Tha hell happened to all that Nate Dogg musick?

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"What Is an Investment?
An investment is an asset or item acquired to generate income or gain appreciation. Appreciation is the increase in the value of an asset over time. It requires the outlay of a resource today, like time, effort, and money for a greater payoff in the future, generating a profit."
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/investment.asp

^Notice it doesn't say anything about being set for life from the investment, being able to retire from it, or how much the investment appreciates. Only that it will increase in value over time.

The reason a bag of chips wouldn't be considered an investment is due in part to them being mass produced and the short shelf life since it has an expiration date. These two factors alone would more than likely cause the chips to depreciate in value. Despite what you said, scarcity is a factor that does drive up value;



"In a world where mass production and consumerism reign supreme, rarity has become a highly sought-after quality. From limited edition sneakers to rare collectible items, scarcity drives value in the marketplace. But why do people place such high value on rare items? And how does scarcity influence consumer behavior?"
https://medium.com/operations-research-gig/the-power-of-rarity-how-scarcity-drives-value-1e7ce778b8bc

If we were to look at cd's using the chip analogy, mass produced cd's wouldn't have as much value as a limited edition cd. A mass produced cd for the public is considered antiquated technology. A limited edition one, since rare, even though considered antiquated, would be considered a collectable. If the marketing on the cd is done in a way that the public responds to, it would drive the value up even more. I hope you can understand these simple investing concepts.

Here's a very simple real life example we can use to prove your theory.  This is being released right now, a limited edition Twinz Conversation vinyl.  One of the greatest G-funk albums of all time, limited to 500 copies:

https://hcrshop.fr/products/twinz-conversation-vinyl

I imagine you will be picking this up for sure as an investment, correct?  You will be buying many, many copies as they are 'guaranteed' to go up in value, right?  You'd be stupid not to buy hundreds of these, hell, even all 500 you'd have a monopoly on them and can control the asking price going forward.  Seems like a no brainer great investment. 

Now lets track this over the next few years to see: A) if it even sells out, and then B) what people are selling them for years later. 

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That’s cool man. You can go to Target right now and find an entire aisle of collectible records from all kinds of music artists. All different colors of records and different covers. From way bigger artists than Nate Dogg. You really should be out there buying them all. And monthly record store day releases of all different kinds of limited edition albums. Better snatch all of them up too.  Great investments, right?  You can pick up a bunch of Funko Pops and baseball cards while you’re there too. You’d practically be printing money at that point.

Don't forget about the chips. 

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Cassette tapes see surprising sales surge

May 3, 2025
Forget the vinyl revolution: For old-school music fans, cassettes are making a comeback. Superstars are offering some of their latest songs on the fragile, finicky devices, and there's a surprising surge in cassette sales. Here's why some fans are looking to the past to see the future of music.

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[Bossplaya369]

Vinyl And Cassette never went.

Underground music live(s/d) on wax and reels for years.

Atleast it was the case until 2014 so far i know

Newly i discovered a DJ from USSR who DJs on REELS.

The pre Vinyl Reels.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=cZbfLPrnesE?si=f65Yr0u2sa0EarC8

Like Dr. Dre's DR material you dont really get Nate Dogg stuff from his time on da row...

The last and maybe only one i remember clearly is

"Something 2 Fu#$ 2"  a Short freestyle type track

Peep this:.

New to me

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BFFOOYNwoyw?si=z16KAVEKj9kz-h7Z