joshman150 Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Respect The Classics who release hip hop vinyl reissues just announced a Yeezus cassette! http://www.respecttheclassics.com/collections/all-products/products/yeezus-limited-edition-cassette Yeezus is the sixth studio album from Kanye West. It was released on June 18, 2013, by Def Jam Recordings. Yeezus has been characterized as West's most abrasive and sonically experimental album, incorporating elements of industrial, acid house, dancehall, electro, and Chicago drill. During the production of the album, West was influenced by minimalist design and architecture, in particular the works of Le Corbusier, and visited the Louvre several times for inspiration. Yeezus has no album artwork, and the physical CD edition of the album was released in a clear jewel box with only a strip of red tape and sample credits. The album continues West's use of unconventional samples, including (and most notably) the vocal refrain from Nina Simone's cover of "Strange Fruit." Get this groundbreaking album on a limited edition cassette for the first time ever! Klefki 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dantheriver Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Can't believe this album has a cassette run and no legit vinyl pressing. pushbacktosquare and batnoises 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 After shipping it comes to $14. Do I buy it or no? EDIT: I bought it cause it's 2:54am and I don't know what the hell is going on anymore. ManhattanValley, kevinxabney and batnoises 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s_r0d Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Someone had this 2 years ago. Weird https://www.instagram.com/p/f4fdqRhmjt/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshman150 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 After shipping it comes to $14. Do I buy it or no? EDIT: I bought it cause it's 2:54am and I don't know what the hell is going on anymore. I bought 2 cause why the heck not haha andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eshame Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 is this a boot? unofficial? i've heard of respect the classics but don't know anything about them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshman150 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 is this a boot? unofficial? i've heard of respect the classics but don't know anything about them. It is 100% official. They do reissues of a lot of Def Jam and Interscope stuff. They did the reissue of 808s & Heartbreak earlier this year. This was a cyber monday special, but I guess is still available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikness Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Looks identical to my copy, which (as far as I know) is not official at all. Maybe it was some kind of weird underground "bootleg" release at first but was actually official? It's worth the money either way, as it sounds great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshman150 Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Respect The Classics Profile: Cross-Label Initiative Kicked Off on September 3rd 2013, with Remastered Special Edition Reissues spotlighting iconic, genre-defining albums from the Def Jam Recordings, Interscope Records, Priority Records and Virgin Records Ltd.vaults. http://www.discogs.com/label/680916-Respect-The-Classics Not a bootleg I guess they just did a weird release with them prior to the website announcement. Looks identical to my copy, which (as far as I know) is not official at all. Maybe it was some kind of weird underground "bootleg" release at first but was actually official? It's worth the money either way, as it sounds great. Where did you get yours? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkrtz Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Holy god I need this but I know there's no way this is going to last until next friday/payday :| Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KJL95 Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I hope there's a red sticker on the case. That'd make me smile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkrtz Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 A friend came over and whenever I told him about this he immediately ordered one for each of us are they shipping now, it says? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pizza face Posted December 16, 2015 Share Posted December 16, 2015 I was going to post this like last month, got an email but I didn't think yeezy on tape is what anyone really wants lol andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkrtz Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 Oh how you underestimate us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 Got mine in today. Came with an orange sticker around the side of it similar to the CD. However, it's on the outside of the plastic wrap. When compared to the tapes posted above, mine has less tape inside. Where theirs covers the "ST" in West, mine barely touches the words. Same goes for the "B" for the side indicator. My tape ends just on the right of the letter, while theirs goes past it quite a bit. It's hard to read in the photos, but the numbers underneath Def Jam on Side A seem to match the ones on the barcode that mine came with. Just something I noticed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkrtz Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 The cassette in the photo looks like the tape would be long enough to have the entire album on both sides, actually. Nervous about this coming in myself bc my buddy who got them for us has had issue receiving male this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy. Posted December 24, 2015 Share Posted December 24, 2015 EDIT: turns out they're not bootlegs? "These are not bootlegs. These are from my other business which we sell to inmates in state prison and cassettes need to be made like this! These are direct from universal records where I have exclusive contract to purchase music" Found the eBay account selling the bootleg cassettes. Apparently they just make all their bootlegs look exactly alike. And the description on every item is the same as well. Kinda funny actually. http://www.ebay.com/usr/ernie1723?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 ONE OF A KIND! Brand New Official [insert album title here] Album Cassettes these are still wrapped in plastic with No artwork A Collectors Dream! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erikness Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 EDIT: turns out they're not bootlegs? "These are not bootlegs. These are from my other business which we sell to inmates in state prison and cassettes need to be made like this! These are direct from universal records where I have exclusive contract to purchase music" Found the eBay account selling the bootleg cassettes. Apparently they just make all their bootlegs look exactly alike. And the description on every item is the same as well. Kinda funny actually. http://www.ebay.com/usr/ernie1723?_trksid=p2047675.l2559 Ha! I just came here to post this. Did some research when I could have just checked this thread. Apparently cassettes are still pretty prominent in the prison system. All of these prison tapes are supposedly limited /250. Kind of wild that there is a legitimate underground cassette culture with official mainstream rap tapes that I knew nothing about (guess I'm happy to find out this way instead of first-hand). But I'm glad I have the OG prison copy of Yeezus! And my RTC press is on the way, so now I'll have both! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo 2 Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Mine came last week and it look great. No way I'm breaking that red seal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Family Friendly Rap God Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Thanks for this! I grabbed two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo716tapes Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 i got two and they came, the red tape was on the outside but i was able to peel it off both copies really easily and put it on my actual case Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshman150 Posted January 6, 2016 Author Share Posted January 6, 2016 i got two and they came, the red tape was on the outside but i was able to peel it off both copies really easily and put it on my actual case I did this as well. It is really easy to putt the stickers on the case from the wrapper. I left one copy sealed tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkrtz Posted January 6, 2016 Share Posted January 6, 2016 Mine came in but I'm afraid to open it and listen because that sticker is so perfect Excellently done run of tapes though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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