July 15, 2026
Funkadelic's Maggot Brain gets a full analog remaster on September 11, cut direct from the original 1971 tapes. Why the reissue matters, and why P-Funk sits at the root of hip-hop's sample lineage.
July 12, 2026
Before "Rapper's Delight," Fatback Band buried "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" on a B-side and it still beat Sugarhill Gang to stores. Why the pressing history matters and why the catalog belongs in your crate.
July 8, 2026
Vinyl dollar-value growth is outpacing unit growth, and original pressings are pulling away from reissues by 300 to 500 percent. What the 2026 market data means for diggers, and where the value plays are hiding.
July 6, 2026
A Tribe Called Quest's Beats, Rhymes and Life turns 30 on July 30. It was J Dilla's major-label debut as part of The Ummah, and the Gary Burton flip on "1nce Again" shows why both sides of the sample belong in your crate.
July 3, 2026
Rhino High Fidelity dropped a new audiophile pressing of Curtis Mayfield's Super Fly. Here's how it compares to the original Buddah pressing and the 2022 Run Out Groove reissue, and why the cut matters to hip-hop crate diggers.
July 1, 2026
Vampisoul is repressing Roy Ayers Ubiquity's Vibrations on July 10. Here's why the original has been sampled for five decades, and what to look for in the new pressing.