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BBE Music announces a special 20th Anniversary edition of one of the most important records in the label’s history: J Dilla’s Welcome 2 Detroit, presented in a deluxe 7” vinyl box set boasting instrumentals, two brand new interpretations by Azymuth and Muro, a stash of previously unreleased alternative mixes and studio outtakes pressed over 12 discs, plus a book revealing the album’s hidden story, told by those who were there.
First issued by BBE Music on Monday 26th of February 2001, Welcome 2 Detroit was James Dewitt Yancey aka Jay Dee’s first solo outing and the debut appearance of his new ‘J Dilla’ moniker (bestowed on him by none other than Busta Rhymes). The album also inaugurated the producer-led Beat Generation album series, which would later spawn classic LPs by DJ Jazzy Jeff, Pete Rock, DJ Spinna, Marley Marl and even will.i.am, all of whom had been inspired to reach for new creative heights by hearing Dilla’s magnum opus.
Choosing to showcase his own voice and the voices of local rap-heroes from across the city instead of big stars, Welcome 2 Detroit marked a coming of age for the then 27 year-old producer, who fully embraced the creative-freedom offered by BBE for his first solo project. As Dilla tells it: “Peter (Adarkwah, founder of BBE) let me do whatever I wanted to do. So, I wanted to put people on there who are gonna spit y’know, lyrically and represent Detroit. Because I wouldn’t have been able to pull this album off if it came out under a major. Cos they’re not gonna let you just do a song or you can’t just do an instrumental. You gotta have this feature and you’re Jay Dee, why ain’t you got Erykah Badu? Why ain’t you got so and so on your album? I’d have had to go through all of that, instead of just putting out…y’know, Beej on this joint!”
The album would prove to be the perfect distillation of Dilla’s Detroit. From Kraftwerk- inspired Tech Noir that would make Metroplex proud, through subtle echoes from Africa, live jazz-funk and bossa-nova grooves, to tough Midwest boom-bap, this record somehow showed reverence to the city’s past without ever leaving its present. Grimy street flows that somehow swayed like James Brown. Unquantized marvels, so free and alive in their bounce, that they could seduce the hardest of hard-rocks into the sweetest screwface! Diverse, multifaceted, super collaborative and yet somehow singular, Welcome 2 Detroit was the shy and humble James Yancey revealing his true self in the only way he knew how: through his music.
“The numerous guest appearances from some of the city’s best MCs at the time — Beej, Big Tone, Elzhi, Frank N Dank, Phat Kat — added to the album’s immersive experience, offering listeners a taste of Detroit in a way that only Jay Dee could do.” – Okayplayer
To mark the 20th Anniversary of this momentous record, BBE Music is issuing a specially remastered edition of Welcome 2 Detroit, featuring a stunning new remix of ‘Think Twice’ by Japanese DJ/producer Muro and a stellar cover version of ‘Rico Suave Bossa Nova’ by legendary Brazilian jazz-funk juggernauts Azymuth, plus a stash of newly discovered alternate versions and work-in-progress recordings from the album sessions, lovingly reproduced from priceless cassette tapes recorded by J Dilla himself. An accompanying book by British writer and filmmaker John Vanderpuije offers an oral history of the album’s making, as told by Amp Fiddler, Ma Dukes and all of the album’s key musical contributors. The deluxe 7” vinyl box set and digital album will be released on February 5th 2021 during the annual #DillaMonth celebration, as close to the great man’s birthday as possible, and will be available to pre-order from the BBE website and Bandcamp from November 3rd 2020.
Format: 12x 7″ Vinyl Box Set / Digital
Release Date: February 5th, 2021
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116,00€
Limited box edition including both albums, "Swimming" on dark blue vinyl and "Circles" on light blue vinyl. Comes in a die-cut outer case and with a 12" booklet of archival images form the making of Swimming and Circles. Additionally there will be a 24"x36" poster and a 6-panel lyric scroll.
“We are proud to present the Swimming In Circles box set: a presentation of the two albums Malcolm always saw as a fully-realized, dual body of work,” the rapper’s family said in a statement. “It includes the music, as well as images of Malcolm taken all over the world by those closest to him as he recorded the albums—memories of him we will forever hold dearly.”
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119,90€
Event: RSD DROPS 2020
Release Date: 9/26/2020
Format: 7" Vinyl Box Set
Label: Rhino/Elektra
Quantity: 3000
Release type: RSD Drops Sep 26th
In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the debut album of Wu-Tang Clan founding member Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version, we’re releasing a 25th Anniversary 7” Singles Box of the recently platinum-certified release (Originally released on March 28, 1995). Limited to only 3,000 individually numbered copies world-wide, this release will be pressed on blue, yellow and white 7” vinyl.
Track Listing:
Disc 1: A: Intro / 4:47, B: “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” / 2:42
Disc 2: A: “Baby C’mon” / 3:26, B: “Brooklyn Zoo” / 3:38
Disc 3: A: “Hippa to da Hoppa” / 3:01, B: “Raw Hide” (featuring Raekwon & Method Man) / 4:03
Disc 4: A: “Damage” (featuring GZA) / 2:47, B: “Don’t U Know” (featuring Killah Priest) / 4:27
Disc 5: A: “The Stomp” / 2:23, B: “Goin’ Down” / 4:20
Disc 6: A: “Drunk Game (Sweet Sugar Pie)” / 4:21, B: “Snakes” (featuring Killah Priest, RZA, Masta Killa & Buddha Monk) / 5:26
Disc 7: A: “Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)” Part 1 (featuring Ghostface Killah) / 4:45, B: “Brooklyn Zoo II (Tiger Crane)” Part 2 / 3:15
Disc 8: A: “Proteck Ya Neck II the Zoo” (featuring Brooklyn Zu, Prodigal Sunn, Killah Priest, & 60 Second Assassin) / 4:00, B: “Cuttin’ Headz” (featuring RZA) / 2:28
Disc 9: A: “Dirty Dancin’” (featuring Method Man) / 2:43, B: “Harlem World” / 6:16
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95,00€
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
Box Set, Compilation, Limited Edition, Hologram Cover
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93,00€
Motown State of Mind is a 7” box set of Motown classics remixed by the legendary golden era Rapper, Hip-Hop Producer, and D.I.T.C. member Lord Finesse. The set not only includes the remixes but also the original tunes.
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188,00€
26/9/2020
9LP box set featuring Biggie's four albums--Ready to Die (2LP), Born Again (3LP), Life After Death (2LP), & Junior Mafia’s Conspiracy (2LP)--bundled together for the first time, pressed on clear vinyl and housed in a boxed set .
For both Life After Death and Born Again, this is the first time digitally remastered audio has been available on any physical release.
This package includes biographical liner notes from veteran hip-hop journalist and author Kathy Iondoli and artwork by Grammy-winning artist Masaki Koike.
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