walkingdogs
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I had made that suggestion. Now here's hoping the RTJ4 vinyl gets a VMP exclusive pressing! So excited for RTJ4 regardless. I've heard pre Coachella for release since they are performing before RATM.
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I had made that suggestion. Now here's hoping the RTJ4 vinyl gets a VMP exclusive pressing! So excited for RTJ4 regardless. I've heard pre Coachella for release since they are performing before RATM.
Mather
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Wait, what picks? Did something drop?
AudioAce
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El-P is reissuing some albums. VMP is gonna have "I'll Sleep When You're Dead" as their R&HH pick in February. Maybe some store exclusives too?
I have listened to this and "Cancer 4 Cure" and boy, they are some good albums.
TenderLovingKiller®
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...AND since Run The Jewel 4
should be dropping soon they may put up an exclusive pre-order for that also.
Clint Howard
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Man, Fantastic Damage may be the best of his solo records and you didn't even mention it???
Mather
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Oh okay yes, I knew that about ISWYD, wasn't sure about exclusives. The way you guys were talking I thought something had been confirmed or released. Has there been any word as to whether CoFlo is included in this reissue campaign? I haven't seen it mentioned...
Clint Howard
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I don't think it is and I firmly believe it has to do with Juss, El and Len figuring it out. He talked about the Def Jux catalog which I don't think ever had Co Flow (although while I type that out I think I remember them reissuing Funcrusher Plus maybe?)
Mather
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Yeah they did in 2009. But you're right that could still be a different rights issue...
AudioAce
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Haven't listened to it. Will put it on my phone later today.
Was also listening to Cannibal Ox, El-P produces it and it would be cool if they did a color variant of the Cold Vein.
Clint Howard
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iHipHop did a 4LP white pressing of Cold Vein complete with instrumentals. Demolished the value of my originals.
But seriously, Fan Damage is so good, so very very very good. It's a much rawer El-P who raps about rather being mouthfucked by nazis and the like.. so it's not as meme friendly as his RTJ persona would have you believe.. but honestly, top to bottom, I don't think there's a non-amazing track on the record.
Personal highlights:
Lazerfaces Warning
Stepfather Factory
TOJ
Deep Space 9MM
Dead Disnee
Mather
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Yeah @Clint Howard I gotta agree, I hadn't really listened to any of his solo stuff, and I don't really follow RTJ but after listening through C4C, ISWYD and Fantastic Damage I REALLY like Fantastic Damage, don't care too much for the other two...
EDIT- But I see that this one is a 3 LP, so that's a pretty big strike against VMP doing it. Have they ever done any 3 LPs?
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NathanRicaud
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I really like Fantastic Damage and I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead, but I just can’t get into Cancer 4 Cure! The production sounds so dated to me and I can’t really put my finger on it, but there’s some kind of ugly artificial/forced feel sound to the album I don’t like.....
I don’t like El-P’s Cancer 4 Cure but I absolutely love Killer Mike’s R.A.P. Music!
Cloud
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UGK “Underground Kingz” was 3lp
dirty hands
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I stumbled upon the names Aesop Rock and Cannibal Ox while browsing records on an early 00's auction site called Skylab ( or something like that). I was mostly buying dumb hardcore records and also a lot of what is now called skramz for some fucking reason. Anyway, I searched Aesop Rock and Cannibal Ox on a site called AudioGalaxy ( I think) and downloaded a few songs from each as well as someone named El-P whose name I had seen in search results for the other two. Iron Galaxy, Accidents Don't Happen, Constellation Funk, and Basic Cable all blew my mind. I took a deep dive into backpack mode
Clint Howard
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For those that may remember the early mp3 days, my friend, who is now a musician signed to a major label is the person who ripped Music For Earthworms and put it up on the innernets
LeSamourai
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I bought soooooo many CDs of stuff I discovered on Audiogalaxy. Definitely the mp3 downloading service that most affected my tastes.
dirty hands
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grabbed it from soulseek thanks to him then
Mather
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Really? I did not know that. Okay cool, I have hope then.
AudioAce
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Well, this shit is really good too. El-Ps got some amazing production.
Clint Howard
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Also on the same tangent, there were a lot of great remixes and shit released for the album like the Dead Weathermen remix of Dead Disnee featuring a lot of the Weathermen crew .. and the RJD2 remix of Lazerfaces Warning too ... Fan Dam and Cold Vein are like the Mach Hommy and Westside Gunn of the def jux catalog.
Also.. can we talk about El-P's Linda Trip ? Or I guess it's a 'Co Flow' song.. talk about taking internet beef to the next level.
"I feel like Selena, the president of my fanclub's trying to kill me"
For some background - "Dear Elpee" by Sole from Anticon / Live Poets released this diss song after having some internet words with El-P
El-P responded with samples of a phone call from Sole where he talks about the song and emphatically talks about how much he looooooves Company Flow on the aptly titled "Linda Trip".
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