like 5, 10, 15 year anniversary edition with some unheard bonus tracks like other genres do

why hip-hop labels and artists don't give af about it?

Isn’t that a positive though ?

how? artists like Kanye, Jay Z, Kendrick and Drake have some crazy scrapped gems in their vault, they have songs that didn't make the final albums

Nas did it with Illmatic XX

Slick Rick did this in 2019 with the release of Snakes of the World with the anniversary release of The Great Adventures of Slick Rick

last time i seen this done was with Daft Punk RAM Anniversary Edition but i would even include The Estate Sale by Tyler and the recent Outkast anniversary releases

seems like it’s still an alive market

because rap more than any genre tries to stay trendy, and re-releasing music gives the impression that they're desperate to capitalize on the success of their previous works instead of creating something new that can match that same level of success

idk if that's actually the reason i just pulled that out of my ass

i hate to say it, but it really boils down to demographics

the only people who are invested in deluxe editions of any albums are hardcore fans and old people with a lot of money

hardcore fans more than likely gonna already own the unreleased material via bootlegs and leaks

old people love buying deluxe editions just for the sake of convenience and they love to b**** and moan on steve hoffman forums that they f***ed up and ruined a song because of the audio quality

also it doesn’t help that part of the fun in buying a deluxe edition of an album is the physical component…which we all know people don’t really give af about nowadays

Food & Liquor had one with some of the og leaked tracks
Eminem just released MMLP2 10 year anniversary with one unreleased track and instrumentals

There have been complete editions recently like Tha Carter IV.

Illmatic
Welcome 2 Detroit
Donuts
Endtroducing
3 Feet High and Rising
Stankonia
ATLiens
Paul's Boutique
People's Instinctive Travels
Straight Outta Compton
Death Certificate
Born Like This
Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Return to the 36 Chambers
PeteStrumentals
93 'Til Infinity
The Coming
The Shining
The Infamous
Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Licensed to Ill
Friday
3 'n the Mornin': Part Two
Cypress Hill
Black Sunday
Life After Death
Gangsta's Paradise
One for All
Soul Food
The Awakening
Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
&more

The Eminem Show got a deluxe too. Last year.

MMLP2 just got one the other day as well

@op /thread

real

artists have been dropping mixtapes on streaming with new bonus tracks tacked onto them for the anniversaries

Nicki (PF, TPP), Wayne (C4), and Wiz (RP) recently dropped deluxe versions of their albums with all the bonus tracks together (they were previously spread across different versions)

other songs from the original recording era are usually given away as features or leak, that’s why artists don’t put them as bonus songs on anniversary albums

you don’t see most other genres do features

@op luv is rage is the deluxe anniversary version of die lit

Lebron James was gonna bring this concept back when he executive produced 2 Chainz album, only a Hip-Hop Historian could do that.

no, it’s not a positive. you can’t just have classic rock blues and jazz be honored. you have to take the same care for all art - no matter what decade

This shouldn’t even be debated. the artists & groups lose out in the end - everytime & history becomes more warped 😒

You didn’t have to do @op like that bro

5,10 year anniversary is ridiculous and rare
even 15 year anniversary is considered lowkey desperate

i predict eventually they will when the catalog becomes more valued over time. it’s going to take some time

Like how Donny Hathaway box sets arrived - it did take 4 decades to do that but still they are here. There are actually 2 Hathaway box sets out now.

Or like how King Crimson after 40 years had to put out their unreleased outtakes & tour catalog due to copyright law stating you can reset your copyrights

i believe a matter of circumstances will change this. But people who had great tour shows should be adding concerts if there is no unreleased material

There should be something more than s***ty single edit

release the different mixes - there are many options you could pivot to. other than a generic instrumental of the same exact track

Hopefully this will never become a big thing I don‘t wanna hear Drake put more mid in his 20 song albums

people do do this eminem just dropped one yesterday for MMLP2