A great post-disco track from the Aleem brothers, with a some very 80s production with heavy Linn drums and electro touches, and some nice soulful vocals courtesy Leroy Burgess, which are a bit buried too in the mix for our tastes. (Soul, Hip Hop)12-inch, Vinyl record
Nice late-80's mid-tempo production, similar to Stezo. One of the many MC's who put out one or two dope 12"'s on Tommy Boy then, unfortunately, just disappeared. Mix cameo by Paul C. 12-inch, Vinyl record
An obscure single taking off from a groove borrowed loosely off Zapp's "More Bounce To The Ounce" and adding a sort of quasi-rap vocal over top, that sounds more like George Clinton type vocalese than any sort of hip hop. 12-inch, Vinyl record
More mellow than "Must Stay Paid." Production by DJ Fashion, making good use of the Harlem Underground's version "Ain't No Sunshine" sample. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Tougher, angrier stuff than we remember from the Shadows On The Sun LP – with the usual strong production from the Ant, approximating rock and roll breaks and mood as well as anyone since earlier Cypress Hill. 12-inch, Vinyl record
We never tire of the Bumpy Knuckles/Freddie Foxx in your face battle style, and it seems like Pete Rock turns in some more pumped up beats than usual for Bumpy to ride. The b-side, produced by Alchemist is no slouch either. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Later track by hip hop pioneer Busy Bee. This one is an odd combination of Busy Bee rhyming in style of his early old school songs, with production by Jazzy Jay. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Uptempo production by 1988 DMC mix champ Cash Money. "Ugly People Be Quiet" was their big hit, with lots of nice scratching and cut-ins, and Marvelous sounding a little like early LL Cool J. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Long before the KRS/Shan battles, D.ST. was claiming "Bronx is the home of hip hop" on this track. It almost has an early Whodini sound, with more MC'ing, vocoder effects, and a live rhythm section than his other dj oriented tracks like "Mega Mix 2." 12-inch, Vinyl record
Lots of nice DJ work by D.St. using records like "Crazy Cuts", "Escapades of Futura 2000", "Wild Style", "Zulu Groove" and lots of goofy samples. 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Cover has a cut corner and some waviness from moisture.)
A prime rarity from the Dam-Funk archives – showing his mastery of easygoing boogie funk era-inspired instrumentals was in near peak form even on what was originally issued as a tour-only CD-R! Recorded around the time of his seminal synth soul opus Toeachizown for Stones Throw, these 4 jams ... (Neo Soul, Hip Hop)read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Later single from Dana Dane. "Dana Dane Is Coming To Down" is his hip hop Christmas song, so buy this before that holiday rush! Hurby Luv Bug produced. 12-inch, Vinyl record
(In a Profile sleeve. Shrinkwrap is torn in front.)
Davy DMX's biggest hit "One For the Treble", an early DJ record, mostly instrumental where he cuts in lots sound bits including RUN-DMC, car noises and a British woman saying the title phrase over, of course, a DMX drum machine beat! 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Original CBS/Tuff City pressing with a blue label. Labels have a name in pen.)
Female rap group featuring Finesse, formerly of Finesse & Synquis, N-Tyce & Champ MC (with J-Boo). Sort of styling themselves as a female Wu Tang, and loosely associated with them. 12-inch, Vinyl record
"Marathon" is trademark Alchemist beats, all moody crime scene thumping bass, leaving plenty of space for Dilated and guest Noelle to drop some slow, measured rhymes. 12-inch, Vinyl record
"Marathon" is trademark Alchemist beats, all moody crime scene thumping bass, leaving plenty of space for Dilated and guest Noelle to drop some slow, measured rhymes. "Under The Sun" produced by Babu and Evidence. 12-inch, Vinyl record
Jay Dee productions featuring Danny Brown on rhymes, with cuts by DJ Dez on "Jay Dee's Revenge" – while Big Tone, Guilty Simpson and Finale hold it down on "Birthwright". 12-inch, Vinyl record
First single off the "HII" lp. With De La Soul on "Trouble in the Water", the whole Black Attack/Missin Linx/Beatnuts family on "On The Mic" and Black Attack on "5 seconds". 12-inch, Vinyl record
What can we say? The classic single from Doug E Fresh that introduced the world to Slick Rick and has been sampled and quoted more times than we can count! 12-inch, Vinyl record
We can never remember if Andre "late of Motown" Harrell was Mr. Hyde or Dr. Jeckyll. "AM-PM" has that classic old-school freestyle lyrics over heavy beats sound. Produced and cowritten by Kurtis Blow. 12-inch, Vinyl record
(White label promo, in a Profile sleeve. Label has a name in marker.)
Since the day this single came out, it's been a favorite for MC's to freestyle over – with just a simple drum line combined with a killer, killer koto sample, a big beat precursor to the Asian string fetish Timbaland and others used a full seven years later! 12-inch, Vinyl record
In the tradition of "Heartbeat", which was also cut in a straight vocal club and a hip hop version by the West End label, Frederick Linton does a rap version of Jocelyn Brown's classic "Somebody Else's Guy" for the Vinyl Dreams label, handling the song in a bouncy old school way ... read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Classic electro from the team of John Rocca and Arthur Baker. "Pop Goes My Love" was one of the catchier groovers from the time – and on the flip, Whiz Kid does some nice scratching on the dub mix! (Soul, Hip Hop)12-inch, Vinyl record