Notorious B.I.G. Instrumentals: The Golden Voice (Or ange crush transparent vinyl) is a double LP released on the CUTTING DEEP imprint CDR-SI, a label that has built a focused catalog around stripping back classic Hip Hop recordings to their bare instrumental and vocal components for DJs and producers who work with the source material directly. This is catalog number CDRSIC 9, pressed on transparent orange colored vinyl across two LPs, and it brings together some of the most significant cuts from Biggie’s recorded output in instrumental and acapella form.
Why Notorious B.I.G. Instrumentals: The Golden Voice (Or ange crush vinyl) works as a tool and a collector piece
The 12-track first disc covers the core of what made Christopher Wallace’s catalog so durable: “Juicy,” “Big Poppa Remix,” “Hypnotize,” “Ten Crack Commandments” and “Who Shot Ya” all appear in their instrumental versions, giving you the production stripped of vocals. These beats were built by some of the sharpest producers of the 1990s New York scene, and hearing them isolated on wax makes that architecture impossible to ignore. The second disc extends into acapella territory with tracks like “Niggas,” “Think Big,” “Sky’s the Limit” and “Dead Wrong,” offering the raw vocal performances separated from the music entirely. That combination of instrumentals and acapellas on a single package gives this record genuine utility in a DJ set or a production session.
Pressing details and format specifics
Pressed on transparent orange vinyl, the color here is not just cosmetic. CDR-SI describes it as “orange crush,” and on a double LP it makes a strong visual statement on the shelf or on the platter. The label CDR-SI has released this as part of an ongoing series of Hip Hop instrumental albums, with Biggie joining a lineup that has included other artists from the same era. The catalog number CDRSIC 9 places this toward the deeper end of that series. No original pressing information is provided on the sleeve beyond the CUTTING DEEP label credit, which is standard for this type of release. Two records, transparent orange vinyl, clean label design.
Who should be looking at this record
If you are a DJ who works Hip Hop nights and wants to blend Biggie vocals over different production, or a beat maker who studies how these tracks were constructed by listening to the instrumentals on repeat, this double LP is built around that specific need. The orange vinyl also makes it a display piece for collectors who focus on Hip Hop pressings with distinctive colors. The tracklist is deep enough to cover the range of his catalog, from the early “Party and Bullshit” through to posthumous material like “I’ll Be Missing You” and “Nasty Girl.” A functional, visually distinct pressing with serious content behind it.
Tracklist
Media 1 1. STAY WITH ME 2. ONE MORE CHANCE 3. JUICY 4. BIG POPPA REMIX 5. UNBELIEVABLE 6. WHO SHOT YA 7. MO MONEY, MO PROBLEMS (FT. MASE & P 8. SKYS THE LIMIT 9. DEAD WRONG 10. HYPNOTIZE 11. KICK IN THE DOOR 12. PARTY AND BULLSHIT Media 2 1. WE'LL ALWAYS LOVE BIG POPPA (FT. TH 2. I'LL BE MISSING YOU (FT. 112) 3. NASTY GIRL 4. TEN CRACK COMMANDMENTS 5. EVERYDAY STRUGGLE 6. NIGGAS (ACAPELLA) 7. THINK BIG (ACAPELLA) 8. NASTY BOY (FT. P. DIDDY & NELLY) [A 9. MO MONEY MO PROBLEMS (FT. MASE & P. 10. SKYS THE LIMIT (ACAPPELLA) 11. DEAD WRONG (ACAPELLA)
