Digital Crate Diggers Rejoice With New Online Record Store Simulator

If you're an old school fan of hip-hop, there are certain things you just gotta do for the culture. Digging through old milk crates to get your favorite album on vinyl is one of those things. But now, a new website is trying to revolutionize the hunt for hot picks. The interactive site Diggin' Through Hip Hop (DIHH for short) allows hip-hop lovers of the digital age to dig through the crates of a record store from the comfort of home.

The interface of the site lets music lovers navigate through wooden crates using their mouse and arrow keys or just by clicking and dragging on the records. Clicking on the album cover of your choice allows the user to get more info about the LP, from production credits to little known facts, and play the album in full. DIHH also links out to Discogs for even more information on the album if need be. Seems simple enough, right?

So far, the site has two crates with 60 records in total available for digging. Looking to cover all the bases, titles from Pete Rock, Craig Mack and The Beatnuts to Erick Sermon and Redman are included. The site expects to add more titles as popularity builds.

Though DIHH is genius in theory, some hip-hop heads might argue that nothing can replace the tangibility or the excitement of thumbing through classics to find your perfect musical match. This feeling is what organizers of National Record Store Day are banking on as they just announced that limited edition vinyls for Lil Wayne, OutKast, The D.O.C and more will become available April 16.

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