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Coleman’s series offers crucial contextualizing on his topics, and most importantly lets the principals relate the tale in their own words part oral history, part diligent journalism, and part judicious selection. Producer credits, thank you lists, and cleared samples were a start, and interviews and articles in Spin, Vibe and The Source brought a modicum of enlightenment, but the deep investigation, which often simply entails sincere interest and respect for the subject, becoming comfortable with the artists and then asking the right questions, was lacking for years.īoston-based writer and music lover Brian Coleman has played a huge role in overturning this neglect, first with Rakim Told Me and its eventual expansion into Check the Technique, and now via its follow-up, a volume elevated by quality and quantity to the best of the bunch. But those spending it were reliably left at mysterious loose ends. This was an easy assumption to arrive at if one’s only concern was making money. And folks devoting time, energy and dollars to keeping up with deluxe reissues and box sets in multiple genres understand that extensive annotation of and commentary upon background specifics was/is an expected component in the retail price.Īs a relatively young art form, hip-hop has suffered from experiencing its burgeoning stylistic era(s) in a business setting that wrongly assumed buyers of contemporary music (as opposed to those dropping cash on older material) cared about little more than the sounds, the labels mostly throwing context and packaging to the wayside. 2 is freshly available from Wax Facts Press.Īnybody having spent hours inspecting the treasures in a jazz-centric record shop knows LPs in the multifaceted style regularly came adorned with notes (Hentoff! Williams! Jones!) on the back of the sleeve. Aptly subtitled “more liner notes for hip-hop junkies,” Check the Technique Vol. To get the complete scoop on this and assorted other hip-hop achievements one needs seek out the books of Brian Coleman.

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Due to this stature one might assume the full story behind its creation has long resided in the historical record, but that’s not the case. Please sign up for our weekly email list to be among the first to know when items are restocked! To request an item not listed, or to contact us for any other reason, please email us to current difficulties getting restocks, individual items are limited to (2) per customer.Released a quarter century ago by the Def Jam label, Brooklyn trio 3rd Bass’ The Cactus Album stands as a hip-hop classic. Items listed as 'out of stock' are already on backorder with our distributors and will be restocked when available. Keep in mind that some items may not be in print or available to order due to the current vinyl pressing backlog. 03% reported mail damage! You don't get this kind of protection from larger retailers, it's always a gamble with them. Our goal is to ensure we do the best we can to protect against any USPS handling in the shipping process from our warehouse to your home.

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