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A second volume of nice drum beats for production. Like the first, this one features a spoken intro, then goes into a variety of different beats, each with it's own flavor, ready for you to sample or go to work cutting up. This volume has a couple of especially dope beats, like the "Country... read more

The JBs are back, continuing in their collaborations with producers outside the norm of the hip hop universe. This full length finds them returning to work with Todd Terry, who brought the Native Tongues into the house world so many years ago with "I'll House You", back when he and the J... read more

Instrumentals version of the legendary first album by the third star in the original Native Tongues trinity! Pre the first De La and Tribe LPs, and a hint of all the great stuff that was to come, you know -- jazzy beats, straight butter all the way through! This version also includes an amazing... read more

The second post Mantronik set from the frequently slept on 80s rap genius Just-Ice -- featuring production by none other than KRS-One -- with a few righteous and ruthless tracks that stand up with the best from the earlier classic LPs! The rugged and raw KRS backdrop serves Just-Ice's gruff... read more

Keith Murray's finest moment, introducing the word to his mic skills, the most complex of the Def Squad MC's. Erick Sermon provides the bottom heavy east coast funk style on the beat side. Includes the single that got everyone open on Keith "The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World",... read more

Actually one of the better Wu side projects from 1998, includes "Fake MCs", "Cross My Heart", "Tai Chi", "If You Don't Know" & "Science Project", plus Killah Priest's version of the GZA classic "BIBLE (Basic Instructions Before Leaving... read more

A tight, timeless take on classic hip hop -- featuring the paired up talents of Kista and 45 Prince -- plus guest appearances by Tableek of Maspyke, Sumkid, DJ Format, PEACE, OCB, DJ Bazil & others! Straight up boombap with funk, soul & jazz beats -- and each name gets a half! 16 tracks... read more

The lost second KMD LP finally reissued in full, with a few tracks maintaining the jazzier sound of the first album, but mostly coming a little harder, though still in a classic early '90's hip hop vein. The lost transitional step from the Zevlove X of Mr Hood to the later MF Doom persona. "P... read more

Four tracks (plus four instrumentals) that were recorded around 1993-94 for KMD's second LP, that got them dropped from Elektra. This EP was released on Fondle 'Em before the full length reissue was released. Two cuts have the mellow, jazz-influenced sound like their first amazing LP, and the... read more

A QB landmark. Kool G Rap's finest from the Cold Chillin glory days, with production by Marley Marl at the peak of his early career. With the hits "It's A Demo", "Truly Yours", "Poison", and "Rhymes I Express". Also includes Road To The Riches", "... read more

Kool Keith leaves the spacey sci fi and macabre doc stuff aside for the Tashan Dorssett project -- a modern day in the life of the inner city set -- really much more of a straight up hip hop set from Keith than most of stuff he's spun in the mid-to-late oughties. The production is all by French DJ... read more

Stuttering, thumping and unpredictable beats, bumps, and beeps from the Koushik -- a wild ride on two sides, from sparse atmospherics to full on beathead freak funk! The record features 30 brief untitled "beeps", but what we're loving about it his how approachable and flat out fun it is -... read more

At the time, KRS's best LP in a while, as he moved toward more radio and dancefloor friendy beats (And that's not a bad thing -- at last he's left behind the self-indulgent style of songs like "100 Guns"). No one else could have done a better job of remaking the classic "Heartbeat&qu... read more

KRS first solo lp, with production by Premier and Kid Capri, has him trying to break out of the formula of the last BDP LP. OK, about half the material is forgettable, but the tracks that hit, more than make up for it. With the hits "Outta Here", "I Can't Wake Up", "Black... read more

EP Edition of the And Justus For All Set -- with a couple of tracks that are not on the full length, plus instrumentals! Includes "Black Light Special" produced by 9th Wonder, "Do Ya Thing" and "Stylin" produced by Khrysis, "Can't Stop Us" produced by Young... read more

From way back when Luke might a been a force (outside the porn industry) and before he split with the 2 Live Crew. Recorded soon after his legal battles in Broward County, Florida, a lot of the tracks (and interludes) have a free speech message, but you also get "I Ain't Bullsh-tin' Part... read more

Madlib invades Blue Note! He gets free reign of the catalog for this mix of sampler genius and live band interpretations, too, as/with Ahmad Miller, Yesterdays New Quintet, Malcolm Catto, Medaphoar, and others from the Stones Throw camp. This one's truly a conceptual triumph, if there ever was... read more

A Stones Throw sci-fi masterpiece -- one that was destined for greatness from conception, but we're still pretty well blown away by the final product! MC Doom and beatmaster Madlib couldn't be better suited for a collaboration. As much as we've dug the best of Doom's material of the last couple... read more

A Stones Throw sci-fi masterpiece -- one that was destined for greatness from conception, but we're still pretty well blown away by the final product! Madlib brings nothing but the best sci-fi sound collages, scratches, and titanically driving funky beats -- the grooved out 70s side of 'Lib's... read more

Delicious Vinyl gone G Funk! Masta Ace's second solo helmed album may not be the most topically innovative thing you'll find on the lyrical side, but the low ridin' gangsta thing rarely ever sounded sweeter than it does on these sides! A very worthy release that gets lost in the shuffle of high... 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 Warfare"... read more

Tasty grooves in the Stones Throw tradition! The set's got all the best feel of recent Stones Throw instrumental work -- kind of a stripped-down take on 70s funky jazz styles, especially those of CTI. Joe McDuphrey plays some monster keys on the set -- jamming in a mellow way over laidback bass,... read more

The first full length from MF Doom -- busting out the future of underground hip hop -- capping off the 90s with a record with more jazzy soul in the beats, and some semblance of straightforward, if busy rhyme mastery from Doom & his guests -- taken to the outer limits! What really pushes this... read more

9 tracks in all, including "DO You Want To Party", "For Ever Stand By Me", "Get Off Miami Boyz", "Love Signs", "Miami Boyz Ready To Go", "Bug Out", "Let's Get Down", "Get Stupid" and "Who's Running Things".... read more

The second LP. Includes "Nothin Move But The Money", "Vendetta", "Survival", "Life N Lessons", "For Tha Family", "Street Life", "Be Like Mic", "Unstoppable", "Single Life", "Things Ain't What They Used... read more

Mos Def brings a veering diversity to New Danger -- his first album in five years -- a record that hits on tried-and-true Rawkus flavored beats and rhyme schemes, slow-rolling, smoked out soul & blues, and Quickness era Bad Brains-esque arena rock! Of course our favorite cuts are the straight... read more

14 tracks in all: "The Cross", ""Made You Look", "Hey Nas", "Thugz Mansion (NY)", "Revolutionary Warfare", "Get Down", "The Last Real N***** Alive", "Zone Out", "I Can", "Book Of Rhymes", "M... read more

The second LP, not as dope as Illmatic, but how could anyone hope to live up to those expectations? Nas is leaning a little too heavily on the Trakmasterz here, though they do come up with some nice beats, even if they are a bit on the commercial side. Dr Dre and Premier contribute a couple of... read more

15 tracks including "Stillmatic", "Got Ur Self A...", "2nd Childhood", "One Mic", "You're Da Man", "The Flyest" featuring AZ, "Rule" featuring Amerie, "Ether", "What Goes Around", "Every Ghetto",... read more

Beats by LES, Chucky Thompson and Salaam Remi. Rhymes by Nas. Lots of rhymes by Nas. Almost more Nas than anyone needs in one place. Appearances by Olu Dara, Kelis, Scarlett, Ludacris, Doug E Fresh, Busta Rhymes, Maxwell, Quan, Keon Bryce, and Emily. Titles include "Nazareth Savage",... read more

Beatmaker Newman of Giant Panda teams up with MC Shawn Jackson for New Jack Hustle -- from laidback, hazed out hip hop, to some bigger, more soulful and uplifting beats & rhymes, to straight up funky boom bap. Tres Records rarely steers us wrong, and this another strong set for the label -- as... read more

NWA may have been on it's last leg by the time of this ep, but tracks like "100 Miles And Runnin", "Just Don't Bite It", "Sa Prize Pt 2", and "Kamurshol" still sound pretty great.... read more

One of the last dope releases from the Wild Pitch glory days, and an essential piece of early 90s hip hop from the Diggin' In The Crates crew. Nice, smooth production from Buckwild with lyrics to match, and a couple tracks produced by Lord Finesse and Organized Konfusion. With three tracks that... read more

The long-awaited debut from Oh No -- featuring production by ON, his brother Madlib and J Dilla, with cuts by DJ Romes! The groove hops depending on the producer, but it's a strong record all the way through -- Oh No's self-productions hold up nicely with the above-mentioned underground A-listers.... read more

A fresh batch of warm, wonderful hip hop from producer/MC Ohmega Watts -- a block rockin' set that couldn't be more welcome in these days of morose contemporary hip hop! If there's any justice in the world, Find will catapult the Ohmega Watts name into the upper echelon of respected contemporaries... read more

A huge creative leap forward from the debut Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik, with crazy free flowing, intelligent rhymes and soulful outer space grooves that still manage to stay grounded enough to aptly reflect the darker realities of the ATL. Most tracks have a laid back southern fried groove,... read more

A wicked blend of hip hop and soul from Output -- a group put together by Davy DMX to showcase the warm soul vocals of Jerome Prister! Tuff City's issued other work by Prister in the past, but this collection features a handful of rare single tracks, plus some previously unreleased live numbers --... read more

Bassy beats, synth blasts, and splintering bedroom funk atmospherics from James Pants -- a batch of instrumentals for Stones Throw! There's more if a minimalist electro funk style to these cuts than the wildly eclectic sounds on his wildly eclectic Welcome -- but it's certainly recognizable as the... read more

No credits on this producer/DJ tool LP from Paris, and the tracks aren't really badned or titled, just numbered "Tracks 1-52" and "Tracks 53-85".... read more

Remastered reissue of Peanut Butter Wolf's debut, originally recorded as tracks for a Hollywood Basic LP with his MC partner Charizma back in the early 90s, and then released in 1994 -- dope instrumental tracks include "Summer's End", "Dopestyle", "Gold Diggin", "S... read more

Dope underground hip hop from People Under The Stairs -- their lucky seventh album -- still working as one of the finest neo classic hip hop crews in the game, and one of our favorite hip hop duos since the blueprint era! Thes One and Double K bring their A-games each time out, and this return... read more

The second album by So Cal's great PUTS. "Crazy Love", "Youth Explosion", "Suite For The Creeper", "Sterns To Western", "Code Check", "Blowin' Wax", "Stoned Youth Truth", "King Kuff", "Stay Home" and the rest.... read more

8 instrumentals from PUTS: "Live At The Fishbucket (Part 1)", "4 Everybody", "San Francisco Knights", "Afternoon Connection", "Blowin Wax", "Yehaw Partystyles", "E Business" and "We'll Be There".... read more

The legendary Percee P -- who's been a pivotal figure in the hip hop underground since the end of the 80s -- on Stones Throw and produced by Madlib for his first ever official LP! P's presence is inimitable as ever, with Madlib providing beats that are as straight up hip hop as anything he's done... read more

The legendary Percee P -- who's been a pivotal figure in the hip hop underground since the end of the 80s -- on Stones Throw and produced by Madlib for his first ever official LP! P's presence is inimitable as ever, with Madlib providing beats that are as straight up hip hop as anything he's done... read more

A mad bit of funk from the great Pete Rock! Pete's easily one of the best hip hop producers of the past decade -- and this album's a sublime batch of instrumental tracks that focuses on his talent for remaking an older groove. The set's one of the first on BBE's groundbreaking Beat Generation... read more

The funky LA combo Connie Price & The Keystones take a deeper step into the hip hop realm for their full length Ubiquity debut -- killing it with a tight funky backdrop from MCs Percee P, Ohmega Watts, Wildchild and others -- with a diverse sound blending deep funk, jazzy soul, reggae and even... read more

Their massive second album, and the one with the mindkillin' tracks that shot Public Enemy from an imposing threat to cultural force! There's little we can add to the pantheon in regard to this album. Just know that it's as essential as any album of the era! "Bring The Noise", "Do... read more

Great stuff from Chi stalwart Pugs Atomz -- assembled as a stellar 9 song sampler -- which finally offers some of Pugslee's best tracks on vinyl! Pugs is an unstoppable force in Chicago underground hip hop -- as a fine MC and with his WHPK radio gig. If you're uninitiated, this EP (mini LP,... read more

A damn good record by Q-Tip -- his first official album of the new millenium (not counting the unfairly mooted Kamaal The Abstract) -- featuring both spacey keyboard grooves and some Native Tongues style boom bap! Q-Tip really does kind of pick up where he could have left off years ago, and it's a... read more

Q-Tip's legendary unreleased jazz funk flavored Kamaal The Abstract album -- a wonderful record that should have come out in 2002 (!!!) -- but in yet another tribute to Q-Tip's genius, it sounds just as great all these years later! We remember well, hearing snippets of Kamaal The Abstract on a... read more

Queen Latifah's second album -- still very much in the prime of her early hip hop career! Latifah's got some great help here -- and is working with beats by the 45 King, Naughty By Nature, K Cut of Main Source, and an incorrectly credited Louie Vega -- all of whom bring some sharper edges to the... read more

Here it is after an arduous, nearly decade long wait -- Rakim's epically long in the making Seventh Seal -- released on his own label after the much discussed departure from Dr Dre! Rakim's authority and gravity on the mic is still second to none, and Seventh Seal's best tracks stark and... read more

It seems like in the mid 90s underground hip hop tended to focus on the 12-inch single, which is fine with us (and that's how hip hip started out anyway.) And few MC's, underground or otherwise, are able to maintain the level of energy throughout a double LP. But Rasco does it, with a few guest... read more

The Horror of early aughties RJD2 -- when he had really hit his creative stride on Def Jux -- stellar stuff from one of the most exciting underground hip hop figures of the decade. Includes the great single "The Horror" plus a host of b-sides, outtakes, remixes, & exclusives tracks... read more

The first, independent, Roots LP with so many classics that never made it to their later import and major label releases. What more can we say... Tracks include "The Roots Is Comin", "Pass The Popcorn", "The Anti-Circle", "Writers Block", "Good... read more

This electric four-piece lineup delivers a new independent Chicago sound; from sexed-up, sugary sweet hits and intense dark epics, to bangin' live hip-hop beats (featuring Qwel of Typical Cats on two tracks). Their sound, led by producer DJ White Lightning on the boards and low end, is driven by... read more

A bit past their prime, but still with enough redeeming moments to make it worthwhile to you even if you're not a completist or hip hop historian, like "Sucker DJ's", "What's It All About", "Back From Hell" and "Livin In The City".... read more

Samurai hip hop funk from the RZA -- in his comfort zone with this second volume of soundtrack work for and inspired by the animated Afro Samurai series and video game! This is the kind of thing you'd think the legendary Wu Tang founder and sonic architect could spin in his sleep, but the truth is... read more

Cosmic hip hop soul from Om'Mas Keith, Shafiq Husayn & Taz Arnold -- a long awaited proper full length from the Sa-Ra Creative Partners -- and an excellent one! Sa-Ra's signature spacey funk & beatcraft, hypnotic and boundless grooves have been critical behind the scenes for some of their... read more

Big Snoop is back for some Ego Trippin' -- with the instant classic single "Sexual Eruption" -- plus "Press Play", "SD Is Out", "Gangsta Like Me", Neva Have 2 Worry", "Cool", "Sets Up", "My Medicine", "Ridin' In My... read more

The G-funk classic, remastered and repackaged in a 2LP set. Tracks include "Bathtub", "G Funk Intro", "Gin And Juice", "Tha Shiznit", "Lodi Dodi", "Murder Was The Case", "Serial Killa", "Who Am I? (What's My Name)",... read more

Blearly eyed hip hop beatcraft from Suff Daddy -- beats, samples, synth & keys -- lacing boombap, jazz and spacier bits -- coming straight of of Berlin! Suff has a keen ear for the best 90s hip hop styles, put his own unpredictable spin on the aesthetic. There's usually an underlying layer of... read more

One of their later LPs, with the cuts "Space Race", "Real Funky", "Troy", "Girls", "Fast Lane", and "Kick It Live".... read more

The second LP by Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rudd, this time without the benefit of Paul C, though still a decent effort, in the vein of other early 90s Wild Pitch albums. More of an EP, with only 8 tracks: 'What Do You Know (radio)", "This Dub's For You (radio)", "Life Of... read more

The full length from the Miami Bass duo, with 13 tracks total, including their huge hit "Whoomp! (There It Is)", "Free Style", "Get Nasty", "Bobyahead", "Drop Dem", and "Kick Da Flow".... read more

The dynamic duo of Talib Kweli & Madlib making jazzy & funky, stripped down, beautiful hip hop together -- originally released as a surprise free download on Stones Throw's website -- now on LP on Kweli's Blacksmith label! Liberation finds Talib rocking his precise, thoughtful, and often... read more

DJ Paul, Juicy J & affiliates Three 6 Mafia LP for '08! Titles include "I Told 'Em", "Trap Boom", "Playstation", "I Got" feat Pimp C & Project Pat, "I'd Rather" feat Unk, 'That's Right" feat Akon, "Corner Man", "Hood... read more

Probably the heaviest TI LP yet -- with production by Just Blaze, DJ Toomp, Kanye and Drumma Boy -- plus guest appearances by the biggest names in the game. Tracks include "I'm Illy" "Ready For Whatever", "On Top Of The World", feat Ludacris and BOB, "No Matter... read more

Solid, soulful duo hip hop from Retro & Suhns, aka The Tones! The have a classic schooled sound, with beats by Retro that range from the soul beats and keys backed sound that feels a bit more east coast or midwest than the Tones native Bay Area -- and it's just straight up good stuff. ... read more

The last of the classic from the initial years of the Ultramagnetic MCs. The lyrics are still in the abstract style the Ultramags are famous for, but this time they're a little less manic -- despite Kool Keith dropping his trademark madness. Ced Gee's production is still up to par to say the... read more

Another Full Force production. 8 tracks: "We Work Hard", "Just Watch", "Kangol & Doc", "The House Will Rock", "Pick Up The Pace", "Where Did You Go?", "Bad Luck Barry" and "Split Personality".... read more

The Bling 47 camp brings the heat with the War LP -- featuring standout Detroit beats by Waajeed -- and appearances by Bling 47 compatriots and confidants J Dilla, Tiombe Lockhart and Platinum Pied Pipers! War brings a more pronounced, proper hip hop feel than Waajeed's work with Platinum Pied... read more

Pretty sharp stuff from Wale -- the Interscope debut after some pretty hot underground attention -- doing his thing with smarts and quality flow over a varied backdrop of production! Wale has a reputation for bring some influences of DC's go-go sound to the table, and for this major debut,... read more

The classic Dirt Style offering from D-Styles.... read more

Whodini's third LP, and probably their last good one. A little less of the electro production but still some nice cuts including the big beat production on "Funky Beat", the goofy "I'm A Ho" and the mellow hit "One Love".... read more

The deepest jazz funk material Madlib has ever laid down -- possibly the best album yet from Yesterday's New Quintet -- featuring turns at freewheeling avant funk, electro jazz groove, furious sound library styles, a few chill moments, and a boundless sound overall! Yesterday's Universe features... read more

The confluence of dynamite dancehall reggae with strains of hip hop -- from the Big Apple to Jamaica -- blazing material from the compilation kingpins at Soul Jazz UK! 100% Dynamite NYC does a great job of bringing together material from the late 80s and the 90s that bridged the worlds of boom bap... read more

The confluence of dynamite dancehall reggae with strains of hip hop -- from the Big Apple to Jamaica -- blazing material from the compilation kingpins at Soul Jazz UK! 100% Dynamite NYC does a great job of bringing together material from the late 80s and the 90s that bridged the worlds of boom bap... read more

Embedded got things rolling with this mix set, featuring the cream of the indie hop scene. These tracks were put together from old mix tapes that got the label started two and a half years ago, reformulated, redone, and rejuvenated. Tracks include "Trippin Dominos" by Vastaire... read more

Most tracks are Alex & The City Crew tracks (break music & instructional rap), but side one has Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, "Wheels Of Steel", and some nice electro tracks. Cover gives some glossary terms, "DOG- verb- to over use, spoil through excess. Ex: 'He... read more

Includes Snoop's "Gin & Juice", "Lodi Dodi" & "Doggy Dogg World", Dre's "Let Me Ride", "Nuthin But A G Thang", & "Keep Their Heads Ringin", and Rage's "Afro Puffs" and all the rest of the G-funk hits.... read more

Def Jux Presents -- diverse underground hip hop par excellence -- for the this fourth edition that gives a taste of the skills of its roster -- including the Def Jux all star crew Weathermen, Cage, Mr Lif, Yak Ballz, Camu Tao, Rob Sonic, El-P and others. Titles include "Reports Of A Possible... read more

Red Alert pulles together a compilation of some of the classic longer runnng battles on wax, with little interview bits in between from some of the artists involved. It starts out with a few bits of the Roxanne saga, with UTFO's original "Roxanne, Roxanne", Roxanne Shante's "Roxanne'... read more

Featuring "Jam On It" by Newcleus, "Clock On The Wall" by Double Vision, "Magic's Wand" by Whodini, "You're the One For Me" by D Train, "Electric Kingdom" by Twilight 22, "White Lines" by Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel, "Play That... read more

Block rockin' beats and ray gun funk -- the debut in the pivotal 80s Electro series! Electro 1 features classics by Newcleus, West Street Mob, C-Bank and more -- really genre defining material, a straight up, unfussy presentation on 2 sides of wax. Part encapsulation of the of the future looking... read more

One of the brilliant -- and long out of print -- Streetside UK collections of early 80s electro from the US, compilations that almost helped define the genre more than records coming out in the US at the time! Most of the tunes need no introduction -- and it's a fresh reminder of some of the best... read more

The third entry in the 80s era future funky street sounds, then freshly titled Electro -- quintessential grooves from Newcleus, Divine Sounds, Boogie Boys, Davy DMX, Fresh 3 MCs, and Imperial Brothers. Electro 3 has some of the linchpins of the broad genre -- fresh, sparkling, pulsating number... read more

The sound of the future -- circa 1984 -- served up in this great volume in the legendary Electro series from Streetsounds UK! Although an import series, the Electro collection almost did more to help define the sound of 80s electro than any albums coming out in the US -- as it brought together... read more

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

A fantastic tribute to the Fly Girls of hip hop -- a filler free collection of some of the funkiest female fronted singles of the 80s -- included a few genesis cuts from the 70s and a couple of important 90s numbers -- blueprint rap from JJ Fad, Sweet Tee, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Bahamadia, Sparky... read more

A fantastic tribute to the Fly Girls of hip hop -- a filler free collection of some of the funkiest female fronted singles of the 80s -- included a few genesis cuts from the 70s and a couple of important 90s numbers -- blueprint rap from JJ Fad, Sweet Tee, MC Lyte, Queen Latifah, Bahamadia, Sparky... read more

Features "Wordplay" by Bahamadia, "Come Clean" by Jeru, "Do What Pays Ya" by Big Shug, "Life" by MOP, Guru, and Stikken Moov, "So Called Friends" by Group Home, "Momentum" by Guru & Big Shug, "Who's The Truest" by True Master... read more

Nice collection of a lot of the early singles on the Eastern Conference label that are long out of print, plus some new material. Includes High & Mighty - "B-Boy Document" (the original version, not on the High & Mighty LP), "Hands On Experience" (the better, part 1... read more

Previously unreleased funky old school hip hop and disco breaks -- and you don't stop, keep on body rockin' to Live Convention 79 -- live material from the Jamaica Queens Armory! Live Convention 79 features audio captured from the soundboard of this benchmark era throwdown, with 13 unlisted tracks... read more

Instrumental versions of tracks from Lyricist Lounge Vol 2, featuring beats by Premier, The Alchemist, Hi-Tek, Ayatollah, Erick Sermon, Mighty Mi, Jay Dee, Scott Storch, Rockwilder, and DJ Roddy Rod, 15 tracks in all, including "Let's Grow", "Ms Fat Booty 2", "Sharp... read more

Tommy Boy collected a bunch of producers and musicians for this collection of 8 quality breakin/b-boy tracks that aren't available on any other LP or single. The tracks are complete 4 to 5 minute instrumental 'songs' not just a series of loops. With "Yeah Right!" and "Sweet... read more

12 tracks in all: Run DMC "Walk This Way" & "Together Forever", Sweet Tee & Jazzy Joyce "It's My Beat", Word of Mouth feat. DJ Cheese "Coast to Coast", Eric B & Rakim "Eric B is President", Dana Dane "Delancey Street", Spyder D... read more

Production by Bobby Konders, Salaam Remi and Philip Burrell. 11 tracks in all, counting the intro, including "Ghetto Red Hot" by Supercat, "Boom Wa Dis" by Burro Banton, "Dem A Fight" by Red Foxx, "Mattress Jockey" by Shaggy, "Bop Scuchie" by... read more

Benchmark female fronted hip hop -- the iconic Roxanne response rap classics on Nia -- essentially the ongoing battle Roxanne Shante between and Sparky D. and that thundering Marley Marl beatcraft! Although the female duel is the focus of the on mic activity, the whole thing is a remarkable... read more