Remixed / Remastered / Rewhatevered Hip Hop CDs???
Woimsah
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There were a few hip hop albums that came out in the early-mid 90s that, a short while after their initial release, were put out w/ a different looking CD and alternate mixes to some of the songs on the album.
I bring this up because I recently downloaded Breaking Atoms and the mixes are way different from those that I know. Didn't know of these what sound like earlier versions of some of their songs. Was my head just in the clouds?
Anyway, it made me think back to the original issue of Bizzare Ride to the Pharcyde. When it first came out, it was on a purple CD with yellow writing. And "I'm That Type of Nigga" sounded much different than it did on the later issue of the album which came on a basic silver CD w/ black writing. Can't find a pic of the actual CD, but this is the color combo of the orig:
Assuming this was due to sample clearance issues, but never found out.
Were there any other albums this happened with? Feel like this may have happened with 36 Chambers as well???
I bring this up because I recently downloaded Breaking Atoms and the mixes are way different from those that I know. Didn't know of these what sound like earlier versions of some of their songs. Was my head just in the clouds?
Anyway, it made me think back to the original issue of Bizzare Ride to the Pharcyde. When it first came out, it was on a purple CD with yellow writing. And "I'm That Type of Nigga" sounded much different than it did on the later issue of the album which came on a basic silver CD w/ black writing. Can't find a pic of the actual CD, but this is the color combo of the orig:
Assuming this was due to sample clearance issues, but never found out.
Were there any other albums this happened with? Feel like this may have happened with 36 Chambers as well???
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Same thing with de la soul is dead. Tape was missing like half te damn album.
IIRC the new one had a smaller tracklisting than the OG. Something was omitted.
Funny thing is "Gz Up H--s Down" appears unaltered on a later Death Row compilation 15 Years, but never on later re-re-masters of Doggystyle.
I grew up with the vinyl version of that album and never heard all the extra stuff on the CD version till many years later. I much prefer the short version.