Last month we hit you up with all relevant releases within the genre.
Black Friday 2020 will take place on November 27th and will also feature some interesting Hip Hop Releases.
Starting off our list with the first official re-release of Grand Puba’s solo debut in 1992. Now remastered and presented on colored double LP.
Grand Puba – Reel To Reel [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Vinyl: Colored
Label: Tommy Boy Music
Quantity: 2000
Next on the list is a true gem. Kurupt and Daz Dillinger’s 1995 debut album rarely available on vinyl re-released as double LP limited deluxe set – 180g audiophile vinyl.
Tha Dogg Pound – Dogg Food [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Color: Oceania Blue
Label: Death Row Records
Quantity: 1200
Furthermore Death Row will be re-releasing Doggystyle as limited edition. The 180g picture disc showcases the cover art from Snoop Dogg’s debut album and will be pressed on double vinyl.
Snoop Doggy Dogg – Doggystyle [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Color: Picture disc
Label: Death Row Records
Quantity: 2400
Moving on with the Instrumental version of Pete Rock’s 2008 album NY’s Finest. For years out of print and hard to get – the beats are back on vinyl.
The record will contain all 16 original cuts including two additional bonus beats: “It’s So G” & “When I Need It”. The release will feature new artwork and different vinyl color.
Pete Rock – NY's Finest Instrumentals [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Vinyl: Colored
Label: Nature Sounds
Quantity: 1000
Def Jam presents this year for the first time “The Collector’s Edition” by Jadakiss. One side Instrumentals, the other Acapellas. A Collection of some of his greatest hits.
Jadakiss - The Collector's Edition [LP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: LP
Label: Def Jam
Quantity: 1500
Another exclusive release will be “Best of DMX”. Def Jam / UMe put together some of the most prolific and hardest songs from the Yonkers legend.
The 2LP will feature cuts like “X Gon’ Give It To Ya”, “Party Up” or more deeper classics like “Slippin” and “Ready To Meet Him”. On BF20 published for the first time.
DMX - Best of DMX [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Vinyl: translucent red
Label: Def Jam/UMe
Quantity: 3500
Next on the list is Ice-T’s classic debut album Rhyme Pays, initially released on Sire Records in 1987. For Black Friday 2020 pressed on yellow vinyl.
Ice-T - Rhyme Pays [LP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: LP
Vinyl: yellow
Label: Sire/Warner Records
Quantity: 1000
Never before published on any physical format. BIG K.R.I.T.’s 2019 Mixtape TDT available on black/white/purple swirl colored vinyl.
BIG K.R.I.T. - TDT [LP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: LP
Vinyl: Black/white/purple swirl
Label: BMG
Quantity: 1500
A true highlight are the Instrumentals of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s legendary debut album. So far only rarely available as a highly collectible promo release and now for the first time reissued on vinyl since 1994.
The release will also include a bonus 7-inch single containing the new stripped versions of “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” & “Brooklyn Zoo” from the 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition.
ODB - Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (The Instrumentals) [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Label: Rhino/Elektra Records
Quantity: 4000
Fat Beats Records also presents the Instrumental version of the collaborative album between Marco Polo and Brooklyn legend Masta Ace pressed on colored vinyl.
Masta Ace & Marco Polo - A Breukelen Story: Instrumentals [2xLP]
Release date: November 27th, 2020
Format: 2xLP
Vinyl: Gray
Label: Fat Beats Records
Quantity: 1000
That’s pretty much it for that day. During this period of time most record stores provide preventive measures, thats why we still want to encourage you to support your local record store and vinyl in general.
