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Wu-Tang Clan – 36 Chambers (STAFF PICK!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Wu-Tang Clan - Enter The Wu-TangYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1993, Hip Hop, East Coast Rap, Staten Island, New York 5/26Condition: New (VZ) | Members: RZA R (69' - ), GZA G (66' - ), Ol' D (68' - 04'), Method M (71' - ), Raekwon W (70' - ), Ghostface C (70' - ), Inspectah D (70' - ), U-God L (70' - ), Masta K (69' - )Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: ODB’s later prison years reportedly included paranoia and se...
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Frank Ocean - Blond RARE! (2xLP, Colored Vinyl)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Frank Ocean – BlondYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Released independently after Ocean fulfilled his Def Jam contract with the visual album Endless just one day earlier. Studio Lore: Features uncredited appearances by André 3000, Beyoncé, and James Blake amid Ocean’s sparse, controlled production process. Media Nar...
$69.98
N.W.A – Straight Outta Compton (Staff Pick!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: N.W.A – Straight Outta ComptonYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1988, Hip Hop, West Coast Rap, Compton, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Political Science: The record lands inside late-’80s LA crack/policing reality; Iran-Contra/CIA crack claims are widely argued, but the on-the-ground fallout was undeniable. Studio Lore: Cut fast on a lean budget at Audio Achievements (Torrance) with Dre treating the control roo...
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Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (2xLP Colored Vinyl)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Frank Ocean – Channel OrangeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2012, R&B, Alternative R&B, Los Angeles, CACondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: He published a deeply personal Tumblr letter days before release, but he refused to turn it into a rollout—no big TV victory lap, just the work sitting there with the context hanging over it. That restraint became part of the legend: the industry wanted a s...
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Kanye West – Graduation (2xLP, Color Vinyl)
Title: Kanye West – GraduationYear/Genre: 2007, Hip-HopMatrix #: KANYEGRADUATION003 (2xLP, Color ...
Title: Kanye West – GraduationYear/Genre: 2007, Hip-HopMatrix #: KANYEGRADUATION003 (2xLP, Color Vinyl)Condition: New Cultural Facts: Released the same day as 50 Cent’s Curtis, their sales showdown symbolized hip-hop’s shift from street realism to art-pop ambition. Featured production from Daft Punk and Jon Brion, merging electronic textures with rap’s mainstream rise. Takashi Murakami’s cover art introduced Japanese pop surrealism to global hip-hop audiences. +1 3/10/25 - EK(sold 3/1...
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A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight Marauders (Staf...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: A Tribe Called Quest – Midnight MaraudersYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1993, Hip Hop, Jazz Rap, Queens, New YorkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Recorded at Battery Studios with the “tour guide” interludes voiced by a studio engineer’s modified speech synth—an in-house idea turned concept glue. Band Drama: This era was the beginning of the slow fracture: creative tension between Q-Tip and Phife gre...
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MF DOOM x Sade - Sadevillian (Staff Pick Rare!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Seanh Presents Sadevillain II – MF DOOM x SadeYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2017, Hip Hop, Mashup Hip Hop, London, EnglandCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Built from fan-sourced DOOM vocal extractions (“stems”) layered over Sade cuts—editing as composition, not a traditional session. Legal Trouble: A grey-zone release by design: popular demand vs. rights control, sold because no official channel wo...
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Kanye West – The Life Of Pablo (RARE!)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Kanye West – The Life Of PabloYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2016, Hip Hop, Experimental Hip Hop, Chicago, ILCondition: New Cultural Facts: Media Narrative: Marketed as a “living album”—tracks were revised after release, turning streaming into an editable canvas instead of a final master. Public Scandal: The Madison Square Garden listening event doubled as a Yeezy fashion show, blurring album rollout with spec...
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Title: Clipse – Let God Sort ’Em OutYear/Genre: 2024, Hip-HopMatrix #: (no matrix)Condition: New ...
Title: Clipse – Let God Sort ’Em OutYear/Genre: 2024, Hip-HopMatrix #: (no matrix)Condition: New (repackaged at Power Plant Records) Cultural Facts: First full-length Clipse project since 2009, reuniting brothers Pusha T and No Malice after years of separate artistic and spiritual paths. Revives the duo who first pushed Virginia Beach onto the national rap map alongside producers and artists from the same regional orbit. Its rollout followed surprise reunion shows and guest spots, tur...
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Lil' Wayne – Tha Carter II 2xLP (BLOOD MARBLED)
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Lil' Wayne – Tha Carter IIYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2005, Hip Hop, Southern Rap, New Orleans, LACondition: New Cultural Facts: Legal Trouble: Around this era he was navigating label politics and lawsuits tied to Cash Money’s accounting and control—friction that followed him for years. Scene Ecology: Came out of New Orleans’ Cash Money pipeline, a local machine that turned regional slang and bounce-e...
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Massive Attack - Live 1998 Stockholm Sweden (St...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review!Title: Massive Attack - Live 1998 Stockholm SwedenYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 1998, Electronic, Trip Hop, Bristol, England 5/26Condition: New (BC) | Members: Robert D (65' - ), Grant M (59' - ), Andrew V (68' - )Cultural Facts: Personal Struggle: Massive Attack’s world was shaped by Bristol’s post-industrial pressure, immigrant culture, and the darker side of UK club life after rave optimism faded. Political Scienc...
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@POWERPLANTRECORDS | PowerPlantRecords.com | Leave a positive Google review! Title: Blood Orange – Negro SwanYear/Genre/Sub-Genre/City: 2018, R&B, Alternative R&B, New York City, New YorkCondition: New Cultural Facts: Studio Lore: Largely self-produced by Dev Hynes, built from a tight inner-circle of collaborators instead of a writer-camp machine. Media Narrative: Positioned as a statement on Black vulnerability and masculinity, landing during a heated 2018 moment of U.S. race and...
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