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"Too $hort's eighth studio album Get In Where You Fit In celebrates its 30th Anniversary. Production was handled by Ant Banks and The Dangerous Crew which featured live instrumentation, incorporated P-Funk samples and G-Funk synths. The lead single 'I'm a Player' sampled Bootsy Collins funky bass of Hollywood Squares and...
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Introducing "Hair of the Dog", Suff Daddy's newest musical journey that blends instrumental hip-hop, electronic and dance genres. This album invites listeners to unwind from start to finish. Once again a Suff Daddy album thrives on the pure brilliance of his own unique way to create music. The...
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Known to keep a low profile and cause pandemonium with each reemergence, rhyme writer extraordinaire Your Old Droog is debuting the appropriately-titled single "The Return Of Sasquatch", a collaboration with legendary producer Madlib.
A brash, kinetic masterpiece, the track marks a historic encounter between two of the biggest names in independent...
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An astonishing debut album of ambient rap that stretches saturated 808 kicks over dissociated AutoTuned vocals and glyding, amniotic bass. Every track is rolled out in regular, fast, and slurred versions, slanted and enchanted to enhance a sense of sensual, blunted delirium that comes highly recommended if yr into Future,...
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Street Bangerz Volume 6: Playhouse comes from Belgium resident Poldoore, an instrumental immaculate album blending elements of Funk, Soul and Lounge. ‘Shrooms’ kicks things off with a feel good vibe and beats at about 96BPM, a smooth bumping sub bass line, funky horns, and soulful vocal samples, resonating and charming....
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Full of opulently intricate instrumentation and a range of sleek R&B to smooth neo-soul vocals, Enigmatic Society is mesmerizing. The album features performances from the debut Dinner Party crew: Terrace Martin, Robert Glasper, Kamasi Washington and 9th Wonder, with additional help vocalists Phoelix, Arin Ray, Ant Clemons, Tank and producers...
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“The journey of South London collective Speakers Corner Quartet to where they are today has been a self-less, community driven calling. Starting as the house band at the legendary Brixton spoken word and hip hop night Speakers Corner in 2006, they spent the following decade backing up other artists and...
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Pink Siifu’s latest release, GUMBO!, is another sprawling Afrocentric vision from one of the boldest voices in contemporary rap. Following up on 2020’s NEGRO, the album’s songs are as rich and varied as its titular stew. Siifu’s boundless style makes for an unpredictable but rewarding ride across the album’s 18...
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Vaudeville Villain is the third studio album by British-American rapper-producer MF Doom, released on September 16, 2003 under the pseudonym of Viktor Vaughn. MF DOOM re-envisions himself as a younger, hungrier, more brazen persona in order to explore a different point of view. Of course, developing a second self from...
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Four years after the release of Stakes is High, De La Soul announced they would be releasing a triple album series titled Art Official Intelligence (AOI). On August 8, 2000 De La Soul released their 5th studio album Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump featuring guest verses from Redman, Tash and...
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AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full-length album, released on December 4, 2001. The first single, "Baby Phat" featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin the Dude, was an ode to larger sized women. Elsewhere, "Held Down", featuring Cee-Lo, found Posdnuos in an introspective mood as he mused on fatherhood, religion,...
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Unconventional rhythmic structures, improvisation, jazz harmony, and Rhodes-soaked psychedelic soundscapes are woven together with samples, synths and found sounds to create the rich and dreamlike universe of Brown Calvin. On his debut, d i m e n s i o n // p e r s p e c t...
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Madlib's Rock Konducta 2- the second of two rock-inspired entries in the producer's long-running Beat Konducta instrumental series. Madlib announced his Rock Konducta album with a limited edition 45 made specifically for sale at the Zamrock Live! Madlib Medicine Show in San Francisco in ealry 2013. It was a fitting...
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Rock Konducta followed Madlib’s instrumental “Beat Konducta” series, the producer’s raw hip-hop beat tapes brought to life.
The latest album finds it’s inspiration in various worldwide underground rock scenes from the 1960s through the 80s: American psychedelia, Germany’s Krautrock, acid-soaked Spanish prog-rock and synthy, early-80s oddities.
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Lupe Fiasco, 12 time Grammy award nominee & Grammy award winner, has the spirit of brilliant thinkers, impassioned activists and unapologetic rebels. The rule-breaking wordsmith has sold 2 million albums and over 6 million singles along with earning 8 BET Hip-Hop award nominations, three #1 albums, and a spot as...
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Back in 1992, Southern hip-hop was still proving to the world that it could sustain a fanbase that was chiefly raised on rap from New York and LA. The Geto Boys and 2 Live Crew had made strong cases by the earliest 90s, and Pimp C and Bun B were...
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Run-DMCs self-titled 1984 debut pushed the doors of pop music open, showing that hip-hop was not the fad that haters had prophesized. As they proved decisively on Run-DMC, rap was a legit art form, fully capable of producing long-players full of no-fast-forward cuts.
By 1985, any doubters were running on fumes,...
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Killah Priest's Mystery Channel EP, is his first release on 600 Block Records after his acclaimed features on Pugs Atomz’ Test Drive LP in 2022. The EP, coming this August on limited edition vinyl, features two original productions from Tusk57, an amazing Tall Black Guy Productions remix, and instrumentals of...
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Formed in 1999 by acclaimed hip-hop producers Dan the Automator (Gorillaz, Dr. Octagon, Deltron 3030) and Prince Paul (Stetsasonic, de la Soul, Gravediggaz,) Handsome Boy Modeling School is a concept project that instantly turned heads and brought a whole new dynamic to the world of hip-hop. Hidden behind the world-class...
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First time on colored vinyl! Martyr Loser King is the fifth studio album from musician, actor, poet, and activist Saul Williams. A thinly veiled concept album carved from the tales of its main character - a computer hacker living in Burundi with the screen name mrtyr_lsr_kng - the album confronts...
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The Los Angeles rapper and skateboarder, legal name Sage Elsesser, released his seventh album Ways of Knowing, executive produced by Budgie. Across 13 tracks, guest appearances include the aforementioned producer, Zeroh, Kelly Moonstone, Liv.e and Venna. Along with Budgie, production credits on Ways of Knowing feature Om’Mas Keith, Yaffra, Drew...
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Quelle Chris fucks with himself. Most of the time. Honestly, it might depend on when and where you catch him. That’s to say that the Detroit representative is like the rest of us—surfing on waves of self-confidence, enduring periods of self-doubt, and searching for a sustainable balance.
The primary difference between...
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The Sad Clown Bad Dub series first started as a string of limited cassette tapes and CD-R's for Atmosphere to sell exclusively on tour. Since its inception in 1999, the Sad Clown series has seen over a dozen iterations in numerous formats, including rare 4-track demos, live recordings, a DVD...
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Indie Rock, Soul, Funk, Soul & Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock
One of five albums released by SAULT in late 2022, originally only available from a password-protected folder which initially disappeared after five days. Available on vinyl now for the first time....
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Indie Rock, Soul, Funk, Soul & Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock
One of five albums released by SAULT in late 2022, originally only available from a password-protected folder which initially disappeared after five days. Available on vinyl now for the first time....
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Soul, Indie Rock, Funk, Soul & Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock
One of five albums released by SAULT in late 2022, originally only available from a password-protected folder which initially disappeared after five days. Available on vinyl now for the first time....
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Soul, Indie Rock, Funk, Soul & Funk, Hip-Hop, Rock
One of five albums released by SAULT in late 2022, originally only available from a password-protected folder which initially disappeared after five days. Available on vinyl now for the first time....
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32 short tracks make up "Chinoiseries" delivering a tight selection in teh style of J Dilla, Rza, Madlib, MF Doom and the Sublime Frequencies label rolled into one beautifully incoherent package. While the exotika, folk and plastic pop of the source material here could so easily have ended up sounding...
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PT 2 of Onra's classic Chinoiseries series, which had him going off digging all over China and Vietnam on a quest for loops..
'Same Same but Different', the familiar phrase heard throughout south east Asia, a perfect description to characterize Onra’s latest project, a follow up to his 2007 LP -...
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"Almost 10 years have passed since Onra arrived with the charmingly eccentric Chinoiseries LP. 32 Hip-Hop beats formed the sample-based project - dusty Chinese vinyl hissing and crackling throughout – resulting in an intriguing and spontaneous mix of the producers interest in exploring a newly-discovered style of Music with his...
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Open Mike Eagle’s newest album is a masterpiece mural drawn in side walk chalk. Entitled Brick Body Kids Still Daydream, the album addresses gentrification, culture and family. A mult--talented performer, the comedian, artist and rapper approaches music with a post modern approach, making the audience look at themselves...
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The Iceberg is a studio album by American hip hop artist Oddisee. It was released via Mello Music Group on February 24, 2017. It is the official follow-up to his 2015 album, The Good Fight. It features guest appearances from Toine and Olivier St. Louis. Music videos were created for...
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It’s a quintessential Sunday afternoon. The calendar is open. The weather is pleasant and crisp. The whip is freshly waxed. All you need to do is find the proper soundtrack and the right co-pilot. In these days of digital abundance, there are millions of options but only a few perfect...
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The first signee to Conway The Machine's Drumwork Music Group imprint, Jae Skeese appeared on two songs on the deluxe version of Conway The Machine's From King To A GOD, and the first single, "Blood Roses," from La Maquina.
Skeese continued his ascent by not only appearing ("Drumwork" with fellow signee...
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Following weeks of anticipation after an already banner year for the Hot Spitta, Curren$y gifts fans with his third release of 2022, The Drive In Theatre Part 2, the next installment in the cult fan favorite series. The 21 track album features appearances from Rob49, Fendi P, Dash, URA, Blü,...
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Helmed by King Milo & Milf Melly, and overseen by Omar-S, Hi Tech epitomise the early 2020s sound of jit/ghetto-tech/rap from the Motor City. ‘Détwat’ is their awesome follow-up to ’22s eponymous debut, shelling 12 tracks, half an hour, of quick, soulful, and rugged club musics that feed forward the...
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Made from coloured vinyl scraps, each copy will be unique in a random colour.
Compilation of 10 tracks as short as effective, accompanied for the occasion by instrumental versions.
Crumbs Vol.2 by Chill Bump...
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Yessir Whatever is 12-tracks recorded over roughly 12 years by Madlib and his bad character. The LP is packaged with a peel-off sticker revealing Lord Quas's guts. Sleeve by Jeff Jank.
Yessir Whatever by Quasimoto...
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Last summer, the young Bronx rapper Ice Spice shot to sudden stardom when her playful, raunchy drill anthem “Munch (Feelin’ U)” became a viral sensation. There’s a thriving drill scene in the Bronx, but it’s been plagued by violence and legal trouble. Ice Spice’s music isn’t anywhere near that chaotic,...
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The Madlib Invazion Music Library Series was created by Madlib and Egon over the course of the Pandemic, and was a chance to give their creative friends the ability to stretch out and indulge in whatever type of music they wanted for release on the label.
The music had to be...
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Although Beyond Belief was completed in only a handful of all-night sessions, 38 Spesh and Harry Fraud took their time crafting this high-level hip-hop music. Harry didn’t simply send Spesh a folder of beats to rap to, Spesh made the trip to Harry’s lab, and all the beats and lyrics...
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Ready Ta Roll was a 90’s hip hop group from Jersey City, NJ. Mark “M.C. Supreme” Curry (Rapper/Producer), Eric “Tysheen” Freeman (DJ), Christopher “Rizzo” Warren (Hype-Man) & Joseph “Music Maestro J-Rule” Jenkins (Producer) released several singles including underground classics “The Real Hip Hop” & “Drug Game” between 1993 & 1994.
The...
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Sim Nagai loves traveling. Whether these are actual travels to beachy coasts and mountain vistas, or imagined through wishlists and dreams, travel is an inspiration for the Belgian producer's musical activities. Sim's latest album, Equator Hotline, is no different, featuring exotica-fueled beatscapes and transportive vibes. Titles like "Post from Hawaii,"...
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When two artists as esteemed & talented as Apollo Brown & Stalley come together, they shine, even in the dark. “Blacklight” represents the combination of two titans of hip-hop, both largely recognized as legends in their own right while also being overlooked by some when the discussions of “best alive”...
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The neo-soul movement of the late 1990s, which fused classic soul sounds with contemporary elements, heralded the arrival of some of the greatest R&B recordings of the decade. Albums like Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, D'Angelo's Brown Sugar, and Maxwell's Urban Hang Suite were all born of this...
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What are the consequences of living in this fucked up world? Within the first few seconds of their collaborative album, Cost of Living, rapper Philmore Greene and producer Apollo Brown articulate this question with unequivocal clarity. It’s an inquiry that looms at the core of their elegiac and existential soundtrack...
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The old masters understood the inherent contradictions between artistic compromise and creative integrity. Guru indicted those who “sold their soul to have mass appeal.” EPMD condemned the shamelessness of crossover seekers. But we’re now approaching a second generation raised to believe that greed is good, popularity always directly correlates to...
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By popular demand, this lost classic from the Golden Age of Hip Hop is finally getting a vinyl release! And when we say lost, we mean really lost; 1995’s Chronicle of Two Losers barely even saw a legit release before being deleted, which explains why even CD copies go for...
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