EPMD's incredible full length debut – a straight up all caps CLASSIC late 80s effort – raising the bar for the genre and helping pave the way for so much of the best golden age hip hop to come! Bottom heavy funky soul beats and masterful use of samples anchor the production, and the ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(2LP pressing.)
EPMD —
Unfinished Business ... LP Fresh/Capitol, 1989. New Copy 2LP (reissue)...
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The second album from EPMD, and the second triumph! Unfinished Business continues in the style of the classic debut, but that's anything but a problem at this point, there was really no one at their doing like Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith at the time! Their style of heavy east coast funky soul ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(2LP pressing.)
Just-Ice —
Masterpiece ... CD Fresh/Traffic, 1990. New Copy ...
Just Sold Out!
A later set by Just Ice – produced by Grandmaster Flash – and record that sounds a lot better than we remembered! Tight, hard hitting dawn of the 90s beats from Flash and that gruff, tight rhyme delivery from Just-Ice. It might not be a masterpiece on par with Kool & Deadly, but ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
A nicely done compilation of the some of the best of Just-Ice – culled from the legendary Fresh, Warlock and Sleeping Bag recordings – a solid entry point for hardcore hip hop pioneer if you don't already own those records! Includes some the most legendary Mantronix productions, the ... (Hip Hop) read moreCD
Original pressing of this amazing single with EPMD-style production and vocals! Recorded by Craig Mack under the name MC EZ & Troup seven years before his Bad Boy debut. A huge classic for the Dusty Groove crew, and one not to pass up from the old days! (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
(In Fresh sleeve with a cut corner, still sealed with hype sticker.)
A well-titled set from the lyrical king – the mighty T La Rock, one of the key mid 80s MCs who helped introduce a whole new level of sophistication to hip hop! T La Rock maybe never hit the heights of KRS-One, Rakim, or other contemporaries – but this set has all the sharp fire and ... (Hip Hop) read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Two nice ones – "This Beat Kicks" features classic Mantronix production and "Scratch Monopoly" has T La Rock rhyming with DJ Louie Lou cutting it up underneath. (Hip Hop) 12-inch, Vinyl record
A side of the South African scene that's quite different than any world music expectations you might have – as the package is filled with late 60s/early 70s rockers from the SA underground – loads of fuzzy nuggets that come across with a strongly Anglo sound overall! In fact, the ... (Rock) read moreCD