Vinyl Me Please (2021, Reissue)
Every Wednesday, in honor of Ed Lover Dance Day from Yo! MTV Raps, I take a break from rock and roll to write a little bit about hip hop. In the late 80s and early 90s hip hop ruled my musical life. During this often called 'Golden Era' I discovered so much incredible music. As I am slowly replacing the CDs I've had for twenty-five plus years with vinyl copies, I'm going to talk about some albums that had a really important impact on me during some very formative years.
I know that I just wrote about this record a couple of months ago and it's probably weird to have re-bought a new version already, especially considering that Wu-Tang has not traditionally been one of my favorites. But I have gotten way more into them the last few months, in part from listening to the record more and also from watching the Hulu series about their formation. While I watch the show with a healthy bit of skepticism and assume most of it is bullshit, it's hugely entertaining and and interesting snapshot of early 90s music industry chaos. They also play the songs from this album nonstop and they get stuck in my head pretty easily.
I read a review of this pressing, which is this first time the album has been stretched across a double LP instead of being crammed onto one. The review was very complimentary towards how good this version actually sounded and it was really the definitive pressing. So, I bought it again. Might as well lock it down now before it goes out of print and gets more expensive. I've watched that happen to more than a few hip hop reissues over the last couple of years and I've learned that it's important to buy them right away at retail price if it's something you want in the collection.
Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers):
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_lI803fQndcUvj0u0MGTuACIVpA7L4OTAU
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