VIP Records ??? Long Beach, CA:
Screwed Up Records and Tapes ??? Houston, TX:
Peaches ??? New Orleans, LA:
Music Mania ??? Austin, TX:
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Legendary Rap Shops (Dem Otha Kind a Rekkid Stoes)
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Good one.
And are you familiar with a shop that was out in Richmond, in a completely industrial area leading out to the Richmond Bridge?
fifth element in minneapolis, home to ryhmesayers ent.
can't find a flick of the old music menu on rainer in seattle....
can't find a flick of the old music menu on rainer in seattle....
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man i loved the old armands. the new one just isn't the same.
now.. on to my armands gripe.
1. They now put the price sticker directly on the records label no matter the record. Way to ruin every record in the store.
2. maybe i keep missing it, but there's no random bin in the whole store to find a surprise. Every last record in the store in under the right name. So digging kind of isn't fun. You have to be looking for something.
now.. on to my armands gripe.
1. They now put the price sticker directly on the records label no matter the record. Way to ruin every record in the store.
2. maybe i keep missing it, but there's no random bin in the whole store to find a surprise. Every last record in the store in under the right name. So digging kind of isn't fun. You have to be looking for something.
I still see lots of records with Peaches stickers on them...VIP Records ??? Long Beach, CA:
Screwed Up Records and Tapes ??? Houston, TX:
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We got a batch of screw CDs straight from Big Bub the other day. Eric said he had a huge bbq stain on his shirt that he couldn't stop staring at. We're going to see if we can't rob some of MM's market share. Dude at the other rap shop in Austin (now closed) said MM used to straight up burn mix CDs and sell them for $15.
I'm sure you have been out to Piranha in Round Rock. He's got a pretty serious operation as far as tx rap goes and even has the fake grills, incense, and NES games.
Peaches in Atlanta is cool, but Peaches in New Orleans was THE shop in town.
I"M SAYIN'!!!
Yep, their cd's are pricey...but they've got everything. 12 years ago primarily Master P and ESG then the rest of the Screwed Up Click made Music Mania a well-oiled rap selling machine. It's going to be hard to pull folks over to your store, but if you undercut them on price surely some will stray.
I'm sorry, but rap shops and Williamson County just don't mesh for me.
Oh yeah, another Texas shop that deserves a big mention is T Town Records up in Dallas, where allegedly DSR sold 250,000 copies of their mixtapes...yielding them a deal with Universal and an award for Soundscammers of the year.
I think Music Mania even bought some Kemetic Suns tapes when we came to town way back. Cool store, and I found some dope soul LPs there.
Austin loves it some Kemetic Suns, Kirby Dominant, Mystik Journeymen, Hobo Junction ish...and no, it's not just me.
Oh yeah, Zach...y'all are going to now have to compete with this bad boy as well. Introducing Screwed Up Records and Tapes #5, grand opening tomorrow on Loyola (2-3, fool) in Austin...
Peaches I believe was a chain they had at least one here in Seattle before my time.
that peaches was the shit for a long time. i bought a lot of my first rap records there and when they closed down in 92 or 93 and cleared their stock, i came up on a lot of sealed jazz joints. i wish i knew more about what to look for back then. i still see some of those wooden crates with the peaches sticker on one end.
Is that in Atlanta? I tried to go there the last time I was in ATL and they were closed at 11:30 AM on a weekday.
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