Record Store Day – 5 to get
Record Store Day rolls around again tomorrow, that time of year indie kids go straight from the friday night club to queuing round the block in the hope of snagging the ultra limited Bowie reissue. Nowt wrong with Bowie but I wouldn’t stay up all night for a piece of vinyl.
The things of interest to readers of this site are usually choice but slim so here I give you my top 5 picks for tomorrow, should you wish to go and brave your local record store. Other than the actual music the main reason for doing this is to try and provoke your local store into stocking some hiphop. Online and mailorder stores are great but there’s nothing like seeing some ukhh in the racks! Plus if you’re a vinyl hoarder and completist like me you’ll be wanting to track these releases down anyway.
Ramson Badbonez – Give Badbonez A Break (King Kong Holding Company)
Ramson Badbonez absolutely loves a mixtape. On top of this release, there are 2 volumes of ‘The Official’, Tales From The Staircase, Bone Marrow and Dilla and BIG tribute tapes in the last couple of years. At least. There could easily be a couple more that I’ve overlooked. Yet, no album, although The Official Vol. 2 was basically an album in all but name, containing entirely original production. Currently scheduled for a release sometime next year, here’s hoping the debut LP will be worth the wait.
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