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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! 18 tracks ...

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 ...

The second solo album from the Blackalicious MC -- produced by Dnaebeats -- and very well, we might add -- with the Gifted one sounding as sharp and dexterous as ever! The sound is flavored by spacey soul, as fine a foil for Gift Of Gab's flow as any record he's done since prime Blackalicious, ...

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, ...

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, ...

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 ...

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. ...

The second solo album from the Blackalicious MC -- produced by Dnaebeats -- and very well, we might add -- with the Gifted one sounding as sharp and dexterous as ever! The sound is flavored by spacey soul, as fine a foil for Gift Of Gab's flow as any record he's done since prime Blackalicious, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The second album from Foreign Exchange -- the formerally bi-continental project of North Carolina MC, and nascent soul singer Phonte of Little Brother, and transplanted Dutch producer Nicolay -- who take an even deeper turn into spacey soul on Leave It All Behind! Given that Phonte is singing ...

Funky hip hop from the Cali scene and beyond -- both produced and assembled by Madlib the Beat Konducta as the rumored final installment of BBE/Rapster's Beat Generation series! This set does a pretty good job of showing Madlib's skill as an expert producer for others -- pairing the right beats ...

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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". ...

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". ...

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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 ...

Original pressing of this early Eric B & Rakim 12", with the Cold Cut remix of "Paid in Full" that everyone used to think was so cool because it had Ofra Haza in it. ...

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 ...

What can we say? The classic single from Doug E Fresh that introduced the world to Slick Rick and has been sampled and quoted more times than we can count! ...

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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 ...

Like CL Smooth says in Take You There, "It ain't hard to the core, it ain't sex on the beach, just another plateau brothers have to reach ", on the surface there's nothing spectacular about the straightforward style of CL's rhyming or Pete Rock's production, but the combination will still ...

Two of the doper tracks from the "TIME" LP -- two that still have the classic Leaders' sound from the "Future Without..." LP. To our ears, Busta's solo material has still never sounded nicer than these tracks with Charlie Brown and Dinco D. The Large Professor gives "What' ...

Original pic sleeve version of this one -- super rare! Includes the great b-side "Watch Roger Do His Thing", which is as dope as anything on the Breaking Atoms LP. ...

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Includes Boogie Down Productions' amazing "Essays On BDP-ism" that was never released on another LP or single. Supposedly one of the last songs produced by Scott La Rock that was left off Criminal Minded. With 9 other tracks including Run-DMC "Raising Hell", Kool Moe Dee " ...

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", ...

Late 90s Beasties remixes featuring Prince Paul's take on "Root Down", Ad Rock's remix of "Countdown" and the drum & base remix of "Intergalactic" -- plus "Smoke The Pipe" and"Scratching Battle". ...

Kenny Dope takes on the Jungle Brothers -- with very funky results! Back in the day, we all thought there was a rock-solid wall between hip hop and house -- except for some mistaken moments on the Chicago scene, where hip hoppers had little outlets for their rhymes. Then along came "I'll ...

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! ...

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. ...

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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", ...

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 ...

A mad funky suite from the Beat Konducta -- Vol 5 in the evolving, unpredictable series of deep, crackling beatcraft -- this one a tribute to Dilla! Dil Cosby Suite is as solid as any of the volumes to date, compellingly funky and in more of Madlib's heady hip hop mode than some of the 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. ...

Anti Pop Consortium is back after a lengthy hiatus -- and it's a blast -- laser cauterized funk beats, squealing synth funk, and innovative rhymes from Beans, Blaize, Hi Priest and Sayyid! The crew is in a unique position for this comeback record, in that they can pick up pretty close to where ...

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 ...

Madlib returns as Beat Konducta for the second volume of his Movie Scenes program -- a straight up aural film festival on wax -- and perhaps the most hotly anticipated sequel since Return Of The King! There's really no going wrong with Movie Scenes. Madlib's beats on both volumes are short, and ...

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 ...