For the higher a part of the final decade, Daupe! has stood because the undisputed heavyweight champion of underground rap bodily media. The UK-based label’s limited-to-death pressings of Westside Gunn, Conway, Mach-Hommy, and the remainder of the Griselda prolonged universe have change into the holy grail for collectors worldwide—usually promoting out in seconds and commanding astronomical resale costs. Now, one devoted superfan has carried out the unimaginable: documented your complete run in a single, breathtaking artifact. Scott Cardoza, a 15-year vinyl veteran and self-described “hardcore hip hop head,” has opened his private archive to create Unobtainium Vol. 1, a 322-page, 12″x12″ limited-edition e book that captures the whole assortment of Daupe’s signature obi strips for releases 1 by means of 85. This isn’t only a catalog, it’s the one full visible document of those strips in existence, making this quantity fairly actually the rarest Daupe! archive ever assembled.

However Unobtainium is way over a documentation mission. Cardoza has elevated the fabric by commissioning reimagined paintings from an all-star lineup of underground visible legends. Contributors together with Huge Ghost, CXP, KipDaFog, Squatdeadface, Isaac Pelayo, and 1000 Phrases have hand-altered the visuals, every making use of their private imprint to remodel the acquainted Daupe! aesthetic into one thing fully new and hanging. The e book serves as each a time capsule of the label’s monumental run, that includes traditional releases from Benny the Butcher, Rome Streetz, Estee Nack, Daniel Son, and Crimeapple alongside the standard Griselda suspects, and a celebration of the symbiotic relationship between rap music and visible artwork. Restricted copies exist worldwide, and true to the Daupe! spirit, after they’re gone, they’re gone perpetually. Take a look at the total assortment at daupelords.myshopify.com