The Vinyl Factory

Sep212017
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VF Mix 103: Kool G Rap by Omertà Inc.
By VF Team | September 21, 2017
From Kraftwerk to Funkadelic, take a journey through the samples behind one of hip-hop’s great lyricists. A pioneer of...
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Sep152017
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Hip-hop photographer B+ unveils new photo book Ghostnotes: Music of the Unplayed
By Anton Spice | September 15, 2017
Featuring Flying Lotus, J. Dilla, DJ Shadow, Madlib and more. If you don’t know Brian ‘B+’ Cross, you’ll have...
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Sep152017
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This new book takes you inside the home studios of hip-hop’s finest producers
By Gabriela Helfet | September 15, 2017
Featuring Flying Lotus, Just Blaze, a visit with J Dilla’s mother and more… Back to the Lab, a new...
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Aug302017
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Clipse’s Till The Casket Drops released on vinyl for the first time
By Gabriela Helfet | August 30, 2017
Malice and Pusha T’s 2009 LP comes to wax. Clipse’s third and final studio album, Till The Casket Drops,...
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Aug112017
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DJ iconic hip hop records on Google’s virtual turntables to “celebrate the birth of hip hop”
By Gabriela Helfet | August 11, 2017
(No comment.) Google has created a feature on its website that allows you to play rotating illustrations of auto-beat...
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Jul272017
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Grandmaster Flash reveals a major source of his storied record collection
By Gabriela Helfet | July 27, 2017
Ex-ssentials. An innovator of DJing and producing, turntablist Grandmaster Flash is as known for the research-based approach he used...
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Jul272017
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You have just 24 hours to get Tyler, the Creator’s new LP on vinyl or cassette
By Gabriela Helfet | July 27, 2017
Ain’t got time! Tyler, the Creator is hosting a day-long pre-order of limited coloured vinyl and cassette tape versions...
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Jul212017
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Big Daddy Kane’s pioneering debut LP released on limited edition purple vinyl
By Gabriela Helfet | July 21, 2017
Long Live the Kane, a hip hop classic is back. Big Daddy Kane sharpened his lyrical skills in Queens...
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Jul142017
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Bollywood meets ’90s hip hop, in new mixtape album Shaboo
By Gabriela Helfet | July 14, 2017
A sample-filled ride through childhood street riddims. What did your family road trips sound like? If you’re Don Leisure,...
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Jul112017
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Eric B. & Rakim’s seminal Paid in Full gets limited green vinyl reissue
By Gabriela Helfet | July 11, 2017
An iconic album gets the Benjamins treatment. NYC record and gear output Turntable Lab – one of our favourite record shops...
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Jun292017
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VF Mix 98: MF DOOM by Session Victim
By VF Team | June 29, 2017
Enter the super villain. How do you introduce an artist who revels in shape-shifting aliases? As Nate Patrin wrote...
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May222017
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This artist reimagines modern hip-hop albums as old school records
By VF Team | May 22, 2017
DAMN. Mainstream hip-hop may have a love-hate relationship with vinyl these days, but that certainly wasn’t always the case....
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