EP with 6 full-length tracks and 3 interludes/edits, with the nice deep West Coast funk production like their first LP, not like the later G-funk droning keyboard style: "Playlude", "Play Your Game", "Dose of The Megaflex", "4 The Funk Of It", "Wicked&qu ... read moreCD
The speed garage producer slums for a minute and puts together a double album of looped beats and vocal bits off a handful of different hip hop records, using common samples and well known hits. Nothing special, but it's guaranteed to move the crowd, kind of like some of the stuff Nervous was ... read moreCD
The Beasties' masterpiece – and one of the original nightmares for sampling opponents everywhere. Tracks include "Hey Ladies", "Shake Your Rump", "High Plains Drifter", and "Shadrach". CD
Hazy beatcraft steeped in Indian soundtrack style funk, strings and percussion from the indefatigable Madlib – Volumes 3 & 4 in the Beat Konducta series of the increasingly adventurous and conceptual outings – 2 volumes on 1CD! This time out Madlib, er, Beat Konducta is conducting ... read moreCD
(Barcode has a cutout hole.)
Black Knights —
Almighty ... CD Record Collection, 2015. Used ...
$7.99
Another really strong effort from Blockhead – one that follows his equally good Music By Cavelight! It's feels like a tribute to NYC, in an atmospheric way, full of crackly melodies, terse moments, and compelling soundtracky hip hop beat craft. Tracks include "Expiration Date", ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Boom Bip —
Corymb ... CD Lex (UK), 2004. Used ...
$3.99
With remixes by Mogwai, Four Tet, Lali Puna, Clouddead, Boards Of Canada, and Venetian Snares. (New Grooves, Hip Hop)CD
A much-needed new pressing of the first "live mix" by Breakestra – with some bonus material! It's a non-stop funk party that's a perfect summation of the way the group take an older funky 45 style of work, and filter it through a hip hop live mix approach, layering funky tunes on ... (Deep Funk, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Galactic funk & synth soul from Dam-Funk – his epic full length debut Toeachizown for Stones Throw – and a record that should be a game changer for the southern Cali ambassador of cosmic funk beats, heavy bass and synth grooves!Dam-Funk is part throwback to the electro era – ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Heavy beats and funky grooves from DJ Cam – recorded back in his more formative years, when his sound was rougher, and more "in the crates"! The album's got a great mix of open-ended samples and jazzy instrumentation – sounding almost like early Greyboy work, but without as ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
(Out of print special silk-screened edition.)
DJ Cam —
Miami Vice ... CD Inflamable (France), 2015. Used ...
$9.99
DJ Cam pays tribute to the great moment of Miami Vice in the 80s – but with a sound that's definitely 21st Century all the way through! The music here is mostly composed by Cam – supposedly in Miami – and the whole thing does feel like some revised soundtrack for the famous show, ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
DJ Krush —
Holonic ... CD Mo Wax (UK), 1998. Used ...
$12.99
A great mix album where Krush revisits his classic tracks from the Mo Wax years in a non stop set that also features short vocal cameos from MCs, producers and graff writers like Stash, Futura 2000, Finsta Bundy, DJ Cam and Shawn J Period, and some nice turntable antics from Krush himself. ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
DJ Krush & Toshinori Kondo —
Ki-Oku ... CD Instinct, 1998. Used ...
$8.99
While most collaborations between hip hop producers and jazz players have been mediocre at best, neither really being able to get invloved enough in each other's music, this collaboration between Kondo and Krush is almost entirely successful. Kondo's played in just about every style from all out ... read moreCD
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
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.)
Does any hip hop DJ/producer/artist or otherwise instrumental sound stylist of any stripe face steeper critical expectations with each successive album than DJ Shadow, and if so, do any of them divert those expectations so profoundly as Shadow does? On The Less You Know, The Better, Josh Davis ... read moreCD
DJ Shadow at his most stylistically sprawling –doing his thing as distinctively as ever, unpredictable from one track to the next, but very much himself whether it's a sample and scratches cut reminiscent of the Entroducing era or beats-enriched avant jazz or keyboards-heavy tracks! Lots of ... read moreCD
A fascinating full length departure from DJ Shadow – an album that's more or less made up of genre suites – rolling from sound library groove, to hood-shaking hyphy hip hop, to topical post-Katrina commentary, to beat-driven live instrument avant funk! The album's flow is more or less ... read moreCD
16 tracks in all, including "The Vengeance Of Galaxy 5", "Hologrammic Dub", "Dance Of The Morlocks", "Thoughts Like rain", "Nihilismus Dub" and "Time Out Of Joint". (New Grooves, Hip Hop)CD
Genius from the mind of Kool Keith aka Big Willie Smith aka Poppa Large aka Dr. Octagon. Since his days with Ultramagnetics, no one has mastered the abstract lyrical style like Kool Keith, self-proclaimed inventor of all rhyme styles. 19 tracks features with dope atmospheric tracks by the ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Drake —
Take Care ... CD Cash Money/Universal, 2011. Used ...
$3.99
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 moreCD
(Out of print, artwork is wrinkled from some light water damage.)
Flying Lotus wastes little time seizing the senses on Cosmogramma – bursting with thick, bubbling wave of electronics that float off just as quickly and make room for hypnic harp and buzzing eastern string sounds – and gets more adventurous and unrelenting from there! We've been on ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
A cerebral and sweetly soulful instrumental excursion from Flying Lotus – a headnodding journey that's as gratifying as anything we've heard from the Warp label in a long time! It's tough to get around a Prefuse comparison, especially given FL's masterful way of blending off kilter outeredge ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
A fresh EP from feverishly creative moodscape & beatcrafter Flying Lotus! FL has been on such a furious win stream in the late 00s, it's tough to keep up with him, but that's a good thing – pretty much everything he puts out is of such consistently forward progressing quality. If you're ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Fudge (Prefuze 73 & Michael Christmas) —
Lady Parts ... CD Lex, 2016. Used ...
$5.99
A tight duo venture from producer Prefuze 73 and rhymer Michael Christmas! Prefuze 73 has been exploring all kinds of abstract production ideas for years, usually carrying his tired-and-true sputtering beats and tripped out atmopsherics, but his straighter hip hop productions really tighten things ... read moreCD
Pop soul from Full Force – filled with plenty of influence from mainstream hip hop, but all watered down into a much more partyful groove! The group here are a bridge between the commercial funk of Prince, The Time, and other 80s acts – and some of the more beat-heavy sounds coming out ... (Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Illa J —
Illa J ... CD Bastard Jazz, 2015. Used ...
$6.99
Detroit independent hip hop veteran Illa J takes his greatest creative leap yet – moving to the Bastard Jazz label for this solid, perhap appropriately self-titled set – as he really seems to be repping his own vibe here! Earlier on, he proved a capable torch carrier for his brother J ... read moreCD
J Rocc's full length debut and it's a great one – Some Cold Rock Stuf is one of the funkiest, most insistently thumping and easily one of our favorite turntablist hip hop releases on Stones Throw, or any other label, in quite a while! J Rocc is a real veteran, having manned turntables for ... read moreCD
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
Tracks include "Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)", "Ride Or Die", "Can I Get A..." with Amil & Ja Rule, "Money, Cash, Hoes" with DMX, "It's Alright" and "Coming Of Age (The Sequel)" with Memphis Bleek, "Money Ain't A Thing", ... read moreCD
A darkness tinged departure for Kanye West – his electro hip hop soul tome 808s & Heartbreak! Kanye's albums are always newsworthy, but this one divides opinions as sharply as any major release of 2008. That said, we'll go on the record with some real love for this sometimes confounding ... read moreCD
Kendrick Lamar —
DAMN. ... CD Aftermath/Interscope, 2017. Used ...
$10.99
DAMN!, indeed – Kendrick has yet to take even a small step down from the creative peak he's been riding for years – and takes another daring step forward with this strong, strident, no-mess-taking classic in the making! The surprise-announced DAMN! finds him taking on timely concerns ... read moreCD
With "La Raza", "Hold Your Own", "Straight To The Bank", "Come Together", "Smoke", "Ya Estuvo", "Homicide", "Hispanic Causing Panic" and "In The City". CD
A pair of solid instrumentals sets by Klaus Layer, originally issued as separate limited edition vinyl sets – back-to-back on CD! Restless Adventures is rich with heavy, headnodding beats – clearly influenced by classic early 90s hip hop production – but Klausputs a timeless, ... read moreCD
Raw crackling hip hop funk beatcraft at its deepest from mighty Madlib – working in his Beat Konducta style for this third entry in the epic Madlib's Medicine Show Series! Beat Konducta In Africa is a hazy hip hop instrumental set from 'Lib (lest you thought it might be a funky compilation ... read moreCD
A freak funk mix set from the mighty Madlib – No 6 in the Medicine Show series – a global psych mix of messed up prog, mad mod sounds, tropical funk, krautrock, Afro rock, funk & soul from Nigeria to who-knows-where – mixed masterfully and peppered with oddball vocal samples ... read moreCD
Low Budget Hi Fi Music from Madlib – the eleventh entry in his epic Madlib's Medicine Show series – 28 tracks of hip hop unofficially dubbed the Dirty Demos! The set feature sample enriched instrumentals by Madlib as Loop Digga and collaborations with Strong Arm Steady, J Rocc, Madlib ... read moreCD
Major Lazer & La Roux —
Lazerproof ... CD Polydor, 2010. Used ...
$19.99
The epic length collection of the best instrumental beats from the villainous one! Here the one-and-only MF Doom blends his beats into 2 separate 75-minute mega mixes on 2CDs – plus a bonus 3rd disc featuring rare instrumentals from the KMD era! Doom is of course best known for the grin-indu ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Michael Franti & Spearhead —
Yell Fire! ... CD Boo Boo Wax/Anti, 2006. Used ...
$2.99
Modern electronic funk from XL Middleton! XL handles all keyboards, vocoder and programming himself here – bridging bouncing 80s electro boogie, to 90s west coast G-Funk, to the bedroom beatcraft of today – with a lot of distinctive charm, making it much more than a mere wayback trip ... (New Grooves, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Third LP from Greg Nice and Smooth B. Sure, there's a few misses here, but also a couple tracks that are up there with their classic first LP, with the same humor and nice up-tempo production. 10 tracks: "Old To The New", "Let's All Get Down" featuring Slick Rick, "Return ... read moreCD
The best yet from Oddisee! Be it a solo set or one of his group efforts with Diamond District, Oddisee has never lacked smarts or confidence, but there's assertive strengh to tracks on here that up the ante. He's really come into his own as one of the most reliable voices in independent hip hop, ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Oddisee —
Odd Tape ... CD Mello Music Group, 2016. Used ...
$9.99
A top-quality instrumentals set from Oddisee – nothing odd about the strength of material here, as he's one of the most consistent producers of his era! The Odd Tape is exceptionally good headphones music, held together by the beatcraft with strains of anthemic soul in the DNA, sputtering ... read moreCD
Oh No is back as Dr No – following up the stellar Middle Eastern rooted Oxperiment set with an even better batch of hip hop instrumentals spun from global funk, jazz & psychedelia – the raw, funky and intoxicating beatcraft of Dr No's Ethiopium! Before the Oxperiment, we felt Oh No ... read moreCD
(NOTE: Rear tray card is missing, but everything else is fine. Out of print.)
Ohmega Watts —
Find ... CD Ubiquity, 2005. Used ...
$1.99
A fresh batch of warm, wonderful hip hop from producer/MC Ohmega Watts – a block rockin' set that couldn't be more welcome in these days of morose contemporary hip hop! If there's any justice in the world, Find will catapult the Ohmega Watts name into the upper echelon of respected ... read moreCD
The cuts that fell on the cutting floor are surprisingly fresh and candidly experimental, even for Prefuse. Listen in and you'll find Scott messing with fuzzed out guitars, has signature off step swagger beats delightfully diced, and production minimalism filtered through further effects. There's ... read moreCD
The second release by Scott Herren as Prefuse 73 comes on a little more cut up with more spastic jigginess than his debut, although it still retains the massive bass grooves underneath it all to keep your head constantly swaying. Tiny processed digital noisy samples easily intermingle with classic ... read moreCD
A moody, uncompromising album of experimental, yet accessible and downright hypnotic textures from Prefuse 73 – with less fractured, stuttering beatcraft and more spacious, droning atmosphere! It's pretty tripped out stuff for a record as Prefuse 73, which makes it all the more rewarding. A ... read moreCD
This album marks the start of a beautiful schism in hip hop production that die hard purists may or may not be so happy with. But, in no time at all, Scott Herren's debut on Warp paved a new original style of sample manipulation and composition that has awed critics and has been mimicked ... read moreCD
Tracks include "You're Gonna Get Yours (reanimated TX getaway version)", "Hazy Shade Of Criminal", "How To Kill A Radio Consultant (DJ Chuck Chillout mega murder boom)", "Party For Your Right To Fight (blak wax metromixx)", "Air Hoodlum", "Hit ... read moreCD
The massive second album by PE – and the one where where the hit their full creative stride, and their politics and philosphy hit at full force – moving Public Enemy from an imposing threat to both the hip hop and pop music status quo to a straight up cultural phenomenon! There's ... read moreCD
Excellent cuts from Pugs Atomz – one of Chicago's longtime hip hop champions! This set of bright, largely uptempo soulful tracks were cut over the past couple years – including one produced by the mighty Hi Tek, plus production by Colin Response & Big D– and appearances by ... read moreCD
The Queen sings – and she sounds pretty darn great! Of course, the album's not the first time we've heard Latifah vocalize – since she's been warming her pipes in film and TV appearances for years. But the set does mark her first full album as a vocalist, not a hip hopper – and ... (Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
A prime batch of rare, unreleased instrumentals from RJD2! It includes beats that the top tier producer used for his own records and for others. True to the work of other great DJs and producers, the beats play incredibly well on their own – whether you're spinning in a club, a lounge, your ... read moreCD
With this full length, it seems as though Swift has come to full maturity as an artist. In the past, with his albums and a few of his singles, he seemed to be getting there, but his skills as a beatmaker just never lived up to his skills as a turntablist. Here, he's gone back to great scratch ... read moreCD
Dancefloor jams, post disco soul, early NYC hip hop beats and straight up amazing 80s NYC progressive club genius from Arthur Russell – a compilation of great tracks he performed on, authored, remixed, edited or produced for Sleeping Bag in the early-to-mid 80s! Includes underground classics ... (Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
A sweet little groover of an instrumentals set from Chicago's Thaione – a newer version on CD! April January is a mellow, trippy, sampledelic platter of soundscapes from start to finish, cut with some nice dialogue samples that set the cool, cool vibe very nicely. All told, it's a jazzy, ... read moreCD
The first LP in a well over a decade from the Ultramags. Titles include "The Plaques", "Late Nite Rumble", "Mechanism Nice (Born Twice)", "Ain't It Good 2", "Pop Bottles", "Nottz" feat Goody 2, "Porno Star Pt 2", "Underwear ... read moreCD
Why? —
Moh Lhean ... CD Joyful Noise, 2017. Used Gatefold ...
$4.99
... CD
Will Sessions —
Mix Takes ... CD Fat Beats, 2015. Used ...
$4.99
Tight modern funk from Detroit funk troop Will Sessions – compiling their great pair of Mix Takes EPs, previously vinyl-only, together on CD for the first time! The group covers and reinterprets classic funky soul instrumental tracks as well as timeless hip hop cuts with a seamless flow in ... (Deep Funk, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Throw away all your 70s electric funk records – because the classic sound is back, and fresher than ever! Yesterday's New Quintet is a side project from hip hop producer Madlib – and the group's firmly steeped in a love of the mellow funky sound of 70s labels like Kudu and CTI. Vibes ... (Deep Funk, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Youssou N'Dour —
Eyes Open ... CD Columbia, 1992. Used ...
$3.99
A brilliant set of early 80s post-punk club tracks – from those magical crossover years on the New York scene! The set focuses on stuff that got a fair bit of play at the Mudd Club in NY, and that wasn't out of place at the Danceteria or the original Limelight either. And while some of the ... (Funky Compilations, Hip Hop)read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Various —
Cream ... CD Swerve, 1998. Used ...
$1.99
Excellent selection of modern grooves and hip hop, from the Delicious vinyl stable. Thirteen tracks, with a little bit of everything goin' on, from Bucwhead's jazzy hip hop (produced by J-Swift) and the Pharcyde's "Jealousy", to Jay-Dee's dope mix of the Brand New Heavies' "Sometimes ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
A collection of Unwrapped "flips" in the Hidden Beach Presents Unwrapped series – Back 2 Basics for lucky number 7 in the series – in which producer & songwriter teams up with a group of players to cast some classic and neo classic hip hop as jazzy soul instrumentals! ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
A nice, nice, NICE limited edition CD collecting the now largely unavailable early output of the excellent Brighton hip hop label Puma Strut, who've been stirring up quite a bit of noise on the other side of the Atlantic. Just like your favorite ice cream shop, this set gives you a nice taste of a ... read moreCD
Old school, true school, golden age, random rap, west coast, east coast, independent, southern, and midwestern hip hop -- as well as some commercial classics!
Beastie Boys —
Paul's Boutique ... CD 
