For fyrre år siden blev Def Jam Recordings grundlagt i et studie på NYU's campus. Den ambition hos en studerende ville sende chokbølger gennem musikhistorien, som stadig mærkes og stadig når kysten. Det ville hjælpe med at føre hip-hop fra en undergrundsmusik i NYC til den dominerende form for popmusik over hele kloden.For at fejre pladeselskabets jubilæum har VMP indgået partnerskab med DJR om I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings, et 5-album, 9-LP bokssæt, der fortæller fragmenter af Def Jam Recordings historien, og giver snapshots af pladeselskabet, mens det gik fra studie til bestyrelseslokale til næsten hvert rum på jorden.Strengt begrænset til 750 enheder, vil det aldrig blive genpresset. Ejer dette stykke af Def Jam Recordings historie nu. |
A story told through five albums, featuring rappers who contributed to the Def Jam Recordings story in ways small and big.
The goal with this box was not to try to capture the full scope of Def Jam Recordings 40 years; hip-hop has evolved something like ten times during the label’s lifetime. Instead, we wanted to focus on albums that captured snapshots of the label through its upheavals, high points, and transitions. It covers the label’s emergence from its NYC-centric boom-bap heyday with some of its earliest stars (EPMD and Public Enemy). It continues with the label turning its eyes southward (Scarface) while launching the best New York rapper of this century (Cam’ron), ending with the label’s best young MC on top of his game (Vince Staples).
Mic Check…
VMP Anthology goes beyond the five albums included in your box. Alongside your box and the albums within it, we provide in-depth, original Listening Notes. Featuring an introduction by Jeff Weiss and contributions from Jaelani Turner-Williams, Michael Penn II, and Dylan Green, the booklet will serve as a guide through these albums. VMP Anthology isn’t just a box set that’s supposed to gather dust on your shelves — it’s an immersive and transformative story that comes alive for you to spend weeks (or longer!) inside of. We can’t wait for you to dive deeper into Def Jam Recordings’ history and the albums in this box.
Business As Usual (1990)
Apocalypse 91... Fjenden slår tilbage (1991)
Come Home With Me (2002)
The Fix (2002)
Big Fish Theory (2017)
What's Included
Hvordan blev lyden skabt?
Lakkerne til alle albums blev skåret fra de højeste kvalitets digitale kilder tilgængelige af Cicely Balston hos Alchemy Mastering.
Lytte-noter
Få den fulde historie om Def Jam Recordings gennem vores Lytte-noter hæfte. Hæftet i din kasse dækker historien om Def Jam Recordings fra begyndelsen til nutiden via en liste af fire musikskribenter.
I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings
