artist guide
Sep 2, 2026
Massive Attack on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Massive Attack turned a Bristol sound system into five albums that reset the terms every time. A guide to Blue Lines, Mezzanine, 100th Window and the Mad Professor dub companions GTR carries.
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Sep 1, 2026
J Dilla on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
J Dilla spent a decade reshaping how rap drums feel, then left a catalog deeper than his short discography suggests. A guide to Donuts, The Shining, Ruff Draft and the beat collections that followed.
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Aug 31, 2026
De La Soul on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
De La Soul turned Long Island in-jokes into a language hip-hop still borrows from. A guide to the Tommy Boy run from 3 Feet High and Rising to Stakes Is High, and the long road back to Cabin in the Sky.
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Aug 31, 2026
Common on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Common spent thirty years moving rooms, from No I.D.'s Chicago boom bap to the Soulquarians to a late run with Pete Rock. A record by record guide to the catalog we carry, from Resurrection through Be and The Auditorium Vol. 1.
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Aug 28, 2026
Eminem on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From a Detroit basement to the center of hip-hop, Eminem reshaped rap through his alter ego Slim Shady. Here is where to start on vinyl, from The Slim Shady LP and The Marshall Mathers LP to the 2024 return The Death of Slim Shady.
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Aug 28, 2026
Amerigo Gazaway on Vinyl: A Guide to the Soul Mates Blend Albums
Nashville producer Amerigo Gazaway builds blend albums that never happened, splicing legends into records that play like lost collaborations. Start with Fela Soul, Yasiin Gaye, and Bizarre Tribe.
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Aug 28, 2026
Kool Keith on Vinyl: Where to Start with Hip-Hop's Great Shape-Shifter
Kool Keith has spent forty years rapping as somebody else, from Ultramagnetic MC's through Dr. Octagon, Black Elvis, and a late run nobody saw coming. A record by record guide to the catalog we carry.
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Aug 28, 2026
Tyler, the Creator on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Tyler, the Creator went from Odd Future provocateur to one of the most complete producer-arrangers in modern rap. A record by record guide to the catalog we carry, from Goblin and Wolf through Flower Boy, Igor and Don't Tap the Glass.
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Aug 26, 2026
Kanye West on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Kanye West started out as the producer nobody would let rap, then spent twenty years rebuilding what a rap record sounds like. Our guide runs from The College Dropout and Late Registration through 808s & Heartbreak, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy and the independent releases that followed.
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Aug 25, 2026
Jay-Z on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From the Marcy Houses to his own label, Jay-Z built a catalog that turns every few years without repeating itself. Our guide runs from Reasonable Doubt and The Blueprint through The Black Album and Watch the Throne.
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Aug 24, 2026
Mariah Carey on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
From a five-octave debut to the architect of pop-R&B, Mariah Carey wrote her own legend. Our guide runs from Emotions and Butterfly through the comeback of The Emancipation of Mimi to the sleek late-career Caution.
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Aug 23, 2026
Mac Miller on Vinyl: Where to Start and Where to Go Next
Mac Miller grew from Pittsburgh mixtape rapper to one of his generation's most searching artists. A guide to his vinyl catalog, from Blue Slide Park and Faces to Swimming and Circles.
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