Featuring Redman & Method Man on "Rock & Roll", Rottin Razkals on "Rah Rah", Lil Jon & Chyna White on "Wild Muthaf*ckas", and Pink on "what You Wanna Do". (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Modern soul crossover work from the NJ Mass Choir, kind of in the same vein as the Clark Sisters work from the same period. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A dark classic that broke out of the underground and forever transformed the world of dance music! "Blue Monday" has this infectious bass/keyboard riff that you'll recognize immediately – and which you've heard emulated a million times in electro house tracks from later on in the ... (Rock) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
(US Factory pressing, in the die-cut diskette cover, with silver inner sleeve. Cover has some edge & surface wear.)
Debut single from Sage Francis & Joe Beats, and still a highlight from the late indie days, with clever wordplay, strong delivery, and blazing beatmaking. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A rare slice of Nujabes – his reworking of the Samurai Champloo theme, but in this really stripped down, moody instrumental – very nice piano solo in the middle, over beats that move back and forth with the "phase" you might expect! "Rainy Way Back Home" has more of ... (Hip Hop) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
The foundation of the sound that would rule hip hop throughout the 90s. Nice production from Dre, back when he was dropping more funk-sample based tracks, and plenty of attitude on the mic from Cube, Eazy and Ren. Off the Straight Outta Compton LP. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
With Trina and Twista on "Do It Faster"; Common, Black Thought, and Joi on "In The Sun"; and Peter Gunz and Jayo Felony on "Bounce". (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A fantastic funky sound library gem – one that begins with this wicked fast drum break over riffing guitar – while Gianni Oddi starts to warm things up with sweet keyboards, and then snakes in a tenor sax solo too! Isabella Sodani provides these sexy vocals that are whispered in the ... (Sound Library) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Two excellent Philly dance floor numbers off the Family Reunion LP, with "I Love Music" getting the pumped up Tom Moulton treatment for this single! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Promo in a Philly Int'l sleeve, with a promo stamp.)
Two from the "All We Got Iz Us" LP. The usual scowling Onyx MC style, but the production on Last Days has a more low-tempo, late-night sound than the usual Onyx material. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(Promo in an AVI sleeve, with light waer and aging, split top seam, and small tear and split at the bottom right corner. Label has light smudges and price sticker remnants.)
A split Motown single, featuring an artist on each side, and tracks that are definitely designed to cash in on the dancefloor cash! The Originals step out in a full disco mode with "Downtown To Love Town" – a swirling number that's filled with lots of strings, and which boogies on ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Outkast's first single from Aquemini – one of the great southern hip hop singles of the late 90s and an important creative benchmark for Big Boi, Andre 3000 and Organized Noize however you might feel about their use of the civil rights heroine's name! As fresh, soulful & uniquely Outkast ... (Hip Hop) read more12-inch, Vinyl record
Blacksmith handled the remix and extra production work for this single – giving the track a nice strong London groove, circa 1990, which is about the best vintage we can think of! (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Two great Billy Paul tracks on one nice reissue single, perhaps his most well known single, the slow jam "Me & Mrs, Mrs Jones. . ." and his remake of Jerry Butler's classic, both produced by Gamble & Huff. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
Ah for the mid 80s, when a song like this passed for politics in music! Forget the stupid message lyrics, though, and remember that Hardcastle cracked a lot of scenes with the cut – forging kind of a pop-political-street beat kind of groove. (Soul) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A bit later than classic vintage for Teddy Pendergrass – but a great little tune nonetheless – and one that has his incredible voice crackling beautifully over this warmly dipping groove! The Phat Phili mix is especially wonderful – as it changes the Soul II Soul-styled rhythms ... (Soul) read more12-inch, Vinyl record