No. 13 is a big one. T.I.'s final album, Jay-Z ahead of the Super Bowl, and more new records than we've added in a single week.
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T.I.: Kill the King (CD)
T.I. closes his run with Kill the King, his twelfth and final studio album, out June 26. The title comes from chess: make yourself the king, he has said, and you make yourself a target. It carries the Pharrell-produced single "Let 'Em Know," The-Dream on "How It Went," and Anderson .Paak on "Where I'm From." The crown itself started on a mixtape. T.I. has said he first called himself King of the South while freestyling on a DJ Drama tape. $12.98
Also in the shop: Paper Trail in a limited, numbered deluxe edition, on gold vinyl with a bonus 7-inch. $139.99
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Before The Superbowl
Jay-Z headlines the Apple Music Super Bowl LXI Halftime Show on February 14. Start at the beginning.
Reasonable Doubt (2xLP): $39.98
The Blueprint, 25th anniversary (cobalt blue 2xLP): $38.99
Nas, Stillmatic (2xLP, pre-order, out November 20): $33.99
"Takeover" is on The Blueprint, and "Ether" is the answer on Stillmatic.
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Tyler, the Creator: the full run, from Goblin to Chromakopia. Start with IGOR, which he produced entirely himself: $28.99
Lauryn Hill, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (2xLP): the album that swept the 1999 Grammys: $29.99
The Fugees, The Score (2xLP): $29.99
Anderson .Paak, Malibu, 10th anniversary (2xLP): $44.98
John Legend, Muse (LP): produced by Pharrell, with Clipse. It began when
Legend sang the chorus on Clipse's "The Birds Don't Sing," which opens Let God Sort Em Out: $29.99
MORE NEW IN THE CRATE
WU-TANG AND THE NATIVE TONGUES
RZA, Bobby Digital in Stereo, 25th anniversary (limited collector's box): $69.98
Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman (LP): the first Wu-Tang record in eleven years with all nine living members: $32.99
De La Soul, 3 Feet High and Rising (magenta 2xLP): $34.99
De La Soul Is Dead (2xLP): $32.98
TEXAS
BigXthaPlug's country-rap crossover "All the Way" hit No. 4 on the Hot 100, and his new album is here. Better Over Time (LP): $33.99
More Texas rap is on the Rap-A-Lot 40th Anniversary shelf.
OPEN FOR PRE-ORDER
Boldy James, Fair Exchange No Robbery (red and silver marble LP): out November 27: $39.98
Busta Rhymes & J Dilla, Dillagence II (2xLP): ships November 27: $39.98
2 Chainz, Playaz Only Live Once (CD): produced entirely by Statik Selektah, out December 4: $13.98
The Game, The Documentary III (2xLP): out February 19: $39.98
FROM THE ARCHIVE
DJ Drama Built the Blueprint: how Gangsta Grillz was invented, and where T.I.'s crown began.
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