Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop

roffle24 said:
Game time decision, but I opted to keep Luda. This album was a banger when I was growing up and a friend of mine is a huge Ludacris/DTP fan so I figure I owe it to him to add it to the collection. The orange pressing looks great in reference to the cover as well.

Is it overpriced? Yes. Is the album perfect? No. Have there been worse HH tracks from VMP? Yep.

This will only be my third HH track from them on the year so far, so I guess I gotta start somewhere.
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This pick made me go back to Luda’s first album. I was really in to other hip hop at the time but there is no denying that he had that stretch of being one of the biggest mainstream artists with What’s Your FantasySouthern Hospitality and then all of the singles off of Word of Mouf.

Cheesy at times but the dude could definitely hit his punchlines.
 
frodo-pkt said:
So since I'm a tweak I think I'm going to leave my track as Essentials so it's set for Wu in September and just "Add On" the RHH now to lock ATLiens in and just cancel the add-on assuming all is good with swapping my August Essentials to it. I'm pretty sure there won't be any issues but still have some lingering PTSD from the Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik fiasco lol
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I had a similar plan. If I didn't keep Luda I was gonna stay subbed to HH and swap it to store credit just in case some crazy shit goes down with ATLiens.
 
I was checking out the VMP article and this part jumped out at me:

Word of Mouf is not just Ludacris’ breakthrough, but the creation of several linguistic trends, from his mouth to pop culture’s ears. Luda popularized multiple phrases on the album that were relatively unknown beforehand, including “sticky icky,” “rollout” and, most notably, “I’ve got hoes in different area codes.”

Maybe I’ve smoked too much of that sticky icky over the years but I remember west coast rappers using that phrase well before Luda and this album.
 
wingclipper said:
I was checking out the VMP article and this part jumped out at me:

Word of Mouf is not just Ludacris’ breakthrough, but the creation of several linguistic trends, from his mouth to pop culture’s ears. Luda popularized multiple phrases on the album that were relatively unknown beforehand, including “sticky icky,” “rollout” and, most notably, “I’ve got hoes in different area codes.”

Maybe I’ve smoked too much of that sticky icky over the years but I remember west coast rappers using that phrase well before Luda and this album.
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Waaaaaaaaay before. This article is foolishness!
 
wingclipper said:
I was checking out the VMP article and this part jumped out at me:

Word of Mouf is not just Ludacris’ breakthrough, but the creation of several linguistic trends, from his mouth to pop culture’s ears. Luda popularized multiple phrases on the album that were relatively unknown beforehand, including “sticky icky,” “rollout” and, most notably, “I’ve got hoes in different area codes.”

Maybe I’ve smoked too much of that sticky icky over the years but I remember west coast rappers using that phrase well before Luda and this album.
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I mean Autobots"rollout" was happening in the 80's, no one is checking that Hoes song if Nate Dogg isn't on the hook and when I hear "sticky icky" I think of Snoop so I'm guessing E-40 came up with that...so overall great article!
 
duke86fan said:
VMP knew this, they fucked with us

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30 extra for an instrumental collection AND a glow in the dark 45

Why wasn't this just a store drop and get a new act in RHH
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Yeah not surprising, however with shipping and exchange for me the VMP is for once, a no-brainer if I just want the album without all the fancies. Taking a temperature check on reddit (/r/vinylreleases/) many people are choosing the VMP as well. This one's going to sell out quickly so I'd suggest everyone lock in their subs.
 
duke86fan said:
VMP knew this, they fucked with us

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Listen to content by Outkast.
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30 extra for an instrumental collection AND a glow in the dark 45

Why wasn't this just a store drop and get a new act in RHH
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I mean if you want this package you can always just swap for another title next month or for store credit and buy an add-on like Wu/PE in Sep?

I see appeal in both versions. The 4xLP + 45 is cool but I probably wouldn't spin the instrumentals or the 45 so I'm happy with the VMP version.
 
BazookaTooth said:
curated and pressed with care by real people
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I have a hunch that's sarcastic
frodo-pkt said:
I mean if you want this package you can always just swap for another title next month or for store credit and buy an add-on like Wu/PE in Sep?

I see appeal in both versions. The 4xLP + 45 is cool but I probably wouldn't spin the instrumentals or the 45 so I'm happy with the VMP version.
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I mean yeah but it's more that they hyped us up when it as a big thing and FOMOd us

Legit just make this a sudden store drop, it would sell out instantly (or do it Fiona Apple style), and you freed up to get either a new release or an OOP classic pressed (I dunno say bone thugs or pac or even polo g)
 
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duke86fan said:
I have a hunch that's sarcastic

I mean yeah but it's more that they hyped us up when it as a big thing and FOMOd us

Legit just make this a sudden store drop, it would sell out instantly, and you freed up to get either a new release or an OOP classic pressed (I dunno say bone thugs)
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Honestly, I think we like to dig deeper into things than they really occur (I am guilty of this a lot too). They hyped it up because it was release announcement day and that's what they are supposed to do. And on this quarterly announcement schedule you get to announce things out in advance. I'm going to assume OutKast/label knew when it would be announced and could have easily tried up to that as well to give all the options?

And I would love any Bone pressings as much as the next guy. But I don't think them doing ATLiens has anything to do with that.

EDIT: Now if we want to do some VMP hating, let's complain that they chose ATLiens if we were getting a deluxe press. Should have snagged Aquemini and done the fancy color press and let us all re-up on the OutKast discog 🤣
 
frodo-pkt said:
Is archduke higher than Lord? Or did you get demoted? I'm not familiar with royal titles.

Anywho, is this still the case? I always assume it but unfortunately GoD is a necessary evil in HH sometimes unfortunately
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Honestly, I long ago entered a state of apotheosis so these human formalities of titles, customs, and courtesies are more for your terrestrial comforts than any real indication of peer tutelage.

I wasn't impressed with GoD It Was Written (both black and clear were shit) but TBF my og copy is noisy.

Personally the instrumentals do little for me.

I can be a cynical fuck but I don't care about the overlap of releases. Just like I don't care that Cloud and VMP did deloused. It's probably not so easy to just pivot and swap out releases and there is planning (not in the writing, that's shitty but still). Although when I saw the announcement I knew the conspiracy theories would begin.
 
Archduke Diaper Baby said:
Honestly, I long ago entered a state of apotheosis so these human formalities of titles, customs, and courtesies are more for your terrestrial comforts than any real indication of peer tutelage.

I wasn't impressed with GoD It Was Written (both black and clear were shit) but TBF my og copy is noisy.

Personally the instrumentals do little for me.

I can be a cynical fuck but I don't care about the overlap of releases. Just like I don't care that Cloud and VMP did deloused. It's probably not so easy to just pivot and swap out releases and there is planning (not in the writing, that's shitty but still). Although when I saw the announcement I knew the conspiracy theories would begin.
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Yeah I've heard those claims about IWW which turned me off. I finally bit on their new bundle. The tracklist is different so I'm thinking it'll at least be...... different? Same reason I don't own Illmatic or 36 Chambers yet as the reviews are so bad I just stay away. (One bonus with Nas is you don't have to worry about any VMP overlap 🤣🤣🤣)

I'm with you on the instrumentals. Not really all that interested in them so don't care much to spend an extra $30 before shipping.

Also, with the explosion in vinyl it's just inevitable that things are going to overlap. I would, obviously, love to know every variant that is available to know which I want. However, given different retailer processes and such I can see how there can be a gap between companies (i.e. this or the Conway - Reject 2 release through vin dig / item records). I just think it's shady / annoying when the same retailer drops different / more attractive variants directly after one without any knowledge.
 
bdrummond said:
Yeah not surprising, however with shipping and exchange for me the VMP is for once, a no-brainer if I just want the album without all the fancies. Taking a temperature check on reddit (/r/vinylreleases/) many people are choosing the VMP as well. This one's going to sell out quickly so I'd suggest everyone lock in their subs.
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I wouldn’t mind the 45 for novelty purposes but I would much prefer a 2xLP to a 4xLP, I don’t ever listen to instrumental versions so the VMP version will save me space and $25. I am fine with that.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
I wouldn’t mind the 45 for novelty purposes but I would much prefer a 2xLP to a 4xLP, I don’t ever listen to instrumental versions so the VMP version will save me space and $25. I am fine with that.
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I seem to be the rarity that enjoys instrumentals, and I definitely love the novelty of the 45, but $33 USD shipped vs. $69.99 USD plus shipping (to Canada!) is just dead simple math for me.
 
frodo-pkt said:
Same reason I don't own Illmatic or 36 Chambers yet as the reviews are so bad I just stay away.
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FWIW, I got the TTL Exclusive of Illmatic from a few years ago and I think it sounds really good.

this version:
www.discogs.com

Nas - Illmatic

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2018 Vinyl release of "Illmatic" on Discogs.
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Edit: Looks like @Archduke Diaper Baby Wasn’t impressed with this pressing.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
FWIW, I got the Get On Down Exclusive of Illmatic from a few years ago and I think it sounds really good.

this version:
www.discogs.com

Nas - Illmatic

View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2018 Vinyl release of "Illmatic" on Discogs.
www.discogs.com www.discogs.com

Edit: Looks like @Archduke Diaper Baby Wasn’t impressed with this pressing.
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I was referencing their It Was Written. I do have that Illmatic (the TTL exclusive, yes? In fact, I'm the one complaining about TTLs CS although I've since changed my tune) and it is good. The EU is better (Nas – Illmatic (2017, Vinyl)) but it's certainly serviceable.

GoD can pull off good stuff. And VMP can certainly, certainly, certainly put out some shit. I guess I was getting at that my confidence level between the two - if we're going in blind with no prior reviews - would be that VMP is more likely to turn out something good.
 
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