Kansas City Shares 7th Heaven Tribute Ahead Of Closing Time

The beloved record shop has enjoyed accolades upon news of its impending departure.

Here's a bit more history and the best euphemism we've seen for the sale of dildos & bongs.

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"As rap and hip hop gained in popularity, the store gave acts such as Snoop Dog, Master P and Tech N9ne the opportunity to promote their music in person and their appearances gave the store greater street credibility in the community.

"7th Heaven continued to augment its product mix and its bottom line with smoking products and lifestyle accessories and grew to seven stores over time throughout the metropolitan area. The current location that is set to close in the next 30-60 days is the only store that is left, but it still has thousands of albums in inventory and lots of the smoking and lifestyle accessories which once drew the ire of federal authorities but can now be found at any number of dispensaries, big box retailers and other mainstream retail locations in the area."

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