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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

Breakbeat funk from from South Korean producer GK HuniG -- a great ride all the way, with crackling soul and funk, offbeat vocal samples, and some psychedelia informed flourishes! GK shows some deft skill in crafting tried & true cut & paste mood funk, but the sounds are laced with some... read more

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A round two knockout for Gnarls Barkley -- an album we think is better than the landmark St Elsewhere LP -- boisterous pop art & soul from Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo! We were slightly trepid when the Odd Couple was announced, fearing a hasty attempt to rekindle the magic that clearly caught... read more

A synthy soul funk project from the team of Danger Mouse and Cee-Lo -- a set that's just trippy enough -- and it's possibly the best full length from either party, ever! You don't need us to tell you that DM has had a finger in a handful of the best fringe pop/leftfield hip hop projects of the mid... read more

Promo-only single produced by Biz Markie. Sort of an odd remix in that it's got barely any rhymes from Grand Daddy IU, just a couple at the end. But the concept is still kinda dope -- using the beats from the original version of "Sugar Free" and mixing in a number of classic old school... read more

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The mid 90s solo set from Grand Puba -- the still solid Grand Puba 2000! GP 2K is a more mellow and easygoing set of funky hip hop, one that's lighter on the politics than the group work Brand Nubian -- not that Puba had the most righteous Brand Nubian verses to begin. Some lighter, jazzier vibes... read more

We'll be honest and admit we prefer Puba with Brand Nubian, though you can't front on this nice single off his his first solo LP, with the non-LP b-side "Mind Your Business" about Puba's early days with Masters of Ceremony. Beats by Puba, T Ray and the Stimulated Dummies.... read more

Grandmaster Flash returns to the studio for his first LP in many many years -- a record that's neither an old school style throwdown nor much of a concession to the modern mainstream -- with a roster of guest MCs featuring old & mid school titans and late 00s neophytes alike. Grandmaster... read more

A sad lesson on why you should stay away from drugs. In spite of the fact that this is a pretty weak later effort, there are a few moments on here that don't completely make us forget all the great Flash tracks that got us open way back when. Includes "Girls Love The Way He Spins", 'Rock... read more

"It's Nasty" features the old-school live in the studio back and forth rhyming style, backed by the classic Doug Wimbish, Keith Leblanc and Skip McDonald Sugar Hill band and spiced up with some nice effects from the Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love".... read more

An old school classic, and one of the all-time great 12" singles from the 70's.... read more

A Sugar Hill party in one sweet little package -- 2CDs worth of music that features some of the biggest hits from the Grandmaster Flash generation, plus a few surprising bits from later years too! The package features a whopping 23 tracks in all -- one disc that mostly hovers around the early... read more

Definitely the Furious Five's best years were behind them at this point, as you could probably guess by the pink leather suit on the cover . . .... read more

A stellar collection of some of GMF and the Furious Five's best early cuts for Sugarhill, all with the legendary Doug Wimbish, Keith Le Blanc, Skip McDonald rhythm section! As ingrained into the consciousness as "The Message" is now and always will be, it's nice how fresh some of the... read more

Sweet LP of the Furious Five backed by the classic Doug Wimbish, Keith Leblanc and Skip McDonald band that you know so well from other Sugar Hill recordings from the period. Includes the timeless "The Message" as well as "Scorpio", "It's Nasty", "She's Fresh"... read more

The original message rhyme, or at least the biggest one of its day, a track that would spawn a lot of imitiations, including more than a handful of followups from the Furious 5 and Melle Mel.... read more

The follow up to "The Message", and another classic early 80s number from Grandmaster Flash and crew. Once again, the theme is the trials of city life, and once again, they come up with another winning message cut.... read more

Melle Mel's hymn about Jesse Jackson, along the lines of the Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five's "Stevie."... read more

Herbie Hancock's DJ, who'd go on to change the lives of millions of kids after his historic performance on Saturday Night Live. This is a mostly instrumental electro track using part's of Herbie Hancock's "Rockit" with D St cutting it up, and Bernard Fowler and a little vocoder on the... read more

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A massive early 80s electro club groove, with great syn drum beats and some nice soulful vocals over top!... read more

The dope first LP, still one of the best mixtures of jazz and hip hop instrumentals! Unlike so many of the weak cats out there, Greyboy always delivers a solid jazz outing, with strong, well-executed solos that make his records so much more than just boring old beats and samples. Lots of hard... read more

A meditative track by Guilty Simpson -- featuring a JB sample and a J Dilla beat!... read more

Album version co-produced by Donald Byrd, plus some acid jazz remixes courtesy Smash Hunter.... read more

A-side produced by the Neptunes featuring Kelis, B-side by Premier, with Donell Jones.... read more

Includes MOP/Guru/Stikken Moov "Life" (clean, inst), True Master "Who's The Truest" (clean) and Big Shug "Do What Pays Ya" (clean, inst).... read more

Guru & late 00s production partner Solar delve into the Lost & Found -- with appearances by DJ Doo Wop, K Born & High Power, and others. Guru's flow is natural and charismatic as as always, and Solar is solid foil. UK soul maestro appears on "Rise", and other titles include... read more

First of the Union Label's Organized Rhymes series. The cut here is Channel Live "IBC." Maybe it's recording for an indy label, but this one sounds better than most of their major label material. Also includes Guru on "Take Cover."... read more

Everything you could want from a Bass album: lyrics about @ss, heavy 808 bottom end, lyrics about @ss, booty shaking beats, and did we mention lyrics about @ss? 11 tracks in all, including "Bomm-N-Hydraulics", "At The Mall", "One Leg Up", "Bass For Your Face"... 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 continue... read more

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One of those singles that straddles the line between early rap, roller disco and commercial soul, with mixing (and scratching?) by Jazzy Jay and production by George Kerr.... read more

Interstellar funk from Malcolm Catto & the Heliocentrics -- the space thumping "Distant Star" featuring MF Doom and Percee P -- plus the non-album instrumental "Space Time Girl"! "Distant Star" is a perfect example of just how adaptable the spacey jazz & funk... read more

Funky psychedelia and spacey beatcraft from the Heliocentrics -- rooted in hip hop thanks to a guest spot by Vast Aire of Cannibal Ox! "Sirius B" is here in a remix of one of the standouts from the stellar Out There LP -- starting out with an eerie piano melody with some echoey... read more

Two cuts off of Hell Razah's debut LP "Renaissance Child". "Buried Alive" has Hell Razah spitting over a jangly beat provided by Godz Wrath, sounding somewhere in-between RZA's classic Stax beats and a Just Blaze vocal sample beat. The B-side features Kweli and Vik Vaughn aka... read more

Includes the best of the early Heltah Skeltah singles and the rest is still up there with the best the Boot Camp Clique has to offer. With "Lefleur Leflah Eshkoshkha" featuring OGC, "Operation Lockdown", "Clans Posses Crews & Cliques", "Letha Brains Blo"... read more

On "Midera", the best part is probably the instrumental. The MC uses an almost Guru style monotone, and we're not sure if he really pulls it off. The music uses a jazz piano line that sounds like something you'd hear played at night in an old black-and-white movie. The piano line is... read more

Hi-Tek returns for a third go with the Hi Teknology moniker -- featuring a bevy of bedrock NYC gamers such as Ghostface, Raekwon, Young Buck and (natch) Talib Kweli -- a bunch of younger underground MCs, and some more laidback and soulful vocalists, too. Titles include "Life To Me" feat... read more

With Defari & Evidence.... read more

Double LP of instrumentals from the Home Field Advantage album, including "The Last Hit", "Tip Off Time", "Dirty Decibels", "Hot Spittable", "Open Mic Night Remix", "B Boy Document 99", "Top Prospects", "Hands On Experience... read more

6 track promo EP off the Home Field Advantage album from the East Coast all stars: "Dick Starbuck Porno Detective", "The Last Hit" with Eminem, "Top Prospects" with Evidence & Defari, "Shaquan & Eon" with Mad Skillz, "Hot Spittable" and... read more

Two more nice ones from the Soundbombing II project. Mos Def and Mad Skills join High & Mighty for "B-Boy Document '99." The production is tight with a rare combination of a sound that could work in the clubs and still be true to the underground, complete with a nice chorus by Mos... read more

Two more nice ones from the Soundbombing II project. Mos Def and Mad Skills join High & Mighty for "B-Boy Document '99." The production is tight with a rare combination of a sound that could work in the clubs and still be true to the underground, complete with a nice chorus by Mos... read more

Produced by Afrika Bambaataa and Jazzy Jay, with an all star cast from the class of '90, including queen Latifah, X Clan, Jungle Brothers, Lakim Shabazz, Ultramag, K Solo, Brand Nubes and a ton more. . .... read more

A heck of a 12" single -- featuring 2 tracks by the Honeydrippers, plus tracks by Spoonie G that use their original groove! "Impeach The President" and "Roy C's Theme" are 2 of the best tracks ever by Roy C's Honeydrippers -- and the former is one of THE all-time great... read more

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Ice T's cover of the Curtis Mayfield classic.... read more

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

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A definite journey in beats from Australia's John Idem -- a set that's partly instrumental hip hop, but which also has a more open feel at times too! The tracks are mostly on the short side, and they feature key elements arranged in spare formation -- which makes most of them nice and funky, with... read more

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J Dilla's brother Illa J collaborates with Dilla for the Yancey Boys album -- produced with a batch of Dilla's beats! This album could have gone wrong in a number of ways for a number of reasons -- but truth be told it's a quality record that's actually worth checking out! Most importantly, ... read more

More dark, angry hip hop from the Non Phixion camp.... read more

Raw hip hop from Infinito 2017 -- working with a handful of beatmakers that bring diverse style to the backbone beats of the Divided Souls Africans In America set -- while Infinito drops both social criticism and soul searching lyricism. Beats are credited to handful of producers -- Low Key, Sam... read more

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From the same group that brought you 'Watch The Closing Doors" with Man Parrish on synths in the backing band.... read more

Classic old school trip through the NY subway system, moving through Manhattan in a swingin', socially conscious way.... read more

J Boogie's Dubtronic Science gets some assistence from Lunar Heights on the rhymes and Afrodisiac Sound System remix on Inferno -- a nicely grooving track that deftly blends spacey club grooves with underground hip hop. The ASS mix brings in a funky 70s dancefloor funk feel. Que Pasa features... read more

An excellent full length set of beats & genius from J Dilla -- put together by fellow beatmaker extraordinaire Pete Rock, with all Dilla beats -- a surprising triumph! Call us jaded, but honestly, we weren't sure how deep the well could go of ready-to-go beats from Dilla, but this stuff is... read more

An excellent full length set of beats & genius from J Dilla -- put together by fellow beatmaker extraordinaire Pete Rock, with all Dilla beats -- a surprising triumph! Call us jaded, but honestly, we weren't sure how deep the well could go of ready-to-go beats from Dilla, but this stuff is... read more

J Dilla at his grittiest, most rugged & raw -- in both the production and rhyme realm -- with all beats and rhymes by the Dilla himself! This set originally opened our ears to a different side of Dilla, a harder hitting aesthetic, with beats and grooves from out of leftfield that draw you in... read more

J Dilla at his grittiest, most rugged & raw -- in both the production and rhyme realm -- with all beats and rhymes by the Dilla himself! This set originally opened our ears to a different side of Dilla, a harder hitting aesthetic, with beats and grooves from out of leftfield that draw you in... read more

J Dilla at his grittiest, most rugged & raw -- in both the production and rhyme realm -- with all beats and rhymes by the Dilla himself! This set originally opened our ears to a different side of Dilla, a harder hitting aesthetic, with beats and grooves from out of leftfield that draw you in... read more

A massive batch of instrumentals from J Dilla -- one that strongly transcends the wordless hip hop genre -- and perhaps his rawest, and most adventurous listening experience yet! The loopy soul samples, rich synth/electronic shine, and thumping bass and soul beats that Dilla largely made his name... read more

One of numerous unofficial copies of the first full length by underground favorite J-Live. Tracks include "Got What It Takes", "Get The Third", "Vampire Hunter J", "Them That's Not", "Braggin Writes Revisited", "True School Anthem", "... read more

This is the first full length by underground favorite J-Live. He rhymes like a veteran rapper on this album, although this was actually shelved and in label limbo for some time. Tracks include "Got What It Takes", "Get The Third", "Vampire Hunter J", "Them That's... read more

Once again back is the incredible J-Live -- packing rhyme-centric, block rockin', blueprint hip hop -- don't call it a throwback! J-Live drops knowledge over funky beats, one foot in the golden age and and the other in a methodically timeless realm of jazz & funk beats, scratches and samples. ... read more

Serious minded wisdom from J-Live -- who has been one of hip hop's most impressive lyricists as well as one of the scene's most underappreciated overall talents since the late 90s -- doing things right with beats by Jazzy Jeff, Yalizee, Locsmif, Numark, DJ Spinna, Nicolay, and Chicago's own Cap D.... read more

Serious minded wisdom from J-Live -- who has been one of hip hop's most impressive lyricists as well as one of the scene's most underappreciated overall talents since the late 90s -- doing things right with beats by Jazzy Jeff, Yalizee, Locsmif, Numark, DJ Spinna, Nicolay, and Chicago's own Cap D.... read more

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J Rawls & John Robinson -- underground hip hop mainstays with a love of jazzy beatcraft -- team up for the most jazz concious hip hop project of their careers to date! Mellow, jazzy atmosphere and funk beats steer the sound on this one -- and it may pay tribute to 60s jazz geniuses, and a... read more

Fresh cuts from DJ J Rocc of the World Famous Beat Junkies -- his first (we think) effort for Stones Throw! "Play This (One)" is the kind of record that made DJs like Shadow and Cut Chemist saints of the sampler -- capital F Funky drums all over the track, plus a nice vocal sample from... read more

Beat Junkie J Rocc and Lessons maestro Steinski create a couple of massive block party mega mixes -- made up entirely of music from the Third Unheard compilation of lost first school Connecticut hip hop! Steinski's "Ain't No Thing (Steinski Messin' Around)" rocks the A-side -- a... read more

A double single freaturing work from J Sands & The Third. "Place To Be (Saturday Night)" is J Sands feat Rashad. "Nifty Q" is J Sands feat Yu. The flip side has "Clouds" by The Third and one more track by J Sands, "PSA II".... read more

Tracks include "Ego Bashin", "190", "Ms Platonic", "Recess", "Orphan Babies", "Nocturnal Emission", "Holy Water", "No Consequences", "Hitchcock", "The Zone Mission (Part VIII)", "First Day Of... read more

A selection of beats from four contemporary forces working on the Norwegian scene -- J-Ramm, Kolon Productions, Clark F, and The Nutsons! The last are the only ones here we've heard before -- from a great single we used to stock many years ago -- and each artist has a different approach to their... read more

Northwest underground hip hop production titan Jake One puts together a tight LP for Rhymesayers -- full of heavy hip hop with a who's who of MCs -- including MOP, Pos of De La Soul, Freeway, Brother Ali, Young Buck, MF Doom, Little Brother, Blueprint, Casual, Elzhi of Slum Village, Royce Da 5'9,... read more

Jay Dee kicks a hard, furious street bumper -- and fares just as exceptionally well as he does with mellow soul beats. Is there anything he can't do? Jay Dee for president!... read more

The first of BBE's forays into current hip hop -- and a wonderful debut in the series! The album started as a breakbeat project from Detroit's Jay Dee, but soon morphed into a full-on hip hop album -- complete with real instrumentation on Fender Rhodes, trumpet, keyboards, and drums, with lyrics... read more

The first of BBE's forays into current hip hop -- and a wonderful debut in the series! The album started as a breakbeat project from Detroit's Jay Dee, but soon morphed into a full-on hip hop album -- complete with real instrumentation on Fender Rhodes, trumpet, keyboards, and drums, with lyrics... read more

A compilation of pivotal mid 90s Dilla productions and remixes -- classics and rarities from the Pharcyde, N'Dea Davenport, and the Brand New Heavies with guest appearances by Q-Tip and Mos Def -- great stuff from the prime Delicious Vinyl years! It's full of bedrock jazzy funk from Jay Dee -- a 3... read more

There are not many hurdles left for Jay Z to clear on Blueprint 3 -- but staying vital and hungry despite all his triumphs is the strain that connects the best tracks here -- and the best tracks here are pretty tight. The sound ranges from No ID soul grit to Timbaland star trips -- with more... read more

A-side features UGK and production by Timbaland, b-side features Dr. Dre.... read more

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"Guilty Until Proven Innocent" features R Kelly. On "1-900-Hustler" Jay-Z gets help from Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek, & Freeway.... read more

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Remix of the club favorite, this time featuring Beanie Seigal, Memphis Bleek and DMX, guaranteed to fill the dancefloor. A bit more on the commercial tip, but to our ears, this one features the best of the Ruff Ryders/Swizz sound, and the lyrics are straight -- they never take themselves too... read more

Damn! The MASSIVE collaborative album from the dynamic duo of Madlib and J Dilla! Essentially, Madlib handles the production on the even numbers in the set with Dilla on the vocals, and the roles are reversed on the odd numbers. Each producer does his own thing, as only he can do it -- Madlib... read more

A nice little compilation LP of late 80s rap, put together by Jazzy Jay, and filled with hard to get tracks, some of which were issued as 12"s on the Strong City label. Dope middle school beats from Tony D, Diamond D (his debut?), DJ Shabazz, Congo Square Productions, and others keep this set... read more

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Real hip hop from the Jeanius -- the long rumored, previously leaked, later redone and finally released full length collaboration from Jean Grae and 9th Wonder! Jeanius is just what you want it to be -- a straight no chaser, no BS batch of blueprint funky soul beats from 9th Wonder -- and tough,... read more

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Early Jigmastas single produced by DJ Spinna, with the same sort of smooth production as "Around the Globe", an almost Tribe Called Quest feel, and at least twice as dope as the later stuff on Tommy Boy.... read more

An oft-quoted, classic old school track from one of rap's pioneering MC's, essential to any hip hop collection, that ought to need no introduction from us. Gets a place in the history books too for the early appearance of Russell Simmons as producer.... read more

The full 16-minute version of Jimmy Spicer's tales of the "Adventures of Super Rhymes" over and early Sugarhill type rhythm section. This one, along with Grandmaster Caz, is supposedly one of the rhymes the Sugarhill Gang bit for "Rapper's Delight." The Maximus Three is a... read more