Classic material off the Hard To Earn album, with Lil Dap and Jeru on "Speak Ya Clout" over one of our favorite Premier productions! (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A great bass-heavy groover from The Gap Band – pulled off one of their best albums ever, Gap Band IV! The cut's got some really great funky bits on the bottom – acoustic piano wrapped around some more electric rhythms, in a blend that keeps the track as soulful as it is catchy! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
An 80s groove classic! "Outstanding" has some wonderful funky grooves and a killer 80s sound that's complete with very fat bass pedal grooves, and some tight keyboard work! The hook's a monster, and this rare single offers up 2 versions not on the LP! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
An undisputed classic! The funky grooves of this early 80s single by Taana make it our favorite by her – and it's a non-stop killer that's served up here in a 9 and 6 minute version. Used as the sample for "Buddy" by De La Soul, and for a whole bunch of other tracks too! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
One of the most baroque singles we've ever heard from Taana Gardner – a long number that starts out with a spare and spacey vocal on the first minute or two, then which suddenly leaps into a tightly-crafted uptempo groove – running for over 10 minutes, and featuring lots of instrumental ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Eternal soul from Marvin Gaye in both its classic form AND in a contemporary light – on a nice little 10-inch single! Side 1 features the original 7-inch single mono versions of "What's Going On" and "God Is Love" – both as mindblowing today as ever – not only ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
The great Josh Milan sings here on the leadoff track – bringing all the sense of soul that made his work with Blaze so great, but over grooves that have the complexity you'd expect from Kaidi Tatham and Patrick Gibin! That complexity continues on "Don't Be Rude" and "Groove ... (New Grooves) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers, Experience Unlimited, Little Benny & The Masters and Rare Essence get together on this posse cut with a message, from around the time that the capitol city's murder statistics were raging out of control. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
"Disco Nights" is one of the greatest grooves ever from GQ – a tightly-stepping number that's every thing a rollerskating track should have been at the end of the 70s! The tune builds wonderfully from the very first beat – keeping time with a very sharp focus, but also ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
The Furious Five's tribute to your zodiac sign. A guaranteed party rocker that's been sampled and cut into more tracks and mixes than we can count. . . (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
The follow up to "The Message", and another classic early 80s number from Grandmaster Flash and crew. Once again, the theme is the trials of city life, and once again, they come up with another winning message cut. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
The title song from one of the early hip hop movie classics! The track's an ode to the film's slain graffitti writer Raheim, and one of the last dope Melle Mel/Furious Five tracks. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
The cut here is "Make It In Life" with Group Home stepping up the lyrics and add more energy to the vocal style since their days on Payday, plus some nice dense production by Agallah. A tale of giving up the thug life, complete with vocal samples from Louis Farrakhan. Production on " ... (Hip Hop) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Midtempo groover from Curtis – one of the more overlooked singers of the early 80s, but a sweet soul vocal talent that deserves more notice. This cut's got kind of a Michael Jackson Off The Wall groove – and in our book that's a good thing! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A megamix of Herbie's excellent proto hip hop tracks "Rockit", "Autodrive", "Futureshock", "Rough" and "Chameleon '84" by Grandmixer D St., plus the album versions of "TFS" and "Earthbeat" from the Future Shock LP. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Nice updates of a classic electro/hip hop/breaking track! You can see just how forward looking Herbie was by how great this sounds today, just as fresh as it was back in '83. "Rockit 2.002" features DJ Babu, DJ Q-Bert, DXT, Faust & Shortee, Mix Master Mike, and Rob Swift. (New Grooves) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Funky breaking madness! Nice 12" single of Herbie's big hit cut with Bill Laswell – which sounds surprisingly better today than it did back in 1983. Lots of nice early electro keyboards – and some nice scratching from Grandmaster D St! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Cover has light ringwear, some edge wear, bumped corners, and is bent a bit at the spine.)