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Lots of crispness in the beats here -- especially on "Time In Between" -- which mixes a spacey vocal bit with slow-stepping beats that have a nice old record sort of crackle! "Nightlight" has these weird stretched-out handclaps over UFO-like pulses -- very cool stuff, and... read more

Producer, studio player and all around funky beatcraft maven for the Truth & Soul crew Quincy Bright returns with his second 7-inch EP -- My Ghetto Looked Like This Volume II -- kind of an epic scale suite of cracking beatcraft scaled down to small piece of vinyl! Quincy has a way of injecting... read more

Chikaramanga on beats and Big Tone on rhyme! The track has a soul jazzy brass sample accented backdrop, and a beat that's heavy on the bottom and shaking on top -- with fresh rhymes from Big Tone. Tres Records continues to produce top notch, upbeat underground hip hop!... read more

Dudley Perkins returns as Declaime -- produced by Madlib, to boot! Heavy bass bouncing, hazy, supremely funky hip hop from Declaime -- make no mistakes, we love us some off kilter funky Dudley Perkins, but we love the smoked out hip hop, too, and we're glad he's keeping it coming.... read more

A very promising single from Diverse -- who gave us one of the best Chicago hip hop LPs of the oughties back with 2003's One AM -- and not much else between then and this killer single on Chocolate Industries! "Escape Earth (The Moon)" fits in perfectly with his established game plan --... read more

Bumping minimalist beats from DJ Spinna -- the debut single on the Cult 45 label, formerally Female Fun! "Ill Kudana" has a funky electro feel to it, with a big bouncy synthy sound over the beat. The flip track "Abyzmal" is takes a much different approach -- building some... read more

A stellar single from the Chi underground -- featuring rhymes and hypnotic, murky funk boom bap beats by Gilead7 -- and guests include the always fresh Thaione Davis, Nizm, and GQ The Teacha. "Moverz & Shakas" is totally killer -- with funky production that's both raw and ambient,... read more

Kid Millions blends old school steeped rap and cosmic 80s funk and J Todd takes a more minimalist, but no less funky approach on the flip. "Victim To The Beat" has a really full sound, with lots of synthy funk and a heavy bass groove, with an insistent melody that would sound just as... read more

Reportedly the final Lootpack record, though this is actually from the "Madlib Invazion Archives" dating back to '99. Produced by Stones Throw house genius Madlib, with his famous (in our tiny groovy universe anyway) mellow jazzed out touch, and the usual abstract rhymes of Wild Child.... read more

A collection of tracks recorded by Madlib Invazion during the years 1997 to 1999. All cuts are by DJ Romes, and the single features 6 tracks in all -- with performances by Wildchild, Medaphoar, Madlib, and Kazi.... read more

Superstar Quamallah does a better job of describing the vibe with the title of this 7-inch EP -- but it's not a pure throwback, it's got loads of the timeless soul jazz and funky beats, coupled with fresh rhymes. "88 Soul" and "Sh*t" (clean) appear as a prelude to the Invisible... read more

A hip hop favorite gets a really dubby rework -- one that transforms the tune completely, while still keeping the best vocal bits intact -- all thanks to the use of some echoey basslines and bad-walking beats! The tune's got a heavy Kingston flavor, and the flipside follows suit -- with even more... read more

Taggy Matcher does plenty here with the Dr Dre classic -- turning the tune inside out with some dubby beats, and slow-stepping the whole thing along with a really laidback vibe! The flipside offers an even dubbier mix of the main cut -- with lots of echo, and a sound that's almost even better... read more

Dope late 80s hip hop -- and ultra tough to find an original -- from Aaron Dee & De-Unique, and Percy (Percee P) as Top Priority -- and a very early appearance on wax by Percee!... read more

Benchmark cut & paste classics -- DJ hits that hardly cracked the commercial landscape back in the day but became underground hip hop legend as well as influenced a generation of beatmakers -- in a 7 X 7" box set of funky 45s! It includes the turntablist standard bearers by GLOBE &... read more