West Coast Connection Forum
DUBCC - Tha Connection => West Coast Classics => Topic started by: _That_Cracka_J on May 18, 2003, 10:37:19 PM
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Why is Above the Law's "Uncle Sam's Curse" OOP, but all there albums (which date back several years before that) still in print? Same with Master P's "Ghetto Dope". It's OOP, but everything else he's done including older TRU's are still available. Makaveli was even OOP for awhile...why?
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Probably cause they were such popular albums at the time, but for some reason, maybe due to lack of previous album sales, they didn't print a whole lot of copies.
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Distribution problems etc. Legal action against labels or certain tracks on CD's where they will be forced to remove and later re-release with cuts which make the earlier album more special and valued.
Too complicated to go into though because it can be down to a number of things
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crazy aint it.... its virtually impossible to get uncle sam's curse...
it took me about 1.5 years to source a copy... even with watches set up on ebay etc
Luckily I now have 2 copies :).. one vinyl copy i bought from hiphopsite via an ebay auction (before they had their rare vinyl section they used to auction them on ebay)about 2 years ago and a CD I got from the notorious nino for a bargain price. ;D
we had a thread before where we worked out that UCS in particular is hard to find because of the distributor ruthless was using at the particular point in time, which is why earlier ATL albums on a diff distro and later albums on tommy boy are easie to get.
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yeah there's so much dope shit that's out of print, same shit with Priority, many releases, including old ones are still in print, but some are not.
heres a list of dope OOP CDs off the top of my head...
Low Profile: We're In This Together
WC & The Maad Circle: Ain't A Damn Thang Changed
King T: Act A Fool, At Your Own Risk, Tha Triflin' Album & IV Life
Ice Cube: Kill At Will EP
Kokane: Who Am I?, Funk Upon A Rhyme
Ras Kass: Soul On Ice
K-Dee: Ass, Gas or Cash
Kausion: South Central Los Skanless
Above The Law: Uncle Sam's Curse, Vocally Pimpin' EP
Lil 1/2 Dead: Dead Has Arisen, Steel On A Mission
Kam: Made In America
MC Ren: Shock of the Hour, Da Villain In Black
The D.O.C.: Helter Skelter
RBX: RBX Files, No Mercy/No Remorse
Aceyalone: All Balls Don't Bounce
The Nonce: World Ultimate, Sight of Things EP
Volume 10: Hip-Hopera
Mitchy Slick: Trigeration Station
South Central Cartel: All Day Everyday
CMW: It's A Compton Thang (soon 2 be OOP, i think)
Penthouse Players Clique: Paid The Cost
Hi-C: Skanless, Swing'n (both were 2 be reissued)
AMG: Ballin' Outta Control
Allfrumtha I: Allfrumtha I
Ultramagnetic MC's: Funk Upon A Rhyme
O.C.: Word...Life
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damn i guess i got lucky, just recently i started picking up some ATL CDs that I needed and found Uncle Sam's Curse on Ebay, got it for $30. I thought that was a deal since I've seen it go on Ebay for $50-$80 and have also seen it for sale on Amazon.com & Half.com for around $70. peace!
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9.99 in the used section :)
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Makaveli was out of print for awhile due to afenis legal actions
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DeathRow Presents: The Inside Out Compilation is also out of print (on Vinyl ;) )
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Vocally Pimpin EP isnt hard to get at all.. at least it wasnt about a year ago.
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Twinz - Conversation
is out of print, which happens to be an album that goes in history as one of the best albums of all time that didnt go platinum.
plz beleeve it!!!
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Twinz - Conversation
is out of print, which happens to be an album that goes in history as one of the best albums of all time that didnt go platinum.
plz beleeve it!!!
indeed , i m still lookin for that one.
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damn didnt think that one was rare either
i got mine from www.secondspin.com 2/3 years back now
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suga free & mausber the connectied project and mausbergs non-fiction i think are out of print, what a shame. that ras kass is at $50.00 in cdnow.com new (if you can find a new copy)
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mausbergs non-fiction
Don't think that's OOP - I got it a few weeks back in HMV for £18.
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KAM's "Made In America" should be OOP too. I bought two copies of it (one being a promotional release).
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Twinz - Conversation
is out of print, which happens to be an album that goes in history as one of the best albums of all time that didnt go platinum.
plz beleeve it!!!
indeed , i m still lookin for that one.
check http://www.cdexpress.com for the CD or MC
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I was looking for a reggae cd for years that i had as a kid...classic stuff
finally got it on a rare cd site...
...shinehead - sidewalk university
lmao
damn after years of searching i hardly play it ...too many cd's i guess
ah well :)
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that ras kass is at $50.00 in cdnow.com new (if you can find a new copy)
I got lucky with the Ras Kass "Soul on Ice" on eBay last week cause I got it for $20, like new condition.