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Musician, music therapist and founder of Healing Music in Japan Fumio Miyashita began his musical career in 1966 In 1969, he was an original member of the rock musical, 'Hair', in Tokyo He formed the progressive rock groups Far Out and Far East Family Band, releasing ground-breaking albums and touring internationally Always...
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Herbie Hancock is one of the most prolific jazz pianists of the 20th century A child prodigy, he played with the greats such as Donald Byrd and Miles Davis As he was a bit of a geek, he enjoyed gadgets & buttons and he was one of the first to embrace and master the electric piano, but he always stayed true to the acoustic...
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Recording at Malcom Catto’s analogue studio has been an ambition of Greg’s for a long time, not only for the studio itself but for Malcolm’s skill using this vintage equipment, very few people can achieve such an incredibly big sound Earlier this year we grabbed the chance to get the full Greg Foat group joined by Binker...
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The official reissue of Ryo Fukui's highly sought-after masterpiece Scenery, originally released in 1976 Unquestionably one of the most important Japanese jazz albums ever recorded, Scenery reveals Ryo Fukui as a miraculously brilliant self-taught pianist fusing modal, bop, and cool jazz influences for a very personal, dexterous,...
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Grant Green's debut album, Grant's First Stand, still ranks as one of his greatest pure soul-jazz outings, a set of killer grooves laid down by a hard-swinging organ trio For having such a small lineup, just organist Baby Face Willette and drummer Ben Dixon -- the group cooks up quite a bit of power, really sinking its teeth into...
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Drummer Art Blakey recorded Indestructible—his final album for Blue Note—in 1964 with a powerful sextet line-up of The Jazz Messengers featuring Wayne Shorter (tenor saxophone), Lee Morgan (trumpet), Curtis Fuller (trombone), Cedar Walton (piano), and Reggie Workman (bass) The LP presented 5 compelling original compositions by...
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Hello Nasty is the fifth studio album by American rap rock group Beastie Boys, released by Capitol Records and Grand Royal Records on July 14, 1998 It sold 681,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 1 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, and won Best Alternative Music Album and Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group...
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The iconic 1986 Debut album Licensed To Ill from The Beastie Boys This was the very first hip-hop album to top the Billboard album charts The record featuring the singles "Fight For Your Right" and "No Sleep To...
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Big L is easily one of Hip Hop's best lyricists to ever touch the mic Point blank His voice, cadence, witty punchlines and cocky delivery set him up to be a legend even before he had an album out From mixtape appearances and various features on DITC related albums, Big L's rep only grew as fans and other rappers alike marveled at...
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Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys, released on July 25, 1989 by Capitol Records Produced by the Dust Brothers, the album is composed almost entirely from samples, and was recorded over two years at Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles Paul's Boutique did not...
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California-based avant-garde hip-hop group Death Grips were last on the radar in 2015 when they released Jenny Death, the anticipated second part of their fourth full-length effort, The Powers That B Now the widely revered powerhouse of industrial hip-hop returns with its fifth LP, Bottomless Pit The album is standard nihilistic...
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2018 release, the sixth studio album by experimental hip hop group Death Grips Year Of The Snitch is the follow-up to their 2016 album Bottomless Pit Death Grips is an experimental hip hop band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2010 The group consists of vocalist MC Ride, drummer and producer Zach Hill, and recording engineer...
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The supergroup Deltron 3030 is composed of producer Dan the Automator, rapper Del tha Funkee Homosapien, and DJ Kid Koala and sometimes features guest artists who also take on varying futuristic pseudonyms Originally released in 2000 on the now-defunct 75ARK record label, this Hip Hop concept album was released the same year as...
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1991's Step In The Arena is the breakout second full-length album from the legendary East Coast hip hop duo Gang Starr - consisting of MC Guru and DJ/producer Premier - and follow-up to their 1991 debut No More Mr Nice Guy Step In The Arena firmly established Gang Starr's trademark sound which radically blended the unprecedented...
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Madlib, the prolific producer and adept sampler with a record collection spanning all genres and eras, and Freddie Gibbs, the gravel-voiced braggadocios rapper, a vocal athlete As a pair, they exude a natural chemistry and craft alchemical music Reunited after their widely celebrated 2014 album Piñata, Gibbs and Madlib are...
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Donuts began simply enough as an idea to turn a particularly good demo beat tape into a full-length release, and has since became a classic hip-hop album, one of the defining works of the artist's life Completed during a year in which J Dilla spent mostly in a hospital bed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Donuts...
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"Before we get this started, let me explain it It's Ruff Draft For my real niggaz only Sound like it's straight from the ma'fuckin' cassette! Let's do it" Thus begins Ruff Draft These self-produced tracks make up one of the late J Dilla's least known works during his lifetime Released on vinyl only in February 2003 this...
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1996 debut solo album of American rapper Keith Thornton who is also known by his aliases as Dr Octagon, Dr Dooom, Black Elvis, Dr Ultra, Crazy Lou, Poppa Large and Kool Keith Dr Octagonecologyst introduces the character of Dr Octagon, a homicidal, extraterrestrial, time traveling gynecologist and surgeon It's hard to exaggerate...
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"In the ten years since Danny Brown’s magnum opus XXX was released, he has permeated both underground and mainstream music culture with an authentic and ever-evolving persona and a sound wholly his own, transcending genres and any parameters the world around him might impose He set the blueprint for many of today’s critical...
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"Awaken, My Love!" is the third studio album by American recording artist Donald Glover, under his stage name Childish Gambino File under Psychedelic Soul Childish Gambino · "Awaken, My...
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'Be' showcases the production skills of the late, great J-Dilla, alongside Kanye West (with some co-production from James Poyser and Karriem Riggins) Resurrection" is the second album of the Chicago rapper from 1994 and is often considered his best album The album was produced almost exclusively by Kanye West's mentor No I D...
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Common's 2000 record that marked the formation of the Soulquarians, a collective including Questlove, J Dilla, James Poyser, D'Angelo and Pino Palladino Like Water For Chocolate by...
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When Cypress Hill came with their debut they made an immediate spark that captivated the Hip Hop audience, critics and then the world Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery and Sen Dog to play the perfect hypeman, Cypress debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride...
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Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom is the eponymous third studio album by American hip-hop group Cypress Hill, released on October 31, 1995, by Ruffhouse and Columbia Records The album was certified Platinum by the RIAA Cypress Hill · III (TEMPLES OF...
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Who you trying to get crazy with ése/Don't you know I'm loco Cypress Hill's best selling album originally released in July of 1993, coming up on 30 yearsmaybe it's time to give this album a deluxe...
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In case you haven’t heard, D'Angelo is back, folks The prodigal son of the soul and funk canon shocked the world, dropping his ever-awaited third studio album "Black Messiah" on a public that never saw it coming (unless, of course, you had your eyes and ears locked on the Okay realm) "Black Messiah" is about to hit wax and in a...
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Over two decades later, KRS One’s debut solo album Return of the Boom Bap finally gets the reissue it deserves Pressed for the first time on color vinyl, this double LP not only includes a bonus 7” of Kenny Parker remixes, it also features the first-ever color sleeve on a US pressing KRS-One · Return of the Boom...
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The Waters is a concept mixtape Jenkins' lyrics are immersed in the symbolic meanings of water The mixtape includes features by Pro Era member Joey Badass as well as The Mind, Noname, and Jean Deaux Producers who contributed in the mixtape include Statik Selektah, Kirk Knight, OnGaud, Spacedtime, THEMpeople, THC, Dream Koala, DJ...
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Every so often an artist comes along who changes the musical landscape, an artist who brings something different to the game step forward Kendrick Lamar Hailed as the new face of west coast rap, the 24 yr-old Compton-native has already been making his mark on the music scene With the weight and backing of Dr Dre (the two recently...
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20 years after its initial release, the Bay Area uber-classic Latyrx: The Album - lyricists Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truthspeaker, with production from DJ Shadow, Chief Xcel and Lyrics Born - still stands as a seminal recording It has gone on to resonate with successive generations of listeners, and influence countless...
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The full-length 3/LP edition is finally being reissued, together with a previously unreleased 7-inch single, "Bone Marrow" This is the debut of Lootpack: Madlib, Wildchild & DJ Romes This is the first Madlib album production and the launch of an entire stable of artists including Quasimoto, Dudley Perkins (Declaime), Oh No,...
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Second full-length album by Quasimoto and Madlib, following The Unseen Further Adventures plays something like a smoked-out comedy/crime Blaxploitation flick, and continued to cement Madlib's reputation as one of the most creative and fearlessly skewed creators in hip-hop MF DOOM is featured on "Closer" MED is featured on "The...
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For the first time in a decade Lex are reissuing DANGERDOOM's "The Mouse and the Mask" All orders will receive an immediate download of the album Standard shipping is £320 to the UK £430 ($640) to the USA Previously only available in Europe in limited quantities, this is the first time many fans will be able to get their...
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KMD (Kausing Much Damage, or a positive Kause in a Much Damaged society) was a Hip Hop group in the early 90s perhaps best known for launching the career of MF Doom (known during his KMD tenure as Zev Love X) After guesting on 3rd Bass The Gas Face, the trio (Zev, brother Subroc, and Onyx) released the acclaimed and overlooked Mr...
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Featuring Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and seminal American poet and writer Charles Bukowski with beats from J Dilla, Madlib and ol’ Metal Fingers himself “I’ve been a fan of Bukowski for a while It was a friend of mine – damn, I forget the ngga name – from Life Sucks Die, it’s a graffiti magazine but it’s real kinda...
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Illmatic is the crown jewel of the mid-90s classics that still define the genre Unlike Biggies Ready to Die or Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt, which were released in its wake, Illmatic was the game-changer that forever transformed the landscape of East Coast hip-hop Not only did it establish Nas as the Best Rapper Alive for 1994 it...
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Every once in a while someone makes an album that actually means something This time around, Outkast is that someone, and Aquemini is that album With their first album, Outkast created Southern hip-hop, and with their second album, they further defined it Then, rap groups from the South really took off, and took the sound of the...
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Island's original issue of DJ Shadow's landmark album 'The Private Press’, his second album from 2002 This double LP has been printed on 180gm heavyweight vinyl, in a triple gatefold package It also comes complete with a download code DJ Shadow · The Private...
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Original Pirate Material is an album by Streets, released in 2022 Original Pirate Material includes ao the following tracks: "Turn The Page", "Let's Push Things Forward", "Don't Mug Yourself", "Who Got The Funk" and more The album is a r&b/hip-hop...
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The Streets’ second album, “A Grand Don’t Come For Free”, was instantly hailed as another masterpiece to equal his initial clarion call, “Original Pirate Material Whereas “Original Pirate Material was a record that garnered acclaim from the electronic/dance fraternity and the forward-thinking wings of the...
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Runaway Slave was a breakout LP in 1992 for Showbiz and AG, the Bronx duo whose crew, DITC was commanding NY underground rap with dark, expertly sourced samples and tremendous lyrical fire power from Fat Joe, Big L, and Lord Finesse, respectfully Runaway Slave single "Soul Clap" (originally released on a previous EP) remains a...
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The Muggs Presents The Soul Assassins (Chapter 1)album was originally released in 1997 and is produced by DJ Muggs It features tracks from a veritable 'who's who' list of rappers like Dr Dre & B Real, Mobb Deep, RZA/GZA & Genius (Wu-Tang Clan), Krs-One (Boogie Down Productions), Goodie Mob plus contributions from his...
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Midnight Marauders is the third studio album by the American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on November 9, 1993 by Jive Records Midnight Marauders debuted at number eight on the Billboard 200 and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart The first two singles, "Award Tour" and "Electric Relaxation",...
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