Rudderless Records Weekly Mailout #28
Our weekly look at this weeks new arrivals, re-stock, staff picks and a whole lot more... Dr Dre The Chronic The classic debut album that started it all. After the controversial end to legendary group NWA, producer/rapper Dr Dre went his own way. The album that created a whole new soound for the West Coast, with supreme production fusing P-Funk with soul samples. This classic was also paramount in introducing the world to Snoop Doggy Dogg Purchase De La Soul 3 Feet High & Rising Chief among the multiple formats of De La Soul's debut album is this 2xLP edition - especially as the original one album pressing was famed as being one of the least DJ-friendly long players in existence. Often regarded as the inception of late 80s/early 90s 'alternative rap', the trio incited said era thanks to their declaration of the 'D.A.I.S.Y. Age' (da inner sound, y'all), consciously choosing a flowery, positive hip-hop sound, accessible to everyone. Trugoy, Maseo and Posduno...