“1st off, I dig the stores who still keep the word record in their names, especially seeing as how the vinyl record has waned in its popularity of being the current buying publics choice music medium. For me, my familys record collection was my gateway drug to the record store. Also my older sisters rap tape collection that made me want to own my own music - she was stingy with loaning me tapes! The local record stores became like my gateways for expanding my knowledge of hip hop culture in various neighborhoods and cities worldwide. I know we got the internet today, but honestly, it sucks even trying to buy music online sometimes i think im getting the right version of some song or lp, then i buy it and it was the wrong version - i end up buying it like 3 times on 3 diff projects...no joke try to buy Mind Playing Tricks on Me on itunes and see if u get all 4 verses before you buy like at least 2 mixtape versions missing Bushwicks last verse...man - screw that! Id rather just go to the store and ask a cat or even listen to it there at the store. Also, theres the looking at the art and touching the product - lets not get so disconnected with the physical product that we become virtual fans - naw man! Besides, DJs who actually spin at clubs and on the radio always seem to be able to get a job at a record store, so those types are on deck to influence the ears of impressionable youth as I was. For many musicians/artists who were and still remain fans 1st before becoming colleagues, the record store is where you peep your peers & favorite artists, but also the brand new artists coming out and get influenced to get your new shit in there right beside one day. I hope there are record stores that continue to stay open no matter what and those fans and artists like me who wanna keep supporting em!” - Abstract Rude #RSD14
Posted on: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 02:02:16 +0000
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