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VMP ANTHOLOGY

I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings

Quarant'anni fa, Def Jam Recordings è stata fondata in una stanza del dormitorio del campus della NYU. Quella scintilla di ambizione studentesca avrebbe inviato onde d'urto nella storia della musica, onde che si fanno ancora sentire e continuano a giungere a riva. Ha contribuito a portare l'hip-hop da una musica underground di NYC a quella che oggi è la forma dominante della musica pop in tutto il mondo.
Per celebrare l'anniversario dell'etichetta, VMP ha collaborato con DJR su I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings, un box set di 5 album e 9 LP che racconta frammenti della storia di Def Jam Recordings, fornendo istantanee dell'etichetta mentre passava dalla stanza del dormitorio alla sala del consiglio e quasi in ogni stanza del mondo.
Limitato a 750 unità, non sarà mai ristampato. Possiedi adesso questo pezzo di storia della Def Jam Recording.

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

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.

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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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Vinile Colorato Esclusivo
Questa Antologia VMP è rigidamente limitata a 750 unità su vinile colorato esclusivo. I cinque album sono stati rimasterizzati da Cicely Balston presso Alchemy Mastering.
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Quattro Scrittori di Musica Hip-Hop si Connettono
Leggi la storia di questi cinque album in un libretto di ascolto e foto di 20 pagine molto speciale, con un'introduzione di Jeff Weiss e mini-saggi sugli album di Jaelani Turner-Williams, Michael Penn II e Dylan Green.
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Scatola Commemorativa Premium
Progettata internamente da VMP, questi dischi sono contenuti in una lussuosa custodia, ispirata alle origini dell'hip-hop. Apparirà fantastica su qualsiasi scaffale abbastanza coraggioso da ospitarla.
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Come è stata acquisita l'audio?

I laccati di tutti gli album sono stati tagliati dalle più alte qualità di fonti digitali disponibili da Cicely Balston presso Alchemy Mastering.

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Note di ascolto

Scopri la storia completa di Def Jam Recordings attraverso il nostro libretto di Note di ascolto. Il libretto che troverai nella tua scatola copre la storia di Def Jam Recordings dalla sua nascita fino all'era moderna tramite un elenco di quattro scrittori musicali.

FAQs

Hai una domanda?

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.
Domestic Shipping is free — International orders will have shipping calculated at checkout. 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 22 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.

I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings

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