DJ Rashad Double Cup 2LP (Gold Vinyl)

Rashad Harden was born in Hammond, Indiana, just outside Chicago in 1977 and raised in south suburban Calumet City. Before he ever made a track, he listened to Cajmere, Lil Louis, Fast Eddie and the rest of the locally grown house music that made up the vernacular sound of Chicago in the 1980s and 1990s. And he danced.

In some ways, Double Cup is Rashad's debut album, but in more significant ways, it represents a lifetime of incubating a remarkable branch of Chicago house music. In a cruel twist of fate, Double Cup is also a testament to how much creative juice was lost when Rashad died tragically on April 26, 2014.

Released originally in 2013, it ended up on year-end lists from Pitchfork, The Guardian, Dazed, Resident Advisor, Crack Magazine, The Wire and Complex, as well as decade lists from Pitchfork, Noisey and SPIN. Rolling Stone described it as somehow both weightless and brutally powerful, while Pitchfork said it is unquestionably the strongest footwork-related LP, and NME said it was unprecedented.

The Double Cup 10 Year Anniversary is celebrated with a deluxe reissue of the album that features new artwork and a limited edition gold vinyl pressing.

...footwork's most sensible and revisit-worthy album to date.