Slanging Rap Records
kicks79
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So i was just wondering if anyone still making money off slanging rap records. It seems around here that every man and his dog is dropping hip hop records like they were Kenny g turds.Is 80s random rap still selling ? Seems like even Japan only issues aren't worth as much money anymore. Should i hang on to my rap collection or dump it with the quickness ? Maybe i shouldn't have bought triples of Atmosphere's entire catalog vs
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like fauxrillz said, certain titles are still fetching monies.
So true, I do pretty well with quality titles at record shows, but as far as Ebay goes it's pretty grim.
Unless it's a really rare indie/promo only title forget about it.
Lp's still do fairly well, 12"'s not so much.
Not exactly--you can't give most of that stuff away these days.
If you have anything like that that you can't give away, please PM me before you throw them away !
lol
Okay, dude
I am actually familiar with the market for that junk
But said junk does not = "mid-90s indie rap records" as a whole
It's a tiny subset and it's not representative of the overall market
Happy hunting though
I know. By the way, if anybody has any mid 90's FRENCH rap, that's really worthless, but I can help you to get rid of it...
cleanliness is the name of the game. i think (and i'm not a crazy business man) that eventually once people get all their rare fixes out of the way people will begin to upgrade on their scratched copies of more common 12"s...
i know i could use a few
there are some really dope indies that are tons of money but theyre only tons of money cuz kids with tons of money make it that way....
i like to think i make sense....
Online, the discogs market tends toward the slightly more obscure, but Japan, Western Europe and Australia are paying my bills with $20-$40 titles.
Ebay has been a disappointment lately. The wild price fluctuations on similar pieces drives me crazy.
on the real mane: speak on it!
I got some fronch and UK stuff from the mid 90s...the UK homey visited last summer and was claiming to be tripping: saying I had that shit, when I was like yeah I just bought these when I was into them what you're talking about?
haven't dug too deep, but stuff I thought was just random sideliners was 40 dollar cd's...WHAT GIVES aka make a list now thanks...
ps I got so much horrible grouch & eligh type shit ughhhhhhhhh
MAKING PERFECT CENTS.
I heard on the weekend that the Mad as a Hatter EP is selling for up to $500, and their 4 track A.U.S.T TAPE (!) is fetching up to $200....
are people still paying through the roof for HTH vinyls?
interesting.. thanks to this comment i just popsiked my IAM - Ecole De Micro D'Argent. Went for 136 euros for the 3 x LP. so still some sort of market there.
edit - oops that was 2005 though.. no copies sold since then? on discogs it's listed between 100 and 300 euros.