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Production and music by Ali Shaheed Muhammad.... read more

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The track that introduced Daft Punk to a generation of 106th & Park viewers, "Touch It" is just about as great of a club banger as you're likely to hear, with monster Swizz Beats production.... read more

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"Scenester" produced by Blockhead. "Left To Us" produced by Camu Tao. Features El-P, Aesop Rock, Tame One & Yak Ballz.... read more

Produced by Muggs.... read more

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Remix features Big Pun, Wyclef, Charli Baltimore, and Silkk the Shocker.... read more

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Early pre-crunk production by Lil Jon on the Dynamik Duo Remix.... read more

From the 2nd LP, Yin & the Yang. Features Raekwon. B side features Jermaine Dupri & Da Brat.... read more

It took far too long for Cappadonna's Pillage LP to drop – finally hitting the streets in the late 90s – and it serves as one of the best Wu related efforts of the last couple years of the decade! The hazy, ominous and pulp cinema Wu sound is trotted out with continued relevance and... read more

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Featuring the Gunna Palace All-Stars.... read more

Includes "Treat 'Em Right", "Just The Two Of Us", "The Chubbster" & "The Five Deadly Venoms". 12 tracks in all.... read more

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3rd LP by the man who put Chicago on the map as a hip hop center. 2 LPs strong, and with a lot of guest appearances by folks like De La Soul, Q-Tip, Chantay Savage, Erykah Badu, and Cee-Lo. No I.D. produced most of this, and a few tracks were done by Doug Infinite. Includes "1 '2 Many"... read more

In 1994 when everyone seemed to be turning hardcore, Common Sense wasn't having it. Introspective tales of growing up and living on the South Side that fit perfectly with No I.D.'s mellow production and spiced up with two guest appearances by Y-Not aka Twilight Tone. Classic LP, solid all the way... read more

A modern hip hop classic, the rhyme that really put Common on the map, that should need no introduction or explanation from us.... read more

Features the amazing non-LP b-side "Can-I-Bust" that's got all the energy of the tracks from the "Soul By The Pound" LP and even better vocals plus a dope, rare, appearance by Twilight Tone aka Y-Not with this three-mansions-and-a-yacht rhyming style. Plus a nice and mellow... read more

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Cook Classics cooks up one of the best sets so far in the Now Again Music Library Series – part hip hop instrumentals, part Sound Library funk – built from samples culled from the Now Again catalog! Cook Classics Vs Now Again works as both a prime example of the Cook Classics as a... read more

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Another cut from the "Smurf" dance era. This one is really more of a roller-skating style record with sung female vocals than a real hip hop record.... read more

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Hell, Boots, it's not a bother – we actually dig Sorry To Bother You as much as any Coup music since Steal This Album! There's a great vibe on Sorry To Bother you – with rebellious, progressive lyricism, of course – but musically, this one surpasses the preceding Coup album, in... read more

Hell, Boots, it's not a bother – we actually dig Sorry To Bother You as much as any Coup music since Steal This Album! There's a great vibe on Sorry To Bother you – with rebellious, progressive lyricism, of course – but musically, this one surpasses the preceding Coup album, in... read more

"Stomped" produced by Rockwilder. "Make You Say Yes" features a guest spot by Krumb Snatcha & produced by Da Beatminerz.... read more

"Stomped" produced by Rockwilder. "Make You Say Yes" features a guest spot by Krumb Snatcha & produced by Da Beatminerz.... read more

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The second LP from Cypress Hill, and as far as we're concerned, the last great one. Muggs' beats get a bit darker on this album, but are still sharp enough to cut through even the thickest clouds of smoke. 14 tracks in all, including "I Wanna Get High", "I Ain't Goin' Out Like... read more

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Rhymes by II Unorthodox and Juice.... read more

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Includes vocal and instruemental mixes of "ENY Groove", "In A Minute (I'm A Loose It)", "Next Stop", "Take A Journey", and "Yes Yes Y'all".... read more

Produced by Marley Marl.... read more

Includes "Hip Hop Ride", "Mad Props", "No Mercy", "Backstabbers", "No More Hard Times", "Put Me On", "Stayed Away", "Illy Filly Funk", "Grim Reaper", "Reality", "In The City", "People... read more

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"Cali' Dreamin'" features Fashawn & Co$$.... read more

Sweet beats from Damu – and a cut that's heavy on a moogy sample from Jean-Jacques Perry – one you'll recognize from a famous track, but used much differently here – in a really moody way!... read more

Sweet beats from Damu – and a cut that's heavy on a moogy sample from Jean-Jacques Perry – one you'll recognize from a famous track, but used much differently here – in a really moody way!... read more

Dana Dane's first LP with the title cut, "Delancy Street", "Nightmares", "Cinderfella Dana Dane" plus more.... read more

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Hard to find vinyl pressing of their second LP, from 1993. Das Efx drop the bliggety-liggety rhyme style here, but keep up the syllabic tempo with tongue tripping rhymes over the head nodding Solid Scheme beats. You've heard us an just about anyone else with an opinion about hip hop history go on... read more

Lots of extra goodies, in keeping with the usual De La 12" format!... read more

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Female rap group featuring Finesse, formerly of Finesse & Synquis, N-Tyce & Champ MC (with J-Boo). Sort of styling themselves as a female Wu Tang, and loosely associated with them.... read more

Aggro hip hop/noise rock from Death Grips – one of the more surprising major label pick ups in years! Includes "Get Got", "The Fryer", "Lost Boys", "Black Jack", "System Blower", "Hacker", "Bitch Please", "F***... read more

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With Phil The Agony, Xzibit and the Liks on the a-side.... read more

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Kid Koala, and Dan The Automator pool their skills for this dawn of the 2000s sci-fi hip hop classic – the masterful Deltron 3030! The guest list is almost too long to get into, but Money Mark, Prince Paul, PB Wolf and Mr. Lif are all here, along with many others. ... read more

With the title track, "Good Groove", "Power Move", "Bad Young Brother", "We Got The Juice", 'All City", "Rock The Beat", "Human Time Bomb", "Get Down" and "Success".... read more

Produced by Rockwilder.... read more

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"Party" features KB and Manchild, with them rapping over "I'm Ready" by Kano!... read more

MC Breed's crew steps out on their own, with production by Breed, Warren G and DJ Slip, and guest spots by MC Eiht and Bushwick Bill lets you know this LP's got a very street level approach. Includes "Caps Get Peeled", "Things In Tha Hood", "Digga Bigga Ditch", 'Roll... read more

This promo 12" of tracks off Diamond's first LP, was issued at the time of the Hatred, Passions & Infidelities album.... read more

Double LP promo pressing with instrumental versions of all the tracks from the Hatred, Passions & Infidelity LP, including "5 Fingas Of Death", "This One", "No Wondah (The Projects)", "The Hiatus", "Painz & Strife", and "JD's... read more

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We're not always the biggest Digital Underground fans, but Shock G/Humpty comes close to the funky goofiness of their earlier hits – with a definite Parliafunkadelicment edge (it samples "Aqua Boogie", but without the heavy sound that drowns a lot of the later west coast hip hop... read more

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Double LP from 1998 DMC mix champ, DJ Craze featuring long, mostly instrumental tracks, with, of course, lots of nice dj work and some well-chosen vocal samples. Most of the tracks are low- to mid-tempo, but one of our favorites is the triple speed "Miami International Break". 12 tracks... read more

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A sharp Statement Of Intent from DJ Format – whose format is timeless boombap and deft live instrumention on this solid set – which includes collaborations with Sureshot La Lock, Phill Most Chill, Nostalgia 77 and others! Classic craft, though timelessly inventive. The spacey sci fi... read more

DJ Format is joined by a pair of the more innovative figures in leftfield hip hop – the ever-adventurous Edan and underground mic hero Mr Lif! "Spaceship Earth" is killer – with raw and funky backdrop, psych funk guitar in the mix and other cosmic atmospherics. Edan is is... read more

With vocals by Triple Seis, Headcrack and Miss Jones.... read more

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The lyrically focused set in the 2 Stepping Stones compilations from DJ Krush – part remix album, part retrospective – featuring Company Flow, Black Thought & Malik B of the Roots, Mos Def, Aesop Rock, Zap Mama and others! Lyricism kind of finds Krush in his most hip hop reverent... read more

Finally a strong full-length from Nu-Mark – the myriad strengths of which were amply hinted up via the epic 10" series that led up to it – and an album that packs plenty of diverse, timeless beatcraft and stellar guests on the mic! Nu-Mark's got a sharp, crisp edge with his beats... read more

Finally a strong full-length from Nu-Mark – the myriad strengths of which were amply hinted up via the epic 10" series that led up to it – and an album that packs plenty of diverse, timeless beatcraft and stellar guests on the mic! Nu-Mark's got a sharp, crisp edge with his beats... read more

DJ Nu-Mark's Broken Sunlight – issued here on a USB Flash Drive that's shaped like a record needle – and features lots of bonus material! The USB itself just might be the coolest thing of its kind that we've ever seen! It's so well fabricated, if you look at it quickly enough, you're... read more

DJ Nu-Mark is joined by Aloe Blacc and Charles Bradley – plus the Gospel Queens! "Don’t Play Around" kicks off Broken Sunlight Series #6 – and it's naturally the most funky soul-based ray of Broken Sunlight we've seen to date – but in the production department, it's... read more

A full-on collaborative album from underground mic legend Freddie Foxxx, aka Bumpy Knuckle, and hip hop heavyweight champion producer DJ Premier! Primo and Bumpy Knuckles go way, way back – and KoleXXXion does a pretty solid job of honoring the legacies of both. This is the 2LP acapellas,... read more

DJ tools from DJ Rectangle. Tracks include "Battle The Bridge Break", "Southpark Shaolin Samples", "Scratch-A-Tonic Zone", "Funky Freaknik Beats", "Apache Attacks", "Dirty Rotten Skills", "Tight-Tacular Beats", "I'm Still... read more

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A classic mix of breaks and samples that scream late 90s New York. Riz has been on the scene forever as a member of Crooklyn Clan, and his experience as a DJ really shows on this one. The mixing is SOLID, all the transitions, cuts, and blends are flawless, and the continuity is unmatched. This... read more

The stellar remix version of DJ Shadow's early 00s masterpiece Private Press – made for the Japanese market and never released in the US – featuring remixes, b-sides and more – with mixes or appearances by Unkle, Roots Manuva, Mos Def, Z Trip and others! 14 tracks in all: "S... read more

A great set of archival DJ Shadow instros from the early-to-mid 90s – from back when his primary means of production was the Akai MPC sampler – along with his endless arsenal of vinyl and limitless creative inspiration! This is formative, but essential material for fans of classic... read more

A 7" single, but one that packs the punch of a 12" – thanks to impeccable production from DJ Spinna, who's really bringing back the crisper side of his game! "Motion Picture" bristles with action right from the start – leading in with a cool spoken bit, then... read more

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