It's been a while since I've made a Championship Vinyl post. Bought some new cds this week so, lets get back to it. Only got about 8 tracks deep on the Common album, so far, it's cool. No regrets there. Couple of nice tracks. Haven't listened to the Pac Div album yet either. I bought it because I was in Zia Records and I was like "Oh shit! They dropped an official album?" and I had to buy it. I love Pac Div (see Sealed For Freshness). By far my favorite purchase of the week is K.Flay's self titled EP. It was literally the best $5 I've spent. I'd say it's a must buy.
K. Flay - K.Flay EP
Genre: Hip Hop/Alternative Hip Hop/Electronic
Release Date: 10/12/10
For Fans Of: Kid CuDi, Grieves, (hard to say, nobody really sounds like this) Purchase
Common - The Dreamer, The Believer
Genre: Hip Hop
Release Date: 12/20/11
For Fans Of: Common (come on, you know whether or not your fan by now), No I.D., Kanye West Purchase
Pac Div - The Div
Genre: Hip Hop
Release Date: 11/8/11
For Fans Of: The Cool Kids, Fly Union, TiRon Purchase
I purchased two new releases this week with Big Sean and SBTRKT's albums dropping on the 28th. If you haven't bought Big Sean's album yet, I highly recommend purchasing the Deluxe Edition, you won't regret it. Of the 16 tracks, I listen to 13 of them regularly. I finally purchased Saigon's album. And then I re-discovered Plushgun and felt like "Why don't I already own this album?" Then I fixed that problem and purchased it.
Due to my busy schedule, I wasn't able to post last week's edition of Championship Vinyl, so that just means you get 2 Championship Vinyl posts this week. Only new album in this bunch was from Mr. J. Medeiros.
I finally got my copy of The Proven Theory in the mail which was awesome. Eminem and Royce dropped their long awaited EP, Hell: The Sequel so I picked that up. And then I picked up two overdue purchases in Cut Copy and Metric. Enjoy.
Maybe my best week yet for buying cds. Mainly because of Below The Heavens which is a record that epitomizes the idea of "here is a blank check, write any amount and I will pay that amount." Plus, I even got an autographed copy of Paris Jones 1st mixtape. As for the rest of these albums, I thoroughly enjoyed them as well. Anyways, enjoy and remember to support the artist.
Blu & Exile - Below The Heavens
Genre: Hip Hop
Release Date: 7/17/2007
For Fans Of: Little Brother, Pac Div, Tanya Morgan
Ever since I got this new job I've been buying a ton of cd's via Amazon or Zia Records (or from artist's sites). I get paid every week and after I get my check I head to Zia and throughout the week I just order them off Amazon. I thought I'd start sharing my purchases with this segment. As most of you know, the title is a reference to the High Fidelity film. I thought it was appropriate because I want this segment to embody the same pretentiousness that the record store embodied in High Fidelity. I'll try to post 1 music video from each album I post along with a link to Amazon (or the artists' site) to purchase the album.
The Foreign Exchange - Connected (Re-Issue)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B/Soul
Release Date: 4/24/07 (Re-issue release date 5/17/11)
