One, 2009. New Copy
Soulful hip hop from Cali's Fashawn -- the storytelling sense, and in the way the tunes hit you deeply where it counts -- with appearances by Blu, Exile, Aloe Blacc & others. Exile produced, and he did so excellent, with resonantly soulful and sometimes jazzy sounds, with surprising sounds in
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Om Records, 2009. New Copy
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 to
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E1, 2009. New Copy
Stripped down, hazy, funky hip hop from Dudley Perkins -- rolling in heavy funk beats, spare piano particles, and in a gritty hip hop mode for the most part! It seems to us the Dudley is rhyming more in this solid effort than singing, and he's bringing in more social and spiritual conciousness,
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Koch, 2009. New Copy
A look at the guest list of Alchemist's Chemical Warfare album will let you know how far reaching the respect is for Alc's brand of hip hop beatcraft -- featuring a who's who of legends and stars of the underground and mainstream territories -- including Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Kool G Rap, KRS-One,
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Battery/Jive, 2002/2009. New Copy
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
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Stones Throw, Mid/Late 80s. New Copy
Benchmark 80s electro -- and also part of the blueprint for the sound of west coast hip hop -- the groundbreaking work of Arabian Prince! Perhaps one of the most overlooked innovators of the west coast scene, Arabian Prince played an integral role in shaping the LA hip-hop sound, from the early
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IHR/EMI, 2009. New Copy
The long awaited Cuban Linx Pt 2 from Raekwon -- and one of those late model Wu Tang efforts that reminds us of how vital the Wu Tang were in their prime, as well as how sharp the still are when the moons align and the pieces fall into place! OBFCL Pt 2 is indeed one of those rare newer Wu sets
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Elektra, 1992. New Copy
Tracks include "They Reminisce Over You (TROY)", "Return Of The Mecca", "Straighten It Out", "Soul Brother #1", "Lots Of Lovin", "Skinz" featuring Grand Puba, "The Basement" featuring Heavy D, Robo-O, Grap & Dida, "Anger
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Ski School, 2009. New Copy
Big, booming and funky beats, with rhymes blasted to suit from Kid Millions -- hard hitting, exuberant and all around fast paced hip hop from the Milwaukee scene veteran! It's solid, good time funky hip hop -- impossible not to nod your head your head to, it's a straight up winner from a character
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All Natural, 2009. New Copy
Fresh hip hop from the All Natural, Inc team -- and one of the freshest female fronted hip hop albums we've heard in a while -- from Rita J! Rita J's rhymes are at the forefront and are top notch -- spurring the best from guest MCs and producers, which include Stoney Rock aka Black Spade, Kenny
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Def Jam, Mid 80s/1990s/Mid 2000s. New Copy 5CD
A beautifully packaged box set if we've ever seen one -- celebrating the 25th Anniversary of Def Jam hip hop -- each disc featuring a well chosen sampler of classic tracks from a 5 year period of the labels history! It's no easy task programming a set like this, and we could argue for 25 more
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Triple Threat, 2000. New Copy 2CD
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
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Soulfever/Traffic, 2009. New Copy
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",
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Gold Dust, 2009. New Copy
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
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DITC, 2000s. New Copy
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.
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Plug Label, 2009. New Copy
Easygoing, soulful hip hop from Kero One -- a record that's an acknowledged nod to the early believers in his craft, but it's also carrying on the vibes from some of the earlier individualists of the Bay Area indie hip hop scene. This is really nice record -- MC Kero One produces his own stuff,
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Profile/Traffic, 1989. New Copy
The late 80s debut by Special Ed -- classic midtempo funky hip hop and fresh rhymes that still holds up -- one from the glory days of straight forward, straight up, solid hip hop! It's hard to believe that Special Ed was just in his mid teens when this album was recorded, he's such a remarkably
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Atlantic/Traffic, 1990. New Copy
K-Solo's long hard to find first LP for the Hit Squad, with some classic early 90s trunk rattling funky PMD beats -- underneath his relentless rhyme style! Gruff, funk beats and samples underneath booming rhymes. K-Solo's couple of LPs for Atlantic didn't really get their due back in the day, and
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Drink Water Music/Fat Beats, 2009. New Copy
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
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Rapster (UK), 1990s/2000s. New Copy
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
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