I used to love buying CDs because...

[phatphuck]

i like to read the shoutouts to discover new artists. if your favourite artists give dap to certain cats you know they cant be half bad

 

[ArchStanton]

Maybe its just me but i dont download albums if i plan to buy them. I dont listen to leaked songs either.

I find the complaints people have of albums funny, talking about they played out songs already and now have to skip them or half the songs are old. I just wait, buy the album, listen to it front to back no skipping and absorb what the artist did. Its the best way to listen to music.

The only people ruining music are the fans. If you treat music as disposable then thats what its going to be to you. Music is better then ever but people just dont appreciate shyt anymore.

I love going to the record store, i love the artists that put effort into the physical product. shyt i still buying random albums just for fun that ive never heard of.

I disagree that music is better than ever now, but otherwise this is a great post.

 

[45123]

Besides classic/must-have albums, I only buy digipaks now
but i will never in my life download something from iTunes when I can get the physical

 

[malc]

Trust me when i say this that it was an overated expierence. I dunno what the hell everyone in this thread is bragging about.

As a kid you had to spend your hard earned money and take a gamble on an album not only with your money but also your time to discover a cd's overall wackness.

And then we had to swap out our cd's in our 3 disc or 6 disc cd changer boombox and deal with that bullshyt.

The invention of the mp3 and music going digital was the greatest thing to happen in my life ever being that i have extremely high standards when it comes to listening to hip hop.

One min I want to hear Game - Jesus piece. Now I want to hear Wiz and juicy j - in the plan. Now I want to hear TI's new album.
Ahhhh how about some classic nas next.

You couldnt do all that before!!!

valid point. guess i wish i could know what albums were going to be dope as fukk and could get that shyt release day with hearing maybe a single or two before the album. but who am i kidding, that'd be impossible

 

[coli-solider]

 

[Moose_Greyjoy]

@ having a whole pack of CDs in the car


Mp3's>>>>>>> CD's but Im pro digital

 

[LucaBrasi]

The anticipation on the way home looking at the back and imagining how it sounds

Things will never be the same


Then once I got home first thing I did was take out the liner notes and stick my nose in it


That smell

 

[Ohene]

...I like owning the physical thing AND appreciate dope covers/artwork

 

[Da King]

The anticipation on the way home looking at the back and imagining how it sounds

Things will never be the same


Then once I got home first thing I did was take out the liner notes and stick my nose in it


That smell

that fresh smell had a nikka like


I stopped buying CDs because I just don't ever use them, iPhone, bluetooth in the car to play songs off iPhone, laptop mp3 files.....


felt a little sad downloading Games and Big Boi albums from iTunes and not having the physical but times changing



just glad I grew up in an era when CDs were poppin, shyt will never be as good

 

[ManBearPig]

used to buy them all the time.

not anymore.

 

[LucaBrasi]

that fresh smell had a nikka like


I stopped buying CDs because I just don't ever use them, iPhone, bluetooth in the car to play songs off iPhone, laptop mp3 files.....


felt a little sad downloading Games and Big Boi albums from iTunes and not having the physical but times changing



just glad I grew up in an era when CDs were poppin, shyt will never be as good

I feel u I do a mix of both, I mean when CDs were poppin I was just a lil nikka so I missed out on alot of piff:sadweeknd:

I still buy CD's of my favorite artist like Nas, K.Dot, Kanye, Jay-Z etc then I put em in my computer never to use em again

However K.Dot album I bought two copies one of Itunes(Deluxe Version )
Nd the other one in stores that I still haven't opened yet

 

[Da King]

I feel u I do a mix of both, I mean when CDs were poppin I was just a lil nikka so I missed out on alot of piff:sadweeknd:

I still buy CD's of my favorite artist like Nas, K.Dot, Kanye, Jay-Z etc then I put em in my computer never to use em again

However K.Dot album I bought two copies one of Itunes(Deluxe Version )
Nd the other one in stores that I still haven't opened yet

I was like you the last few years, only cop the physical of my favs, but not I only legally download nikkas I support (lamar, game, big boi), the other 99% of artists.... big biz got me


last physical album I bought, Life is Good Deluxe

 

[NYK Loyalist]

Going to the record store to buy tapes and CDs are some of my favorite memories. I still remember walking to nobody beats the wiz to cop illmatic the day it came out on cassette. It's crazy cause back then I had the wiz, Sam goody, tower records, circuit city and 2 mom and pop record shops all in walking distance and now I only have target which gets only major label releases

 

[#thunderup]

Only bought 3-4 in the last few years.

But if I'm going to spend my money, it's not going to be on iTunes when I can download the same thing for free.

 

[sal-one]

Because I didn't have an iPod