Up from the dusty Relative crates right now is a mint copy of Herb Alpert’s Rise. While some ignorant mofos might call this “Love Boat music,” (pshh!) pay them no mind: Herb is no herb. Follow his meandering trumpet on the title track to the breakdown that is the monster bassline straight jacked for Biggie’s “Hypnotize.” Remember naughty-seven when you couldn’t get away from that joint? Remember when it turned Biggie’s funeral processional into a Brooklyn street jam (youtube, anyone…)? “Biggie Biggie Biggie, can’t you see…?”

Swing by the shop, peep the used vinyl wall, and cop it before Chad Hugo beats you to it.

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