Hip-Hop
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Metaphorical Music is Nujabes' first solo album released in 2003. It offers a combination of hip hop and instrumental jazz, and features artists like Shing02, Substantial, Five Deez and Cise Starr (of CYNE). Despite the fact that the album has contributing vocals from several artists, it is roughly classified as...
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"Before Madvillain, before Yesterday's New Quintet and before Quasimoto or any other of his several alter egos, Madlib perfected his craft as an MC/producer in the Lootpack. Along with DJ Romes, and fellow rhymer Wildchild, they released the dusty full-length, Soundpieces: Da Antidote back in 1999, that laid down the...
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The Main Ingredient picks up right where Mecca And The Soul Brother left off, continuing classic back to back releases from the duo. Characterized by sultry soul and jazz samples, The Main Ingredient saw a more polished sound from Pete & CL, building on the praise they got from All...
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Micheal "Eyedea" Larsen and Gregory "DJ Abilities" Keltgen first met in the mid-90s and soon began a working relationship that would play a prominent role in the burgeoning Indie-Rap movement of the time. After numerous successes across nearly every notable MC or DJ battle of the late '90s and early...
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Due to an overwhelming high demand, RTJ are re-issuing a physical version of their now-classic first album, Run The Jewels, for the first time since 2013. Vinyl release will include a cool new iron-on Run The Jewels patch. This album was named Pitchfork's "Best New Music" upon release and features...
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PeteStrumentals follows Jay Dee’s Welcome 2 Detroit as the second offering in BBE’s producer spotlight “Beat Generation” series. If you approach Pete Rock’s joint as a song-oriented pop album, you may feel disappointed. Only two tracks (“Cake” and “Nothin’ Lesser – Jamie’s Mix”) feature MCs and the repetitive, consistently mid-tempo...
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Every February we honor James Dewitt "J DIlla" Yancey's birth, passing & the release of his classic album "DONUTS" in 2006. Down in picturesque Auckland, New Zealand, tucked in a small basement studio, musician Leonard Charles & friends paid tribute to Dilla's landmark release by re-recording the entire 31-track album...
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Shifting between styles with deftness, Alabama's elusive Pink Siifu found underground success in the late 2010s with his experimental blend of genres. Piecing together aspects of his wide-ranging influences, the musician built an extensive catalog during the 2010s, releasing a total of 46 EPs, albums, and mixtapes throughout the decade....
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He made remixes matter more than the original songs. He introduced dramatic, forceful horns to rap’s sonic discussion. It almost goes without saying that Pete Rock is one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. After years out of print, the instrumental version of Pete’s acclaimed album NY’s Finest...
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As the final part of the 'N.O.W. Is The Time' campaign celebrating 25 years of Nightmares On Wax, Warp presents double gatefold vinyl represses of the Nightmares On Wax back catalogue. All of the albums include printed inner sleeves and a download card for the full audio. Reissue of the...
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As the final part of the 'N.O.W. Is The Time' campaign celebrating 25 years of Nightmares On Wax, Warp presents double gatefold vinyl represses of the Nightmares On Wax back catalogue. All of the albums include printed inner sleeves and a download card for the full audio. Reissue of Nightmares...
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The young and ambitious hip hop group Blackalicious emerged from the underground during the late Nineties. Their debut album established them as one of the West Coast's top outfits, but it was the follow-up Blazing Arrow that earned them major acclaim. This second studio album was originally released in 2002...
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Be With Records present a reissue of DJ Quik's Safe And Sound, originally released in 1995. Complete with "Tanqueray", the hidden track from the original CD release. DJ Quik is a giant of West Coast hip-hop. With 1995's Safe + Sound, he scaled new levels of musical magnificence with his...
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Be With Records present a reissue of DJ Quik's Rhythm-Al-Ism, originally released in 1998. DJ Quik is a giant of West Coast hip-hop. With his fourth album Rhythm-Al-Ism he created his masterpiece, a perfect hip-hop album. A preternaturally gifted producer/rapper, DJ Quik has produced scores of LA gangsta rap classics....
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Slum Village’s Fantastic Volume II Is Now Available In A Limited Edition Hardwood Colored Vinyl Pressing The contributions of the late Detroit producer James DeWitt Yancey –better known to the world as J Dilla- to the world of hip-hop can't be overstated, and nowhere is his legacy more apparent than...
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In August 1996, a Brooklyn duo consisting of MC Outloud and DJ P.F. Cuttin, better known to the world as Blahzay Blahzay, released “Blah Blah Blah”, their one and only album, on Fader Records. The album’s 13 tracks proudly waved the flag of the East, featuring hit single “Danger”, as...
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Legendary DITC producer Buckwild teams up with UK rap majesty SonnyJim for their collaboration full-length "Coke Le Roc". With the album title being a tribute to the first MC to ever bless a mic, the two couldn't come up with better material to honour his name with Buckwild's signature touch...
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Future archaeologists will discuss two periods in 1980s: before Run-DMC and after Run-DMC. Its no exaggeration to say that the group changed the course of music in the 80s, bringing the old-school of rap into the new with one simple piece of flat, black plastic. Coming up in the rap...
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This is known: Young Fathers are three young men from Edinburgh and Liberia and Nigeria, all at the same time. Their journey has taken them through various incarnations and styles but they are still only in their mid 20s. And... and this is important: they’ve chosen to kill the past—their...
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Following the previous 1996 and 1997 beat tapes released in 2017 and 2019, DJ Spinna is back with another collection of all unreleased beats from 1998 created during his final days of using the SP-1200 and Akai Combination before moving on to the MPC 3000. Still fresh after...
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The latest in their Beat Series, the Zenker brothers Illian Tape brings us the first collaboration between Munich based beat makers IROCC and Packed Rich suitably available as a Vinyl and Ilian Tape Rizla bundle. Smokers or not, there is an enticing vibe at play that we find hard to...
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In every arts community there are people who, despite being little known even to fans of the scene, are deeply embedded in its past and present. When it comes to NYC independent hip-hop, Joseph Fusaro aka Steel Tipped Dove is one of those people. Not only has he quietly made...
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Sound Ancestors LP with custom sleeve & labels by Jason Jagel. The cover is silk screened art printed by Monolith Press in Alameda CA on chipboard jacket....
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In the late 90s, Wu-Tang Clan superstar RZA developed a new persona. Based on his birth name and the fact that he was branching out into more digital production, Bobby Diggs became Bobby Digital. As RZA himself put it, “My birth name is Bobby Diggs. So at the time, creatively,...
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Operation Doomsday never sounded better. For the Silver Age Set, the classic Doom album gets a fresh remaster! The records themselves are housed in a special metallic sleeve with embossed image of Doom's notorious metal mask. An essential piece for the Doom completist. Lab heads should know the music, but...
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Long out of print, and even impossible to find on vinyl at the time of its release, Get on Down presents the classic Diamond D debut Stunts, Blunts and Hip Hop. As the album title states, this album is one long party from beginning to end. Diamond shines both on...
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CZARFACE (Wu-Tang Clans Inspectah Deck & 7L & Esoteric) is back! Fresh off the heels of their collaboration with Marvel Comics the trio continues to combine music and art with their latest release A Fistful of Peril. The back story of this album begins in the summer while Deck and...
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On the West Coast, gangsta rap held sway in hip-hop as the 21st century began. The alternative and conscious rap music of the early-to-mid-90s had all but faded into the underground. The scene was set for a comeback, perhaps as a backlash to the perceived violence and misogyny of gangsta...
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'Ancient Methods' is a new album by Chicago-based producer Spectacular Diagnostics. A big bang of beatmaking matter: from cut-up jazz keys to distorted sci-fi movie dialogues. And from echoes of traditional Bollywood chants to three features by Billy Woods, ELUCID & Nosaj who, in contrast, break down traditions to shape...
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2022 repress; LP version. "Fresh off 2018's collaborative LP with the enigmatic MF Doom, Czarface Meets Metal Face," the adventure continues as Czarface now faces off with Wu-Tang Clan's Ghostface Killah. Czarface Meets Ghostface brings strictly mind melting beats and bars as three emcees clash like villains & heroes in...
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Czarface's all new release debuts on RSD Black Friday in a never to be repeated green vinyl pressing. The variant cover is exclusive for Black Friday and will not be used on any other issue of the release. Czarface, iron clad crime fighter, heroically returns to his lair after two...
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Innercity Griots, the second album from Freestyle Fellowship, is perhaps the essential West Coast left-field rap album of the early '90s. Released in 1993 on 4th & Broadway, it's a towering, progressive hip-hop masterpiece that expanded rap's boundaries through lyrical elevation and production innovation. Their talent was ahead of everybody...
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What do jazz improvisation, Polish Radio, dingy rap from Memphis, cassette tapes, trap, drill elements and hip-hop loops have in common? These are the ingredients that the Błoto quartet used in their lab to cook an explosive mixture for their third LP entitled “Kwasy i zasady” (eng,“Acids and bases”). Nobody...
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420 Chalice All-Stars, aka Son of Super Ape,' is all Jamaican sounds – over 79 minutes of dub, reggae, roots....
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2021 Reissue! New Cover Artwork! For Madlib, 'Medicine Show No. 2: Flight to Brazil,' Madlib sends us on an 80-minute guided tour through three of four decades of Brazilian funk, psychedelic, prog-rock and jazz....
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The late, great J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest hip-hop producers of all time. Since his death in 2006, Dilla’s mother Maureen “Ma Dukes” Yancey has worked tirelessly to further her son’s legacy, and her latest effort is the new project Motor City. Inspired by Dilla’s...
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‘Bad Neighbor’ is a collaborative studio album by rappers MED and Blu and producer Madlib. Originally released on October 30, 2015, the 13 track LP features guest appearances from the likes of the late MF DOOM, Aloe Blacc, Mayer Hawthorne, Jimetta Rose, Dâm-Funk, and Oh No. The album is undoubtedly...
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Following the success of 2012’s posthumous Rebirth of Detroit CD, the official estate of J Dilla is proud to present Rebirth of Detroit Instrumentals. The new album distills Rebirth of Detroit’s 21 tracks to a lean 12 beats, never before pressed to vinyl, spanning Dilla’s career from Slum Village to...
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After a long time, we finally present you an official high quality press of the legendary album on classy black vinyl with an exclusive new designed cover - Check it out!
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Sometimes, dreams come true! Vinyl Digital is very proud to present you the next exclusive release: Pete Rock, InI - Center of Attention! "Center of Attention" is without a doubt one of the best and most acclaimed hip-hop records of the 90’s, despite it never got an official release at...
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Kool Keith is an American rapper from The Bronx known for his surreal, abstract and often profane or incomprehensible lyrics. Kool Keith has recorded prolifically both as a solo artist and in group collaborations. After being part of the legendary hip hop formation Ultramagnetic MC's he debuted in 1996 as...
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On its 20th anniversary, we are proud to bring back Cormega's first official debut studio album "The Realness", originally released in 2001. The Realness is Cormega's "Official" 1st debut studio album that was originally released in 2001. The album features production by Havoc (of Mobb Deep), Ayatollah, Sha Money XL,...
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A loose concept album, it’s both an intense expose and a roughneck tribute to the hip-hop lifestyle that broke new ground by merging the grimy lyrical sensibility and beats of East Coast rap with the funk-influenced subsonic bass grooves of the West Coast producers of the time. The track “Jeep...
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The second album from Masta Ace Incorporated, Sittin’ on Chrome spawned three top 100 hit singles, “Born to Roll,” which went top 25 the previous year and is included here, and both “The I.N.C. Ride,” and “Sittin’ on Chrome.” Sonically, the album represents some of the best production elements of...
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Mecca And The Soul Brother, the critically acclaimed 1992 full-length debut from Pete Rock and CL Smooth. The album is considered as one of the greatest Hip Hop albums of all time. Boasting tracks such as the first single, They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.), a dedication to their deceased friend;...
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Six months shy of his 50th birthday, Common remains dedicated to the core tenets of his artistry—a rap polymath, speaking righteous truth. On the second installment of his series A Beautiful Revolution, the Chicago rapper sounds comfortable in his skin, kicking characteristically loquacious rhymes, sounding so relaxed he could fall...
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