{"product_id":"mike-ladd-nonechosen-vinyl","title":"Mike Ladd - Nonechosen (Vinyl)","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePre-order information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleases November 6, 2026.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis item is a pre-order and expected to ship the week of the above mentioned release date.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 42, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAny other items you purchase along with this pre-order will NOT ship until this ship date; or the latest pre-order ship date on your order. If you need the other items sooner, please order them separately from this pre-order. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/rhymesayers.com\/collections\/mike-ladd-nonechosen\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAlso available on CD and Cassette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLP 12” 140g “northern lights” (green\/blue mixture) vinyl in a full-color standard jacket.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eMike Ladd.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThose who know say the name with a certain reverence. If you will allow an imperfect analogy, Ladd is underground hiphop’s Terrence Malick: an uncompromising auteur whose early work was both unconventional and critically acclaimed before he abruptly withdrew from the scene he helped build and decamped to Paris, never to be heard from again. Of course, the reality is more complex than the legend. Mike Ladd never stopped making music; over the years he’s popped up on all sorts of unexpected collaborations—who could forget his searing appearance on billy woods’\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAethiopes\u003c\/i\u003e—soundtracked a Netflix series, and worked with visual artists in settings like the Pantheon in Paris. That’s not even counting all the stages he ripped as part of various touring bands and live acts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eStill, Ladd’s last solo album was more than ten years ago, and his magnum opus\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWelcome to the Afterfuture\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003edropped in early 2000. If we are going to follow the analogy,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonechosen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis Mike Ladd’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Thin Red Line\u003c\/i\u003e. A granite testament to the fact that the artist has evolved and grown, but maintains the same gravitas that made his name what it is. Here we are, deep into the Afterfuture and it’s as though Ladd had always been waiting for this time, building towards this moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e“Now you know why I remained in my station,” he raps on\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonechosen\u003c\/i\u003e, confident that his patience has paid off.\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNonechosen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a solo album, but Ladd will be the first to tell you that he didn’t do it alone; He has always worked with old friends. No Surrender and Tom Degeeter collaborated on respective tracks. Once Mike got the record 95% there with his own production, he passed it on to Preservation, who, with a few well-placed tweaks, elevated the project to new heights. 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