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The Products: A specially selected limited edition vinyl LP, a cocktail recipe to be paired with the music, an original piece of art, access to "The Standard" (VMP's online magazine), access to forums, special deals on other albums
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The month's album is an absolute classic - an album that had a huge effect on hip-hop in the 90's!
Each delivery comes with a cocktail mix to accompany the music and a foreword from the Vinyl Me, Please team.
It also always includes a unique piece of LP-sized artwork. This is a nice callout to that iconic Biggie Smalls picture while wearing the crown - personally, it's the one I always think of.
Ready To Die - Notorious B.I.G.
I'd be lying if I told you that I was a huge fan when this album was released in 1994. What I do remember is hearing Juicy and Big Poppa ALL the time, and it changed a lot of the landscape for rap at the time. It brought us Puff Daddy, first of all, but it also was a new entry into the New York hip-hop scene - and something that was a little more commercial than Wu-Tang. West Coast had been nailing a lot of commercial success, but, to me, this was the beginning of a ton of East Coast hip-hop success.
It arrives as a double 190-gram LP. The sleeves contain some extra artwork - and the first sleeve has the liner notes.
Even the inside of the LP has a little bit of hidden artwork! I loved this surprise touch.
Both records have a color spatter look to them - but they're also individually colored - it helps to pick out album 1 from 2 much easier. These look fantastic spinning. too.
This album features a few of his biggest hits, especially Juicy and Big Poppa, but it also has a ton of other great songs like Gimme The Loot, Who Shot Ya, and The What with Method Man! I'm glad that Vinyl Me, Please is spanning across a bunch of genres - I like being kept on my toes, even if it's just revisiting old classics - VMP totally got me into a Fugees kick when they send The Score!
Verdict: This was another hit from the time it was announced for me - growing up mostly in the 90's, there were a bunch of influential albums across a bunch of genres - and they've hit on another one of those albums this month. I also really appreciated how beautiful the LPs were themselves - that's one of my favorite parts of this subscription.
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