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VMP ANTHOLOGY

I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings

Vor vierzig Jahren wurde Def Jam Recordings in einem Wohnheimzimmer auf dem Campus der NYU gegründet. Dieser Funke von Studentenambitionen würde Wellen durch die Musikgeschichte schlagen, die bis heute zu spüren sind und immer noch ihre Ufer erreichen. Er würde helfen, Hip-Hop von einer unterirdischen Musikszene in NYC zur dominierenden Form der Popmusik weltweit zu führen.
Um das Jubiläum des Labels zu feiern, hat VMP mit DJR an I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings zusammengearbeitet, einem 5-Alben, 9-LP-Boxset, das Stücke der Geschichte von Def Jam Recordings erzählt und Schnappschüsse des Labels bietet, das vom Wohnheimzimmer über den Vorstandssaal bis in nahezu jedes Zimmer der Erde gelangte.
Streng limitiert auf 750 Exemplare, wird es nie nachgepresst. Besitzen Sie jetzt dieses Stück Def Jam Recordings Geschichte.

NOTE: Please purchase this product individually, as it cannot be combined with other products in our store.

Orders are expected to ship in December 2024. Timeline is subject to change. We will notify you of any shipping updates.



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).

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Andrew Winistorfer, I Need a Beat Executive Producer and VMP Senior Director of Music & Editorial

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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.

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EPMD
Business As Usual (1990)
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Public Enemy
Apocalypse 91...The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
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Cam'ron
Come Home With Me (2002)
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Scarface
The Fix (2002)
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Vince Staples
Big Fish Theory (2017)

What's Included

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Exklusive Farbvinyl
Diese VMP Anthologie ist streng limitiert auf 750 Einheiten auf exklusivem Farbvinyl. Die fünf Alben wurden von Cicely Balston bei Alchemy Mastering remastert.
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Vier Hip-Hop Musikautoren verbinden sich
Lesen Sie die Geschichte dieser fünf Alben in einem sehr speziellen 20-seitigen Hörnotizen- und Fotobuch, mit einer Einleitung von Jeff Weiss und Mini-Essays über die Alben von Jaelani Turner-Williams, Michael Penn II und Dylan Green.
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Premium Erinnerungsbox
Im Haus bei VMP entworfen, werden diese Schallplatten in einer luxuriösen Schutzhülle untergebracht, inspiriert von den Ursprüngen des Hip-Hop. Es wird hervorragend in jedes Regal passen, das mutig genug ist, es zu beherbergen.
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Wie wurde die Audioquelle hergestellt?

Die Lacke aller Alben wurden aus den hochwertigsten verfügbaren digitalen Quellen von Cicely Balston bei Alchemy Mastering geschnitten.

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Hörnotizen

Erhalten Sie die vollständige Geschichte von Def Jam Recordings durch unser Hörnotizen-Heft. Das Heft in Ihrer Box behandelt die Geschichte von Def Jam Recordings von seinen Anfängen bis zur modernen Ära durch einen Katalog von vier Musikautoren.

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VMP Anthology is the vinyl box set, reinvented. It aims to use music to tell a story, and gives space for lots of listening, learning, and conversation along the way.
Nope! We built VMP Anthology as a way for all fans to experience music more deeply, and VMP membership is not required.
Shipping is free in the U.S. and $30 internationally. Records will be sent in one shipment. Orders are expected to ship in December 2024. Timeline is subject to change. We will notify you of any shipping updates.
Afterpay is an interest-free financing option that allows you to make four bi-weekly (every two weeks) installment payments rather than one upfront payment. If you choose Afterpay at checkout, you will be redirected to the Afterpay site to create an account and to complete your payment. You won’t be charged any interest or fees, as long as your payments are made on time. At this time, Afterpay is only available for customers in the United States.
VMP started as a record of the month club in 2013 and has expanded into an online record store and magazine.
To get the Member Price, you must be an active VMP Member for our monthly record subscription (and make sure you are logged in).
Yes, shipping is available in 16 countries in addition to the U.S. (view all FAQs for more details). Due to the box value and carrier constraints, international customers are responsible for customs and duties. When shipping to a country that is subject to VAT, this will also be due upon receipt.

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