Vinyl Me Please Rap & Hip Hop

Dark Star Boogie said:
They’ve been riddled with issues and muddled for years now. Perhaps more frequent now than ever though, seems like every month there are major quality control issues. And for the prices they are charging, especially for a one month subscription, it’s bordering on ridiculous and apathetic.
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To me what upsets me most. Because of so many things not just out of principle but thoughtfulness, care, pure sanity, and more. They could've waited at least. But they increased prices in the MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. How so fucking lame is that. Do it now, that feels different. But last summer, c'mon man.
 
GelloJive said:
To me what upsets me most. Because of so many things not just out of principle but thoughtfulness, care, pure sanity, and more. They could've waited at least. But they increased prices in the MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC. How so fucking lame is that. Do it now, that feels different. But last summer, c'mon man.
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I mean if we really want to get into it:

It's not just that they raised the prices in a pandemic. At the end of the day it's still a business and they have to do what they have to do to survive. The problem, in my opinion is that they raised the prices:

a) Without doing what they could on THEIR end to lower the bottom line. I think their shipping practices are still completely out of whack.
b) Without doing everything in their power to ensure that the records are arriving intact, and are up to snuff. Like, has anyone gotten a complete anthology that didn't need at least one replacement? How many replacement copies of MV, Outkast and Wu do you tink they've sent out?

If the increase was used to provide a bump in the level of quality control from GZ, or better packaging to ensure no damaged albums then fine. But the quality has only gotten worse.
 
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Has anyone compared the VMP Wu-tang pressing to previous vinyl versions yet? I'm listening first time through and I don't think it's a massive improvement on the original CD version. I wasn't expecting much given the source material - just curious if people are hearing a massive improvement over the single LP versions.
 
jaycee said:
Has anyone compared the VMP Wu-tang pressing to previous vinyl versions yet? I'm listening first time through and I don't think it's a massive improvement on the original CD version. I wasn't expecting much given the source material - just curious if people are hearing a massive improvement over the single LP versions.
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I was gonna A/B it but I will probably wait until I get my replacement copy.
 
jaycee said:
Has anyone compared the VMP Wu-tang pressing to previous vinyl versions yet? I'm listening first time through and I don't think it's a massive improvement on the original CD version. I wasn't expecting much given the source material - just curious if people are hearing a massive improvement over the single LP versions.
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So I listened to the last part of it to make sure "It's a secret! Never the Wu-Tang" was included as it's missing from many versions of the vinyl. I also spun Protect your Neck on my 2000 Repress and the more recent Yellow repress and the VMP pressing is substantially louder and the bass knocks way harder. Like, I never A/B diffrent copies of records like this and this is quite the discovery. Glad these tracks got some space to breath.
 
bdrummond said:
I mean if we really want to get into it:

It's not just that they raised the prices in a pandemic. At the end of the day it's still a business and they have to do what they have to do to survive. The problem, in my opinion is that they raised the prices:

a) Without doing what they could on THEIR end to lower the bottom line. I think their shipping practices are still completely out of whack.
b) Without doing everything in their power to ensure that the records are arriving intact, and are up to snuff. Like, has anyone gotten a complete anthology that didn't need at least one replacement? How many replacement copies of MV, Outkast and Wu do you tink they've sent out?

If the increase was used to provide a bump in the level of quality control from GZ, or better packaging to ensure no damaged albums then fine. But the quality has only gotten worse.
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These are the exact same problems that have been there for years and the same ones that assured their customers over and over again they would address.

They got too big for their infrastructure about the time they originally released Demon Days. There was a steady increase in issues until they squashed their own forum in the name of sorting themselves out but they haven't and they won't. It just is what it is. They have no motivation to be great when they sell what? almost 100k records a month? Their bottom line is just fine.
 
frodo-pkt said:
So working on updating my VMP RHH analysis spreadsheet.

What region is Virginia? South? (This may be a dumb question)
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From what I found on the internets.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the South is composed of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia—and Florida.
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So I'd assume yes, but not sure they take hip hop into consideration.
 
bdrummond said:
From what I found on the internets.



So I'd assume yes, but not sure they take hip hop into consideration.
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I feel stupid asking as an American, but the blend between East and South gets very tough. Like in my brain I immediately jumped to Virginia = South. But then at the same time I'd feel weird classifying J. Cole as South if he was picked and North Carolina is actually further south than Virginia (thigh Cole has a lot of NY connection so that probably also helps confuse that).
 
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