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Production by Tumblin Dice and Easy Mo Bee.... read more

One of our favorite tracks from the early 80s on Sugar Hill, with a sort of beeping, bouncing good time boogie track and back and forth rhymes from the Crash Crew over top.... read more

Late 90s underground weirdness from Crazy Wisdom Masters, aka the Jungle Brothers and collaborators, heady and tripped out sounds mixed with some more standard funky boom bap, random lyrical fast rap, and splintering, unpredictable beats. Titles include Battle Show", "Ra Ra Kid",... read more

With vocals by Mos Def and Talib Kweli on the a-side and FT on the b-side.... read more

Classic Premier production laced by Chubb Rock, OC, and Jeru The Damaja, from the Clockers soundtrack.... read more

"Wreckgonize" features Black Rob.... read more

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2 of the better tracks from Cut Chemist's Audience's Listening LP -- one an instrumental tapestry of Brazil-influenced moods -- one featuring a duo of underground MCs! "Garden" is built around an Astrud Gilberto sample, but that's just a starting point for some really great production... read more

Funky mad work from Cut Chemist and Madlib -- with a sound that's right off of a classic funky 45, filtered through a South Bronx soundsystem! "6 Variations Of In The Rain" is based around Billy Wooten's famous jazz vibes version of The Dramatics cut "In The Rain" -- and it... read more

A great one, if only for the seminal electro cut "Clear" -- laid down by a young Juan Atkins, with a groove that inspired the Detroit Techno scene in a huge way! The original mix is here, and the Troy Pierce mix isn't bad either -- as stark, dark, and simple as the original!... read more

Maybe this one doesn't have as many hits as their first LP, but the production by Muggs still holds up. With "Throw Your Set In The Air", "No Rest For The Wicked" (their dis to Ice Cube), "Killa Hill" (with production by RZA), "Stricktly Hip Hop", and 11... read more

Produced by Premier, and featuring the talents of Mad Lion, KRS-One, Fat Joe, Jeru The Damaja, Smif N Wessun & Doug E Fresh.... read more

Long before the KRS/Shan battles, D.ST. was claiming "Bronx is the home of hip hop" on this track. It almost has an early Whodini sound, with more MC'ing, vocoder effects, and a live rhythm section than his other dj oriented tracks like "Mega Mix 2."... read more

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His last LP for Profile produced by Herby Luv Bug. 12 cuts in all, including "Dana Dane To It", "A Little Bit Of Dane Tonight" and "Tales FromThe Dane Side".... read more

Pure niceness on this first single from the Voodoo LP, produced by Premier.... read more

With Redman & Method Man.... read more

The fourth and last LP from the bliggety riggety guys. Fourteen tracks counting interludes, with "Raw Breed", "Shine", "Rap Scholar", "Whut Goes Around" and "Make Noize".... read more

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Mindblowing -- and like a dream come true! This is undeniably one of the most important records ever in hip hop -- and now, it's lovingly reissued (on both CD and LP), with a quality level that pushes it over the top! The sound is great, the package is wonderful, and the music sounds even fresher... read more

All hits and almost no misses -- starting with "Oooh", easily the best single of the '00, featuring some nice quotes from classic hip hop tracks ranging from the Funky 4 + 1 to Mos Def, and some of Redman's best verses in a while. De La Soul basically started the whole skits-between-songs... read more

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De La teams up with Common Sense for this track from the "Stakes Is High" LP.... read more

The epic second De La Soul album -- a slightly deeper record than the upbeat 3 Feet High And Rising, but to us it's just as irrefutably classic -- and among the best hip hop full lengths ever! The trio is still working with Prince Paul, so despite the cover image and declaration of the end of the... read more

Two of the best cuts from De La's Stakes Is High LP. The "Stakes Is High" remix, prodced by Jay Dee, is completely different, and just as dope as the LP version and features Mos Def's second appearance on wax and a humorous reference to Crucial Conflict. "Itsoweezee" takes on... read more

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Classic early De La, and the kind of a 12" single that's worth getting for all the different mixes, and for the great "Strictly Dan Stuckie".... read more

12" with 4 great mixes of the title track, plus the sublime "Mack Daddy On The Left" which became the theme song for one of our favorite Chicago hip hop DJs. "Mack Daddy On The Left" is as dope as anything on 3 Feet High & Rising, but was only released as a b-side... read more

Title track from the "Stakes Is High" LP as well as De La's team up with Common Sense, on the flip side.... read more

A nice one from De La circa 1996, where they get "serious". This is the original US promo pressing on one LP with 8 cuts. Contains the classic "The Bizness" with a guest appearance by Common and "Big Brother Beat" with help from Mos Def, plus "Brakes",... read more

Produced by Marley Marl, with him, Sha-B and the Lords Of The Underground on the b-side.... read more

Another hard batch of razor sharp, political street hop from Dead Prez. Tracks include "Paper Paper", "Coming Of Age", "When Mama Cries", "Window To My Soul", "Out In The World", "Red Black & Green", "Afrika", "Hood... read more

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17 edited tracks, including interludes, of new school militant hip hop. Includes "Hip Hop", "They Schools", "Enemy Lines", "Mind Sex", "Propaganda", "You'll Find A Way", "Police State", and many more.... read more

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Exclaim produced by Kan Kick, the other 2 cuts are produced by Madlib.... read more

One Lp of edited vocal numbers from the man otherwise known as Dudley Perkins, with a second piece of vinyl of all instrumentals, which were produced by Madlib. Guest rhymes by Madlib and Wild Child, Evidence and Spontaneous. Counting the skits and instrumentals, there's 17 numbers in all,... 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

Defari's underground hit that proved that LA MC's don't have to fall into the trap of Death Row-type gangsta on one side and the we're-boring-but-at least-we're-underground sound on the other.... read more

Some of our favorite tracks off the I Wish My Brother George Was Here LP, including a nice remix from the Stimulated Dummies and the non-LP track "Eye Examination".... read more

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Original pressing of the awesome follow up to I Wish My Brother George Was Here, impossible to find on vinyl for years. A little harder hitting than the first LP, but still with the jazzy Hiero flavor you've come to know and love. There are days when we feel like this is our favorite Del LP. ... read more

Heiro hero Del The Funky Homosapien teams up with Artifacts and Weathermen veteran Tame One to trade rhymes -- with production by Parallel Thought -- a solid set and another winner on the Gold Dust Media label, which is put out a number of classic era reverent records to date! The beats are often... read more

Parisian beatmaker Dela attracts some of best MCs in underground hip hop for his long awaited US releases Changes Of Atmoshere -- a steady mix of soulful and jazzy beatcraft and headnodding funk boombap -- including Talib Kweli, Elzhi of Slum Village, J-Live and many more! Titles include "I... 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

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2 of the stronger cuts from Diamond D's second LP.... read more

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Two cuts from the Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop on one of the hardest to get Diamond D 12"s, with the classic DITC sound. Both these cuts have nice mid-tempo production sounding similar Showbiz and AG's "Soul Clap." "Best Kept Secret" features a verse from Fat Joe in one... read more

Why is this album sooooo tough to find in an original pressing? Along with Showbiz and AG's first EP, and Lord Finesse's first couple releases, this album introduced the world to one of the longest running and most solid crews in hip hop, DITC. Classic and oft-imitated Diamond beats that laid the... read more

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We're not always the biggest Digital Underground fans, but Shock G/Humpty comes close to the funky goofiness of their earlier hits -- with a definite Parliafunkadelicment edge (it samples "Aqua Boogie", but without the heavy sound that drowns a lot of the later west coast hip hop... read more

We're not always the biggest fan of later Digital Underground, but Shock G/Humpty comes close to the funky goofiness of their earlier hits -- with a definite Parliafunkadelicment edge (it samples "Aqua Boogie", but without the heavy sound that drowns a lot of the later west coast hip hop... read more

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The trio of Rapster's Dillanthology comilations to date -- collections featuring the best J Dilla productions for other artists and some of the best of his self productions -- together in a 3CD box set! Filled with crackling and soulful hip hop beatcraft by J Dilla, plus standout tracks from some... read more

Crackling and soulful hip hop beatcraft by J Dilla -- a tight batch of some of his most iconic productions for other artists as well as a few curveballs that are a little deeper than we expected -- put together by Rapster! Dillanthology, despite the title, doesn't set out to bet the be all end all... read more

The second Dillanthology -- featuring great remixes and productions Dilla did for a diverse roster of artists -- from bedrock mid school hip hop by De La Soul, Pharcyde and others, to avant club groove gurus Four Tet, Spacek, to the rare 12" mixes and unreleased gems -- an even stronger set... read more

A collection of Dilla's finest boom bap, pulsing & thumping productions -- volume 3 in the Dillanthology series -- this one concentrating on Jay Dee/J Dilla credited cuts, plus a couple Jaylib gems. These are largely beats that Dilla saved for himself and his collabos with Madlib, with uests... read more

If we remember right, this cut by female MC Dimples D was the inspiration for Run-DMC's "Sucker MCs" and Roxanne Shante's "Runaway", or maybe it was the other way around. In any case, a nice example of early Marly Marl production over a snapping Lynn drum beat, that quotes Red... read more

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Follow up to the "Day One" single and just about as nice. "Internationally Known", produced by Showbiz, features OC, Fat Joe, Big L & Lord Finesse and uses the "Was Dog A Donut" sample made famous by KMD and Brand Nubian on "Nitty Gritty". "The... read more

Rare and unreleased material from the DITC clique and extended family -- including DITC, Show & AG, Diamond D, OC, Ghetto Dwellers, Freddie Foxxx and more. 14 tracks: "Internationally Known" and "Themes, Schemes And Dreams" by DITC, "Put It In Your System" by... read more

Rare breaks from the DITC vaults -- gritty, funky soul beats from the Show vaults! 45 breaks in 54 minutes -- really kind of coming off as a classic era set of scratchy soul beats, and gritty raw funk atmosphere. All untitled.... read more

Beats by Primo, rhymes by AG, Diamond, Big L & OC.... 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

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This one's a lot like their earlier single, "What People Do For Money".... read more

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Two tracks off Duck Season 3. "Fan Mail" features Phante & Rapper Pooh from Little Brother along with Joe Scudda and D-Rock. "Truth Be Told" features the Likwit Junkies.... read more

Pioneer NYC radio hip hop DJ, Chuck Chillout, using a track from ESG and vocals from Kool Chip.... read more

Stones Throw graduate DJ Design assembles a strong roster of MCs for Jeg Lag -- including Oh No, Dudley Perkins, Phat Kat, Guilty Simpson and Foreign Legion -- a nice record on Design's own Look Records! A pretty eclectic bed of beats all the way, and timeless, solid hip hip served straight up. ... read more

Off the first, and dopest Honda LP, with Problemz on the mic on "Kill The Noise" and the Brooklyn brothers Al Tariq, Fat Joe and Beatnuts on "Out For The Cash" -- "5 Deadly Venoms" is the same beat, same verses, but Honda cutting it up differently in the hook.... read more

Now that Will Smith has gone on to fame and fortune, it's easy to forget that some of the Jazzy Jeff/Fresh Prince cuts actually had some nice dj work from Jazzy Jeff. "Live At Union Square", is a live recording from 1986, that starts off with Fresh Prince doing some crowd participation... read more

3 DVDs, and a heck of a lot of history -- 2 documentaries on Krush, plus a bonus batch of promo clips! DVD 1 features A-Un -- a documentary that features material from the first album release party, his 1996 European tour, and the recording of MiLight -- with appearances by Mos Def and Futura 2000.... read more

14 tracks including "Only The Strong Survive", "What's Behind Darkness?", "Meiso", "Most Wanted Man", "3rd Eye", and "Duality".... read more

The king of Miami Bass music delivers the goods for your rump shaking pleasure.... read more

A stunner from DJ Mitsu The Beats -- the reigning spacey soul beatmaker of the Japanese scene -- following up the near classic A New Awakening LP and the tight work with is group Gagle with this equally wonderful set featuring a who's who of underground MCs and spacey soul singers! Word To The... read more

A stunner from DJ Mitsu The Beats -- the reigning spacey soul beatmaker of the Japanese scene -- following up the near classic A New Awakening LP and the tight work with his group Gagle with this equally wonderful set! Word To The Wise stays mostly within the spacey hip hop soul sound he's made... read more

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"Forever" features Rasheed & Chief Kamachi.... read more

The ultimate in destruction from DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist -- doing their thing at the world famous Hollywood Bowl! This great DVD features the complete Hard Sell set from June of '07 -- captured beautifully well on multiple cameras and digital sound mix! Two of Cali's best ever DJs do their... read more

Classic live funky madness from Dj Shadow and Cut Chemist from the Brainfreeze tour -- with a little warmup help from DJs Numark, Z-Trip, Marvski and Dante! We hardly need to tell you, but this is DJ artistry in it's purest form -- live work from the finest, with Numark and Z-trip on the hot... 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

Cosmic hip hop soul from DJ Spinna -- a wonderful remix from Spinna's aptly titles Intergalactic Soul LP -- a fresh funky take on the track "Outta Time" to the Japanese scene by the always fresh Jazzy Sport label! The breakthrough mix has the best kind of splintering beatcraft --... read more

The most straight up hip hop record from DJ Spinna in quite a while, and it's a tight one! The spacey soul beats Spinna works with get plenty of space to do their thing on Sonic Smash, but there's a tighter, funkier, grittier vibe, too -- with some veteran MCs and upstarts on board -- include... read more

Two from DJ Spinna's Heavy Beats Volume 1. "Watch Dees" features Eminem & Thirstin Howl III.... read more

Panoramic DJ funk and abstract beatcraft from the one-and-only DJ Spooky -- his first proper full length in about a decade! Spooky was hardly resting all those years, having spoken all over the world and kind of serving as a spokesperson for his craft -- but he returns here with a pretty diverse... read more

The most diverse tapestry of beatcraft from DJ Vadim to date -- with bits of dancehall and reggae rhythms, moody and percolating beatcraft, and a love of classic soul and boom bap -- with guest MCs and singers to bring it all nicely to funky fruition! It really does to take a producer/beatmaker... read more

No one's made better use of the Foster Sylver sample, and a certified West Coast classic. Pre-"G-Funk" production by none other than Dr. Dre.... read more

Tracks include "It's Funky Enough", "Beautiful But Deadly", "Lend Me An Ear", "Portrait Of A Master Piece", "Let The Bass Go", "No One Can Do It Better", "The D.O.C. & The Doctor", "Mind Blowin", and five more.... read more

Another chapter in the lengthy Roxanne saga, for you Roxanne completists and hip hop historians.... read more

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Great, great, GREAT lost hip hop from 1990 that was swallowed whole by one idiotic label or another at the time, finally officially released with nice notes by Egon of Stones Throw fame. The production is obviously influenced by early Premier (that's not a rub, it's quite the opposite), and the LP... read more