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A collection of hip hop albums from the past two decades are set to be remastered and reissued as part of a campaign by Universal Music called ‘Respect The Classics.’
Among the upcoming classics, including LPs from the likes of DMX, 50 Cent, Common, 2Pac, and D12.
DMX’s first two albums, It’s Dark And Hell Is Hot and Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood, are set for release October 22 in special edition, 15th Anniversary vinyl LP editions. Both albums debuted at #1 on the Billboard Charts upon release, making DMX the first artist in music history to have his first two albums released in the same calendar year and debut at #1. DMX’s albums will be released on gold vinyl and blood-splattered clear vinyl, respectively.
50 Cent’s Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ is scheduled to be released November 12 in a platinum vinyl edition to commemorate the album’s 10-year anniversary, while versions of Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures of Slick Rick and Public Enemy’s It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back will also be released November 12, both of which are among the most acclaimed releases in rap history.
Here is the list of albums set to be released.
10/22 – DMX – It’s Dark and Hell Is Hot (2xLP, gold vinyl)
10/22 – DMX – Flesh Of My Flesh Blood Of My Blood (2xLP, clear with blood-splattered)
11/12 – 50 Cent – Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ (2xLP, platinum vinyl)
11/12 – Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick
11/12 – Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back
TBD – Eminem – The Slim Shady LP
TBD – Lil Wayne – Tha Carter
TBD – Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak
TBD – Common – Like Water For Chocolate
TBD – N.E.R.D. – In Search Of… (2xLP)
TBD – 2Pac – Greatest Hits
TBD – D12 – Devils Night
TBD D12 – D12 World
