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PRESS RELEASE: Eric B & Rakim – Eric B For President

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PRESS RELEASE
October 8, 2021

KU announces 'Eric B For President' replica 45 reissue

KingUnderground reissues golden-era hip hop duo, Eric B and Rakimā€™s 1986 7ā€ classic, ā€œEric B. For Presidentā€. An elusive record for hip hop heads and crate diggers alike.

Pre-order 18/10/21. Releases 19/11/21.

900 copies on black vinyl
300 copies on yellow vinyl
300 copies on blue vinyl
Limited edition lyric t-shirt

Track List

Eric B Is President
My Melody

It has been no small feat for KU to produce its first-ever major-label licensed replica reissue, but when you have the opportunity to recreate a piece of art involving ā€œThe Godā€ Rakim, and producer/DJ, Eric B, thereā€™s no going too far to get it right. The original master files for this record had been lost in the Universal archives, and the masters that were available were for the album versions that appeared on Eric B. & Rakimā€™s ā€˜Paid In Fullā€™ (1987). Unfortunately, those versions are 6+ minutes and far too long to cut a 45. This led KU founder and label head to go back to his roots and do some record digging of his own. He was able to find a brand new copy of the original 45 on Discogs, and made the move to purchase it to have a high-quality audio restoration from the vinyl transferred into digital files to then be cut to lacquer. After acquiring the original version of the 45 it was discovered that the versions on the 45 were just the 12ā€ single versions but faded out to make them fit on a 45. It took over a year to sort this all out, which included having Danny Roth Designs recreate the original 4th and Broadway labels, which the major label also no longer had.

Paying homage to the artists that inspired the KU label to exist and carry on is an important piece of the puzzle. This first-ever major-label licenced replica is a monumental note in KU label history. To have an association with an iconic group and song in Hip Hop fandom represents a significant moment and is bound to richen the foundation to come.
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