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Rhymes by Blaq Poet, beats by DJ Premier! Titles include ""Gittin", Ain't Nuttin Changed", "What's The Deal", "Legendary Pt 1" feat Nick Javas & NYGz. "Hood Crazy", "Voices", "Hate" feat NORE, "SOS", "Let The... read more

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Deluxe version of one of the most important albums in the history of hip hop -- the first full LP from KRS One and Boogie Down Productions, and a landmark batch of tracks recorded with the late Scott La Rock! The track list alone is a full chapter in the hip hop book of legends -- with tunes like... read more

"I'm Still #1" Numero Uno Re-recording features all new lyrics, this time naming who "ain't down with BDP."... read more

Jive classics reissue of 4 great BDP tracks -- now all hard to find on vinyl. "100 Guns" is a bit goofy, but the rest are all pretty great, and "Love's Gonna Get'cha" has an instrumental as well.... read more

The classic Scott La Rock tribute double LP, with "D Nice Rocks The House", "Red Alert (Criminal Minded)", "Doc Mix (Criminal Minded)", "Super Hoe #4", "Advance", "BDP Medley #5", and lots of "Poetry" tracks, numbered 1, 2, 3 etc.... read more

With the hits "We In There", "Duck Down", "The Original Way", "Build And Destroy", "Questions And Answers", "Who Are The Pimps", "Ruff Ruff" (featuring Freddie Foxxx)., "Drug Dealer" (produced by Prince Paul), "13... read more

Two cuts from the Edutainment LP. KRS asks "Who Protects Us From You?" over spare dancehall sythesizers and on "Why Is That" KRS applies his exegesis of the Pentateuch to today's educational system with a dope piano line.... read more

The "Live From The Caucus [sic] Mountains" versions have the same lyrics recorded "live" over the Grandmaster Flash "Birthday Party" beat. "And You Don't Stop" features D-Nice.... read more

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AKA "Recognized Thresholds Of Negative Stress", and the first single off their first LP.... read more

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The 3rd album, and the last one with just Lord Jamar and Sadat X, before the reunion with Puba. The Nube's are handling the production themselves for the most part, with a little help from Buckwild, and the beats are spare and slow, fitting with the seriousness of their vocal delivery on this... read more

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The funky titans are at it again! "Deuces Up, Double Down" is a killer new track from the group -- an original tune written by drummer Miles Tackett, with a heavy scattershot beat at the bottom, and lots of loud, fast, honking horns over the top. The guitar player's licking away at the... read more

Funky madness! This one's exactly what is says -- a live mix, recorded by this hip funky combo, sort of a mixtape of classic funky tunes, all slammed together in one massive performance! Breakestra run through some of the biggest funky 45s of the 60s and 70s, jamming hard in one live to tape... read more

Classic styled funk mastery from Breakestra -- back in the Stones Throw family with this incredible 12-inch single on the Now Again imprint -- and as fiercely gritty and funky as ever! "Lowdown Stank" is a 9+ minute killer that truly sounds like a lost funk treasure. Music Man Miles... 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

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Previously unreleased material and a few brand new tracks from Rhymesayers mainstay Brother Ali -- including a DVD featuring a live homecoming performance from the Undisputed Truth Tour at First Avenue in Minneapolis, videos and more! Tracks in the 2LP set include "Real As Can Be",... read more

Furious, hard hitting Rhymesayers hip hop from Brother Ali -- possibly the most passionate stuff we've heard from him to date -- starting out with a gospel soul style intro and blasting off from there. There's a lot of funk and soul in the beatcraft, which helps the overall vibe cut deeper. This... read more

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Featuring Kool Keith on the title track.... read more

Brothers At Arms features 2pac.... read more

One of their best post-Black Moon singles with both tracks produced by the Beatminerz. "Showdown" features Q-Tip and "Onslaught" features Busta Rhymes.... read more

A wild set of boundlessly spraying lyrics from Busdriver -- who can pack 3 minutes with more wordplay than just about any MC we can think of -- the man is phenomenally talented in this area, which you have to acknowledge whether unfiltered, surrealistic indie hip hop is your cup of tea or not! The... read more

Beats by Jay Dee, Large Pro, Swizz Beatz, Just Blaze and others. Guest rhymes from DMX, Jay Z, Raekwon, Ghostface, MOP, and the Flipmode folks, of course. 22 tracks counting interludes and so forth, including "Why We Die", "The Heist", "Fire", "We Comin'... read more

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Featuring Janet.... read more

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A mix of ominous and darkly comic rhymes from Cage -- and Def Jux trademark aggro electro beats. Titles include "Nothing Left To Say", "Beat Kids", "Dr Strong", "I Found My Mind In Connecticut", "I Lost It In Havertown", "Teenage Hands",... read more

A mix of ominous and darkly comic rhymes from Cage -- and Def Jux trademark aggro electro beats. Titles include "Nothing Left To Say", "Beat Kids", "Dr Strong", "I Found My Mind In Connecticut", "I Lost It In Havertown", "Teenage Hands",... read more

The firey first full length from Cage -- his unbound debut for Eastern Conference. Tracks include "(Down) The Left Hand Path", "Escape To 88", "Teen Age Death", "Too Much", "Agent Orange", "A Suicidal Failure", "The Right Out",... read more

Camp Lo returns for Another Heist -- produced by Ski for the classic Ski Beats vibe! The group moves forward with a bit of the blacksploitation funk vibe, with a raw vibe overall, and solid rhymes from Geechi Suede and Sonny Cheeba. Titles include "Another Heist", "Uptown",... read more

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First solo single from Capital D (of All Natural fame.) On "U Ain't Ready" the sound is harder/denser than his work with All Natural, making good use of a layered distorted guitar loop and lots of vocal samples. Also features guest vocals from Mr Greenweeds. "Que Sera Sera"... read more

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An incredible new project from Carlos Nino -- a hip hop effort, but one that's got the same deeply spiritual vibe as his jazz productions! Lyrics and vocals are by Lil Sci, who appears to be a great companion for Nino on this unique musical journey -- and the music is from Carlos and other members... read more

MC Cerebral Vortex and beatmaker Erik L get it done nicely on the Kitty Kat Kaboodle EP -- with some chunky, electro funk beatcraft -- with guest appearances by Kissey Asplund, Stray & Ezekiel 38. Vortex has a hazy delivery style in the vocals and Erik L pails the beat and the drifting synth... read more

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Long unreleased rap circa '84 from graff legend Chain 3 -- produced by Pumpkin and Great Paso but never released officially until this single on the Dutch Bivak label! Straight up, block rocking old school hip hop. The flip is by the Dutch duo Marshal Blueberry -- and features a guest rhyme by... read more

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The long promised solo debut from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 -- a pretty solid yet, featuring production by J5 co-hort DJ Numark, plus DJ Babu, Vitamin D, Jake One, Emile and more. Chali's instantly recognizable baritone delivery is as resonant as ever, and the beatcraft is appropriately timeless. ... read more

The long promised solo debut from Chali 2na of Jurassic 5 -- a pretty solid yet, featuring production by J5 co-hort DJ Numark, plus DJ Babu, Vitamin D, Jake One, Emile and more. Chali's instantly recognizable baritone delivery is as resonant as ever, and the beatcraft is appropriately timeless. ... read more

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Finally! The long lost Charizma tapes are unearthed and see the light of day! We're real suckers around here for the salad days of the early 90s, before "underground" became a tag line for savvy promoters and music industry folks, and just meant an emcee straight spitting creative... read more

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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

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"Bare Witness" features Guru.... read more

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Single from DJ Chuck Chillout's "Masters of the Rhythm" LP with vocals by Kool Chip.... read more

Another great electro-shocked club grinder from the Neptunes and the Clipse. "I'm Not You" features Jadakiss, Styles P of The Lox & Roscoe P Coldchain.... read more

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By 1984 lots of old school pioneers were falling off but Cold Crush's "Fresh Fly Wild & Bold" was definitely an exception. Unfortunately Tuff City left off the 7 minute scratch-mix version on this reissue, but the original version is still dope 15 years later. The Super Three MC's... read more

Charlie Tate relocated to Oaktown with a head full of jazz, soul and funk -- and soaked up Oaktown and the Bay Area hip hop sound -- and Colossus was born!... read more

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"The 6th Sense" is produced by DJ Premier.... read more

"I rap with the Passion of Christ, Ni**a, cross me!" BE isn't exactly a back-to-basics LP in the vein of his classic work for Relativity -- but it is indeed a return to a focused, genuinely soulful, no BS approach -- and it's a very welcome one at that! It seems like Com was a bit... read more

NuHop? Common newcomers who buy Electric Circus for the single with Mary J Blige are going to be left with some head scratching -- but if you like the spiritual/psychedelic Com that was hinted at on Like Water For Chocolate, this may be the follow up you were waiting for! This is still hip hop --... read more

Common returns with a lean, filler free full length in Finding Forever -- a set that's definitely the thematic follow up to the BE LP -- and a solid one, with highpoints that equal Com's best work of the decade! The set is largely produced by Kanye, with some terse, harder hitting moments, some... read more

3rd LP by the man who put Chicago on the map as a hip hop center. 2 LPs strong, and with a lot of guest appearances by folks like De La Soul, Q-Tip, Chantay Savage, Erykah Badu, and Cee-Lo. No I.D. produced most of this, and a few tracks were done by Doug Infinite. Includes "1 '2 Many"... read more

In 1994 when everyone seemed to be turning hardcore, Common Sense wasn't having it. Introspective tales of growing up and living on the South Side that fit perfectly with No I.D.'s mellow production and spiced up with two guest appearances by Y-Not aka Twilight Tone. Classic LP, solid all the way... read more

In 1994 when everyone seemed to be turning hardcore, Common Sense wasn't having it. Introspective tales of growing up and living on the South Side that fit perfectly with No I.D.'s mellow production and spiced up with two guest appearances by Y-Not aka Twilight Tone. Classic LP, solid all the way... read more

Common's easygoing Universal Mind Control -- a record that by design doesn't cut as deep soulfully and emotionally as the previous couple of LPs -- this one's spun for a slick synth heavy party rocking vibe by the Neptunes! The record was supposed to be called Invincible Summer and was to drop for... read more

One of the best tracks from the Supperrappin' project, this one is available only on this single and isn't on the LP. Good mid-tempo production from Mark the 45 King using a JB's loop. It's good to hear Common doing more freestyle type rhymes here rather than rhyming about any particular topic.... read more

One of our favorites off the first LP, with a remix by the Beatnuts!... read more

Features the amazing non-LP b-side "Can-I-Bust" that's got all the energy of the tracks from the "Soul By The Pound" LP and even better vocals plus a dope, rare, appearance by Twilight Tone aka Y-Not with this three-mansions-and-a-yacht rhyming style. Plus a nice and mellow... read more

Off the first album, with a very different rhyme style than he's come to be known for.... read more

To us, there's too few tracks about the graffitti writing but Complany Flow make up for the deficit with "End To End Burners." With a nice sepia-tone front and back cover by the legendary Phase 2 that is a good graphic representation of the dense, abstract, on-beat/off-beat Co Flo sound.... read more

The original version, issued on Official, not Rawkus. 8 early tracks that set Co Flo apart from just about everyone else, and helped start a landslide of imitators: "Bd Touch Example", 8 Steps", "Vital Nerve", "Silence", "Corners (94)", "Krazy... read more

One of the masterpieces of mid 90s indie hip hop -- the classic Funcrusher Plus from El P & Big Jus -- a record that took an artier, icier and jagged production that would go on the a harbinger for the early Def Jux sound, even though this one was on Rawkus at the time! Includes "Bad... read more

Double 12 helmed by El-P featuring three by Company Flow ("DPA", "Simian D", & "Simple") and two by Cannibal Ox ("Iron Galaxy" & "Straight Off The D.I.C."). You get the last release by Co Flow and the world's introduction to Cannibal Ox in... read more

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We don't know that this one really qualifies as hip hop, as there isn't any rapping on the record, or even any claim to rapping as the back of the sleeve states "DJ monologue by. . .", but it does have a radio DJ tribute over a nice, popping 80s groove.... read more

Classic minded but truly fresh duo hip hop from the Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks, aka the Cool Kids -- billed as an EP, but a pretty generous one at 10 tracks and more than a half hour in length -- a strong hint that these Kids are going to make a huge splash! The Cool Kids produce themselves,... read more

Classic minded but truly fresh duo hip hop from the Chuck Inglish and Mikey Rocks, aka the Cool Kids -- billed as an EP, but a pretty generous one at 10 tracks and more than a half hour in length -- a strong hint that these Kids are going to make a huge splash! The Cool Kids produce themselves,... read more

Solid stuff from the Cool Kids, with vocal, clean and instrumental versions of "Black Mags" and "88".... read more

The first full length effort from Bay Area beats and atmosphere sound sculptor Cosiner -- a warm and often jazzy blend of beats, bass, keys -- from low and rumbling rawness that revolves around the drum and bass, to more of a live sounding hip hop jazz vibe with piano and horns, to more of a DJ... read more

The first full length effort from Bay Area beats and atmosphere sound sculptor Cosiner -- a warm and often jazzy blend of beats, bass, keys -- from low and rumbling rawness that revolves around the drum and bass, to more of a live sounding hip hop jazz vibe with piano and horns, to more of a DJ... read more

Instrumental sound tapestries from Bay Area -- the second in his EP Series of unpredictable, hypnotic material that blends insistent and abstract elements in turns! There's a rawness to Cosiner's craft that we really appreciate, the drums and beats feel gritty and real, and the sounds range from... read more

A bit haunting, but also blissful and material from Cosiner & Capital -- a blend of atmospheric beats and percussion, and guitars -- a nice blend of spacey and organic grooves! Producer Cosiner has a fresh approach to the all around dynamic, with ranges from spooky to soothing, and the guitars... read more

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Boots, E Roc, and Pam the Funkstress bring the hip hop dialectic. From the glory days of revolutionary-Marxist-political rhymes in the early 90's when groups like the Coup and Digable Planets were quoting Mao and Franz Fanon instead of Iceberg Slim or the latest gangster flick. Although it's... read more

The Lovelution presents The Piece Talks from CRAC -- aka Ta'Raach & Blu -- a wild and unpredicatable ride though the eccentric outer edges of the hip hop underground! Piece Talks veers from a spacey pop soul realm at its loosest moments to more of Cali hip hop vibe when the focus is more... read more

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With a clean edited version of the classic remix to "Flava In Ya Ear", featuring added dope verses from Biggie, Busta Rhymes, LL Cool J, and Rampage and starts out with Puffy quoting the "Come out and plaaaayyy" line from "The Warriors" movie.... read more