January 2010 Releases

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

List of Blu-ray movies, CDs, PlayStation 3 games, and Nintendo DS games to be released in January 2010.

January 5, 2010

Movies

Music

• Slum Village – Fantastic Vol.1 (re-issue)
  • produced by Jay Dee, remastered

Video Games

January 12, 2010

Movies

• Last Action Hero [1993] PG-13
• The Matrix [1999] R

Music

• Awol One and Ecid – Awol One and Ecid are…
• Blockhead – The Music Scene
• Factor – 13 Stories (A Prelude)
  • features Awol One, Sole, Onry Ozzborn, Sunspot Jonz, Sleep, Existereo, iCON the mic king, and others
• Slum Village – Fantastic Vol. 2.10 (official 10th anniversary re-issue of Fantastic Vol. 2)
  • [mostly] produced by Jay Dee; includes original mixes and skits not on the original release, three bonus tracks, and an instrumentals disc; features Jazzy Jeff, Q-Tip, Kurupt, Pete Rock, Busta Rhymes and others

Video Games

January 19, 2010

Movies

• Children of the Corn [1984] / Hellraiser [1987] R
• Magnolia [1999] R
• Smokin’ Aces [2006] R
• Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball [2010] Unrated
• The Bourne Identity [2002] PG-13
• The Bourne Supremacy [2004] PG-13
• The Bourne Ultimatum [2007] PG-13

Music

• RJD2 - The Colossus

Video Games

January 26, 2010

Movies

Music

• Eligh - Gandalf’s Beat Machine Level 3
• Strong Arm Steady - In Search of Stoney Jackson
  • produced by Madlib; features Planet Asia, Talib Kweli, Evidence, Roscoe, Guilty Simpson, and others

Video Games

November 2009 Releases

Wednesday, October 28th, 2009

November 3

Blu-ray

• Forrest Gump - Sapphire Edition [1994] PG-13
• James Bond 10-pack Blu-ray Collection [1962-2008] NR
  • Dr. No / From Russia With Love / Goldfinger / Thunderball / Live and Let Die / Moonraker / For Your Eyes Only / The World is Not Enough / Die Another Day / Quantum of Solace
• National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation - Ultimate Collector’s Edition [1989] PG-13
• Transformers Gift Set
  • Transformers [2007] PG-13 / Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen [2009] PG-13

Music

• CunninLynguists - Strange Journey Vol. Two
  • features Substantial, Sean Price, Poison Pen, Deacon The Villain, Geologic, Grieves, Macklemore, E-40, Evidence, and others
  • Track 11 remixed by Blue Sky Black Death, track 13 produced by J-Zone, all others produced by Kno.
• Gift of Gab - Escape 2 Mars
  • features Del, Brother Ali
• Masta Ace & Edo G - Arts & Entertainment
  • feat. Large Pro, Posdnuos (De La Soul), Mr. Lif, Akrobatik, KRS One, and others
• Nile - Those Whom the Gods Detest
• Overkill - Killbox 13 (reissue)
• Overkill - RelixIV (reissue)
• Overkill - Wrecking Everything: Live (reissue)
• RJD2 - Dead Ringer: The Reissue
  • features Blueprint, Copywrite, and others
  • 2 previously unreleased bonus tracks
• Slayer - World Painted Blood
• Themselves - CrownsDown

Video Games

• Dragon Age: Origins (PS3/360/PC)

November 10

Blu-ray

• Heat [1995] R
• Watchmen - The Ultimate Cut [2009] R

Music

• DOOM (MF Doom) – Unexpected Guests
  • features Talib Kweli, J Dilla, Scienz of Life, Vast Aire, Supafriendz, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA, Ghostface, Babu, and others
• GWAR - America Must Be Destroyed (reissue)
• King Diamond - House of God (reissue)
• King Diamond - Voodoo (reissue)
• Unearth - The March (CD/DVD deluxe reissue)
• Wu-Tang Meets Indie Vol.2: Enter the Dubstep
  • features Raekwon, Ghostface Killa, RZA, GZA, Method Man, U-God,  Masta Killa, Killah Priest, Bronze Nazareth, Busta Rhymes, MF Doom, Pimp C, Three 6 Mafia, Ras Kass, Vast Aire, Canibus, and others

November 17

Blu-ray

• Brüno [2009] R
• Chasing Amy [1997] R
• Clerks - 15th Anniversary Edition [1994] R
• Fight Club [1999] R
• Kevin Smith 3-Movie Collection [] Not rated
  • Clerks / Chasing Amy / Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
• Léon: The Professional - Theatrical and Extended Versions [1994] UR
• Sex, Lies and Videotape [1989] R

Music

• Devin Townsend - Addicted
• Factor - Old Souls Volume One
  • Features Luckyiam, Eligh, Awol One, Myka 9, Aesop Rock, Existereo, Barfly, Mickey Avalon, Xzibit, Moka Only, and others
• Felt (Murs & Slug) – Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
  • Produced by Aesop Rock.
• Ol’ Dirty Bastard - Message to the Other Side
  • An official ODB collection of all new unreleased tracks, featuring RZA, Masta Killah, Method Man and others.
  • Bonus DVD contains a 20-minute excerpt of the soon to be released film about ODB, “Dirty”.
• Rakim - The Seventh Seal

November 24

Blu-ray

• Angels & Demons - Theatrical and Extended Edition [2009]
• Blood: The Last Vampire [2000] NR
• Cujo - 25th Anniversary Edition [1983] R
• Frailty [2001] R
• Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [1995] NR
• Ink [2009] NR
• The Way of the Gun [2000] R

Music

• The Prime - One-Uppers
  • Luckyiam (Living Legends) & Sapient (Sandpeople)
  • Produced by Sapient.

June 2009 Releases

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

June 2, 2009

Blu-ray

• Air Force One [1997]
• Bruce Almighty [2003]
• Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children [2005]
• Fletch [1985]
• Glory [1989]
• Inside Man [2006]
• Neil Young : Archives Volume One (1963-1972) [2008]
• Out of Time [2003]
• Road House [1989]

CDs

• Amorphis – Skyforger – May 29
• AZ – Legendary
• J Dilla (Jay Dee) – Jay Stay Paid

PS3

• Final Fantasy VII PSN – trailer

June 9, 2009

Blu-ray

• Fatal Attraction [1987]
• Indecent Proposal [1993]
• Predator 2 [1990]
• Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace & Music – 40th Anniversary Ultimate Collectors Edition w/ Amazon-exclusive bonus disc [1970]

CDs

• Anti-Flag – People or the Gun
• Chickenfoot – Chickenfoot (Best Buy) – June 7
  • Sammy Hagar & Michael Anthony of Van Halen, Joe Satriani, and Chad Smith of RHCP
• DJ Quik & Kurupt – BlaQKout
• Moka Only – Carrots & Eggs
• Mos Def – The Ecstatic

PS3

• Trash Panic PSN – screenshots – June 4
• Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 - screenshots – June 8

June 16, 2009

Blu-ray

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb [1964]
• Friday The 13th - Killer Cut [2009]
• Friday the 13th Part 2 [1981]
• Friday the 13th Part 3 - 3-D [1982]
• Ghostbusters [1984]
• Kickboxer - Uncut [1989]
• Sling Blade [1996]
• Spaceballs [1987]
• Sword of the Stranger [2007]

CDs

• Street Sweeper SocialClub - Street Sweeper SocialClub
  • Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine & Audioslave) and Boots Riley (The Coup)

PS3

• Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island – screenshots – June 11
• Gunstar Heroes - screenshots – June 11
• Heavy Weapon: Atomic Tank PSN – screenshots – June 11

June 23, 2009

CDs

• Chali 2na – Fish Outta Water
  • features  Talib Kweli, eLZhi of Slum Village, and others
• DJ JS-1 – No Sellout
  • Includes MP3 disc dirty, clean, instrumental, and acapella versions of all tracks
  • features Rahzel, KRS One, Canibus, Chino XL, Brother Ali, Aesop Rock, C-Rayz Walz, Vast Aire, Pharoahe Monch, Copywrite, Punchline, Ill Bill, Vinnie Paz, Edo G, C-Rayz Walz, Akrobatik, J-Live, Pack FM, Wordsworth, Rahzel, Rakaa Iriscience, C-Rayz Walz, Krondon, Q-Unique, Ultramagnetic MCs, Canibus, and others
• Dream Theater – Black Clouds & Silver Linings
• Jedi Mind Tricks - Greatest Features
  • features Vinnie Paz, Esoteric, Guilty Simpson, Outerspace, Mr. Lif, Canibus, Apathy, Ill Bill, 7L & Esoteric, Supernatural, Q-Unique, and others
• Soul Assassins (DJ Muggs) – Intermission
  • features Alchemist, La Coka Nostra, Necro, Self Scientific, Outerspace, Rza, Planet Asia, B-Real, Prodigy, Krondon, Xzibit
• U-God – Dopium
  • features Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, Killah Priest, GZA, Raekwon, Method Man, and others
• Voivod – Infini
• Dillanthology 2
  • J Dilla’s remixes of songs by De La Soul, The Pharcyde, Masta Ace, Slum Village, Busta Rhymes, and others
  • featuring Mos Def and others

PS3

• Dynasty Warriors 6: Empires – screenshots
• Fight Night Round 4 - screenshots
• Overlord II - screenshots
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen - screenshots

June 30, 2009

CDs

• AZ – I Am Legend

• Main Flow - Return of the Castle
  
  • features Chali 2na, The Grouch, Planet Asia, and more.
• Obituary - Darkest Day

• Sleep (of Oldominion) – Hesitation Wounds
  • features Del the Funky Homosapien, Grayskul
• Tash (Tha Alkaholiks) – Control Freek
  • features E-Swift,  Del The Funky Homosapien,  B-Real,  J-Ro, and others
• Wu-Tang Clan – Chamber Music
  • Wu with Masta Ace, AZ, Havoc, Kool G Rap, and others
• Wu-Tang Clan – Playlist: The Very Best Of

PS3

• BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition – screenshots
• Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood - screenshots

May 2009 Releases

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

New Blu-ray, CD, DVD, NDS, and PS3 releases for the month of May that seem interesting to me for one or more reasons. If something is too special to come out on a Tuesday like everything else, it’s under the following Tuesday.

May 5, 2009

Blu-ray

• Big: Extended Edition [1988]
• Dexter: Season 2
• Ferris Bueller’s Day Off [1986]
• Saturday Night Fever [1977]
• There’s Something About Mary [1998]

CDs

• Abstract Rude – Rejuvenation
• The Alchemist – Chemical Warfare
• Bicasso - Rebel Musiq
  • produced by DJ Fresh
  • features Murs, The Grouch, Zion I and others
    
• Company Flow – Funcrusher Plus reissue
• Gallows - Grey Britain
• Hatebreed - For the Lions
• Isis - Wavering Radiant
• Peaches – I Feel Cream
• Zao - Awake?
  

May 12, 2009

Blu-ray

• Action Hero 3 Pack
  • The Day After Tomorrow [2004]
  • I, Robot [2004]
  • The Terminator [1984]
• Black Sheep [1996]
• Dodgeball: Rated [2004]
• Fargo [1996]
• Funny Guy 3 Pack
  • Napoleon Dynamite [2004]
  • Office Space [1999]
  • Young Frankenstein [1974]
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly [1966]
• Jock 3 Pack
  • Hoosiers [1986]
  • Rocky [1976]
  • Dodgeball [2004]
• License to Kill [1989]
• The Man with the Golden Gun [1974]
• The Terminator: Lenticular Cover [1984]
• Underworld Trilogy
  • Underworld [2003]
    
  • Underworld: Evolution [2006]
  • Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [2009]
• Underworld: Rise of the Lycans [2009]
• Wayne’s World [1992]
• Wayne’s World 2 [1993]

CDs

• Isis – Wavering Radiant

May 19, 2009

Blu-ray

• Army of Darkness: Screwhead Edition [1993]
• Batman: 20th Anniversary [1989]
• Changing Lanes [2002]
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day – Skynet Edition [1991]

CDs

• Busta Rhymes – Back On My B.S.
• Busta Rhymes – Back On My B.S. - deluxe CD+DVD
• CKY – Carver City
• Eminem – Relapse
• Guru – Guru 8.0 Lost & Found
• Method Man / Redman – Blackout! + Blackout! 2
• Method Man / Redman – Blackout! 2
• Moka Only – Lowdown Suite 2…The Box
• Mos Def - The Ecstatic
• Old Man’s Child – Slaves of the World

May 26, 2009

Blu-ray

• Children of Men [2006]
• Falling Down [1993]
• Inside Man [2006]
• Robin Hood Prince of Thieves – Extended Cut [1991]
• True Romance – Unrated [1993]

CDs

• Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low
  

March 2009 Releases

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009

New Blu-ray, CD, DVD, NDS, and PS3 releases for the month of March that seem interesting to me for one or more reasons. If something is too special to come out on a Tuesday like everything else, it’s under the following Tuesday.

March 3, 2009

Blu-ray

• The Silence of the Lambs [1991]

CDs

• Grandmaster Flash – The Bridge
  • Features Q-Tip, KRS-One, Busta Rhymes, Snoop Dogg, Supernatural, Big Daddy Kane, and others.

Nintendo DS

• Peggle: Dual Shot – videos, images

PS3

• Killzone 2 – Feb. 27 – videos, screenshots

March 10, 2009

Blu-ray

• Batman: The Motion Picture Anthology
  • Batman [1989]
  • Batman Returns [1992]
  • Batman Forever [1995]
  • Batman & Robin [1997]
    
• Primal Fear: Special Edition [1996]
  

CDs

• Afro Classics (Scarub & Very) – The Classic EP
• Brother Ali – The Truth Is Here
• Eligh and Jo Wilkinson – On Sacred Ground: Mother and Son
  • Eligh and his folk singer mom. Features The Grouch, Slug, and others.
• J-Ro (Tha Alkaholiks) – Rare Earth B-Boy Funk Vol. 2
  • Features Method Man, Keith Murray, and others.
• The Number Twelve Looks Like You – Worse Than Alone

Nintendo DS

• Avalon Code – videos, screenshots

March 17, 2009

Blu-ray

• Clear and Present Danger [1994] / The Hunt for Red October [1990]
• Hustle & Flow [2005] / Black Snake Moan [2007]
• The Princess Bride [1987]
• This is Spinal Tap [1984]

CDs

• 7th Veil (Kool Keith & H Bomb) – Stoned
  • Features Ike Turner, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Silkk the Shocker, Ice-T, Rosco, Jewel, Flava Flav, and Rick James (bitch!)
• GZA - Pro Tools Instrumentals
• Static-X – Cult of Static

Nintendo DS

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars – screenshots
• Suikoden Tierkreis – videos, screenshots
• TrackMania DS – videos, screenshots
  
• Valkyrie Profile: Covenant of the Plume – videos, screenshots
  

PS3

• Resident Evil 5 – Mar. 13 – videos, screenshots
• Resident Evil 5 Collectors Edition- Mar. 13
  • Extras?

March 24, 2009

Blu-ray

• Goldfinger [1964]
• James Bond Blu-ray Collection: Volume 3
  • Goldfinger [1964]
  • Moonraker [1979]
  • The World is Not Enough [1999]
• Moonraker [1979]
• Never Say Never Again [1983]
• Quantum of Solace [2008]
• The World is Not Enough [1999]

CDs

• Busta Rhymes – Back On My B.S.
  • Features Linkin Park, Jamie Foxx, Common, Ludacris, and others.
• Guru – Guru 8.0: Lost & Found
• Mastodon – Crack the Skye
  
• MF Doom – Born Like This
  • Features Ghostface and Raekwon, with production by J Dilla and Dangermouse.
• Type O Negative – Slow, Deep and Hard remastered with expanded booklet
  

Nintendo DS

• Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templar (Director’s Cut)
• Lux-Pain – screenshots
• Pokemon Platinum Version – Mar. 22 – screenshots
  

PS3

• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Ultimate Edition) – videos, screenshots
  
• Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2 – videos, screenshots
  
• Sacred 2: Fallen Angel – videos, screenshots

March 31, 2009

Blu-ray

• Chronicles of Riddick & Pitch Black 2-pack
• The Chronicles of Riddick: Unrated Director’s Cut [2004]
• The Matrix: 10th Anniversary Edition [1999]
• Pitch Black: Unrated Director’s Cut [2000]

CDs

• Big Business – Mind the Drift
• J-Live – The Best Part 2-CD reissue
• Queensrÿche - American Soldier

Nintendo DS

• Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time – video, screenshots
• Secret Files: Tunguska -  screenshots
• Tokyo Beat Down – screenshots
• Touch Mechanic – screenshots

PS3

• Guitar Hero: Metallica – Mar. 29 – videos, screenshots
  • All songs unlocked from the start for Quick Play, Expert+ mode allows a second bass drum pedal.
  • Metallica songs:
    • All Nightmare Long
    • Battery
    • Creeping Death
    • Disposable Heroes
    • Dyers Eve
    • Enter Sandman
    • Fade To Black
    • Fight Fire With Fire
    • For Whom The Bell Tolls
    • Frantic
    • Fuel
    • Hit The Lights
    • King Nothing
    • Master of Puppets
    • Mercyful Fate (Medley)
    • No Leaf Clover
    • Nothing Else Matters
    • One
    • Orion
    • Sad But True
    • Seek And Destroy
    • The Memory Remains
    • The Shortest Straw
    • The Thing That Should Not Be
    • The Unforgiven
    • Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
    • Wherever I May Roam
    • Whiplash
  • Bob Seger – Turn The Page
  • Corrosion of Conformity – Albatross
  • Diamond Head – Am I Evil?
  • Foo Fighters – Stacked Actors
  • Judas Priest – Hell Bent For Leather
  • Kyuss – Demon Cleaner
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd – Tuesdays Gone
  • Machine Head – Beautiful Mourning
  • Mastodon – Blood And Thunder
  • Mercyful Fate – Evil
  • Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready
  • Motorhead – Ace of Spades
  • Queen – Stone Cold Crazy
  • Samhain – Mother of Mercy
  • Slayer – War Ensemble
  • Social Distortion – Mommy’s Little Monster
  • Suicidal Tendencies – War Inside My Head
  • System of a Down – Toxicity
  • The Sword – Black River
  • Thin Lizzy – The Boys Are Back in Town