A dual purpose live document of the Hiero's Full Circle tour – a DVD tour film and live CD! The DVD includes footage from across the US on the collective's 04 trek – featuring performances from the whole gang, including Del, Casual, Souls Of Mischief and Pep Love – plus guest ... read moreCD
Homeboy Sandman lyrically on point and fascinating as always – with production and/or appearances by Jonwayne, Georgia Anne Muldrow,Edan, Steve Arrington, yU, J-Zone and others. Includes "Heart Sings", "Eyes", "Real New York", "Seam By Seam", "It's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Lucky number 7 in the House Shoes Presents The Gift series – in which the gifted producer curates/provides a couple sides of wax for some genuinely worthwhile, heretofore lesser-known talents to do their thing – but this one festuers a collection of strong instrumentals by the man ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Cube's anger goes full throttle on his second post NWA full-length. He takes every aspect of his social commentator standpoints to another level from his solo debut – the roles of the angry and educated leader, and the finger-pointing blamer each get their say here, and so do those ... read moreCD
Cube's anger goes full throttle on his second post NWA full-length. He takes every aspect of his social commentator standpoints to another level from his solo debut – the roles of the angry and educated leader, and the finger-pointing blamer each get their say here, and so do those ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Top notch 2015 pressing – with a 3D lenticular cover!)
A sharp, angry salvo from Ice Cube! Cube's early 90s solo style was firmly established at this point, so Lethal Injection doesn't have the acknowledged classic status of his previous couple albums, but he's still close to his prime that it's well worth your dollar! As you'd guess from the title, ... read moreCD
The second LP with more commercial sounds featuring guest appearances by the Nutcracker, Greg Nyce, Yo Yo, and Crystal Waters on the single "Yo Love" LP, Vinyl record album
Nice work for Brick by Insight + Spilled Acid Productions. 16 tracks including "Q&A", "Chaos", "Rose", "Stop Look + Listen", "Cool Out" featuring Moe, "Levitation", and more. LP, Vinyl record album
17 cuts, including the intro. Includes "Show N Prove", "REC Room", "Friction", "Elevation", "Trouble Man", "Word On The Street", "Lovin You", "Grand Prix", "Longevity", & "9th Chamber". LP, Vinyl record album
Pure wonderfulness from Internet – a group who seem to bound forward strongly with each new release! These guys are easily one of the most compelling mainstream soul acts we can think of – still very lean, and working with an indie-level vibe – but also able to focus in on hooks ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Surprise! J Cole celebrated his late January birthday in 2016 with a surprise live album – announced just a day earlier – with the songs from his deservedly acclaimed 2014 Forest Hills Drive recorded live in concert in his hometown of Fayetteville, NC! The album proper is a rawly ... read moreCD
J Dilla —
Diary ... CD Pay Jay, 2016. New Copy ...
$11.9912.99
Perhaps the best, and almost certainly the most carefully put-together posthumous Dilla LP – rooted in vocal tracks Dilla recorded in the first couple of years of the 00s – strong enough work to have positioned him to break out as a solo star had his health not held him back. Diary is ... read moreCD
J Dilla —
Dillatronic ... CD Vintage Vibez, Late 80s/1990s/2000s. New Copy ...
$15.9917.98
A killer compilation of rare Dilla instrumentals that hones in on his electronic-influenced side! It's the first time his archives have been mined with this sharp of a focus – but Dilla being the diverse cat that he was, it's STILL got a incredible stylistic sprawl! The beats are head nodding ... read moreCD
A killer compilation of rare Dilla instrumentals that hones in on his electronic-influenced side! It's the first time his archives have been mined with this sharp of a focus – but Dilla being the diverse cat that he was, it's STILL got a incredible stylistic sprawl! The beats are head nodding ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Formative Dilla beats – Akai MPC material created and cataloged by the legendary producer over the years and serving as blueprint/building blocks for some of his most revered productions throughout is career! This being the work of master, it doesn't play like a mere beat tape. Each short ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Top shelf Dilla beats from the archives – and a strong debut full length from Ruff Draft Records! Posthumous releases by favorite departed artists can be a dicey proposition – and much to our relief, Rebirth Of Detroit delivers – with both high quality beats and positive mojo! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
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 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A glorious send off from J Dilla – with some of the most soulful productions Dilla's ever laid down – and appearances by Common, D'Angelo, Pharoahe Monch, Madlib, MED, Black Thought and others! It's impossible to listen to The Shining without considering the sad circumstances ... read more7-inch, Vinyl record
(10th anniversary edition – in a 10 X 7 inch box set!)
The dawn of the millennium classic from producer J Rawls – reissued here with a wealth of bonus tracks for its 15th anniversary. including some timeless material dating to the late 90s – with appearances by J Rawls, Talib Kweli, Chicago's Capital D of All Natural and Mr. Greenweedz, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Tracks include "Live Illegal", "Keep It Live", "Situation", "Insane Creation", "Fades Em' All", "Game", "Da Come Up", "Don't Trust No", "Keep It Real", "Genetic For Terror", and "Unfu**witable&qu ... LP, Vinyl record album
Mostly produced by Parker Lee, with Jamal Ski, Jazzy Nice and Todd Ray. Includes "Jump, Spread Out", "Hangin' Tree", "Poom Poom", "Jah Jah Vibes", "Put It On (Pure Braggadap)" and "Terrible Man". LP, Vinyl record album
(Includes the printed inner sleeve. Cover has a cutout hole.)
The long-teased, finally delivered joint full length from Jay-Z and Kanye West. It's impossible to consider the music purely on its own terms given the outsized personalities and absolutely gigantic presences of both – which makes it pretty fascinating. It's definitely not on the level of ... read moreCD
A recommitted Jay-Z is back on his game with American Gangster – referencing the '07 film in spots, but this is no soundtrack – it's a return to solid hip hop from the biggest name in the game! American Gangster takes a couple minutes to get rolling, but once the hard hitting "Hell ... read moreCD
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 – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jayo Felony —
Take A Ride ... CD JMJ/Universal (Japan), 1995. New Copy ...
$9.99
The mid 90s debut of San Diego MC Jayo Felony – with gritty street centric rhymes and a flow that falls comfortably between the laidback and more manic styles of period west coast gangsta rap of the period. Take A Ride is extra notable for a prominent behind the scenes figure – the ... read moreCD
One of the hardest to find and best Strong City singles! You get 2 early Tony D tracks, with his trademark boom bap sound, and even a turn at the mic from Tony, a sweet Jazzy Jay cut up/transformer take on Eddie Drennon's block party break number "Do What You Gotta Do" and an early, ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(Promo in a Strong City sleeve. Labels have a name in marker.)
Early 90s anti-gang rap from a Chicago artist who really didn't do much else. There was a small radio groundswell behind this track when it was out, that has kind of an imitation G-funk feel to it. The "Stepper's mix" is just an extended instrumental. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Vital, sharp as ever NYC underground bred hip hop from DJ Spinna's and MC Kriminul's Jigmastas! Grassroots – The Prologue is a 2015 companion piece to their dawn of the millenium classic Grassroots – Lyrical Fluctuations, anchored strongly by non-album material from their most active ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The Jonzun Crew's breakdance classic. No singing on this one, just six minutes of electro perfection and a touch of vocoder effects. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Jungle Brothers —
Raw Deluxe ... CD Gee Street, 1997. Used ...
$2.99
Beats by the J Beez themselves, Djinji Brown, the Roots, Roc Raider and a remix by the Stereo MC's. 12 tracks "Jungle Brother (True Blue)", "Black Man On Track", "Changes", 'Toe To Toe", "Moving Along", "Gettin Money", "Where You Wanna ... read moreCD
The legendary album by the third star in the original Native Tongues trinity! Before the first De La and Tribe LPs, and with hint of all the great stuff that was to come – jazzy beats, nice rhymes,and straight butter all the way through. This double vinyl version includes a bonus track ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Jurassic 5 —
Power In Numbers ... LP Interscope, 2002. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
$22.9924.98
All praise to the mighty J5 – reminding us in the early 00s that hip hop could still be about funky, party rockin' beats and flowing on beat, with witty, intelligent rhymes – and sound as fresh as ever! This album's mostly produced by Cut Chemist, though Nu Mark has a hand in a number ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
All praise to the mighty J5 – reminding us in the early 00s that hip hop could still be about funky, party rockin' beats and flowing on beat, with witty, intelligent rhymes – and sound as fresh as ever! This album's mostly produced by Cut Chemist, though Nu Mark has a hand in a number ... read moreCD
The album that catapulted Jurassic 5 from the underground! Quality Control is one of the great hip hop albums, a record that's filled with great tracks, yet flows along as the ultimate headphones experience. The rhymes by Zaakir, Chali 2na, Akil, and Marc 7even are top notch in group dynamics and ... read moreCD
A pair of the greatest cuts from Jurassic 5's classic Quality Control LP – a perfect showcase for unrivaled skills at revering hip hop's past in a timeless way – a decade and a half later, they sound as fresh as ever! Quality Control" was both a title track and a mission statement, ... read more7-inch, Vinyl record
K Def —
Tape-2 ... LP Redefinition, Early 90s. New Copy ...
$18.99
Rare instrumentals from the K-Def archives – a tight set of 90s beats with titles that include "Jersey In The House", "I Was Reaching", "Can You Let Me Know", "It's Fat", "Walk And Big", "Super Nig", "Feel The Vibe And Rap" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Funk steeped instrumental hip hop from K-Def – with an ear for and the skill to recreate not only the soul beat sound of classic, so called "golden era" hip hop, but with inspiration that stretches back even further to the cinematic soul sound of the 70s – all the while with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A pair of K-Def LPs – 2016's Unpredectible Gemini and the compilation Way It Was – together in a single set! Gemini is funk steeped instrumental hip hop – with an ear for and the skill to recreate not only the soul beat sound of classic, so called "golden era" hip hop, ... read moreCD
Kanye West finally dropped the full length in early '04 – and it's one of the best hip hop albums of the year. Kanye is probably the hottest beats producer of the year, too, having dug through the greatest soul hooks of the past few decades for his samples, and piled on the chunkiest, ... read moreCD
Kazi —
Plague ... LP B9000, 2004. Near Mint- 2LP ...
$11.99
A very Stones Throw-like album from Kazi, on the B9000 label. The production was handled by Oh No, with a similar vibe to his own '04 LP. Wildchild, Medaphoar, Declaime, Dudley Perkins and others drop by. Tracks include "Pressure", "Sick With The Art" with Medaphoar & ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Keith Murray's finest moment, introducing the word to his mic skills, the most complex of the Def Squad MC's. Erick Sermon provides the bottom heavy east coast funk style on the beat side. Includes the single that got everyone open on Keith "The Most Beautifullest Thing In This World", ... read moreCD
The much-hailed major league debut of Kendrick Lamar! Includes "Bitch, Don't Kill My Vibe", "The Art Of Peer Pressure", "Money Trees" with Jay Rock, "Poetic Justice" with Drake, "m.A.A.d City" with MC Eiht, "Singing About Me, I'm Dying Of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kendrick Lamar takes wider creative left turns than ever before on To Pimp A Butterfly – with a funk steeped production style that filters tried-and-true P Funk influences through leftfield modern beatcraft styles, inspired by cats like Madlib to Thundercat, the latter of whom is an official ... read moreCD
Untitled Unmastered, maybe, but it's thoroughly masterful material from Kendrick Lamar – another great stride in his astonishing mid teens creative win streak It's a low key and low stakes release compared to the huge platform for To Pimp A Butterfly, but damn, this one resonates with a ... read moreCD
Untitled Unmastered, though masterful material from Kendrick Lamar – another great stride in his astonishing mid teens creative win streak– a low key and low stakes release compared to the huge platform for To Pimp A Butterfly, but damn, it sure does resonate with a similar haze of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A legendary record from KMD – one that languished unreleased for far too long! Black Bastards has few tracks the maintain the jazzier sound of the first album, but they're mostly coming a little bit rawer, perfectly balancing their earlier style that gritty early 90s hip hop vibe. As solid as ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(2LP vinyl version – in a gatefold sleeve with pop-up artwork!)
The Stones Throw debut of LA beatmaker Knxwledge – fresh from strong production work from diverse, top notch talent like Kendrick Lamar and Joey Badass – and making a pretty strong case for himself as a headlining talent on this sprawling instrumental set! He melds funk, soul and jazz ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Exclusive "Side D" vinyl only tracks – includes download!)
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 ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Promo in a stickered sleeve. Labels have a bit of marker.)
One of the best remixes of Femi Kuti's work! This promo only "Roots Remix" has a sweet jazzy vibe – with nicely punctuated drums underneath, and tight horns with a classic Afro Funk sound. The Roots touches give the cut a nice hip hop feel, and the instrumental's nice and sweet! (Global Grooves, Hip Hop)12-inch, Vinyl record
A great little single on TEC – and a unique record that seems to cross east coast hip hop with GoGo percussion! Lady B's not the greatest MC in the world, but the record's got some excellent backing that features funky guitar over hard-riffing percussion – hitting in that flat, ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Soulful lyricism delivered with a charismatic flow by Chicago's Lando Chill. Lando is firmly focused on real world storytelling, in the great Chicago hip hop tradition, but his voice is a distinctive instrument – we mean both the sound of it, and in the personal narratives it conveys – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Produced by Chuck Nice, with a remix by Ced Gee. 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Cover has a cutout hole.)
Latyrx —
Album ... CD Quannum/Solesides, 1997. Used ...
$2.99
A great reissue of the waaaay overlooked Latyrx LP from '97. Lateef & Lyrics Born pretty much laid the groundwork for what was going to be some of the most adventurous underground hip hop to come out of Cali in the mid-to-late 90s – opening the door for Blackalicious, the J5 and others. ... read moreCD
Classic level mid 90s NYC hip hop from Legion – who made some minor waves on couple incredible singles that SHOULD be remembered as pivotal classics from the period in the run-up this criminally slept on 1994 full length. Mostly self-produced and damn near perfectly so – with guest ... read moreCD
Classic level mid 90s NYC hip hop from Legion – who made some minor waves on couple incredible singles that SHOULD be remembered as pivotal classics from the period in the run-up this criminally slept on 1994 full length. Mostly self-produced and damn near perfectly so – with guest ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Maybe you won't rate this one as timeless as Radio, but it still has an energy missing so much of the hip hop that would follow it. Besides, the raw drum machine and cuts approach to production holds up so many years later, and James' rhymes, brags and delivery represent a bygone era of hip hop ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Old school, true school, golden age, random rap, west coast, east coast, independent, southern, and midwestern hip hop -- as well as some commercial classics!
Jon Hassell & Bluescreen —
Dressing For Pleasure ... CD 
