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Now-Again presents – The Origins of Memphis Rap

A multiple album series.


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Blunted and brutal underground gangster rap by Skinny Pimp, 211 & Lady B in 1993. Official reissue, first time on LP, "Blunt Smoke" color vinyl.


This multiple LP series on Now-Again Records attempts to capture Memphis and its underground rap scene as it began to produce some of the most distinctive music of the ’90s.

This was a unique hip hop strain – visceral and often vicious. It was a local, low-fi, cassette-tape based movement - yet it went on to change the course of rap music.

These albums have never been pressed on vinyl – until now. From Skinny Pimp and Carmike to Gangsta Blac and Shawty Pimp, these albums have been relegated to the proverbial bins of history and bootlegged, with unofficial copies still fetching top dollar on the secondary market. These albums were all licensed directly from their original creators, and come on black vinyl with artist-approved imagery for their first LP iterations.

You can read the story of the Memphis Rap scene in a 12-page, oversized booklet with notes by Torii MacAdams. It captures the story of Memphis rap starting with the city’s founding and ending with an auto supply shop that sold these albums over the counter, with all points in between.

“This keeps the legacy rolling and the legacy means everything. It’s your reputation - your name - and you guard it with everything. And this is keeping it out, and alive, in the world…. to that even those that don’t know, but want to know, can find out about what happened. It can be archived. Forever.” - Skinny Pimp