Old "digging" ethics you used to follow
Young_Phonics
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Let's do this1). never rock/deejay/or sample re-issues2). never sample off of a drum crazy break record or another rap records' drums3). Get all the records that where used on sample/break mix.come on dudes, let your 1998/early 2000's show
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Never wear a backpack, because that shit is wack.
Never use plastic sleeves, strictly paper.
Post smoking ban bring matches to light because you know dudes be fartin by the booth.
Dog the ultimate breaks copy, keep the original at home.
2005 - Make fun of CTI records, be emberassed that you used to dig them
2009 - Re-Discover CTI records, be emberassed that you used to dis them.
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2000 - buy tons of indie rap cuz you love that shit
2004 - damn these indie rap records are worth loot! I had better lock them in the safe!
2009 - damn these indie rap records aren't worth shit no more! Shoulda sold! go on soulstrut and make fun of your own records.
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2000 - dream of stark reality
2004 - buy reissue
2008 - find OG, buy bean dip, spend hours on lighting to take the ultimate picture. leaves you feeling empty, realize that without any friends to serve the bean dip to the joke loses its humor, all of sudden life seems kinda sad.
2009 - stop buying records and make friends. prefered cheese dip anyways.
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1998 - discman in the backpack
2005 - ipod in the shoulder back
2009 - music through the bluetooth earpiece synced to the iphone.
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1998 - Shit is wack
2002 - shit is dead
2006 - shit is bananas
2008 - shit is real
2009 - shit is _________
whats the cat situation?
We kept the fluffy lovable cat.
The other cat was given to a teenage girl who's family moved out here from El Paso where they had 5 cats, but they couldn't bring them here. She is paralyzed from the waist down and wanted a playful kitty to keep her company because she gets really bored. She's 14, it was her b-day.
I'm glad that kitty is with somebody who actually wants to play with him.
No digging in Atlanta! It 's just snobs holding on to records that they feel are worth more than what they sell for on ebay!
2009 - wish collection was a lot smaller
NO DOUBT.
looking back to 94....omg what a fool.
funy thing about cti's are, you barely see them in the field. shiiit... weeds dont even grow in those fields anymore.
I just realized I typed "log" instead of "lot".
log.
heehehehehee.
The realest shit you ever wrote.
I thought for the longest time that I'd be able to get any record I wanted for $15 or less if I held out... this was pre-ebay, of course. I passed on MAD shit.
1999- 2 copies of everything, marked, and in one sleeve.
2009- Taking stickers off, separating into new sleeves, and selling doubles.
And I have way less records than I did 10 years ago and damn it feels great.
anything with "percussion" in the title.
yeah, we've seen your pics, your still over the threshold though. Its not meeble.
2000 - get let down by most records with "percussion" in the title.
2009 - favorite records are those with "percussion" in the title.
Just kidding.
My main rule is Kaiser Szose in there.
And don't get jaded, keep your childlike openminded-ness for life.
And Herman Kelly and Life, for life.
And buy all copies of Cymande ST regardless of condition to satisfy OCD.
Now, I find myself buying a lot less crap. Which means less time to find obscure basslines on church records.
NOW: Minting up like a mufucka.
2008 - Just let the professional$ do the digging for you *sigh*
2009 - ? We'll have to see how the economy influences my digging moves
2009 - Try to remember the title so i can download it from a blog when i get home.
Early 70s is better.
Back cover has black man with afro > Back cover has white man with electric guitar
Never buy past 1975.
If the cover is wack, contents must be wack.
If you don't recognize it, pass on it.
Now: Sooper Island/Afro/Latin (Read: Dooper) Braeks
45s > 33s
2009 : Want It Now
no singles over $3
no CD's over $17
(This still stands, but nowadays I'll break this rule, depending on what the record is.)
Don't buy the same record twice unless I'm minting up (this rule extended to compilations...if there's 12 songs and I have six or more of them, then I leave it behind...I've since relaxed on this rule...that first Nuggets box was so well put together that I HAD to get it, even though I had 75% of it in other forms).
I actually took home some "breaks" records the other day, because hey - they're not gonna sell in the shop and I need some drums.
I used to do the thing Patrick mentioned - only sample records I actually own. Now, I still will only sample records I own, or an mp3/cd if the record is impossibly rare... but drums? F*ck that. I've owned half the breaks on these records 3-4 times, only I just sold 'em!
Also, there's a lot of stuff I laid out money for that was NOT worth it. Prices were so different around 99-01.