Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Record Store Day has announced a lineup of more than 170 exclusive titles for its annual Black Friday event this fall, with the “black” almost being a misnomer for this particular Nov.
24, 2023 rollout — given the amount of purple, gold, red, blue, green, marble, clear and splatter-colored vinyl variants on the list.
The number of classic hip-hop titles on the list shows clear evidence of Record Store Days’ and the participating labels’ interest in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the genre with an abundance of product, after years in which there were fewer hip-hop RSD releases than some fans might have liked.
Among those with reissues or collections being released as exclusives or “RSD First” items are Dr. Dre, Lil Wayne, Nas, De La Soul, Schooly D, Three 6 Mafia and Digital Underground.
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