hits "Beez In The Trap" and "Starships." This 3LP reissue is on standard black vinyl Trifold gatefold with matte coating, with bonus material on vinyl for the first time, including "High School." This package is presented on standard black vinyl.
Nicki Minaj - Pink Friday Roman Reloaded [Deluxe]
$124.98

        
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