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Mama Said Knock You Out is a certifiable hip-hop classic showcasing LL's return to form that solidified his legendary status in the rap game. The album would go on to sell over two million copies and arguably become the biggest of his career. LL took an active role even in the visuals for the project, suggesting a photo from a Vogue Italy magazine shoot that would inspire the minimalist cover design. Already a rap veteran at the young age of twenty-two, LL understood the tightrope of fame and street cred that he was walking. While lesser men would have cracked under the pressures of coming of age on wax, L was able to synthesize his growing pains into platinum records. What may have begun as teenage braggadocio on Radio had now matured to the delicate confidence of a grown man facing adversity and taking on life's challenges head-on.
LL COOL J - Mama Said Knock You Out [3D Lenticular Cover Vinyl]
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Rihanna

Unapologetic [2LP]

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Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Unapologetic, the Grammy-winning seventh studio album by Rihanna, was released on November 19, 2012, by Def Jam Recordings. The album marked her first to debut at #1 on the Billboard 200 and highest-ever sales total at 238, 000, producing seven singles. Unapologetic took home the Grammy Award for Best Urban Contemporary Album, Rihanna's seventh. Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for it's then-president, hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z.
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Rihanna

Rated R [2LP]

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Double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. Rated R, Rihanna's fourth studio album, was released November 20, 2009 on Def Jam Recordings, and produced six singles, including the international hits 'Russian Roulette', 'Rude Boy' and 'Te Amo.' 'Hard' reached #9 on the Billboard Hot 100, her 13th Top 10, re-tying her with Beyonce as the female artist with the most Top 10 singles in the U.S. Rihanna is a Barbadian singer, songwriter, and actress. Born in Saint Michael and raised in Bridgetown, she first entered the music industry by recording demo tapes under the direction of record producer Evan Rogers in 2003. She ultimately signed a recording contract with Def Jam Recordings after auditioning for it's then-president, hip hop producer and rapper Jay Z.

Rihanna - Rated R [2LP]
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A Girl Like Me is the second studio album by Rihanna. Released in 2006, it features the #1 smash "SOS," plus the Top 10 hits "Unfaithful," and "Break It Off" (featuring Sean Paul). It has sold over 4 million copies worldwide.
Rihanna - A Girl Like Me [2LP]
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Beastie Boys’ perennial debut album Licensed To Ill was the first hip hop album to top the Billboard 200 chart and has been diamond-certified by the RIAA for selling over 10 million copies. Released in November 1986, it features classic Beastie anthems, including “Hold It Now, Hit It,” “Brass Monkey,” “No Sleep Till Brooklyn,” and the MTV staple “(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right To Party. ” Hip Hop's 50th Anniversary LP on Fruit Punch vinyl. Indie Exclusive. Limited Edition. (Def Jam Recordings)
Beastie Boys - Licensed To Ill [Indie Exclusive Limited Edition Fruit Punch LP]
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Jhené Aiko - "Sail Out" / Sail Out is the debut EP from Jhené Aiko. With a uniquely smooth and soulful voice, coupled with sensuality and vulnerability, these 7 tracks firmly established Jhené as a staple in the R&B scene when it was originally released in 2013. The record features guest appearances from Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, Childish Gambino and Vince Staples. LP Vinyl EXPLICIT Non-Returnable
Jhene Aiko - Sell Out
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12" single LP featuring the hit singles “Holy” and “Anyone” from Justin’s forthcoming 6th Studio album.

Justin Bieber - Anyone / Holy [12in Single]
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Believe is Justin Bieber's third studio album, which consists of a more mature, contemporary sound & debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Chart. It features singles 'Boyfriend,' 'Beauty And A Beat' ft. Nicki Minaj & 'All Around The World' ft. Ludacris. UMe is pleased to bring Believe to vinyl for the first time!
Kid606 - Believe [Vinyl]
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'Journals' was a digital-only release in which Justin Bieber dropped a new track for 10 weeks straight, calling it Music Mondays. It includes favorites, 'All That Matters' & 'Confident' & UMe is pleased to bring this 2LP edition of 'Journals' to vinyl for the first time!
Justin Bieber - Journals [Vinyl]
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My World is Justin Bieber's debut release, which served as more than just an introduction for the young star. This seven-track EP features singles 'One Time' & 'One Less Lonely Girl,' which went Top 10 in the U.S. UMe is pleased to bring 'My World' to vinyl for the first time!
Justin Bieber - My World [Vinyl]
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The ten time Grammy Award winning musical phenomenon, rapper, producer and singer embarks on a new musical journey taking his audience to new heights. Kanye West returns with his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak. His highly anticipated 2008 album features the heart pounding first single, 'Love Lockdown' which premiered live for the first time on the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.
Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak [2 LP and 1 CD] [Vinyl] [Collector's Edition, Deluxe Edition]
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2018 debut collaboration between Kanye West & Kid Cudi plus special guests including Pusha T, Ty Dolla Sign & Mos Def. Features 'Feel The Love' & 'Reborn'.

Kids See Ghosts - Kids See Ghosts [LP]
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2014 debut album from the Maryland-based rapper. The album was executive-produced by No I.D., with production coming from Visionary Music Group's in-house producer 6ix and Logic himself. Other producers who contributed to the album include DJ Dahi, S1, M-Phazes, Kevin Randolph, DJ Khalil, Dun Deal, Alkebulan, Arthur McArthur, Tae Beast, Terrace Martin, Skhye Hutch, Rob Knox, Swiff D.
Logic - Under Pressure [LP]
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Embargo

Tbd (Can)

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Vinyl LP pressing. 2017 release, the third album from rapper Logic. Logic represents the man in the middle on Everybody. Everybody impresses from the outset, but the album truly begins to take off with "Confess," a piano-laden offering that features an impassioned speech from Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, who pens an open letter to God questioning the plight endured by minorities across the world. The album features production from 6ix and Logic, among others. It features the singles: "Everybody", "Black Spiderman" featuring Damian Lemar Hudson, and "1-800-273-8255" featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid. Everybody debuted at #1 on the US Billboard 200.
Embargo - Tbd (Can)
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The personal 2002 release of Charmbraclet marked Carey’s coming out party after a year of struggle. Charmbraclet, executive produced by Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis, Just Blaze and Jermaine Dupri, saw Carey mixing themes of love with partying & embracing the legendary Roc-A-Fella crew with collaborations from Cam’ron, “Boy (I Need You),” & Jay -Z “You Got Me.” The lead single “Through The Rain,” was considered by Rolling Stone to be a top 10 hit of 2002, propelling album sales to over 3 million. 2LP standard black vinyl.

Mariah Carey - Charmbracelet [2 LP]
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The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey's 10th album released through Island Records on April 12, 2005 and became her highest-selling release in the US in a decade. This fifteenth anniversary edition includes hits like "We Belong Together, " "Shake It Off, " "It's Like That, " "Don't Forget About Us." The album features collaborations with Jermaine Dupri, Snoop Dogg, Twista, Nelly and Pharrell Williams. The 2LP standard black vinyl version features four new bonus tracks.

Mariah Carey - The Emancipation Of Mimi [2LP]
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On Vinyl for the first time, the hip-hop centric ‘Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse,’ produced largely by then manager, Jermaine Dupri, features a slew of hip-hop heavyweights including Nas and Fabulous. The album’s notable tracks include “Beautiful” featuring Miguel and “The Art of Letting Go.” 2LP standard black vinyl.

Mariah Carey - Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse [2 LP]
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2014 is the 20th anniversary of Tical, the debut solo album of Wu-Tang Clan member Method Man, released November 15, 1994, on Def Jam Records. It was the first Wu-Tang solo album released after the group's debut, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers). Similar to all first generation solo Wu-Tang projects, Tical was mainly produced by group member RZA. The album features guest appearances from several Wu-Tang members including RZA, Raekwon, & Inspectah Deck. The album was a commercial success, reaching number four on the Billboard 200, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart. On July 13, 1995, it was certified platinum. This success was driven by its two singles, "Bring the Pain" and "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By". Tical has since been hailed by several music critics as a hip hop classic and its success is matched by its influence as a major piece in the East coast hip hop renaissance.
Method Man - Tical [Vinyl]
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Double vinyl LP pressing. This Is How We Do It is the debut single of American singer-songwriter Montell Jordan, originally released in 1995.
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It
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Double vinyl LP pressing. 35th anniversary edition. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by Public Enemy, originally released in 1988.
Public Enemy - It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back: 35th Anniversary [2 LP]
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Limited double green vinyl LP pressing. Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black is the fourth studio album from Public Enemy. It debuts production team Imperial Grand Ministers of Funk. The singles released from the album were "Can't Truss It," "Night Train," "Shut Em Down" and it's B-side "By the Time I Get to Arizona" (samples "Two Sisters of Mystery" by Mandrill and a live version of "Walk on By" by the Jackson 5). Continuing with it's Respect The Classics campaign UMe will be reissuing this classic on green vinyl. Also includes "Lost At Birth", "A Letter To The New York Post", "I Don't Wanna Be Called Yo Niga" and more.
Public Enemy - Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black [Vinyl]
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FEAR OF a BLACK PLANET was produced by the Bomb Squad and features the hit singles, 'Fight the Power,' 'Welcome to the Terrordome' and Flavor Flav's '911 Is a Joke.' FEAR OF a BLACK PLANET, which celebrates it's 25th anniversary in 2015, finished #300 on Rolling Stone's list of the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' and was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2005. The album is certified platinum by the RIAA for more than one million shipped, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200.
Public Enemy - Fear of a Black Planet
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2008 Explicit Version of Two LP set. Rising Down marks the 10th album released by the legendary Roots crew. The darkly funky, politically charged release is the product of more than a year of recording and includes a slew of complimentary guest appearances by Common, Chrisette Michelle, Talib Kweli, Dice Raw, Peedi Peedi, Mos Def, Style P and Fall Out Boys' Patrick Stump.
Roots - Rising Down [Vinyl]
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The Roots, known for their innovative album concepts, return after a two year break to release their new album, Game Theory, filled with 14 hard hitting tracks that express their views on the state of the world. Game Theory is the Roots' most thought-provoking, incitive album since their 1999 breakthrough Things Fall Apart and will be the group's debut for Def Jam Recordings, home to the world's premiere Hip-Hop artists. This is the explicit LP version.
The Roots - Game Theory [2LP]
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Vinyl LP pressing. 2011 release. Despite being rap veterans at the time, The Roots maintained a sense of artistic urgency, crafting this conceptual album with a loose narrative that follows Undun's imaginary protagonist, Redford Stevens, through a journey of imbalance, self-reflection, and triumph. Couched in an impoverished setting, it is an existential concept album entirely produced by Roots' drummer Questlove featuring stellar guest features from Big K.R.I.T, Bilal, Phonte, and more, and vocals from the group's formidable MC, Black Thought.
The Roots - Undun [LP]
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Rhythms of Zamunda: Music Inspired By Coming 2 America yields a blend of 16 original tracks embodying the opulent countries and cultures of Pan-Africa. Boasting a wide range of superstars from across the continent, Rhythms of Zamunda features South African superstars; Nasty C's "Black and White" featuring Ari Lennox; "Skeletun" from Tekno; Tiwa Savage's " Dangerous Love", and many more. 2 LP.

Various Artists - Rhythms of Zamunda (Music Inspired By: Coming 2 America) [2 LP]
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Summertime '06 is the highly anticipated two-segment studio debut from Long Beach, CA rapper Vince Staples best known as one-third of Cutthroat Boyz. Executive produced by trailblazing producer and Def Jam Recordings executive Dion "No I.D." Wilson, the album touches on events that happened in his life in the summer of 2006 at the age of 13 and onward. With Summertime '06 Staples delivers the type of introspective reality-based street lyricism that has made him one of rap's rising stars. Hailed by Pitchfork as the Best New Music of 2015, Segment 1 features 10 tracks from the 20-track double album and includes the preceding singles "Senorita," and "Norf Nort."

Love will tear us apart. Nov 30th, 2005 was the beginning of the loss. The following summer multiplied it. Beaten paths, crowded with the hopeless. Same song every day, listening to the words of a dead man destroyed by his own mind and body. Why? Because at the end of the day we're all dead anyway. At least where I come from. Love tore us all apart. Love for self, love for separation, love for the little we all had, love for each other, where we came from. Jabari, Chris, Shard, Tom, Richy, Tyson, Tony, Shelly, Phil, Marcel, Brandon, Steve, Jaron, Tay.Too many to name, too much to forget. Some lost to prison, some lost to Forest Lawn, some turned snitch. Some still here but it will never be the same. Bandanas, Stealing Levis and Nike Sb's. Derringers and Sidekicks. Its crazy how little you notice and how greatly those things impact. Summer of 2006, the beginning of the end of everything I thought I knew. Youth was stolen from my city that Summer and Im left alone to tell the story. This might not make sense but that's because none of it does, we're stuck. Love tore us all apart. Summertime '06, June 30th." - Vince Staples

Vince Staples - Summertime '06 (Segment 1)

Vince Staples - Summertime '06: Segment 1 [LP]
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Def Jam - Vince Staples - Summertime '06 Segment 2
Vince Staples - Summertime '06: Segment 2 [LP]
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