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Blue Thumb/Traffic, 1969. New Copy Gatefold (reissue)... $19.99 24.98
One of the wildest albums ever from the great Robbie Basho – as you might guess from the cover! Basho first made waves with his solo guitar work (and a bit of vocalizations) for the Takoma label, during the early years of John Fahey – but as the 60s ended, Robbie had more of a ... (Folk/Country) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Big L —
Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous ... LP Columbia/Traffic, 1995. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... Temporarily Out Of Stock
The classic first solo album by Big L – with bedrock DITC production by Buckwild, Showbiz and Lord Finesse – perfectly framing the rhymes by Harlem's finest. Big L didn't leave a huge wealth of recordings before he was taking away from the world, but he started out strong, and this ... (Hip Hop) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Rojac/Traffic, 1967. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
Big Maybelle's got a new bag – and we like it! This tasty set was cut for the tiny Rojac label in between Maybelle's earlier years at Savoy and later albums on Brunswick – and it's got a swinging, 60s mod sort of style that's pretty darn groovy, baby! The arrangements are by Bob Gallo ... (Soul) read more CD
(In a very cool Japanese-styled, LP-like cardboard sleeve cover!)
Rojac/Traffic, 1967. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
A great set that may well be Big Maybelle's best record ever – really rare work that's quite different than her famous work of the 50s! The set was recorded in the Criteria studios in Miami – and it's got a cool southern soul sound that's part Bobby Blue Bland bluesy soul, and part ... (Soul) read more CD
(In a very cool Japanese-styled, LP-like cardboard sleeve cover!)
Transcontinent/Traffic, 1979. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
A lost bit of ensemble funk from the end of the 70s – served up in a mix of bass-heavy club and boogie styles! The group have a rolling groove that's a bit like some of the work by Instant Funk or other clubby funk acts – but the overall feel is a bit tighter and more small group-orient ... (Soul) read more CD
B-Boy/Traffic, 1986. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... $19.99 24.98
One of the best debuts in the history of hip hop – and one of the most important albums the genre ever produced! Criminal Minded is a landmark for a number of reasons. Among the biggest is, of course, that it was recorded with the late great DJ Scott La Rock – and he was soon to fall ... (Hip Hop) read more LP, Vinyl record album
B-Boy/Traffic, 1988. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
The classic Scott La Rock tribute album – with BDP classics and remixes – originally issued as a 2LP set that was put together following the South Bronx-repping hip hop pioneer's shooting death. Alternate versions, remixes and BDP medley's from their most classic late 80s period. 15 ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Also available Man & His Music ... CD 3.99
B-Boy/Traffic, 1988. Used ... $3.99
The classic Scott La Rock tribute album – with BDP classics and remixes – originally issued as a 2LP set that was put together following the South Bronx-repping hip hop pioneer's shooting death. Alternate versions, remixes and BDP medley's from their most classic late 80s period. 15 ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Also available Man & His Music ... CD 6.99(Sealed digipack pressing.)
Traffic/B-Boy, Late 80s. New Copy ... $6.99 14.98
A selection of late 80s South Bronx Teachings – classic Boogie Down Productions circa Criminal Minded! South Bronx Teachings focuses soundly on the class of '87 – so you get fistful of the Criminal Minded cuts and a few other blasts from KRS-One & Scott La Rock, nicely paced over ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Boogie Down Productions —
South Bronx Teachings – A Collection Of Boogie Down Productions ... CD Traffic/B-Boy, Late 80s. Used ... Out Of Stock
A selection of late 80s South Bronx Teachings – classic Boogie Down Productions circa Criminal Minded! South Bronx Teachings focuses soundly on the class of '87 – so you get fistful of the Criminal Minded cuts and a few other blasts from KRS-One & Scott La Rock, nicely paced over ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Also available South Bronx Teachings – A Collection Of Boogie Down Productions ... CD 6.99(Sealed digipack pressing.)
Damon —
Song Of A Gypsy (with bonus tracks) ... CD Now Again, 1968. New Copy 2 CDs ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
An amazing reissue of this now-legendary album – once a lost psych oddity, but a set that's gone onto make plenty of waves over the years! Song Of A Gypsy may well be one of the best self-issued psych sets from the American underground – a really well-written, well-recorded record that ... (Rock) read more CD
Also available Song Of A Gypsy (with bonus tracks) ... CD 7.99
Traffic, Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
Incredible work from Chocolate Star – less a group than a record label or project name used for some excellent underground club recordings from the late 70s and early 80s! Gary Davis is the real brainchild here – keyboardist, songwriter, and main spiritual force behind the music – ... (Soul) read more CD
Also available Chocolate Star – A Taste Of Chocolate – The Very Best Of Gary Davis ... LP 19.99
Traffic, Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2LP ... $19.99 24.98
Incredible work from Chocolate Star – less a group than a record label or project name used for some excellent underground club recordings from the late 70s and early 80s! Gary Davis is the real brainchild here – keyboardist, songwriter, and main spiritual force behind the music – ... (Soul) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Also available Chocolate Star – A Taste Of Chocolate – The Very Best Of Gary Davis ... CD 6.99
Del The Funky Homosapien —
No Need For Alarm ... LP Elektra/Traffic, 1993. New Copy 2LP (reissue)... Temporarily Out Of Stock
The incredible follow-up to I Wish My Brother George Was Here – and a record that was initally underappreciated, mostly because it was such a radical departure from the George – but it's one that we loved from day one and we're thrilled is getting some love all these years later! ... (Hip Hop) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Del The Funky Homosapien —
No Need For Alarm ... CD Elektra/Traffic, 1993. New Copy ... Out Of Stock
The incredible follow-up to I Wish My Brother George Was Here – and a record that was initally underappreciated, mostly because it was such a radical departure from the George – but it's one that we loved from day one and we're thrilled is getting some love all these years later! ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Traffic, 2000. New Copy ... Just Sold Out!
Del Tha Funkee Homosapien, Kid Koala, and Dan The Automator pool their skills for this dawn of the 2000s sci-fi hip hop classic – the masterful Deltron 3030! The guest list is almost too long to get into, but Money Mark, Prince Paul, PB Wolf and Mr. Lif are all here, along with many others. ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
(Reissue version with bonus tracks.)
Paul Winley/Traffic, 1976/1996. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
A legendary album – and for good reason too – a set that's as mysterious as it is funky, and a record that's stayed at the top of our crates for years! The album features a really unusual collective of musicians, pulled together under the guidance of producer Paul Winley – a ... (Soul) read more CD
(In a very cool Japanese-styled, LP-like cardboard sleeve cover!)
Howlin Wolf —
Change My Way ... CD Chess/Traffic, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ... Out Of Stock
Almost a decade's worth of great work from Howlin Wolf – late 50s and early 60s recordings done for Chess Records in Chicago, nicely packaged up here in an archival series album with full notes on the sessions and music! Nearly all tracks are originals by Wolf – aka Chester Burnett ... (Blues) read more CD
(Sealed digipack pressing.)
Jungle Brothers —
Straight Out The Jungle (2LP version – red & green vinyl) ... LP Idlers/Traffic, 1988. New Copy (reissue)... Temporarily Out Of Stock
The legendary album by the third star in the original Native Tongues trinity! Before the first De La and Tribe LPs, and with hint of all the great stuff that was to come – jazzy beats, nice rhymes,and straight butter all the way through. This double vinyl version includes a bonus track ... (Hip Hop) read more LP, Vinyl record album
(2LP colored vinyl pressing.)
Just-Ice —
Masterpiece ... CD Fresh/Traffic, 1990. New Copy ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
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 more CD
Just-Ice —
Sir Vicious – The Best Of Just Ice ... CD Fresh/Traffic, Late 80s/Early 90s. New Copy 2CD ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
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 more CD
King Sun —
XL (special edition with bonus tracks) ... CD Profile/Traffic, 1989. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
Tough, righteous rap from King Sun – 1989's XL – a set that still looms large after all these years! King Sun dropped knowledge from a Five Percenter influence with a flow that's as smooth, solid and authoritive as any Bronx rapper of the day – and the production by Sun Born ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
KMD —
Mr Hood ... LP Elektra/Traffic, 1994. New Copy 2 LPs (reissue)... $19.99 21.98
Finally back on wax, and pressed up on double vinyl to boot! Pre-MF Doom/Metal Fingers, et al, classic from then-Zev Love X and DJ Sub Roc. The last chance before everybody had to be hardcore. Humor, knowledge and pure niceness, on par with the first De La album, though it never broke as huge. ... (Hip Hop) read more LP, Vinyl record album
Jive/Traffic, 1986. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
Elektra/Traffic, 1991. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
The amazing debut of those most hyperactive of the Native Tongues, the short-lived, ultra fresh Leaders Of The New School! Busta & Co. splintered apart after just two albums, but this will always be a shiny trophy in the mantle with the all time freshest East Coast hip hop. It sounds great to ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Mantronix —
King Of The Beats – Anthology 1985 to 1988 ... CD Sleeping Bag/Traffic, Late 80s. New Copy 2CD ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
Prime early electro hip hop genius from Mantronix – fresh beats and rap from Mantronix, including tight singles, 12" mixes and some classic production work for T La Rock, Just Ice and more – 2CDs that cover the vital mid 80s period! Includes those classic early hits with the ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
First Priority/Traffic, 1989. New Copy ... $6.99 14.98
MC Lyte's second full length record – a bit overlooked in the grand scheme, if only because the preceding Lyte As A Rock was a tough act to follow – so now's a great time to catch up with it! To our ears, Eyes On This is every bit as nice as the debut, and it that last of Lyte's no ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Pete Rock & CL Smooth —
Mecca & The Soul Brother (deluxe edition 2CD set with full sized poster) ... CD Sony/Traffic, 1992. New Copy 2CD ... Out Of Stock
The debut full length from Pete Rock & CL Smooth – and a bonafide hip hop classic if there ever was one – one of the best ever! Pete Rock's trademark mix of heavy soul, jazz & funk beatcraft pretty much set the bar to a level that's been impossible to top ever sense. On top of ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
(A great deluxe box set edition of one of the great, game defining hop hop albums of all time!)
Tay-Ster/Traffic, 1969. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
Don't get this set mixed up with Clarence Reid's album of a similar name on Alston/Atco – as this rare date for the Tayster label is quite different – although it still shares the famous title track! Reid's in perfect rough-edged form here – almost more strongly southern soul ... (Soul) read more CD
Also available Nobody But You Babe (LP sleeve edition) ... CD 5.99(In a very cool Japanese-styled, LP-like cardboard sleeve cover!)
Tay-Ster/Traffic, 1969. Used ... $5.99
Don't get this set mixed up with Clarence Reid's album of a similar name on Alston/Atco – as this rare date for the Tayster label is quite different – although it still shares the famous title track! Reid's in perfect rough-edged form here – almost more strongly southern soul ... (Soul) read more CD
Also available Nobody But You Babe (LP sleeve edition) ... CD 7.99(Includes domestic obi!)
Tommy Boy/Traffic, 1986. New Copy ... $7.99 16.98
A classic from Stetsasonic – who truly were On Fire in their prime! It seemed like Stet were the group that could do it all in the early days, with live instrumentation, beat boxing, and Prince Paul on the 1's and 2's. This LP's a classic of bygone days, will we ever feel this vibe again? ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
Chess/Traffic, 1973. Used ... $5.99
Muddy Waters can't get no grinding – but that's hardly a problem, given the strength of this sweet early 70s set! The album marks Muddy's return to more basic Chicago blues after his funky electric period on Chess – but the set's still got some of the trippier touches of a few years ... (Blues) read more CD
(Sealed digipack pressing.)
Muddy Waters —
McKinley Morganfield – AKA Muddy Waters ... CD Chess/Traffic, 1950s/1960s. Used ... Out Of Stock
A late 60s album on Chess Records – but one that serves to bring together all the best early work that Muddy Waters did for the label – including lots of original 45s and 78s! The range of music is really wonderful – the kind of tracks that first got Waters noticed in the first ... (Blues) read more CD
(Digipack pressing – still sealed.)
Muddy Waters —
Sail On (aka The Best Of Muddy Waters) ... CD Chess/Traffic, Early 50s. Used ... Temporarily Out Of Stock
A classic full album that brings together some of Muddy Waters' earliest recordings for Chess – a great collection of early singles recorded in Chicago between 1950 and 1954 – most originally issued on 78rpm singles, and beautifully presented in this set! The work's relatively spare ... (Blues) read more CD
(Digipack pressing – still sealed.)
Whodini —
Escape (special edition with bonus tracks & poster) ... CD Jive/Traffic, 1984. Used ... Out Of Stock
The classic Whodini album with their hits – in a well deserved special edition with 12" mixes, instrumentals & acapellas from classic 12-inches on CD for the first time – plus extended artwork and a full sized poster! The album has the full versions of "Freaks Come Out at ... (Hip Hop) read more CD
(Out of print.)
Various —
DJ Spinna Vs P&P Records ... CD P&P/Traffic, Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy ... $6.99 15.98
DJ Spinna takes on P&P Records – and the results are sublime! Spinna's one of the most soulful talents to ever hit the decks – an artist we can always rely on for his crucial ear for older sounds – a really unique sense of taste that always has Spinna picking some of the best ... (Funky Compilations) read more CD
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