{"title":"Be With Records 032024","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"korallreven-here-in-iowa","title":"KORALLREVEN - HERE IN IOWA","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 7\" Vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: BEWITH001FLEX\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 5050580642003\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 15 Oct 2018\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Electronic\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTracklist\u003cbr\u003eSide 1\u003cbr\u003e1. \"Here In Iowa\" (3:36)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Be With","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41229532299420,"sku":"BEWITH001FLEX","price":7.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/1_2da7c5af-a7d6-42ed-8761-eb24d22a9630.jpg?v=1637173617"},{"product_id":"alex-chilton-it-isnt-always-that-easy","title":"ALEX CHILTON - IT ISNT ALWAYS THAT EASY","description":"\u003cp\u003eFormat: 7\" Vinyl\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCatalogue No.: BEWITH004SEVEN\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBarcode: 4251648412571\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelease Date: 05 Aug 2019\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eGenre: Folk\/Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBack in: 06 Jan 2023\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe adore Big Star and Alex Chilton more than words can express. 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He personifies hip-hop as an ode to the art form he once loved, lamenting how the genre became too commercialised and, due to a mass influx of mainstream rap in the 90s, some of the purity and freshness of the culture was being lost. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommon uses a first-person romance narrative to detail the history of hip-hop, resulting in an extended metaphor that's sophisticated, clever, and delivers a moral message that touched millions of people and still absolutely blows minds at the song's conclusion: \"'Cause who we're talkin' about, y'all, is hip-hop\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePerfectly produced by No ID and incorporating a gorgeous, melancholic sample of George Benson’s “The Changing World”, the plaintive sonic landscape provided the ideal foundation for Common’s innovative storytelling.  Almost 30 years later, “I Used To Love H.E.R.” remains one the most significant moments in hip-hop: a classic in every sense of the word.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommon did discuss the true meaning of the track in a 1995 interview on “Yo! MTV Raps”, stating: “H.E.R. stands for Hip-Hop in its Essence is Real. And all I’m talking about his how I first came into contact with hip-hop music and how it evolved into where it is now. And it’s like all these gimmicks going on, all the phoniness, ain’t nobody being real with it. Everybody’s stressing that it’s real but ain’t nobody being true to it. I think that came about because — once it started becoming a business, then people started losing their soul and they started looking at it, taking it more as a business than an artform.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn the flip, we've stayed faithful to the track used for the original 12\" release. And what a track it is. Destined to be overshadowed by the behemoth on the A-Side, the frenetic neck-snapping jazz-rap \"Communism\" has it all - those horns at the start, the lyrical dexterity, the beat. Oh my.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo, one of the greatest pieces of music ever, in any genre. This is not merely music. It's high art. 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