I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings
Empat puluh tahun yang lalu, Def Jam Recordings didirikan di sebuah kamar asrama di kampus NYU. Ambisi mahasiswa itu akan mengguncang sejarah musik yang masih dirasakan hingga kini dan masih terus bermunculan. Ini akan membantu mengantar hip-hop dari musik bawah tanah NYC menjadi bentuk musik pop yang dominan di seluruh dunia.Untuk merayakan ulang tahun label ini, VMP telah bermitra dengan DJR untuk I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings, sebuah set kotak 5-album, 9-LP yang menceritakan sebagian kisah Def Jam Recordings, memberikan momen-momen penting saat label ini bertransisi dari kamar asrama ke ruang rapat hingga hampir setiap ruang di bumi.Terbatas hanya untuk 750 unit, ini tidak akan pernah dicetak ulang. Miliki bagian dari Sejarah Rekaman Def Jam ini sekarang. |
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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...The Enemy Strikes Black (1991)
Come Home With Me (2002)
The Fix (2002)
Big Fish Theory (2017)
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How Was The Audio Sourced?
Lacquers for all of the albums were cut from the highest quality digital sources available by Cicely Balston at Alchemy Mastering.
Listening Notes
Get the full story of Def Jam Recordings through our Listening Notes booklet. The booklet found in your box covers the story of Def Jam Recordings from its inception to its modern era via a roster of four music writers.
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I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings
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