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Original pressing of this early Eric B & Rakim 12", with the Cold Cut remix of "Paid in Full" that everyone used to think was so cool because it had Ofra Haza in it.... read more

"Love Iz" features Al Green, "Hold Up Dub" features Keith Murray.... read more

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The group's booty-knocking classic -- lifted from Spike Lee's film School Daze, and one of the biggest Go Go funk hits ever!... read more

Almost a rap parody number -- with some British accented guy talking over the top of old school riffs in a kind of pretentious way. The flipside is instrumental -- and much better!... read more

Uber obscure old school from the Fabulous 3 MCs -- intended for the Bronx-based Tap label in 1981 and only now seeing official release -- thanks to the deep, deep digging Numero Group! We're admittedly stumped on the Fabulous 3's history, and even the individual names of the rappers -- but we can... read more

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Two tracks from Fat Joe before his "Don Cartegena" era, plus a remix from DJ Premier.... read more

5 tracks: "Thug Love", "I'm A Hustler", "Da Heatwave", "Your Life's On The Line" and "How To Rob".... read more

The Fondle 'Em Fossils are Breezly Brewin, Q Unique, Godfather Don, J Treds, MF Doom, DJ Eli and El P. "Feelin Da Heights" by Dysfunctional Family.... read more

Early tracks from Detroit's Frank N Dank -- featuring production by Jay Dee. "Give It Up II" also includes an appearance by Dilla.... read more

Frank Nitt of Frank N Dank -- joined by DJ Quik & J Black on "LOVE" and Bad Lucc on "Hollywood".... read more

Featuring Shaq-Fu bka Shaquille O'Neal, the hooper, the hyper, protected by The Viper. The "Phase 5 rmx" is by A Tribe Called Quest.... read more

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A classic old school Enjoy jam that needs no introduction from us.... read more

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You know their steez. 6 tracks off The Ownerz LP, with Guru and Primo keeping it real in the most true sense of the phrase.... read more

Lead single off The Ownerz album.... read more

One of our favorites from the "Liquid Swords" LP, featuring additional vocals from Inspectah Deck. RZA's amazing production keeps this tale of a gunfight in Brownsville from sounding cliched with just the right amount of strings, and the almost falsetto sung chorus somehow makes it sound... read more

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A-side produced by the Beatnuts.... read more

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Promo-only single produced by Biz Markie. Sort of an odd remix in that it's got barely any rhymes from Grand Daddy IU, just a couple at the end. But the concept is still kinda dope -- using the beats from the original version of "Sugar Free" and mixing in a number of classic old school... read more

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We'll be honest and admit we prefer Puba with Brand Nubian, though you can't front on this nice single off his his first solo LP, with the non-LP b-side "Mind Your Business" about Puba's early days with Masters of Ceremony. Beats by Puba, T Ray and the Stimulated Dummies.... read more

"It's Nasty" features the old-school live in the studio back and forth rhyming style, backed by the classic Doug Wimbish, Keith Leblanc and Skip McDonald Sugar Hill band and spiced up with some nice effects from the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love".... read more

An old school classic, and one of the all-time great 12" singles from the 70's.... read more

Definitely the Furious Five's best years were behind them at this point, as you could probably guess by the pink leather suit on the cover . . .... read more

The original message rhyme, or at least the biggest one of its day, a track that would spawn a lot of imitiations, including more than a handful of followups from the Furious 5 and Melle Mel.... read more

The follow up to "The Message", and another classic early 80s number from Grandmaster Flash and crew. Once again, the theme is the trials of city life, and once again, they come up with another winning message cut.... read more

Melle Mel's hymn about Jesse Jackson, along the lines of the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "Stevie."... read more

Herbie Hancock's DJ, who'd go on to change the lives of millions of kids after his historic performance on Saturday Night Live. This is a mostly instrumental electro track using part's of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" with D St cutting it up, and Bernard Fowler and a little vocoder on the... read more

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A massive early 80s electro club groove, with great syn drum beats and some nice soulful vocals over top!... read more

A meditative track by Guilty Simpson -- featuring a JB sample and a J Dilla beat!... read more

Album version co-produced by Donald Byrd, plus some acid jazz remixes courtesy Smash Hunter.... read more

A-side produced by the Neptunes featuring Kelis, B-side by Premier, with Donell Jones.... read more

Includes MOP/Guru/Stikken Moov "Life" (clean, inst), True Master "Who's The Truest" (clean) and Big Shug "Do What Pays Ya" (clean, inst).... read more

First of the Union Label's Organized Rhymes series. The cut here is Channel Live "IBC." Maybe it's recording for an indy label, but this one sounds better than most of their major label material. Also includes Guru on "Take Cover."... read more

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One of those singles that straddles the line between early rap, roller disco and commercial soul, with mixing (and scratching?) by Jazzy Jay and production by George Kerr.... read more

Interstellar funk from Malcolm Catto & the Heliocentrics -- the space thumping "Distant Star" featuring MF Doom and Percee P -- plus the non-album instrumental "Space Time Girl"! "Distant Star" is a perfect example of just how adaptable the spacey jazz & funk... read more

Funky psychedelia and spacey beatcraft from the Heliocentrics -- rooted in hip hop thanks to a guest spot by Vast Aire of Cannibal Ox! "Sirius B" is here in a remix of one of the standouts from the stellar Out There LP -- starting out with an eerie piano melody with some echoey... read more

Two cuts off of Hell Razah's debut LP "Renaissance Child". "Buried Alive" has Hell Razah spitting over a jangly beat provided by Godz Wrath, sounding somewhere in-between RZA's classic Stax beats and a Just Blaze vocal sample beat. The B-side features Kweli and Vik Vaughn aka... read more

On "Midera", the best part is probably the instrumental. The MC uses an almost Guru style monotone, and we're not sure if he really pulls it off. The music uses a jazz piano line that sounds like something you'd hear played at night in an old black-and-white movie. The piano line is... read more

With Defari & Evidence.... read more

6 track promo EP off the Home Field Advantage album from the East Coast all stars: "Dick Starbuck Porno Detective", "The Last Hit" with Eminem, "Top Prospects" with Evidence & Defari, "Shaquan & Eon" with Mad Skillz, "Hot Spittable" and... read more

Two more nice ones from the Soundbombing II project. Mos Def and Mad Skills join High & Mighty for "B-Boy Document '99." The production is tight with a rare combination of a sound that could work in the clubs and still be true to the underground, complete with a nice chorus by Mos... read more

Two more nice ones from the Soundbombing II project. Mos Def and Mad Skills join High & Mighty for "B-Boy Document '99." The production is tight with a rare combination of a sound that could work in the clubs and still be true to the underground, complete with a nice chorus by Mos... read more

Produced by Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Jay, with an all star cast from the class of '90, including queen Latifah, X Clan, Jungle Brothers, Lakim Shabazz, Ultramag, K Solo, Brand Nubes and a ton more. . .... read more

A heck of a 12" single -- featuring 2 tracks by the Honeydrippers, plus tracks by Spoonie G that use their original groove! "Impeach The President" and "Roy C's Theme" are 2 of the best tracks ever by Roy C's Honeydrippers -- and the former is one of THE all-time great... read more

Ice T's cover of the Curtis Mayfield classic.... read more

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More dark, angry hip hop from the Non Phixion camp.... read more

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From the same group that brought you 'Watch The Closing Doors" with Man Parrish on synths in the backing band.... read more

Classic old school trip through the NY subway system, moving through Manhattan in a swingin', socially conscious way.... read more

J Boogie's Dubtronic Science gets some assistence from Lunar Heights on the rhymes and Afrodisiac Sound System remix on Inferno -- a nicely grooving track that deftly blends spacey club grooves with underground hip hop. The ASS mix brings in a funky 70s dancefloor funk feel. Que Pasa features... read more

Once again back is the incredible J-Live -- packing rhyme-centric, block rockin', blueprint hip hop -- don't call it a throwback! J-Live drops knowledge over funky beats, one foot in the golden age and and the other in a methodically timeless realm of jazz & funk beats, scratches and samples. ... read more

Produced by J-Love.... read more

Fresh cuts from DJ J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies -- his first (we think) effort for Stones Throw! "Play This (One)" is the kind of record that made DJs like Shadow and Cut Chemist saints of the sampler -- capital F Funky drums all over the track, plus a nice vocal sample from... read more

Beat Junkie J Rocc and Lessons maestro Steinski create a couple of massive block party mega mixes -- made up entirely of music from the Third Unheard compilation of lost first school Connecticut hip hop! Steinski's "Ain't No Thing (Steinski Messin' Around)" rocks the A-side -- a... read more

A double single freaturing work from J Sands & The Third. "Place To Be (Saturday Night)" is J Sands feat Rashad. "Nifty Q" is J Sands feat Yu. The flip side has "Clouds" by The Third and one more track by J Sands, "PSA II".... read more

Jay Dee kicks a hard, furious street bumper -- and fares just as exceptionally well as he does with mellow soul beats. Is there anything he can't do? Jay Dee for president!... read more

A-side features UGK and production by Timbaland, b-side features Dr. Dre.... read more

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"Guilty Until Proven Innocent" features R Kelly. On "1-900-Hustler" Jay-Z gets help from Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, & Freeway.... read more

B-side features MOP.... read more

Remix of the club favorite, this time featuring Beanie Seigal, Memphis Bleek and DMX, guaranteed to fill the dancefloor. A bit more on the commercial tip, but to our ears, this one features the best of the Ruff Ryders/Swizz sound, and the lyrics are straight -- they never take themselves too... read more

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Early Jigmastas single produced by DJ Spinna, with the same sort of smooth production as "Around the Globe", an almost Tribe Called Quest feel, and at least twice as dope as the later stuff on Tommy Boy.... read more

An oft-quoted, classic old school track from one of rap's pioneering MC's, essential to any hip hop collection, that ought to need no introduction from us. Gets a place in the history books too for the early appearance of Russell Simmons as producer.... read more

The full 16-minute version of Jimmy Spicer's tales of the "Adventures of Super Rhymes" over and early Sugarhill type rhythm section. This one, along with Grandmaster Caz, is supposedly one of the rhymes the Sugarhill Gang bit for "Rapper's Delight." The Maximus Three is a... read more

Jonzun Crew were one of those groups from back when the definition of hip hop was wide enough to include these electro/club tracks with sung vocals.... read more

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Production by the Roots.... read more

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Kenny Dope takes on the Jungle Brothers -- with very funky results! Back in the day, we all thought there was a rock-solid wall between hip hop and house -- except for some mistaken moments on the Chicago scene, where hip hoppers had little outlets for their rhymes. Then along came "I'll... read more

AKA "My Jimmy Weighs A Ton".... read more

With The Notorious B.I.G.... read more

Another dope cut from the J5 that takes the best of the old-old school back-and-forth MC'ing style combined with updated production from DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist. This time, the vocals work together a lot more smoothly -- as the chorus say "Take four MC's and make 'em sound like one."... read more

Another dope cut from the J5 that takes the best of the old-old school back-and-forth MC'ing style combined with updated production from DJ Nu-Mark and Cut Chemist. This time, the vocals work together a lot more smoothly -- as the chorus say "Take four MC's and make 'em sound like one."... read more

An early joint by J5, with their classic sing song rap quoting old school party rhymes and a funky backing track. Should have been an anthem for modern rap, but got lost in the shuffle instead.... read more

Both cuts produced by KRS. "Going Way Back" about oooold old school hip hop, in the late 70's, before anyone was putting out records, and the hip hop pioneers who were no longer performing by the time hip hop records started coming out.... read more

Justis is more than just throwback style boom bap -- timeless headnodder hip hop that ranges from smoothed out and jazzy to more thumping and anthemic -- with focused rhymes by Justis.... read more

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Killah Priest & Nas together on "Gun For Gun".... read more

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The more humorous, lighthearted style of KMD, off the first LP.... read more

Beeping electro with primitive scratching. In a way it sounds dated, but still pretty fresh.... read more

From the heady days when punk, funk, disco and new wave were all mixing it up. Not a world changing single, but one that works nicely in a retro dico-not-disco/Danceteria kind of a set.... read more

On "Fast Life", instead of just alternating verses, Kool G Rap and Nas go back and forth line for line, in an almost old school style, which more than makes up for the standard 'getting cream' lyrics.... read more