Beats to the Rhyme by Albert D. Patterson (Author)
Beats to the Rhyme by Albert D. Patterson (Author)
Al Patterson started collecting vinyl in elementary school. He's since amassed a serious collection and deep knowledge of instrumental-only Hip Hop records. Some are performance records that were pressed in very small numbers for use exclusively by the DJ during live shows, while others were commercially released. These instrumental records, are cataloged alphabetically by artist and accompanied by a photograph of the record's label. Each entry specifies the artist, title, format, producer, label, year, and catalog number as well as notes and anecdotes about the disc. Many are very rare; all have stories attached to them. Patterson once asked Raekwon (Wu Tang Clan) to tell him more about a certain rare pressing. Raekwon replied, I thought they destroyed all of those. Many of these records were pressed in such small numbers that they'll never be seen outside the pages of this book, but it doesn't hurt to look....