I've noticed a few #introduction posts, so here's mine!
Leeds-born, Manchester-adopted (moved here for university, came back again for work, stayed ). Software engineer for 20+ years, but will likely only post occasionally about work! Veteran #DJ with a (literally) heavy vinyl collection - #HipHop mostly, my great musical love, but other stuff too! Semi-pro #photographer. Besides all that, I love books, #NBA, sneakers, watches, and working on my fairly decent kitchen skills
@mrdiamondj That's a tough one! I'm not a huge rarities shopper, though I'm glad I got the instrumentals of "Cuban Linx" in 95/96, which I imagine are tough to find now. Probably the only records that could never, ever leave my collection are the soul/funk records my late father used to own, with his signature still on the labels. Record theft must have been rampant back in the day! :)
@airadam Yeah, I'm the same way with records from my childhood. Silly stuff like Disney and novelty record compilations, but you'll pry them from my cold, dead hands.
Only Built 4 is one of the best all-time instrumentals. I mean Incarcerated Scarfaces is right up there with some of the best beats by, say, DJ Premier. "I seen it like a 27-inch Zenith, believe it."