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Out of print albums
« on: May 18, 2003, 10:37:19 PM »
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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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2003, 10:39:38 PM »
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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Devon (BP)

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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2003, 01:29:24 AM »
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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Don Seer

Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2003, 01:47:20 AM »
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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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #4 on: May 19, 2003, 01:59:28 AM »
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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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #5 on: May 19, 2003, 02:03:28 AM »
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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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #6 on: May 19, 2003, 02:08:45 AM »
9.99 in the used section :)
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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #7 on: May 19, 2003, 03:20:09 AM »
Makaveli was out of print for awhile due to afenis legal actions
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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #8 on: May 19, 2003, 03:25:30 AM »
DeathRow Presents: The Inside Out Compilation is also out of print (on Vinyl  ;) )
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Don Seer

Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #9 on: May 19, 2003, 04:48:41 AM »
Vocally Pimpin EP isnt hard to get at all.. at least it wasnt about a year ago.
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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #10 on: May 19, 2003, 05:24:00 AM »
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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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lbc213

Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #11 on: May 19, 2003, 05:27:53 AM »
Quote from: LAzoo on May 19, 2003, 05:24:00 AM
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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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Don Seer

Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2003, 06:16:49 AM »
damn didnt think that one was rare either

i got mine from www.secondspin.com  2/3 years back now
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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #13 on: May 19, 2003, 07:43:12 AM »
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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Re:Out of print albums
« Reply #14 on: May 19, 2003, 08:09:08 AM »
Quote from: pixelhype on May 19, 2003, 07:43:12 AM
mausbergs non-fiction

Don't think that's OOP - I got it a few weeks back in HMV for £18.
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