According to Amazon, April 22 will see more than a dozen CD reissues from the legendary Wild Pitch Records, who, despite their allegedly questionable business practices, has one of the dopest catalogs in the history of the genre. Some serious classics – Breakin’ Atoms, Funky Technician, Kill My Landlord – will be made available for the first time in years, Though you have to wonder what sort of demand there is for a Brokin English Klik reish. Or Super Lover & Cassanova Rud’s unmemorable comeback EP.

No idea who is behind this. Last I heard JCor Records had acquired the rights to them 4-5 years ago, but they also folded shortly after that. It doesn’t look like there will much in the way of bonus material either, but it will be nice to have these albums back in stores. You know, to protect the canon.

Update: It looks like The Coup’s Genocide & Juice will also be reissued, just a few weeks later on May 6. Amazon strangely lists it as being released on Pendulum Records, former home to Digable Planets and the Boogiemonsters, which hasn’t existed for about 12 years. Though it was a subsidiary of EMI/Elektra, who, as Paine noted in these comments, may currently own the Wild Pitch catalog. I guess we’ll find out soon enough…

Full reissue list after the jump

Brokin English Klik by Brokin English Klik
Ride the Rhythm by Chill Rob G
Kill My Landlord by The Coup
No More Mr. Nice Guy by Gang Starr
School of Hard Knocks by Hard Knocks
Funky Technician by Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth
Breaking Atoms by Main Source
F*ck What You Think by Main Source
Word…Life by O.C.
Blow Up the Spot by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud
Unleashed by The U.M.C.’s
Fruits of Nature by The U.M.C.’s
The Four Horsemen by The Ultramagnetic M.C.’s
Wild Pitch Classics by Various Artists