A major hat tip to Darien of flwrpt. for bringing these Legends of Rap trading cards to my attention. Before now they were apparently stocked by Colette (Paris) exclusively, however, they’re now available stateside at YouWorkForThem. I’ll be picking up a deck of my own very soon!

While I’ve seen similar hip hop trading cards in the past, this deck (32 cards/hip-hop pioneers in all) is the first that I’ve come across that features original illustrations of the artists, instead of archive photography (most of which we’ve seen a thousand times over)–definitely a plus!