Get On Down | Only Built 4 Cuban Linx "Purple Tape Watch Box" Deluxe Reissue On Cassette, In Collaboration With RAEKWON -2015

GET ON DOWN x RAEKWON

20TH ANNIVERSARY ONLY BUILT 4 CUBAN LINX "PURPLE TAPE WATCH BOX" DELUXE REISSUE

 

 

 

FEATURES:

• 20th Anniversary edition released in collaboration with Raekwon, who designed the set's look & feel

• A Purple Cassette of Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is housed in a premium, "Watch Box" display case with white stitching, an embossed silver-on-black Raekwon logo, and a "The Purple Tape" silver placard on front

• Full color outer box with wrap-around original cover artwork

• Cassette only: repressing of the original famed "Purple Tape," with full audio from 1995 album

• 118-page hardcover book, featuring lyrics to all songs and liner notes by Chris Faraone and Raekwon, plus photos and other visuals pertaining to album's 1995 release

• Only 1,995 copies available worldwide for this 2015 Anniversary pressing

Get On Down has teamed up with Raekwon to create a new tribute to Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the legendary MC's classic, RZA-produced debut. In order to keep it true to the essence of hip-hop in 1995, the deluxe set will be offered only on cassette.

 

 

 

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"Purple Tape Watch Box" deluxe reissue on purple cassette.

Hip-hop fans who will salivate at this reissue likely already know some of the backstory: in 1995, worldwide Wu-Tang frenzy was at an all-time high. First, of course, there had been the Wu-Tang's epic 1993 debut Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), which changed the shape of hip-hop to come, with ripples that still resonate today. Then the solo albums, all produced by Wu patriarch RZA: first was Method Man's Tical (late 1994), then Ol' Dirty Bastard's Return to the 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version (spring 1995).   By the time Raekwon's debut was ready, fans were knocking each other over on album release day. And so, on August 1, 1995 as the legend goes, the first 10,000 cassette buyers ran home and opened their plastic cases to discover that the tape itself was an unexpected, stunning shade of lavender.   The rest, as they say, is history... and limited-edition history at that. After the initial purple versions, RCA Records switched to the usual clear plastic to house the legendary tape. The Purple Tape became an instant collector's item, a Holy Grail for Wu-Tang disciples, coveted by those who could claim to be the earliest devotees of Raekwon's lyrical genius. The album is still called "The Purple Tape" to this day, by Raekwon and other Wu-Tang members.

 

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