{"product_id":"joe-bataan-drug-story","title":"Joe Bataan - Drug Story","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow-Again Records presents catalog-wide reissues of Latin music propellant Joe Bataan’s legendary Ghetto Records.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe series concludes with Drug Story - Rare and unreleased material from Joe Bataan and his Ghetto Records vaults, including an entire side of Bataan’s never before issued Latin Funk that spans the gamut from Salsa to Soul.\u003cbr\u003eDrug Story was inspired by true events and ranks highest among Bataan’s finest achievements as the poet laureate of El Barrio.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGhetto Records was Joe Bataan’s way to get over on “The Man” and out of the ‘hood, a bold move by an artist looking for independence and creative control in an industry that had exploited his talents and treated him like chattel.\u003cbr\u003eAs Bataan puts it today, “Ghetto Records was part of my journey, a stepping stone to everything else that I’ve done. I learned enough that it enabled me to get out of the box with my thinking, it showed me how to deal with adversity.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLike many dreams and schemes born of the street, this one was audacious, perhaps even reckless to a fault.\u003cbr\u003eHatched from desperation yet full of hope Ghetto Records came crashing down shortly after its inception.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Now-Again Records","offers":[{"title":"Vinyl LP","offer_id":58922804937036,"sku":"BLX-15425","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0841\/2738\/3884\/files\/0659457523558.jpg?v=1790166274","url":"https:\/\/badlands.co.uk\/products\/joe-bataan-drug-story","provider":"Badlands","version":"1.0","type":"link"}