I’m not much of a fan of the reissue trend. How many times do we have to buy an album?

But I’ll make an exception here. That’s because eMusic has the Coup’s Steal This Double Album, a 2002 reissue of the 1998 classic Steal This Album that contains two extra tracks and a second disc of a live performance.

Well, on eMusic, the second disc – 73 minutes, 80.6 MB in size – costs you just one download. From what I’ve read, the CD version also is not divided into separate tracks. By comparison, iTunes has Steal This Double Album for $19.98, and you get the live set only if you buy the entire album.

All that said, the quality of the live recording clearly does not come from the soundboard. But for one download of your monthly allotment, how much can you really complain?

I’m not sure what year the show was recorded, but using my amazing powers of deduction, I can tell you it was recorded in Eugene, Ore. (“Mothafuckin’ Eugene, Oregon, what’s happenin’?” was my first clue.)

I went ahead and spliced the first track, The Shipment, from the performance.

• The Coup | The Shipment (live, from Steal This Double Album)

Also, check out the Coup’s MySpace page for four downloads, including a live version of Heven Tonite (from the 2001 album Party Music) and the amazing My Favorite Mutiny (even if it does feature Talib Kweli).

• The Coup (feat. Talib Kweli and Black Thought) | My Favorite Mutiny

It’s too late to put too many nouns+verbs together, but music.download.com has a download of the Cool Kids’ Black Mags available. You might remember that I just posted the video.

In related news, Chocolate Industries will release the Bake Sale EP in late January with a full-length to follow in mid-2008.

• Cool Kids | Black Mags

Forgot to mention this in the last post: DJ Shadow’s MySpace page has a stream of Gabracadabra, which apparently was recorded for The Outsider but didn’t get mixed until after the album dropped. It was made available on a limited 7-inch.

The track features Blackalicious’ Gift of Gab, who is about to drop an EP of his own under the moniker the Mighty Underdogs with Lateef and Headnodic. The EP, The Prelude, can be pre-ordered here and features Shadow, MF Doom and Ladybug Mecca(!). (Pre-orders get immediate access to an MP3 download.)

So, to recap: Stream DJ Shadow’s Gabracadabra, which features Gift of Gab, at his MySpace page.

And you can stream the Mighty Underdogs’ Gunfight (feat. MF Doom) at Gift of Gab’s MySpace page.

That is all.

Perhaps one of the most overlooked records in my collection – the type of album you can’t believe you haven’t listened to in the past six months because, damn, it’s so good – is J-Live’s All of the Above, released in 2002 and available on eMusic.

After listening, you have to wonder if this guy isn’t one of the best MCs going. I once read a story about him in which the author called him “unfuckwithable.” And it’s really hard to argue.

Yet his profile dropped considerably since All of the Above was released. Look at his Web site, for crying out loud. Still promoting his 2005 album The Hear After.

Well, he’s back with an EP, Reveal the Secret (BBE Music), which features production from Jazzy Jeff and Da Beatminerz. J says on his MySpace blog: “I want this to feel like it came outta nowhere. I want the people that have it to feel special you know. Let them spread the word that I’m back. Pass it on before the album drops. You know… let the cat out the bag, reveal the secret.”

Right. I’m just doin’ what the man says. Check out Feel Like Spittin’ (produced by Da Beatminerz).

• J-Live | Feel Like Spittin’