Many popular recent releases, particularly in the hip-hop world, either don’t get a real vinyl release or experience massive delays, letting bootleggers fill the gap. Still, some of these newer, younger collectors’ lack of immediate knowledge makes them vulnerable to bootleggers (others are aware of certain releases’ unofficial nature, but for tangibility buy anyway). We all start there in some way, and about the intricacies of the long playing record, eventually learn (or lose our minds). They buy records as collectors’ items to have physical copies of their favorite albums, maybe to hang on their wall, to tangibly interact with the art. What can the bootleggers do now? As vinyl resurges in popularity, newcomers who love the format but know little about its technicalities (not necessarily a bad thing) arrive in droves. And because amateur tapers beat the “real” record labels to the live album game, how were fans supposed to tell the difference? Now, leaked material is blatantly obvious current live bootlegs’ jackets don’t have TMOQ’s neat uniformity, and streaming services now (with some error) distinguish official studio albums from crowdfunded leaks. To audiences with little information access, TMOQ’s stamped covers didn’t look especially dubious after all, official releases soon followed the bootleggers’ aesthetic. During vinyl’s peak, labels including the infamous Trademark Of Quality (TMOQ) sold unauthorized live albums and leaks of the era’s rock artists, capitalizing on fans’ hunger for any new material. Yeezus on vinyl?! A promo? For real? Uhhhh, no.Įnter the modern vinyl bootleg market. The jacket shows Virgil Abloh’s iconic album package design, a red-taped CD case, cropped and blown up to a 12” square. All of the widely distributed Kanye LPs appear, but of his 2013 cinematic masterpiece Yeezus, a “FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY” copy appears. And with our HHV Label, we give established and up-and-coming artists the opportunity to present themselves.You enter a record store and alphabetically dig through the rap LPs. From the classic to the absolute insider tip, we offer everything that has to do with eloquent rhymes or innovative beats. We have made it our task to do justice to all these facets of hip hop with our offer. Not least thanks to our dear colleagues from Project: Mooncircle, who have pushed this direction massively. And instrumental hip hop has also played an increasingly important role in the last ten years. German rap has grown up and shaken off the regional barrier.
Progressive styles of hip hop music find a home on independent labels like Stones Throw.
Chopped Herring Records or Dope Folks have made it their business to dig up old recordings. They see themselves in the tradition of self-determined record companies like Cold Chillin or Ruthless Records. Labels like Mello Music Group or Redefinition evoke the spirit of the eighties and nineties. Hip hop has never been as diverse as it is today. Hip hop, hip hop or hip hop? Anything that sounds funky is allowed. No matter if it’s an album, an EP or singles. As long as it has to do with Hip Hop, Vinyl LPs, CDs or Tapes are always welcome. Exclusive releases and bundles give our offer that special spice. Of course, the range of our online shop also includes beats without rhymes. As well as spoken word from exotic countries. US hip hop, German hip hop, UK hip hop and hip hop from France are represented. Major productions are on the programme, but also underground releases produced in very small editions. This includes classics as well as novelties from young talents. In order to do justice to Hip Hop with all its faces, we have put together a rich programme.
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Hip Hop at HHV: the full range from A to Z And more and more musical styles are influencing the world of hip hop today. There are no limits to the raps: from abstract lyricism to street prose to eloquent storytelling, everything is on offer. Many ambitious musicians also hold up the flag of German, French or British rap. Exceptional artists like Pharoahe Monch or Homeboy Sandman connect generations thanks to intelligent content and clever wordplay. Old warhorses from the 1980s prove that there is no age limit for good rhymes. The Roots have been thrilling friends of virtuoso live bands for over 20 years. Hip hop music today is defined by an enormous variety. Breakdancing and b-boying have long since become a way of life for many. Today, graffiti can be found on every corner. Since Kool Herc’s block parties in the mid-1970s, the culture has grown and developed rapidly. Hip hop has long been more than simple scratches, looped breaks and MCs celebrating their DJs.
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