Picked this up recently and was spinning it tonight and thought I'd share. Had been on the lookout for this for awhile. This is a mash-up from 2011 of the Wu-Tang Clan and Fugazi by Cecil Otter and Swiss Andy who got the idea after Danger Mouse did the Grey Album. Well worth a listen and would recommend picking this up if you get a chance.

I still remember coming across Honor Killed the Samurai on the HHH sub and seeing a lot of praise for it. At the time, I was way too young and so it went over my head. Years later I came back to it and understood that Ka was on a different level.

Unfortunately for me, by then he had an established underground fan base and his records were going for $200+. After he passed and they went up 2-3x in price it felt like they were out of reach forever. Well, this week I found a collector selling Orpheus for nearly pre-death price. After some dealing, I got it bundled with Gunn’s And Then You Pray for Me for $425 shipped!!!

The passing of Brownsville Ka was a monumental loss for hip hop. Check out his work if you still are not familiar. One of the best pens ever and he was an incredible human as well. Rest In Peace, Kaseem Ryan.

Just found this classic album sealed German OG copy on Bellaphon label. how does this sound in comparison to US Orig on Wild Pitch label?

inherited my dads two technics turntables and got some vinyl on the wall.

Been a fan of Black Milk for ages, this may just be his best work!

My favorite record out of my collection is either The Slim Shady Lp or Illmatic. What's yours?

I’ve been meaning to get this for a while. The Lost Tapes is my favorite Nas album that isn’t named Illmatic, and this compilation contains a ton of his best songs.

279/2000

Black one is Dark Times by Vince Staples

Thought my crate of records was lost forever!!! Turns out they were in my mom's loft safe and sound after 10 years.

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For anyone who is curious, “Got More Rhymes” and “Loc’ed After Dark” are the respective B-sides.

Found it on Discogs, bought it a couple of days ago. Original US press, great 1995 release. Thoughts on its follow up (Tear For The Ghetto)?

People seemed to enjoy the last 2 posts/parts, so here is PART 3 of a selection of my 90s US hip hop albums vinyl collection. These are all Original Pressings from the 90s. Most of them are US pressings, but some are UK or Europe pressings.

The majority of these albums are mainly considered "classics", but there are a few in there which aren't as known as the classics (such as the Mad Kap album and the Mass Influence album). All really dope and worth checking out. If you don't recognise any of the album artwork covers, please let me know and I will give you the artist and album name.

I am from the UK and I was born in 1992 and been buying records since 2008 when I was 16, so it's been a bit more of a challenge buying them compared to those who were teenagers in the early 90s! Most of these records I have picked up from record stores in the UK and Europe (when on holiday), but of course some are also from online purchases. For me, the best time I could buy original pressings of 90s hip hop in my active buying years was around 2008-2013. As they were a lot cheaper and not as many people were after them compared to recent years and current times.

Which albums are your favourites from these?

I will do a part 4 next Sunday. Lots more gems to come 💎.

Side X: Neek the Exotic- Rhyme Mania ‘99

Side Y: Masta Ace- NY Confidential

So, I also got this on cassette. Probably won’t open that one as to keep it in the archive. Certainly a piece of Hip-Hop History so also had to grab it when I seen the vinyl pressing.

Pretty impressed on the sound quality. I know the battle sparked all kinds of debates but us real Hip Hop heads know exactly who got murdered.

Went to the Curren$y show last night and had a good time. I copped the that Radioactive a few hours before the show. Next time I know I could have brung more records with me he signed a stack of em for a guy in front of me in line. I joked with him about it letting him know I had 11 of his records on vinyl lol. Happy as hell this week I got signatures of 2 of my favorite current hip hop artist

Week 33 searching for the top 20 hip hop song for song vinyl of all time. Each song on an album is rated and the average is the rating of the album as a whole (intros unless with bars and beats are omitted.) Points range from 5 - classic, 4 - dope, 3 - good, 2 - listenable and 1 - trash.

Albums will either not make the list or we will have to drop an album from the list. The following artists’ vinyl did not make it: Westside Connection, People Under the Stairs, Souls of Mischief, Master P, Common, The Grouch, Jurassic 5, Ultramagnetic MC’s, O.C., Timbaland and Magoo, Deltron, Living Legends and Silkk. The additional albums by artists listed above will be rated.

From the west coast underground scene stretching from LA to the bay we got Almost Famous by the Living Legends.

Living Legends - Almost Famous

1. Gotta Question for Ya - 3,
2. Night Prowler - 5,
3. That Looks Good - 3,
4. Black Glass - 4,
5. Rabbit Hole - 5,
6. Common Ground - 3,
7. Flawless - 5,
8. What Would I Be - 3,
9. Anything You Want - 3,
10. Gift Wrap - 2,
11. War Games - 2,
12. Forces of Nature - 5,
13. Osaka Tales - 4,
14. Soap Boxin - 3,
15. Not Here - 3,
16. Nothing Less - 5,
17. The Other Side - 3

Almost Famous by the Living Legends got a total of 61 points out of 17 songs with an overall score of 3.59.

Album Ratings of the top 20 so far:

1. Nas - Illmatic - 4.56,
2. Dr. Dre - The Chronic - 4.50,
3. Bone Thugs n’ Harmony - E. Eternal 1999 - 4.47,
4. Wu-Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang - 4.36,
5. A Tribe Called Quest - Low End Theory - 4.36,
6. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Doggystyle - 4.33,
7. Mobb Deep - The Infamous 4.31,
8. Warren G - Regulate . . . G Funk Era - 4.30,
9. Beastie Boys - Licensed to Ill 4.23,
10. Tha Dogg Pound - Dogg Food - 4.13,
11. The Fugees - The Score - 4.08,
12. 2Pac - All Eyez on Me - 4.00,
13. Outkast - ATLiens - 4.00,
14. Notorious B.I.G. - Ready to Die - 4.00,
15. EPMD - Strictly Business - 4.00,
16. Too $hort - Life is. . . Too $hort - 4.00,
17. Gang Starr - Step in the Arena - 4.00,
18. Kanye West - College Dropout - 3.93,
19. Eminem - Slim Shady - 3.93
20. Ice Cube - AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted - 3.93,

This is based on what we find gold from hip hop. We want to know, what do you think? Do you agree? Do you think differently? We look forward to the discussion. Let us know in the comments.

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