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This is the Aesop album on MUSH records before he got signed to Def Jux. It is a piece of raw, dark, poetic artistry that describes his hometown of NYC and the trials and tribulations in it beautifully. This album is a little rougher and his lyrical style is just a little more advanced on his... read more

Kind of a forgotten piece of the left coast puzzle, and though we didn't get open on every cut here, we never get tired of the mid 90s classic "Back In The Day", which is featured here in the original and remixed versions. Also includes "Touch The Ceiling", "The Jones"... read more

Another round of funky Ape Breaks from producer Shawn Lee – some of the most solid break tracks we've ever stocked – all nice and simple, with the drums, riffs, fills, and skits laid out in an easy to use way! The BPM's of the tracks are all nice and slow too – 100 bpm or less... read more

This haunting EP brings you more of Atmosphere's signature tortured, playful, catchy songs of relationships and introspection. This EP is a tad bit more polished than their previous efforts, but Slug still harnesses the dark, bitter, nonchalant anger down inside him that spews forth these catchy... read more

Definitely up there with the best of 1997, this 8 track ep starts off with the amazing "Scapegoat", an interesting look at blaming the world, where Slug runs through a list of things that are causing strife in life. "Primer" has hilarious and insightful verses from the... read more

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The game-changing Def Jam classic from the mid 80s – and still possibly the greatest album by the Beastie Boys – even though they'd grow up a whole lot after this! The Beasties later distanced themselves from much of the attitude of this album, and you can't fault the Boys for maturing.... read more

Not quite the Wild Style soundtrack, but still not a bad one, and with a good assortment of popular hip hop cuts. Features tracks like Beastie Boys "She's On It", LL Cool J "I Can't Live Without My Radio", Kurtis Blow "If I Ruled The World" (with the chorus Lauryn... read more

We've always been a fan of the Beatnuts, or later Ghetto Professionals production, but none of their recordings as the Beatnuts are better than this first EP. Includes "Reign of the Tec" (with the Grand Puba sample), "No Equal", "World's Famous", "Psycho Dwarf.&quo... read more

Remixes and new versions of some of the Beatnuts hits, including "Get Funky", "Psycho Dwarf II" featuring Nogoodus, "Props Over Here", and "No Equal" – plus a new track, "Treat$", featuring Rawcotiks, A.L., and Nogoodus.... read more

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Later Kane, with some beats by LG, Easy Mo Bee and one by Primo. Includes "Daddy's Home", "In The PJ's", "Show & Prove", "Lyrical Gymnastics" and 9 more.... read more

Biz's last album for Cold Chillin', before semi-retiring from the scene for a couple of years. As you'd guess from the title, the Biz is smarting a bit from the brouhaha over "Alone Again", but the album's still filled with his typical madness, which to us, is a good thing! 12 tracks in... read more

Biz's second LP from 1989 – what can we tell you about the Biz that you don't already know? As far as we're concerned there's a lot of MC's that could learn a lesson or two from the Biz, and producers too. Good time middle school hip hop, with nice sample based production and a great sense... read more

One of the best debuts in the history of hip hop – and one of the most important albums the genre ever produced! Criminal Minded is landmark for a number of reasons. Among the biggest is, of course, that it was recorded with the late great DJ Scott La Rock – and he was soon to fall... read more

Tracks include "Blackman In Effect", "Ya Know The Rules", "Beef", "House Niggas", "100 Guns", "Ya Strugglin", "Breath Control II", "Edutainment", "The Homeless", "Original Lyrics", "The... read more

Buckshot Shorty w/the Cocoa Brovaz, Heltah Skeltah & the Originoo Gun Clappaz. 9 edited tracks total including "Down By Law", "Watch Your Step", "Illa Noyz", "Blackout", "Rugged Terrain" and "Go For Yours".... 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

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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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

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

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

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

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

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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Em's fourth album hits many of the same notes as its predecessor, signaling a bit of a comfort zone for the former Slim Shady. The beats largely fall on the darker-toned lilt of the now instantly identifiable sound. Tracks include "Just Lose It", "Mosh", "Evil Deeds"... read more

E&A return with a new full length with a few dizzyingly strong cuts – and a slew of others that aren't quite so hot. DJ Abilities lays down some pretty rocking beats. "Reintroducing", "Kept", "Now", "Exausted Love", "Star Destroyer"... read more

Instrumental versions of tracks from First Born – including "A Murder Of Memories", "Big Shots", "Liquid Sovereignty", "Music Music", "Read Wiped In Blue", "Void (Internal Theory)", "Void (External Theory)", "On This... read more

50 brings the leaders of the '07 record sales marathon to Curtis – including Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke and Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls – plus G-Unit standbys Young Buck & Tony Yayo, and his longtime champions Dr Dre & Eminem. Titles include "My... read more

10 tracks, including "Puerto Rico/Black People", "Feel The Vibe", "You & You & You", "Boriquas On Da Set" (original and remix), "The Cypher Pt 3", "Know Da Game" and "Pay Ya Dues", featuring an all start cast of rappers,... read more

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5th volume in this set of production tools, featuring drums solo-ed up, all the way through, with tight rhythms for you to work with. This one's called the "Hard Rock" set, so ithe beats are pretty stripped down, but suprisingly the production doesn't make the drums pop like you might... read more

Tracks include "World Party", "What It Ain't (Ghetto Enuff)" featuring TLC, "Get Rich To This" featuring OutKast's Big Boi, "Just Do It", and "Fie Fie Dish". 14 tracks in all.... read more

Tracks include "World Party", "What It Ain't (Ghetto Enuff)", "Get Rich To This", "Just Do It", and "Fie Fie Delish". 12 tracks in all.... read more

The follow up to Herbie's groundbreaking hit album Future Shock. There's some rehashing of themes here, with the remake of "Rockit" called "Hardrock" here – basically the same number with some heavy guitar added and a few different solos – plus similar numbers that... read more

6 tracks off the LP in edited radio playable versions: "Here We Come", "Letha Brains Blo", "Sean Price", "Soldiers Gone Psyco", "Prowl" & "Grate Unknown".... read more

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Hard to believe how important this soundtrack was, back in the day. One of the first good hip hop soundtracks, and a motherlode of great cuts like "Paid In Full (7 minute Cold Cut remix)" by Eric B & Rakim, "Butcher Shop" by Kool G Rap, "Colors" by Ice T, "Min... read more

Like the back of the cover says "WARNING: The bass in this LP is contaminated by radioactive material!!"! Insanely hyped electro beats meet ridiculously radioactive low end tones with the best tracks being the instrumentals featuring some vocoded vocal bits, which is about half the... read more

For your collection of little kid rap records, though this one's a bit more worthwhile for the Diamond D, Lord Finesse, Biz Markie and Erick Sermon beats. Includes "Head Or Gut", "Crumbsnatcher", "We Getz Buzy" and "Stick 'Em Up".... read more

17 cuts, including the intro. Includes "Show N Prove", "REC Room", "Friction", "Elevation", "Trouble Man", "Word On The Street", "Lovin You", "Grand Prix", "Longevity", & "9th Chamber".... read more

A really strong debut from Iomos Marad of the Family Tree/All Natural family! Fans of J-Live, Talib Kweli, Relativity-era Common and Stakes Is High-era De La Soul should find much to love here. Like the best of other records from the All Natural and Molemen teams, the production style is timeless... read more

"This here is the victory lap," raps Hov midway through The Black Album, as you'll hear loud and clear on these acapellas! We may still have to lean towards Blueprint as his late masterpiece, but this is way up there. "December 4th", "What More Can I Say?", "Enco... read more

Follow up to the classic "The Sun Rises in the East" LP with more genius production from Premier and Jeru taking on everyone from Puffy to ... With "One Day", "Me or the Papes", "The Frustrated Nigga", "Scientifical Madness", "Revenge of the... read more

"Supersonic" later went on to be the huge commercial radio hit – and it's got production by Dr Dre and the Arabian Prince! Other tracks include "Blame It On The Muzick", "In The Mix", "Let's Get Hyped" and "Time Tah Get Stupid".... read more

A great little record – all drumbreaks all the way through! The record is a set of drum-only tracks performed by David Crigger, with the intention of making spare, straight drum tracks available for those that need them. Unlike other records of the type, these tracks are acoustic drums... read more

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Instrumental versions of the Sex Style LP, from yet another of Kool Keith's personalities. With "Don't Crush It", "Sly We Fly", "Plastic World", "Still The Best" and "Keep It Real. . .Represent".... read more

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Includes "Here Comes The Break", "Dopest Verse", "Ph*ck What Ya Hear" & "Check It Out" which has got Tash & King Tee guesting on it. 9 tracks plus a bunch of the obligatory interludes & so forth.... read more

The first release in the Madlib Medicine Show series of releases from the prolific genius that is Madlib – this one a full scale collaboration with no nonsense rapper Guilty Simpson – sort of a prelude to Guilty's OJ Simpson LP with Madlib in the production booth! The set is a pretty... read more

Masta Killa continues to keep the Wu Tang flag flying with pride – with appearances by nearly the whole clique – including Ghostface, Raekwon, RZA, Meth, Deck, U-God and GZA! 16 tracks including "Born Chamber", "Last Drink", "Secret Rivals", "Digi... read more

Tracks include "So Addictive" (intro) featuring Tweet, "Dog In Heat" featuring Redman & Method Man, "One Minute Man" featuring Ludacris, "Lick Shots", "Get Ur Freak On", "Scream" (aka "Itchin'"), Old School Joint", "... read more

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Biggie's second LP, and while the production on some of the tracks features a fair bit of Puff Daddy's gloss, they'll still get your head nodding along to Biggie's incomparable flow. It was definitely hard to follow up Ready To Die, but the best cuts here manage to live up to the promise of his... read more

Dirt Dog's 2nd album is a little more schizophrenic, twisted, and under the influence than his first. It sounds a little more inspired by Rick James and Flavor Flav, as raw dog as a hip hopper can shimmy without getting arrested. Tracks include "Cold Blooded", "Rollin Wit You",... read more

Probably the most hyped hip hop album by rock critics of the last decade – but don't hold that against Stankonia, because these ghetto grooves from planet P-Funk were exactly what the world needed in 2000! The millenium blowout party jam feel throughout is surely a nice change of pace from... read more

The second solo album by The Chef – a record that had hard time finding space outside the massive shadow of his first solo landmark Only Built 4 Cuban Linx – and like other Wu Tang solo albums of the era, there's a number of gems on here that really never had a chance to get over a bar... read more

Chef Raekwon cooks up some marvelous dishes. Ghostface Killer is featured on most tracks. Guests include Nas, Method Man, Inspektah Deck and more from the Wu-Tang Family. As always, impecable production by the RZA. Titles include "Spot Rusherz", "Can It Be All So Simple",... read more

12 tracks in all, including "Housecall", "Telephone Love Deh Pon Mi Mind", "The Jam", "Girls Whine", "Get Up Stand Up & Rock", "Pay Down Pon It", "Ting-A-Ling" and "Roots & Culture". Less slackness on this... read more

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Titles include "Pressure Dem", "Dem A Murderer", "Dance Hall Scenario", "Ya Can't Test Me Again", "Ghetto Gospel", "Born Again Black Man", and "Hey Mr Rude Boy", with Brand Nubian.... read more

13 cuts, counting interludes, includes "Attitudes", "I-N-I","Mushroom Talk", 'Theramixx", "Hi Volume", "Mad MF's", "Sweet Therapy", "Hudz" and "Earthquake".... read more

Tracks include "Glocko Pop" featuring Wu-Tang Clan, "Do U" featuring GZA & Prodical, "Brooklyn Babies" featuring Masta Killa, "La Rhumba" featuring Method Man, Killa Sin & Berretta 9, "Black Widow Pt 2" featuring ODB, "Fools"... read more

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Slick Rick's third LP, as the title suggests released during his time upstate. A short LP, just 11 tracks, but a few dope ones including "Sitting In My Car" with the nice Bobby & James Purify "Puppet" sample, "Cuz It's Wrong" and a remix of "It's A Boy".... read more

The third and last album from Special Ed, not as much of a stand out as his first two, but still a great slice of mid 90s hip hop. Guest spots from Bounty Killer and Nine, beats by Special Ed, Akshun, Mark Sparks and Howie Tee. 14 tracks in all, including "Lyrics", "Neva Go... read more

Steady B's second major label album, but still in the mid 80s Pop Art style, proving you don't need much more than two turntables, a drum machine and a mic to make good hip hop. Okay, maybe some fly Cazals and Fila track suit. 12 tracks in all, including "The Hilltop", "Don't... read more

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All the hits: "Steppin To The A.M.", "Brooklyn Queens", "The Gas Face", "Product Of The Environment", "Words Of Wisdom" and seven more full-length cuts.... read more

Their second album, and though not quite as nice as Original Stylin', still an essential piece of Philly hip hop history. The group's no longer associated with the Hilltop Hustlers, and have adopted a slightly more slick approach to their sound, producing themselves on this effort. Includes "... read more

Timbaland goes straight for the mainstream on this disc full of pop crossover numbers, though his signature percolating beats keep the whole affair bubbling. 17 tracks in all, with more than a few you'll be hearing al over the radio, including "Oh Timbaland", "Give It To Me",... read more

Too Short's third LP on Jive, the last one before he started becoming a parody of himself. A few tracks have the same humor as his first two Jive LPs, and it includes the hit "The Ghetto" using the classic Donny Hathaway melody, and "Ain't Nuthin But A Word To Me" with Ice Cube... read more

Tracks include "Check The Rhime", "Bonita Applebum", "Award Tour", "Can I Kick It?", "Scenario", "Buggin' Out", "If The Papes Come", "Electric Relaxation", "Jazz (We've Got)", "I Left My Wallet In El... read more

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Another nice breaks record from Stones Throw. Ten tracks, all heavy on the drums. Most of the tracks are straight beat tracks, some original, and some from Gang Starr, MC Lyte, T La Rock, etc. A couple tracks have added vocal samples.... read more

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Rob Swift, Total Eclipse & Roc Raida make with a murderous mix set – 60 minutes of the hottest X-ecutioner beats, breaks, and rhymes plus a sampling of some of the best hip hop of the last 10 or so years worth of beats. The X crew seamlessly cut up some of the hottest underground work,... read more

Crossover pop chart hip hop from the tailend of the 80s – the Delicious Vinyl classic Stone Cold Rhymin from Young MC – boisterous, funky good time rap with production by the Dust Brothers and exuberant, fun, uncomplicated, stone cold rhymes from Young MC! Includes the unforgettable... read more

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This sequel to Breakin was pretty bad, with an even more tenuous relationship to hip hop, but the soundtrack was saved from total ruin by George Kranz "Din Daa Daa", that has gone on to be subsequently sampled, and is a pretty fat 80s dance track on its own. The rest of the LP has that... read more

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Number in the excellent Electro series of compilations on the UK Street Sounds imprint, a great batch of prototypical hip hop and beeping electronic funk from the days when this stuff looked like the sound of the future, and for all intents and purposes practically was! Nothing but classic early... read more

With "Monster Jam" by Spoonie G & Sequence, "Freedom" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, "That's the Joint" by Funky 4 + One, "Birthday Party" by Grandmaster Flash, "8th Wonder" by Sugarhill Gang, and the amazing "Adventures of... read more

Street and clean versions of four tracks from Guru's independent label, Ill Kid – including "Total Wreck" by Bahamadiah, "Tres Pound God" by Operation Radification, "Beware" by Stikken Moov, and "Put You On Lockdown" by HL Rock (The Sly Fox), all with... read more

Includes "Funkorama" by Redman, "Beez Like That (Sometimes)" by Jamal & Calif, "It's That Hit" by Keith Murray, "Ferar" by Tommy Gunn "Up Jump The Boogie" by the Wixtons and "Reign" by Erick Sermon. 11 tracks plus 2 interludes.... read more

First volume in this series from WBLS jock Mr Magic. All the big early Profile hits from 1981-84, 12 tracks in all: Word of Mouth "King Kut", with the Profile big beat sound, Disco 4 " We're At The Party", Pebblee-Poo "A Fly Guy" (an answer to the Boogie Boys "Fl... read more

Double LP collection from 1987-88. Public Enemy "Don't Believe The Hype", EPMD "Strictly Business" (club mix), De La Soul "Plug Tunin", Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock "It Takes Two", Kool Moe Dee "Wild Wild West" (extended remix), Salt-N-Pepa "Push... read more

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