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Kanye West - 808s & Heartbreak (Reissue)


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The reissue has been announced, along with some other classic hip-hop albums.  Release date still TBA is now set for February 2014!

 

http://www.respecttheclassix.com/albums/kanye-west-808s-and-heartbreak/

 

Press release details:

 

Cross-Label Initiative Kicked Off on September 3rd with Remastered Special Edition Reissues of Priority Albums by Eazy-E, EPMD, Ice Cube, and N.W.A, with Others to Follow

This fall, Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) will salute many of hip-hop’s finest with a “Respect The Classics” campaign spotlighting iconic, genre-defining albums from the Def Jam, Interscope, Priority, and Virgin Records vaults.

The campaign launched September 3rd with five Priority Records classics, including expanded CD and digital 25th Anniversary Editions of Eazy-E’s triple platinum solo debut, Eazy-Duz-It and EPMD’s chart-topping album, Strictly Business. Remastered 180-gram vinyl LP reissues of Eazy-Duz-It, Ice Cube’s solo debut, AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted, and N.W.A’s iconic, triple-platinum Straight Outta Compton will also be released in faithfully replicated original album packaging, as well as a remastered CD and digital reissue of N.W.A’s debut, N.W.A & The Posse.

UMe’s “Respect The Classics” campaign will continue through the fall with several hip-hop classics from Def Jam, Interscope and Virgin Records’ vaults. Upcoming releases include special edition 15th Anniversary vinyl LPs for DMX’s first two albums, both multi-platinum essentials originally released in 1998 and long out-of-print on vinyl. It’s Dark & Hell Is Hot and Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Heart, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart within seven months of each other, will be released on gold vinyl and blood-splattered clear vinyl, respectively.

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, Rock the Bells kicked off in Los Angeles on September 7, which would have been Eazy-E’s 50th birthday, and featured a hologram performance by the late hip-hop great. The traveling festival continues to San Francisco (September 14/15), Washington D.C. (September 28/29), and New York (October 4/5).

“Respect The Classics” release details will be announced soon for groundbreaking albums by Gang Starr, Onyx, Public Enemy, and Slick Rick.

 

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Guest crazybeats

I think all those original pressings will go back to down to reasonable levels on Ebay and Discogs because it's not even an old album and now there will be LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS of copies around lol.

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