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Do they still make clean versions?

tjamestjames 156 Posts
edited April 2006 in Strut Central
I just found some old tapes (D.O.C., N.W.A etc.) and this got me thinking: do they still make clean versions of hip-hop/ rap albums? For real, I haven't listened to hip-hop or rap since I was a kid and my Mom would only buy me the clean versions from K-mart.

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  • JazzsuckaJazzsucka 720 Posts
    yes.
  • soulmarcosasoulmarcosa 4,296 Posts
    yes.

    Especially radio promo vinyl.
  • JazzsuckaJazzsucka 720 Posts
    yes.

    Especially radio promo vinyl.

    they call 'em "Amended Versions" sometimes.
  • Mongo_SladeMongo_Slade 999 Posts
    For real, I haven't listened to hip-hop or rap since I was a kid and my Mom would only buy me the clean versions from K-mart.

    The only place in the Bay I've been able to find clean versions of CDs reliably is Wal-Mart.
  • ovulationistovulationist 290 Posts
    For real, I haven't listened to hip-hop or rap since I was a kid and my Mom would only buy me the clean versions from K-mart.

    The only place in the Bay I've been able to find clean versions of CDs reliably is Wal-Mart.

    ???
  • BigSpliffBigSpliff 3,266 Posts
    Heck yes are there still clean versions. And TSL won't take em!
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
    For real, I haven't listened to hip-hop or rap since I was a kid and my Mom would only buy me the clean versions from K-mart.

    The only place in the Bay I've been able to find clean versions of CDs reliably is Wal-Mart.

    ???
    for the kids.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    I'm pretty sure the majors only do clean versions of EVERY release because WalMart requires it... a lot of them end up getting sent to radio stations and record stores as promos too though
  • the3rdstreamthe3rdstream 1,980 Posts
    I'm pretty sure the majors only do clean versions of EVERY release because WalMart requires it... a lot of them end up getting sent to radio stations and record stores as promos too though

    I have to buy clean versions of CDs for my library (not my decision, I have been fighting this for the last year or so) and almost every major rap cd has a clean version, but thats not the case for rock cds because most of them don't have clean versions
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    I'm pretty sure the majors only do clean versions of EVERY release because WalMart requires it... a lot of them end up getting sent to radio stations and record stores as promos too though

    I have to buy clean versions of CDs for my library (not my decision, I have been fighting this for the last year or so) and almost every major rap cd has a clean version, but thats not the case for rock cds because most of them don't have clean versions

    If its anything mainstream... there needs to be a version for Walmart.

    I'm not sure what kind of rock you're talking about... but a System of a Down or an Evanescence or whatever would need to have a clean version
  • faux_rillzfaux_rillz 14,343 Posts

    I'm not sure what kind of rock you're talking about... but a System of a Down or an Evanescence or whatever would need to have a clean version

    Perhaps Noz can confirm?
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    I'm pretty sure the majors only do clean versions of EVERY release because WalMart requires it... a lot of them end up getting sent to radio stations and record stores as promos too though

    I have to buy clean versions of CDs for my library (not my decision, I have been fighting this for the last year or so) and almost every major rap cd has a clean version, but thats not the case for rock cds because most of them don't have clean versions


    ah a library??? That's terrible.




    Was there ever a non-clean vinyl version of Supreme Clientele?
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Was there ever a non-clean vinyl version of Supreme Clientele?

    Yeah... in fact I've never seen clean vinyl of that album
  • hammertimehammertime 2,389 Posts
    Was there ever a non-clean vinyl version of Supreme Clientele?

    Yeah... in fact I've never seen clean vinyl of that album


    that's all i ever see! and i've got one...wanna trade?


  • bassiebassie 11,710 Posts
    Was there ever a non-clean vinyl version of Supreme Clientele?

    Yeah... in fact I've never seen clean vinyl of that album

    me neither.

    one of the more unfortunate clean versions of recent times is Marlon Asher's Ganja Farmer - they've bleeped out ganja, all 50 or so times it is said...hardly a song at that point.
  • HAZBEENHAZBEEN 564 Posts


    Was there ever a non-clean vinyl version of Supreme Clientele?

    You mean a dirty version of the Supreme Clientele lp? I think ttlab had a grip alomost a year ago. I have a promo & commercial version that I think is dirty. I'll check when I get home.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Was there ever a non-clean vinyl version of Supreme Clientele?

    Yeah... in fact I've never seen clean vinyl of that album


    that's all i ever see! and i've got one...wanna trade?



    Man, there used to be a whole bunch of those out here but they're long gone... sorry
  • the3rdstreamthe3rdstream 1,980 Posts
    I'm pretty sure the majors only do clean versions of EVERY release because WalMart requires it... a lot of them end up getting sent to radio stations and record stores as promos too though

    I have to buy clean versions of CDs for my library (not my decision, I have been fighting this for the last year or so) and almost every major rap cd has a clean version, but thats not the case for rock cds because most of them don't have clean versions

    If its anything mainstream... there needs to be a version for Walmart.

    I'm not sure what kind of rock you're talking about... but a System of a Down or an Evanescence or whatever would need to have a clean version

    off the top of my head one thing that doesnt have a clean version is my chemical romance

    and block party
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