Remember when rap albums had lyric sheets?

[So ILL]

People don't buy music anymore, so...

..1999 or somewhere around there.

 

[The Recipe]

Never heard or seen one of these been buying cassettes since mid 90's. Where they just in vinyl or something?

 

[MECCA1000]

There was once a time when you would buy a single and get a remix or two ... a bonus track that's not even on the album .... this is one reason why De La Soul is my favorite group .... they put in work and gave you more than expected ....

You know you can find lyrics online ... they're not always accurate .... but .... I'm just saying ..... I know what you mean .... it was cool to check out the liner notes to see lyrics, pic's, and shout outs ....

I bet all that stopped when artist found out how much labels were taxing them for that stuff

Shit ain't fun no more ... it's business

 

[Delphas]

Shit lyric sheets? Nigga, I can barely remember seeing album art! You barely see that anymore, even when you cop an album legally.

 

[LPast]

I thought about that after I bought TPAB. I can't remember the last time I've seen one. Maybe late 90s.

 

[Ear2DaSt]

boring azz thread

 

[bck145]

with ppl downloading their music a lot of artists don't need to make fancy artwork or a quality booklet with their albums, why spend the extra money when presentation isn't as important anymore

 

[rip.dilla]

You mean song lyrics in the album artwork?

Hell yeah that's still going on. I think Kendrick's last joint had his song lyrics in the album artwork if I'm not mistaken unless the T/S doesn't buy physical albums

 

[yahwehprofet]

Last one I seen

Dmx-

And then there was x

 

[oatmealdude]

you mean to say that they dont write thank you notes anymore !!!!

 

[soulbrother]

Most theses rappers just freestyling in the studio...cats not writing lyrics no mo

 

[tompetrez3]

I miss lyric sheets too. They taught me how to write and structure words in hip hop setting. If it wasn't for PE lyric sheet talking about africa, panthers, farrakhan and malcolm x I would have never learned because I was not taught that in school. Also another neat thing about lyric sheets is they often had original lyrics to songs before they were censored mastered and hit press. Ice T and PE lyrics sheets have alternate lyrics to a lot of their songs that's on the album.

Another part of tape packaging I miss is the questionaire and fan club info. The BMG labels like arista and jive had surveys in tape fold asking for best songs and feedback for album. In 90s I used to write to the labels and fan clubs to send me any free records or tapes they had laying around. Most didn't respond but suprisingly a few did (no limit sent me a big box of promo 12" for free at height of popularity p and boz goats).

I also miss ordering merchandise. I had a black spice 1 baseball jersey and weed hat in 5th grade. I used to wear that shit on fridays and early outs.I used to rocK pre death DJ Screw, UGK and fat pat shirts in 95 96. Rappers used to offer chance to purchase now rare items

 

[nujerz84]

mmlp2 had lyrics in the booklet

 

[dwade206]

If we're talking about garbage on the radio, then lyric sheets aren't even necessary for primitive underdeveloped rhymes. But I see what you're saying though.

 

[The Recipe]

You mean song lyrics in the album artwork?

Hell yeah that's still going on. I think Kendrick's last joint had his song lyrics in the album artwork if I'm not mistaken unless the T/S doesn't buy physical albums

Ok I remember some albums having lyrics in the booklet.

 

[dalyricalbandit]

good ol days

 

[Splackavelli]

Peppridge farm remembers

 

[BarryHalls]

I remember back in the day when Bone Thugs "Tha Crossroads" track took the world by storm, some dude tried to sell me printed out lyrics of the song. Asking for $5 per verse. I was a kid back then and really wanted to know the lyrics since it was my favorite song at the time. I asked my dad for $30 and he slapped me behind my head.

 

[The Recipe]

I remember back in the day when Bone Thugs "Tha Crossroads" track took the world by storm, some dude tried to sell me printed out lyrics of the song. Asking for $5 per verse. I was a kid back then and really wanted to know the lyrics since it was my favorite song at the time. I asked my dad for $30 and he slapped me behind my head.

Bruh a radio, a tape with a piece of paper in that lil square and the record button. Play that shit on a loop, goat story though.

 

[BarryHalls]

I remember back in the day when Bone Thugs "Tha Crossroads" track took the world by storm, some dude tried to sell me printed out lyrics of the song. Asking for $5 per verse. I was a kid back then and really wanted to know the lyrics since it was my favorite song at the time. I asked my dad for $30 and he slapped me behind my head.

Bruh a radio, a tape with a piece of paper in that lil square and the record button. Play that shit on a loop, goat story though.

Haha nah I had the cassette single of that song, copped a 90 minute TDK cassette and recorded that song until that 90 minute tape was consumed by that one song only because I was to lazy to flip it back and forth on the player lol! I wanted to know the lyrics on paper and that's what he was trying to slang.