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Produced by Spyder D, with some nice heavy beats, and an overall approach that's somewhere between the hard Queens sound of Run DMC and electro-ish UTFO/Whodini sound.... read more

Spyder-D gets busy old school style, with "wave your hands in the air" style rhymes over a bouncing roller disco track on this great early single from the dawn of the rap age.... read more

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After a long wait - the return of the SD50s, featuring Del, Sadat X, Casual & the Missin Linx.... read more

Beats by DJ Fashion and Professor Q. Rhymes by Fat Joe, Dion Broad, Grand Puba, RMR and Chill Will.... read more

Since we couldn't put it any better, here's a quote from Frankie Knuckles off of discogs -- "For the first 6 months of my arrival to the U.K. back in the later months of 1989, this was my most treasured track, the one people would remember me for. The vocal "Let The Bass Kick"... read more

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Super rare test press of the classic groover from the Sugarhill Gang -- one based around the excellent "Daisy Lady" sample from 7th Wonder! The track makes great use of the original's brassy horns -- inflecting a bright, almost Latiny finish on the tune -- all to set the stage for some... read more

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"Get You Mad" is with Eminem, during the dope in-between stage in his career just before he blew up commercially, and "Ego Trippin 99" features Kool Keith & Motion Man reprising their Masters Of Illusion duo. Featuring DJ Revolution on the cuts, too.... read more

Sweet Tee has resurfaced over the years with the Poison Posse and with the Deadly Venoms, but her first singles for Profile are still our favorites.... read more

Later recording by T La Rock, this time with Todd Terry, who actually does some nice hip hop production, not the house sound he later became famous for. The vocal style is just about as nice as T La Rock's singles with Mantronix. On "Flow With The New Style", Todd Terry's style is... read more

With production by A Kid Named Miles.... read more

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Featuring Project Pat on the a-side and the Hot Boyz, Juvenile, BG and the Big Tymers on the flip, as you might expect, with Manny Fresh joining Juicy J and DJ Paul on production.... read more

"So Amazing" produced by DJ Premier. "Low IQ" is produced by and featrues Evidence.... read more

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A lost bit of underground Chicago hip hop. Produced by the Rubberoom's Isle of Weight, it has a similar disonant, if less 'heavy' feel than the Rubberoom singles.... read more

Classic Prince Paul and Sam Sever production off the first 3rd Bass LP, along with some CJ Mackintosh remixes.... read more

Featuring Chamillionaire.... read more

With KRS-One.... read more

An odd collaboration between Afrika Bambaataa and John Lydon that was sort of club hit at the time, but we're not sure what to make of it these days. Dense production by Bill Laswell with his standard heavy beats, guitar and synth lines. The vocal version has Bambaataa and Lydon predicting the end... read more

Three nice ones from the always-dope Tommy Tee. "What's Your Name?" features Nice & Smooth, with their best cut in a while, almost reminding us of the classics on their first lp. "Lethal Dosage" features Souls Of Mischief. "Above Da Law" features Ruck, 8-Off/Agal... read more

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The full 10-minute, 12-inch only, follow up to Too Short's "Freaky Tales". If you own only one Too Short single, this is the one.... read more

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Bonus mix features beats by Lord Finesse.... read more

"Hot Sex" is a little harder than your usual Quest track, similar production to "Scenario".... read more

You could call this electro, but truth is, it's classic early Freestyle, but with a nice midtempo feel rather than the high energy vibe that would later become a cliché of the style.... read more

Cosmic grooves from Vienna's Trishes -- doing a pretty sweet job of blending hip hop beatcraft with more of a spacey soul sheen! "Sign" features rhymes by Cincinatti's Piakhan and plus vocalist Cesar Champion, who also contributes some keys -- a nice little dancefloor hip hop soul tune... read more

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More vocoder, synth and Linn drum fun from the folks who brought you "Electric Kingdom".... read more

Not as electro as their other cuts, really more of an 80s groove vocal cut.... read more

The original California version of the 2 Live Crew, pre-Luke with Fresh Kid Ice, Amazing Vee and Treach DJ Mr Mixx. With, believe it or not, Christian lyrics on the a-side, and as you'd expect, some nice 808 type beats, a definite pre-cursor to the Miami sound.... read more

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Guest spots by Kool Ace, Too Short, Smitty and Sonji.... read more

B-side by E-40 and B-Legit, with Pimp C and Bun B of UGK. Both tracks taken from "The Corruptor" soundtrack.... read more

Classic track from the "Critical Beatdown" with verses from Kool Keith and Ced Gee. Plus remixes and bonus beats, courtesy Paul C. As an added bonus of sorts, the remix version features additional lyrics, including the now legendary "smack my bitch up" line.... read more

Two tracks off the "Four Horsemen", plus remixes. "The Saga of Dandy, The Devil & Day" is Ultramagnetics ode to the stars of Negro League Baseball. On "Raise It Up" Kool Keith and Ced Gee return to the abstract vocal style of "Critical Beatdown", with... read more

First school hip hop and 80s electro from Uncle Jamm's Army on Freak Beat!... read more

A chunky groover from Unforscene -- one of the standout tracks from their Fingers & Thumbs album! "Let It Ride" has vamping keyboards in the rhythms, and these scatter-shot lyrics that are rapped quite quickly -- almost more in a jazz poetry way, ala Galliano, than hip hop --... read more

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The beat is definitely Vicki's -- even though the groove reminds us a fair bit of the Evelyn Champagne King song "I'm In Love"! But we can hardly complain about any sort of copycat soul -- because Vicki's tune is plenty darn great too -- lots of great 80s groove keyboards under the... read more

On "Love (Hip Hop)", Visionaries take the dark, atmospheric track from the "Wild Style" soundtrack for their ode to all the elements of hip hop, with results just about as dope as Ramelzee's original version. "Blessings" is a non-lp track making good use of an old... read more

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Why waste your time with techno artists slumming as "electro revivalists" when you can have the real thing? Bouncing 808 & 909 with all the synthesized handclaps you could ever want. Pull out the linoleum and get to work.... read more

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The full 7:30 version of this anti-gang posse cut. Sort of a West Coast version of "Stop The Violence", with vocals by Eazy E, Ren, Dr. Dre, Digital Underground, Body and Soul, Tone Loc, Ice T, King Tee, Young MC, JJ Fad, Michel'le, Above the Law, and others. All over a nice funky bass... read more

Ahh the days of shell toes and fat laces. One of those timeless singles from the glory days of New York hip hop, two nice electro tinged rap numbers back to back on one single!... read more

Part of the Jive Beat Trax series. Instrumental electro tracks -- imagine the Soul Sonic Force from the early 80's doing electro tracks with a spaghetti western soundtrack feel and you've got "Gunsmoke Breakout."... read more

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Probably the most played track from the first LP. Only Wu-Tang could take a late 60's Stax single and make it sound that bleak.... read more

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Their first single, with the original versons of "Tears" and "Protect Ya Neck". If any single was to determine the direction of hip hop in the 90s and beyond, this has to be at the top of the list. Grab this up and pretend like you bought it off one of the Clan members peddlin'... read more

First single from the 36 Chambers LP, this is the less common of the 2 that were released by RCA.... read more

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A few mixes of Xrabit & DMGs "Damaged Goods" -- a blend of throwback reverence with future funk beats! The trio of London based beatmaker Xrabit and Texas raised MCs Trak Bully and Coool Dundee bring different backgrounds to a vibe that's Big Dada all the way. Includes the main... read more

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Tripped out, hazy hip hop funk production from French DJ/producer Yann Kesz -- featuring rhymes by LA underground mainstay LMNO! "Never Stop" features LMNO and his a nice, absract beat under LMNO's clearly spat rhymes. "Too Strong" has Kev Brown and carries a slightly kicked... read more

A wonderful tribute to the genius of the late Weldon Irvine -- one of the greatest keyboard players in jazz funk history, and a masterfully cosmic talent who's touched our life for years! Weldon tragically took his own life in 2002, stunning any of us who'd met him, and who'd been touched by his... read more

A wonderful tribute to the genius of the late Weldon Irvine -- one of the greatest keyboard players in jazz funk history, and a masterfully cosmic talent who's touched our life for years! Weldon tragically took his own life in 2002, stunning any of us who'd met him, and who'd been touched by his... read more

The mid 90s ode to Christmas from Death Row Records -- with a little bit of gangsta and g funk holiday hip hop from Tha Dogg Pound, plus street soul from Danny Boy and Nate Dogg. The cover art is later Death Row personified, and leads you to think this is going the be an ominous West Coast gangsta... read more

Promo radio sampler from the High School high soundtrack, with clean versions of a few nicer cuts off the LP. Includes the Large Professor/Pete Rock collabo "The Rap World", KRS-One's "High School Rock", "Semi-Automatic Full Rap Metal Jacket" by Inspectah Deck, U-God,... read more

An early megamix record, with :Cry Like A Wolf" by RJ's Latest Arrival, "The Roof Is On Fire" by Rock Master Scott & The Dynamic Three, "Shackles" by RJ's Latest Arrival, "What People Do For Money" by Divine Sounds, "Girls" by the Egyptian Lover and... read more