The loopy West Coast classic! Heavily steeped in the P-Funk party vibe, Del's first LP is still a hip hop holy grail. Ice Cube's production is a nice snapshot of west coast hip hop circa '89, and Del's style is inimitable. Standouts Mistadobolina" and "Ahonetwo, Ahonetwo" are ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Independent emcee & producer extraordinaire Denmark Vessey's very solid, one team EP Martin Lucid Dream – with bonus tracks and full instrumentals! This one his a top shelf guest roster including Guilty Simpson, Tanya Morgan & Black Milk, plus additional production by Azarias and T-Whi ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Standout cuts include "5 Fingas of Death" with DITC (Fat Joe, Big L, Lord Finesse), "This One" with Busta Rhymes, "No Wondah (The Projects)", "The Hiatus", "Painz and Strife" with Pete Rock and Phife and the hit "JD's Revenge." LP, Vinyl record album
12" single with four different mixes of their big Parliament-sounding hit. 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Promo. Label has a small sticker.)
Dilated Peoples —
Platform ... LP ABB/Get On Down, 2000. New Copy 2LP Gatefold (reissue)...
$24.99
Neo-classic boombap from Dilated Peoples –a team rooted strongly in time-honored group rap, compelling beats and turntablism – setting out to live up to the classic craft rather than re-invent the wheel, and deliver the goods track for track here! Not quite as nostalgic ans the more ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A nice example of early Marly Marl production over a snapping Lynn drum beat, with now famous lyrics that provided an entire generation of turntablists endless inspiration. 12-inch, Vinyl record
The Ludacris side project group. Twelve tracks including "Break Sumthin", "Growing Pains (Do It Again) Remix", "When I Touch Down", "Can't Be Stopped" and "Posted". LP, Vinyl record album
"Explosive" is right! The A-side here is a furiously cut and scratched pounder, courtesy of RJD2, with a great guest vocal spot by Lyrics Born. If anyone were to ask for our top 5 hip hop singles of '03, be they indie, major or galactic, "Explosive" would certainly be on there. ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Divine Styler returns for him album in years and years – working the synths-stoked, lyrically-barbed, dystopian future funky sound he helped invent – and it's strong stuff! There's a cinematic vibe at play, with kind of a dark sci fi feel. Lyrically, he's doing solid job of getting ... read moreCD
We love the music of DJ Cam – as he's one of the few French talents from the 90s who didn't try to just copy the modes of American hip hop – and instead, took it into a fresh funk field of his own! As you'll hear on these tracks, Cam is definitely inspired by hip hop – but over ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
23 tracks including Jay Z "Freestyle", "Fantastic Four Pt 2" with the Lox, Camron, Nature & Fabolous, "Getting It" with Busta Rhymes &Rah Digga, "CREAM 2001" with Raekwon & Ghostface Killah, "What The Beat" with Eminem, Method Man & ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
An excellent collection of classics and retooled wonders from DJ Krush – a 2CD set that separates his work with MCs and his instrumental canon – and includes 5 brand new tracks! The Lyricism CD features appearances by Company Flow, Black Thought & Malik B of the Roots, Mos Def, ... read moreCD
2 poppin' old-school-to-the-new jams from NuMark of the J5. Chali 2Na grabs the mic on side A and J-Live on the flip for 2 head knodding cuts off of NuMark's excellent Hands On mix set! 12-inch, Vinyl record
A beautifully mellow track from DJ Platurn – both crispy in beats and warm in the keyboards – with laidback lyrics that really fit the vibe of the groove! Ishtar brings in a bit of backup next to E Da Boss' lead – and Kicker Dixon takes the tune out with a nice acoustic piano ... (Funky 45's, Hip Hop)read more7-inch, Vinyl record
Starkly furnished, perfectly spare beats by Chicago hip hop veteran Rude One – now residing in Brooklyn – and crafting gritty, atmospheric backdrops for a tough as nails roster of guests including Roc Marciano, Your Old Droog, Jeremiah Jae, J-Zone & Chief Chinchilla and more! There's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Diminishing Returns finds DJ Shadow in his element – nothing but live mixer madness and scratchy hip hop production genius – originally broadcast on the BBC's Radio-1 in March 2003, laid out in it's entirety, including John Peel's adulatory intro! 80 minutes of DJ Shadow doing what he ... read moreCD
Massive 20th Anniversary edition of DJ Shadow's masterpiece! It seems like when this came out, critics and even DJs liked to drop the then new moniker "trip hop" whenever possible, and this pivotal album is held up as the watershed mark. A number of years down the line, Endtroducing ... read moreCD
Once again Josh Davis raises the bar in the world of beatmaking! Not content to rest on his laurels as producer extraordinaire, Shadow weaves a non-stop tapestry of tracks from all points in his career, without dropping a beat, in tune and in time from start to finish. More than a mere mixtape, ... read moreCD
(DVD is region 1. Out of print. Barcode has a cutout hole.)
A sweet little tour book commemorating DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist's Renegades Of Rhythm tour – and one that features a wealth of rare images from the early days of hip hop – of old gig flyers, records, drawings, acetates, and more! The most incredible fact about the tour itself, is that ... (Books, Hip Hop)read moreBook
DJ Spinna —
Here To There ... LP Beat Generation (UK), 2003. Near Mint- 2LP ...
$16.99
BBE keeps up their flawless track record, propping up yet another of hip hop's finest producers in their terrific Beat Generation series, this time spotlighting the man who's name graced every other dope underground single from the late 90s onward. And as you might hope for, he's fully in his ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Two LPs worth of smooth funky beats, in this second volume of Spinna-produced numbers, featuring vocals by the Jigmastas with Guru, Shadowman, Sadat X, Skam, Ha The Jet Black, Mr. Complex & El Fudge, and Akil. 16 tracks in all, including "Rap Sh*t", "Mekanism", "So ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The soundtrack to the action flick with DMX and Jet Li. Tracks include "X Gon Give It To Ya" by DMX, "Go To Sleep" by Eminem & DMX, "What's It All For?" by Bazaar Royale, "Follow Me Gangster" by 50 Cent & G-Unit, "Stompdash**outu" CNN feat ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The classic debut album by the DOC, from the glory days of Ruthless Records – one of the few records on the label to live up to the brilliance of NWA at their height! Dr Dre handles the production here – and there's a razor-sharp edge that really matches DOC's wordcraft – as ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Featuring Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Xzibit, Hittman, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and more. 22 tracks counting interludes, including "Still DRE", "Xxplosive", 'What's The Difference", 'The Next Episode", "Let's Get High" and more. . . LP, Vinyl record album
Genius from the mind of Kool Keith aka Big Willie Smith aka Poppa Large aka Dr. Octagon – with some of the greatest production ever by Dan The Automator and scratch work by DJ Q-Bert – a serious creative peak for all parties, and up there in the all time greatest hip hop full lengths of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Beautiful limited edition box set pressing from Get On Down – with the classic LP and remixes on a 3LP hexagon shaped box – plus 40 page booklet with notes by Brian Coleman!)
A sprawling set from the prolific Drake – a nearly 70 minute record that was originally released digitally for free –ultimately of a caliber to come out as a legit, no less than chart-topping proper album! Includes "Legend", "Energy", "10 Bands", "Know ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Drake and Future collabo with the former showing once again he's in for the long haul – working fast and freely creative on grittier edge with a hungry partner still on the ris e at this point! Pretty strong work from both parties here. Includes "Digital Dash", "Big Rings" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
"Crusin' down the street in my 6-4." So begins the classic first Eazy-E single –- a trailblazing piece of west coast rap history! The vocals on "Boyz-N-The-Hood" are all spat Eazy-E in his slyly laidback, anger-laced, classic style – with lyrics written by Ice Cube ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(In a reproduction of the classic Ruthless Records sleeeve!)
10 tracks in all, including "Just Tah Let U Know", "Tha Real", "Creep N Crawl", "Wut Would You Do" and "Gangsta Beat 4 Tha Street". LP, Vinyl record album
Ed OG's nice debut, with a slightly jazzy touch on the production and literate, intelligent lyrics. We really couldn't get with "Bug A Boo", but besides that, this first LP's solid from start to finish, from the days when that wasn't so uncommon. Drop the needle on this and head back in ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Ed OG's nice debut, with a slightly jazzy touch on the production and literate, intelligent lyrics. Solid from start to finish, from the days when that wasn't so uncommon. With the now classic "Be A Father To Your Child", plus standout tracks like "I'm Different", "Speak ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
El Michels return again to the Wu-Tang chambers – and the results this time might even be better than before! Wu-Tang forged their initial sound out of a love of offbeat samples and unusual funk – so it's only fitting that one of the hippest funk groups around strip the music right ... (Deep Funk, Hip Hop)read moreCD
El Michels return again to the Wu-Tang chambers – and the results this time might even be better than before! Wu-Tang forged their initial sound out of a love of offbeat samples and unusual funk – so it's only fitting that one of the hippest funk groups around strip the music right ... (Deep Funk, Hip Hop)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes download! Please Note – LP sleeves are variable.)
El-P, Matthew Shipp, William Parker & Others —
High Water (Mark) ... CD Thirsty Ear, 2004. Used ...
$5.99
Do not buy this expecting hissy, atonal blip hop – El-Producto is the marquee name here, but this is decisively a late model avant garde jazz record – and a pretty sweet one at that! As with many of the better records in the Blue Series, Matthew Shipp's piano rolls through the center ... (Jazz, Hip Hop)read moreCD
The return of Aloe Blacc & Exile's duo project Emanon – a long-time, if infrequent underground partnership we've always dug – and it's all the more rewarding that they're keeping it going so strongly on an independent level even after Aloe's mainstream success! Aloe sings in Emanon, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(LP comes with a bonus flexi single with the bonus track "So Different".)
Epik 1 —
Epik 1.0 ... CD Underpaid Productions, 2017. New Copy ...
$6.99
Independent Chicago hip hop from emcee Epik 1 – a born & bred Chicagoan with roots in the city's late 90s freestyle and open mic scene, and a genuine love and appreciation for block rocking hip hop history for the old school to today. Produced by Illpee with no nonsense, headnodding ... read moreCD
The third album from Eric B & Rakim – classic MC/DJ duo hip hop from classic players! By this point, Rakim was firmly established as one of hip hop's greatest rhymers, and is a fine full length effort that's biggest fault is that it's not quite as spectacular as the first 2 LPs. ... read moreCD
Paid In Full, indeed. Eric B & Rakim's seminal album still pays off in so many ways, and it was such a vital link between the party rockin' style of the old school and the terse, hard-hitting beats and rhymes of what was then the new school, we can't even come up with the words for the praise ... read moreCD
First school hip hop from Family Four, one of those tracks extended posse cuts that never cracked the mainstream, but always shows old school hip hop on want lists. A nice party rocker from the post disco, post Sugar Hill Gang scene. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Includes "Respect Mine", "Success (Premier rmx)", "The Sh#t Is Real (Premier rmx)", "Success" & "Envy". 14 tracks in all, counting interludes. LP, Vinyl record album
A brilliant blast of instrumentals from the mighty Fat Jon – his masterful, soul-infused soundscapes crafted for the hip hop-inspired manga comic of the same name! Headnodding beats, swirling atmosphere fusion funk keyboards are a constant, and never leaning to hard on classic soul ... 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!
Delik —
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