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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
The second album from Kendrick Lamar, and the one that really helped bring his talents to the rest of the world – and maybe mark a whole new generation of hip hop in the process! At some level, Lamar is in the same territory as many of the south Cali rappers before him – with tales of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kendrick Lamarr waited quite a long time to give the world a follow-up to his classic DAMN – and for good reason too, as the rapper's been on a long personal journey that's documented strongly on the record! The Kendrick heard here is much more introspective than before – and that's ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kendrick Lamarr waited quite a long time to give the world a follow-up to his classic DAMN – and for good reason too, as the rapper's been on a long personal journey that's documented strongly on the record! The Kendrick heard here is much more introspective than before – and that's ... 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 moreLP, Vinyl record album
Maybe the most powerful, personal album that Killer Mike ever recorded – a set that took many years to put together, and which definitely represents the journey the rapper was experiencing at the time! Mike channels some of his own experience to deal with the larger issues that are facing so ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Limited gold vinyl pressing.)
King Magnetic & Tone Spliff —
Nobody's Safe ... LP King Mag Music, 2020. Sealed ...
$24.99
One of those classic late 90s hip hop albums that initially got lost in the shuffle of record label politics and other issues – finally out for the rest of the world in the following century! The record's from a time when King Tee was allied strongly with Dr Dre – who produces part of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kipp Stone —
Faygo Baby ... LP Closed Sessions, 2021. Near Mint- ...
$39.99
A rock solid effort from one of the finer producers on Stones Throw at this stage in the label's esteemed history! If you expect 1988 to be throwback effort by the number title, think again, but he's not as predictable as that anyway. He sets an impeccable and unpredictable mood that stays rooted ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Kool G Rap & DJ Polo —
Best Of Cold Chillin' ... LP Cold Chillin/Landspeed, Late 80s/Early 90s. Near Mint- 3LP ...
Just Sold Out!
Tracks include "It's A Demo", "I'm Fly", "Riker's Island", "Poison", "Road To The Riches", "Rhyme Time", "Talk Like Sex", "Truly Yours", "Butcher Shop", "Bad To The Bone", "Money In The ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover is bent a bit on the corners, but looks nice overall.)
A QB landmark. Kool G Rap's finest from the Cold Chillin glory days, with production by Marley Marl at the peak of his early career. With the hits "It's A Demo", "Truly Yours", "Poison", and "Rhymes I Express". Also includes Road To The Riches", " ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Original pressing with FW/CSB etch. Cover has light wear, a promo stamp, and a small trace of a price sticker.)
Includes "Lost Ones", "Ex-Factor", "To Zion", "Doo Wop", "Superstar", "Final Hour", "When It Hurts So Bad", "I Used To Love Him", "Forgive Them Father", "Every Ghetto, Every City", "Nothing Even ... read moreCD
Lil Kim's showing plenty of herself on the cover, and on the record too – just her second set, but one that has the MC grabbing the title of Notorious at a time when it might have been a bit too sensitive for most – and jumping into the fray with all-star help from Mary J Blige, Redman, ... read moreCD
(Out of print.)
Lil Wayne —
Tha Carter III ... LP Cash Money/Universal, 2008. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
$39.9944.99
How can you resist an album with a picture of a baby on the cover with his hands and face covered in tattoos?! The set is maybe the biggest album in Lil Wayne's career – a set that was delayed a bit in the midst of big album leaks of the oughties – then really came on strong once it ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Includes "Livin' The Life", "Money, Power, Respect" featuring DMX and Lil Kim, "The Heist", "Everybody Wanna Rat", and "We'll Always Love Big Poppa". 21 tracks total including interludes. LP, Vinyl record album
The official full length debut from Lupe Fiasco – another wholly unique Chicago MC who's gotten the runaround from seemingly every major label in the biz – and a record that lives up to the long-building hype! Frankly, we were scared almost immediately when we heard the description ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
All the lean, spare Madlib tracks taken from the vocal album – served up here as instrumentals, and in a way that really showcases Madlib's continuing genius over the years! There's really a "less is more" vibe going on here – with a focus on key elements, just the right kind ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A really revolutionary album – both at the time it was released, and all these many years later! In a surprising nod to the younger generation, Blue Note opened the door to Madlib – already making a name with his array of great projects at the start of the century – an early part ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 2010s EU Music On Vinyl reissue. Cover is bent at the bottom right corner.)
A hell of a collaboration – core sounds by Madlib, which are then re-arranged by Kieran Hebden – at a level that seems to open up new dimensions in both artists! The sound is definitely Madlib's, but there's also a sense of majesty that seems to flow through the whole thing – ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Originally the first release in the Madlib Medicine Show series – this one is a full scale collaboration with no nonsense rapper Guilty Simpson – sort of a prelude to Guilty's OJ Simpson LP with Madlib in the production booth! The set is a pretty sharp confluence of Guilty's heavy-toned ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Formative Madlib beatcraft – music made by 'Lib from 1990-2000 – crafted into a tight full length album that feels as fresh as ever! History Of The Loop Digga features funky hip hop instrumentals made at a time when he was producing underground beat tapes for himself and the Crate ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(RSD Essentials pressing. Quantities pressed on demand and strictly limited! Sky blue vinyl.)
The missing piece of the epic Madlib's Medicine Show series – No 9 in the eclectic soundscape architects year-long effort to release full length albums on a near-monthly basis ended up following No 11, but the collaboration with MC Frank Nitt is worth the wait! Nittyville is funky hip hop ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Madlib's reworked, re-imagined and remixes of the mighty Madvillainy LP! The original album is arguably one of the greatest Stones Throw album ever, held up by many as one of the best indie hip hop albums of its decade if not all time – so Madlib is wise to take a freewheeling, fairly loose ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Includes includes the download and a 12-page comic booklet!)
Main Source —
Breaking Atoms ... CD Wild Pitch/Mr Bongo (UK), 1991. New Copy ...
$11.9913.99
A record that no hip hop home should be without – the debut album from Main Source, but a set that's more than strong enough to stand next to the best from contemporaries like De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, and Black Sheep! Like all three of those groups, these guys have a way of bringing ... read moreCD
Main Source —
Breaking Atoms ... LP Wild Pitch/Mr Bongo (UK), 1991. New Copy (reissue)...
$25.9928.99
A record that no hip hop home should be without – the debut album from Main Source, but a set that's more than strong enough to stand next to the best from contemporaries like De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, and Black Sheep! Like all three of those groups, these guys have a way of bringing ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Main Source —
Breaking Atoms ... LP Wild Pitch, 1991. Near Mint- Gatefold ...
$29.99
A record that no hip hop home should be without – the debut album from Main Source, but a set that's more than strong enough to stand next to the best from contemporaries like De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, and Black Sheep! Like all three of those groups, these guys have a way of bringing ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Vinyl Me Please pressing on clear with orange vinyl, in a cover with slightly different design. Includes the booklet, printed inner sleeve, and bonus 7-inch.)
A record that no hip hop home should be without – the one and only album from Main Source, but a set that's more than strong enough to stand next to the best from contemporaries like De La Soul, Tribe Called Quest, and Black Sheep! Like all three of those groups, these guys have a way of ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A long-delayed album from Main Source – one that was recorded back in the early 90s, but never really saw the light of day until 5 years later – a record that features a revised version of the group, but still working with all the best energy that made them so wonderful on their debut! ... read moreCD
A great single-only track from Main Source – and maybe the greatest thing ever about the White Men Can't Rap project! The tune's a sharp attack on wanna-bes in the hip hop world, served up by one of the best of the time – all delivered with that sharp crackle that makes Main Source so ... read more7-inch, Vinyl record
A fantastic cut from Main Source – one that steps loud and proud with a killer Lou Donaldson sample and some mighty Idris Muhammad drums! "Vamos A Rapiar" is one of the overlooked nuggets on their first album – served up here on a limited and mighty nice 7" picture disc ... read more7-inch, Vinyl record
A great pairing of early genius from Main Source – their drum-snapping "Live At The Barbeque" – matched with a majestic ode to "Large Professor" – all served up on a very cool, limited edition 7" pic disc! 7-inch, Vinyl record
One of our favorite cuts ever from Main Source – the tremendous "Looking At The Front Door", a tune that rides strongly on a great Donald Byrd sample to give it a righteous jazzy groove! Single also includes "Snake Eyes" from the Breaking Atoms LP – and the feel of ... read more7-inch, Vinyl record
Main Source —
Science ... LP P-Vine (Japan), Early 90s. New Copy ...
$29.9936.99
The never-issued second album from Main Source – and a set that's a very worthy successor to their classic Breaking Atoms! As with that record, the production here is superb – Large Professor at his best, with all the right sort of early 90s jazz influence in the samples, balanced with ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
The never-issued second album from Main Source – and a set that's a very worthy successor to their classic Breaking Atoms! As with that record, the production here is superb – Large Professor at his best, with all the right sort of early 90s jazz influence in the samples, balanced with ... read moreCD
A classic electro groove – and one of the tracks that's a contender for the origin of the word "hip hop"! A very nice groove with an early Arthur Baker feel, and the kind of cut that we slept on during the 80s, but which sounds totally great today! 3 different edits. 12-inch, Vinyl record
The album's great cover image is an homage to the Death Wish soundtrack by Herbie Hancock, and Mantle references 70s funk group Mandrill in his name – but the sound here is very different than either of those two references might make you expect, more in a contemporary hip hop vein, but ... (Japanese, Hip Hop)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(In a Fat Beats sleeve, with light stains and some stuck-on paper at the bottom corners.)
Masta Ace & Marco Polo —
Richmond Hill ... LP Fat Beats, 2024. New Copy 2LP Gatefold ...
$28.9932.99
A second great collaboration between Masta Ace and Marco Polo – the latter of whom really seems to bring a new sort of open, honest quality to the proceedings – at a level that helps Masta Ace get there as well! There's this down to earth quality to the proceedings that's totally great ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Masta Killa —
No Said Date ... CD Nature Sounds, 2004. New Copy ...
$12.9915.98
Masta Killa's solo debut – keeping the Wu Tang flag flying with pride in the early 00s with all the cinematic soul resonance and maybe a just little bit more of a gritty underground edge! It includes appearances by nearly the whole clique, including Ghostface, Raekwon, RZA, Meth, Deck, U-God ... read moreCD
MC Hammer —
Greatest Hits ... CD EMI, Late 1980s/Early 1990s. Used ...
Just Sold Out!
Marley Marl's behind the controls on this early MC Shan LP. 9 tracks in all, including QB classics like "Jane, Stop This Crazy Thing!", "The Bridge", and "Kill That Noise", plus "Down By Law", "Project 'Ho", "Left Me Lonely", "MC ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Pink label pressing with Herbie Jr etch. Cover has a promo stamp and is heavily bent at the bottom corners.)
Another nice mid-80's Profile MC that somehow never put out a full length LP. It really is a shame. Probably our favorite use of the James Brown "Talkin Loud" sample. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Sweet lost electro EP on Sunnyview with lots of great synth bass and ping ponging drum machine. The cover says "Fresh Beats Without Rap Bass Your Car Streets and Party Fresh Beats", which we take as a Burroughs style cut up of what you can expect from this slice of hot DJ wax! 4 cuts: ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(Cover has a cut corner, some aging, and light ring impressions.)
A nice mix set from Medina Gree! 12 tracks in all: "Green Boogie" (produced by Diamond D), "Red Light Green Light", "Medina Green Giants", "Full Court Press" and "Physical Challenge" by Medina Green, "Fla-La-Lashe" and "Yo-Yo-Yo" ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A nice slice of the Brooklyn underground, produced by Kenny Dope. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Method Man —
Tical ... LP Def Jam, 1994. Near Mint- ...
$33.99
One of the most triumphant records from the first wave of Wu Tang Clan solo efforts – and an early 90s hip hop masterpiece that's hardly aged a day since! Tical is right up there with Enter The Wu Tang (36 Chambers) on the quality front. It's got the iconic Wu production aesthetic in peak ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(180 gram green & black smokey vinyl pressing, in a holographic cover.)
The first full length from MF Doom – a record that set the standard for underground hip hop to come! On this modern classic, Doom caps off the 90s with more jazzy soul in the beats, and some semblance of straightforward rhyme mastery from both Doom & his guests – taken to the outer ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mndsgn adds an extra x to the title here, which might cause a bit of confusion with the previous Snaxx set – yet we can definitely say that he seems to have only deepened his groove since that record, opening the door for some soul-drenched elements that almost have us wishing someone would ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Beats by Afrika Baby Bam and the Beatnuts, amongst others. 13 cuts, including "It's A Shame (My Sister)", "Don't Funk Wid The Mo", "Ring My Bell", 'R U Single", "Just Don't Give A Damn" and "Read Between The Lines". (Cassettes, Hip Hop)Cassette
Moor Mother continues to blend genres and come up with one that's all her own – a unique space between soul and poetry, music and message, all with a vibe that's unlike anything else we can think of! This set may be Moor Mother's heaviest to date – an unflinching examination of ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read moreCD
Moor Mother continues to blend genres and come up with one that's all her own – a unique space between soul and poetry, music and message, all with a vibe that's unlike anything else we can think of! This set may be Moor Mother's heaviest to date – an unflinching examination of ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Mos Def's landmark late 90s solo debut – a rock solid classic that stands up today as one of the best hip hop albums of its decade – and for all the dizzying creative highs and lows of his career to follow, it stands strongly among his best work ever. His preceding duo work with Talib ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Deep, thoughful and soulful hip hop from Mr J Medieros – produced with a lean, thumping vibe by Stro The 89th Key – with singing by Tara Ellis and a number of tracks. Mr J is doing his own thing on his own label, and it's solid, worthy stuff. Titles include "Children", " ... read moreCD