Low End Theory

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A quarter century later, The Low End Theory is as ubiquitous to the language of modern jazz as Kind of Blue and A Love Supreme, its seamless fusion of beats and bop providing the seeds for future greats . Luottoesimerkki: 1 300 € luottorajalla ja 12 kk:n takaisinmaksuajalla kk-erä on 124,06 € ja kuluttajasuojalain mukainen todellinen vuosikorko 29,08 %. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Kotiinkuljetuksesta perimme rahulia 3,99€ pienemmistä lähetyksistä (lähinnä cd:t) ja isoimmista vermeistä eli vinyyleistä, huppareista yms 5,99€.

Recording sessions for the album were held mostly at Battery Studios in New York City, from 1990 to 1991.It's here on exclusive 2LP Green + Red colored vinyl, plated at Welcome to 1979 and pressed at GZ, with lacquers cut by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound. VG/EX means that the item's sleeve is in Very Good condition and the disc is in Excellent condition.

The Low End Theory is an unqualified success, the perfect marriage of intelligent, flowing raps to nuanced, groove-centered productions. Upon its release, the album's commercial potential was doubted by music critics and Jive record executives. Records that aren't in picture sleeves will either be in a company sleeve or a generic plain sleeve. Contrary to what Weiss and colleagues thought at the time, the record is harder-edged, darker, and, in terms of its adherence to established hip hop codes, actually a little bit conservative. Q-Tip often layered drum sounds on the album, using as many as three snare drums or bass drums to create a single sound.Two posse cuts were recorded: the third single "Scenario", featuring Leaders of the New School, and "Show Business", featuring Lord Jamar and Sadat X of Brand Nubian and Diamond D of D. This version came packaged in a plain black sleeve with a sticker of the album cover artwork attached. Moore is VMP’s Hip-Hop Director and a music journalist who’s covered jazz, soul and hip-hop at The New York Times, The Washington Post, NPR, The Nation, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Pitchfork and elsewhere.

On February 19, 1992, the album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), with shipments of 500,000 copies in the United States, and on February 1, 1995, it was certified platinum by the RIAA, with shipments of one million copies.The debut had fewer tracks than the double LP now available (omitting Pubic Enemy, and ending after Ham And Eggs). So when they followed it up with as close to a perfect album, The Low End Theory, their place in history was assured. The album introduced the lyrical interplay and chemistry between Q-Tip and Phife Dawg, the latter of whom experienced a lyrical breakout. The album is regarded as Phife Dawg's breakout and is credited for helping launch rapper Busta Rhymes's successful solo career.

The majority of the recording sessions took place at Battery Studios in Manhattan, from 1990 to 1991, where the songs were recorded on a Neve 8068 mixing console that had been used by John Lennon. Like People's Instinctive Travels, production on The Low End Theory was primarily handled by Q-Tip, while Ali Shaheed Muhammad provided DJ scratching and co-production. The Low End Theory took Tribe to that fabled "next level" hip hop acts always bang on about by performing the trick every authenticity-obsessed artist most dearly wants to execute. However, he left the group during the sessions to study culinary art and his verses did not make the final cut.The track "Pubic Enemy" was initially issued as the B-side to 12" version of "I Left My Wallet In El Segundo" and on the CD and cassette. It has been stated to have helped shape alternative hip-hop in the 1990s, as the group's "mellow innovations" helped jazz rap gain significant exposure from 1992 to 1993. It states HIP 117, but the single record is marbled orange, has plain white inner sleeve (not the picture sleeve) and has a poster included. The Low End Theory is regarded as one of the most influential albums in hip-hop history, with Corbin Reiff of Complex declaring that it "broke major ground and pushed the sonic envelope of the entire rap genre. To commemorate the 30 year anniversary Get On Down is proud to present this exclusive limited-edition 7-inch box set.