Question two BIG D O and other tape experts:
Is there any sound privileges over digital format (CD and mp3) in listening tapes on a good system with good headphones ?
Its like you will get deep sound listening vinyl instead of CD (for example) !
So what about collation between tape and CD ? Will you get something special in sound of tape ?
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really most audiophiles will likely tell you that cassette is the weakest format to listen to music in....Originally Posted by rgu2002
it's Lo-Fi for sure, but in my time listening to em' over the years I've noticed that in a car stereo a Hip-Hop cassette tape always sounds better than a CD....
that's just an opinion of course, but many heads will confirm this...I don't know what it is, maybe the way the music is compressed on a tape or somethin', but in the whip nuthin sounds iller....
Also in addition to their special Lo-Fi sound I always was an avid tape supporter because of their durability--you treat a tape right, keep it in it's case and in a place with a reasonable temperature and are careful about what players you play it in, that cassette will last you 25 years or longer...I own tapes that are still workin' good after 35+ years man...
Last edited by BIG D O; 01-27-2010 at 11:09 AM.
yeah indeed...the memories that flood through when I see a lot of these tapes is incredible....
Nine is still doin okay, I seen recently that he linked back up with Flex and was preparing to drop some new music I believe....
I love that whole Mic Geronimo album man....the production is classic and the features are too...one of the first times I had heard Royal Flush...
yeah, that's a good idea about taking flicks of the spots I'm at when I find these joints...
Im going to a spot today to look, if I find somethin' I'll flick up the whole scene...
preciate it man...repped!
keep lookin for that Nine! Nuthin beats the thrill of the hunt! nuthin!
Last edited by BIG D O; 01-27-2010 at 11:24 AM.
Update!!
1/29/10:
LOL, My recent luck continues....
Yo, I had to drop off a friend today and was out and about and like I usually do after a big score at a particuliar thrift store I decided to return to the scene and see if there was anything new at the store where I found the Mic Geronimo, The Cella Dwellas and Nine tapes...
LOL, sure enough I found two more joints tonight that I regard as pretty hard to come by for basically nuthin'...
I walked in and went to the tape rack (which I noticed had been re-arranged since last time) and started scanning....I instantly saw the name "Big Noyd" and reached for it with the swiftness....I turned the tape over and there it was; "Episodes Of A Hustler"...one of my fav. albums from a Queens artist ever and Noyd's crowning achievement as an MC....It was in flawless condition...I was amazed...I looked even more and next found two tapes that I already had in Group Home's "Livin' Proof" and Busta Rhymes' "When Disaster Strikes", but scooped up anyway...
...then as I did my last look thru I saw Shyheim's "The Lost Generation", LOL...I just grinned and palmed it.... .50 friggin cents for a mint copy...
I shoved the Group Home and Busta tapes in my pocket and paid the dollar for just the Noyd and Shyheim....any guesses about where I'mma visit again in a day or so? I'm beginning to suspect that someone donated an ill collection to this thrift store that they're slowly but surely putting out every so often...
Last edited by BIG D O; 01-29-2010 at 10:22 PM.
^^"Episodes of a Hustla"! Haha that's a gem..
isn't it though? Man, I couldn't belive that shit was there man....
Big D O, I sent you a pm, I have some tapes I thought you may be interested in if you don't already own
yo Big DO, if you ain't got that MOP tape then definitely cop that shit. i believe you're mostly interested in albums but that's the "Handle Ur Bizness" EP, featuring 8 tracks and released in 1998 - only 1 of the songs made the 'First Family 4 Life' LP so that shit is essential for any MOP collector!! i was trying to get my hands on that for a while and just copped the CD recently.Big D O, I sent you a pm, I have some tapes I thought you may be interested in if you don't already own
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This thread remembers me how ill the whole culture used to be.... Strange I know , but looking at those cassete tape covers and all that takes me back to them good days even though I rarely bought a cassette tape because I've always been buying compact discs ....
@ all hip-hop cassette tapes collectors - please help me out with this topic:
http://www.wutang-corp.com/forum/showthread.php?t=90539
thank you.
if anyone's interested, i have following tapes up for sale/trade:
Brooklyn Zoo Masterz Of The Zooniverse + Original Brookyln Zoo
Buddha Monk Spark Somebody Up
Dr.Dre The Chronic (Album)
Ghostface Killah Ironman (Album)
Gravediggaz Diary Of A Madman b/w Constant Elevation
Gravediggaz Nowhere To Run Nowhere To Hide
Gza/Genius Come Do Me
Gza/Genius Liquid Swords (Album)
King Just Warrior's Drum b/w Move On 'Em Stomp
Method Man I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need To Get By
Raekwon Immobilarity (Album)
Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (purple tape)
Raekwon Only Built 4 Cuban Linx (purple tape, signed by dj memory man)
Raekwon Latest & Greatest Hits (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Sampler Tape)
Shyheim On And On
Shyheim Pass it Off
Various St. Ides 94 Promotional Tape (Shaolin Brew,...)
Wu-Tang Clan Wu-Tang Forever Sampler Tape
Last edited by pyrex visionist; 04-03-2010 at 02:34 AM.
I Really want that M.O.P
IM THE BABY, GOTTA LOVE ME
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Update!!!
2/15/10:
I was all the way on the westside of my city at my new gym tonight working out and afterward I was broke so my usual routine of going and grabbing a Vitamin Water XXX and having some Sushi wasn't gonna happen....I decided instead to hit up a thrift store that was nearby and waste some time.
I didn't at all expect to find anything but much to my appeasement I did, as a matter of fact I found 3 tapes, 2 of which I didn't previously own...
I had to scavenge through a messy tape area that was filled with singles for a second, but after some scanning I saw one of my Fav. Cocoa B's albums "The Rude Awakening"....I then saw a copy of The Beatnuts "Stone Cazy", something I already have but didn't mind having another copy of....then I saw the find of thie night AKA Funkdoobiest's "Brothas Doobie" a cassette that I had come dangerously close to ordering a few times, but thought better of....
The move was made w/o any problems, it was pretty dead in there so it was kind of auspicious and tricky, plus I didn't have my usual attire on and was only wearing a t-shirt and basketball shorts AKA workout gear...nevertheless I finesse'd things and made my way out....
i can smell my first cars exhaust peepin this thread!!!!!!!!!!!
you just scored some gems BIG D O, crazy my nigga.... they got heat like that sittin in thrift stores?!?!!?
i havent touched my tapes in years but ill never get rid of em!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ima clock out and spin stone crazy on the ride home... peace homie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
haha man your stories are great, i'm still laughing you steel fucking tapes which cost 1 dollar or 50 cents hahaha
Update: 5/2/10
been a long minute since I've updated I know...I've been on a bit of a dry spell, but today I came back strong with a great find.....
picked up the 1990 classic and Lord Finesse's debut "Funky Technician"....
jawn featured early work from future beatmaking staples, namely DJ Premier who produced 6 tracks.
really a great find, I treasure all the Wild Pitch releases I find on tape....
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