Ghostface Killah & Adrian Younge
Twelve Reasons To Die II (Serato Control Vinyl)

Listening notes

This release from Linear Labs pairs Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge in a format that sits at the intersection of digital DJ technology and physical media. Issued in 2015 under catalog number LL BOX 002-7, this is the Serato Control Vinyl edition associated with the Twelve Reasons To Die II project, a collaboration between the two artists under the hip hop genre.

The format itself is worth understanding for collectors and DJs alike. Serato Control Vinyl is a timecode record used with Serato DJ software, allowing a DJ to manipulate digital audio files using a physical turntable. The control tone pressed to sides A and C here serves that functional purpose, providing the timecode signal the software requires. This is not a standard music pressing on those sides.

Sides B and D carry the actual musical content. Side B presents "Powerful One" alongside its instrumental version, while side D does the same for "Get The Money," offering both the vocal track and an instrumental counterpart. No duration information is available for any of the listed tracks.

This release was part of a broader box set context suggested by the catalog number designation LL BOX 002-7, though the specific contents or configuration of that box set are beyond what the available data confirms here.

For anyone approaching this record expecting a straightforward listening experience, the Serato control sides are a functional component rather than musical content. The release therefore serves a dual audience: DJs working within the Serato ecosystem who may want to perform tracks from the Twelve Reasons To Die II collaboration, and those interested in the music tracks on sides B and D.

Fact-checker note: No information is available here regarding pressing quantities, sound quality, personnel credits, or the broader reception of either this specific release or the Twelve Reasons To Die II album. Those details would require additional sourcing before publication.