I have all of BTNH albums with Wu Tang, jazz, RnB, and a some rock albums. The latest album that I've purchased was Rick Ross - Port of Miami 2, Bizzy Bone - Carbon Monoxide.
Yeah, I know. Anything's online or on an app. Before we know it, blu-rays will die out. CDs have better audio vs MP3. Bluetooth connection isn't crisp.
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I have seen a trend recently with some the price of rap CD's skyrocketing in price. Not sure of the reason, another example, I was looking to add some of De La Soul's catalog to my collection and the prices of their earlier albums where eye opening.
It's a hobby for me. I have a collection of CD's. I not sure the exact amount. Last time I counted it was between 500 to 600. This is all rap music, mostly from 1985-2005. Something about the physical copy, liner notes, photos/artwork, shout out's/thank you's, who produced and what was sampled I am enticed by. I started doing when I was young and kept with over the years.
^^same here with the collecting, I like the booklets with all of the info and photographs
my last new tape I bought was actually of a rap group in Audiobooth, Basement Dwellaz, 'Party in a pyramid'
https://basementdwellaz.bandcamp.com...y-in-a-pyramid
I see it's been three years already. how time flies. good tape btw!
@ Ironman, in what music genres are your CDs?
Retired.
I don't think there is anywhere to even buy new CD's where I live, except a few mom and pop local record stores that might carry a select few. I do miss the days of CD shopping at places like Sam Goody, Best Buy, Circuit city. Plus having BMG and Columbia house to buy through the mail. The last vehicle I bought didn't even come with the standard CD player. It is a dying format.
all record stores here in a city of about 250,000 people have closed, except for one French franchise's multimedia store and two niche shops (heavy metal/hard rock & hiphop) I know of. there used to be days when I visited 6 to 7 music stores that carried all formats, including one excellent small shop that sold second hand only and under the counter bootlegs. and that was just the city center, a radius of about ten blocks. there were others in the suburbs as well.
I saw these shops gradually disappear between 2005 and 2015. the first ones to go were those in the suburbs
Retired.
I have a collection of about a couple of hundred original CDs & tapes that I put on the highest, hardest to reach shelf in my living room, that I barely touch since at least 5, 10 years now. I'm gradually growing out of hip hop & only check high profile releases by classic artists like Nas (for instance) and Wu-General albums. The last album I bought on CD was Wu's A Better Tomorrow. If I want to hear an album that I own on CD or tape, I stream it, most of the time.
i just download everything for free
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