四十年前,Def Jam Recordings在纽约大学的一个宿舍里成立。这一点大学生的雄心在音乐历史上引发了震撼,至今仍在继续感受并不断涌现。它帮助将嘻哈音乐从纽约市的地下文化带入全球流行音乐的主流。为了庆祝这一品牌的周年纪念,VMP与DJR合作推出了《I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings》,这是一个包含5张专辑、9张黑胶唱片的限量盒装套件,讲述了Def Jam Recordings的故事片段,提供了这一品牌从宿舍到会议室,再到几乎地球上每一个房间的快照。限量750台,绝不会再版。立即拥有这段Def Jam音乐历史的珍藏。 |
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).
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.
所有专辑的熔盘均由Cicely Balston在Alchemy Mastering使用最高质量的数字来源进行剪切。
通过我们的《收听笔记》小册子获取Def Jam唱片的完整故事。盒子里的小册子讲述了Def Jam唱片的故事,从创立到现代时代,通过四位音乐作家的名册。