四十年前，Def Jam Recordings 在 NYU 校園的一間宿舍中成立。這一點大學生的雄心在音樂歷史中引起了震撼，至今仍在回響，仍然在影響著音樂界。它幫助將嘻哈音樂從一種地下音樂推向全球流行音樂的主流形式。為了慶祝這個廠牌的周年紀念，VMP 與 DJR 合作打造了 I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings，這是一套包含 5 張專輯、9 LP 的限量盒裝，以片段的方式講述 Def Jam Recordings 的故事，提供這間廠牌從宿舍到會議室，再到地球上幾乎每個角落的快照。限量 750 單位，將不會再重新發行。立即擁有這段 Def Jam 紀錄的歷史。 |
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.
生意如常 (1990)
末日91...敵人反擊 (1991)
回家陪我 (2002)
修復 (2002)
大魚理論 (2017)
What's Included
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聆聽筆記
透過我們的《聆聽筆記》小冊子，了解Def Jam唱片的完整故事。盒子中的小冊子涵蓋Def Jam唱片的歷史，從創立到現代，介紹四位音樂作家的創作。
I Need a Beat: 40 Years of Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings
