Zion I are back with their first album in 5 years! While staying within the pocket of soulful hip hop, Zion I manage to push boundaries like few other groups in the genre, and they've done what they do best here.
From Record Sleeve: "Mumia Abu-Jamal is a former Black Panther, a revolutionary journalist, and a poet supreme. Mumia was accused of having shot and killed a police officer in Philadelphia some 17 years ago... It has since come to light that witnesses used by the prosecution were coerced into...
THE CHIEF ROCKER BUSY BEE VS. LIL RODNEY CEE WITH DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE - MC Battle
THE COLD CRUSH BROS VS THE FANTASTIC FREAKS - Basketball Throwdown
KEVIE KEV (WATER BED), MASTER ROB, PRINCE WHIPPER WHIP, M.C., RUBIE DEE, DOTA ROCK, DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE & KEV ROCKWELL - Fantastic Freaks At The Dixie
DJ GRAND WIZARD THEODORE & KEVIE KEV ROCKWELL - Military Cut- Scratch Mix
GRANDMASTER CAZ, EASY AD, JDL, KG, DJ CHARLIE CHASE & DJ TONEY TONE - Cold Crush Bros At The Dixie
RAMMELLZEE & SHOCK DELL - Rammellzee & Shock Dell At The Amphitheatre
The classic hip hop soundtrack to the cult movie that captured the essence of the new sub-culture that was happening in the the Bronx, New York in the early 1980s.
Wild Style is a slice of hip hop history with appearances from old-skool hip hop artists such as GrandMaster Flash,...
Brand new volume pits DIZZY RASCAL vs THE BAR KAYS, CHAKA KHAN and MARY J BLIGE's "Respectful" w/ live bass guitar and extra friendly dancefloor prod, DE LA SOUL's "I BE BLOWIN" w/live drums, guitar, & bass for added headz feel + dancehall rework of DJ KOOL'S "LET ME CLEAR MY THROAT"
TREVOR & LISA - Dance To The Drummer's Beat (Feat The Real Fake MC)
TREVOR & LISA - Soundshake
TREVOR & LISA - Dance To The Bonus Beat
The 1st track is an amazing cover of HERMAN KELLY's 'DANCE TO THE DRUMMER'S BEAT' performed by a live band blended with cool electronics. 'SOUNDSHAKE' is an orig track merging several influences w/ loads of breaks, brasslines, wah-wah guitars, and moogs.
A killer LP of 15 instrumentals from the band's early years, cuts from "DO YOU WANT MORE", "ILLADELPH HALFLIFE", "THINGS FALL APART", & "COME ALIVE" - plus an unreleased track! Now that the band graces the nighty network stage on JIMMY FALLON's show, interest in this band has never been so high!
The ROOTS very first album now repressed and back in stock on their orig label out of PHILLY. Totally legit and absolutely essential for all rap fans. Now with slightly updated sleeve artwork (the back now features the tracklisting) and a barcode.
Malcolm Catto's Heliocentrics have solidified a repuation as one of the modern vinyl buyer's favorite groups with their releases on Now-Again Records, and the third 12" single from the "Out There" album puts Vast Aire in the shoes previously occupied by Guilty Simpson and DOOM. With the...
TALIB KWELI & MADLIB Feat STRONG ARM STEADY - The Function
TALIB KWELI & MADLIB Feat CANDICE ANDERSON - Happy Home
Talk of 'Liberation' first began to circulate after Talib Kweli posted a short but significant blog on Myspace in September 2006 along with the track 'Funny Money'. Fans flooded messageboards and blog pages, anxious for news of the full set's impending release, and expectations were very quickly...
The gold selling hip-hop artist returns with his fourth studio album, with production from much heralded young producers Toddla T and Metronomy, melding bleeding edge dancehall, crooked pop and effortlessly engaging hip-hop. Heavy double vinyl pack.
This is the first single off Q-Tip's 4th solo album "The Renaissance". Truly a return to classic hip hop, a lot of Tribe fans will be thorougly pleased with the album. Piano samples from Black Ivory's "You & I" and a chill groove perpetuate the tune, with Q's unmistakeable flow pulling the...
What else can be said about this album that hasn't already been said? Mos Def is truly an artist & a poet- helping usher in the influential conscious hip hop movement in the 1990s. With his amazing talent, combined with appearances from Beatnuts, Dr Luke, Black Star, Jay Dee & DJ Shadow, how...
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - Hey Hey We Are Not The Monkees
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - Don't Take Five (Take What You Want)
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - Rockman Rock (Parts 2 & 3)
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - Me Ru Con
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - The Queen & I
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - All You Need Is Love
THE JUSTIFIED ANCIENTS OF MU MU - Next
1987 (What the Fuck Is Going On?) is the debut album of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu (The JAMs: Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty). 1987 was produced using extensive unauthorised samples which plagiarised a wide range of musical works, continuing a theme begun in The JAMs' debut single "All You...
The J5 Deluxe Bonus Unrealeased 2LP is a dope pressing of rarities and unreleased tracks! "Unified Rebelution" makes an appearance, as do some rare recorded-and-mastered tracks from the "J5"-to-"Quality Control" era. A must for any J5 fan!
New 12 from Johnson & Jonson, off the Powers & Oils album. "The highlight of last year’s Johnson and Jonson (a.k.a. L.A. rapper Blu and producer Mainframe) LP Johnson & Jonson, Mama Told Me is a sun-drenched slice of psychedelic hip-hop that’s pretty much what the doctor ordered in a...
One of the late Jay Dilla's finest moments, chastising the corrupt police force at the time, complete with the disclaimer at the intro! A true pioneering Hip Hop Genius R.I.P. Full Track Listing:
Tracks: 1 Fuck The Police (Street) 2 Fuck The Police...
CRAZY 12"! If he was a little under the radar before, Jake One instantly catapulted to the A-list of hip hop producers with his new album "White Van Music." The lead 12-inch single features two of the strongest tracks on the album: "The Truth" with Brother Ali & Freeway and "Trap Door" with MF...
Dope underground hip hop from Chicago rapper Iomos Marad, produced by Capital D. Definitely "golden era" sound, great production and real lyrics. This 12" includes instrumentals and Bonus Beats of both songs.
Sean Price returns to his roots as half of the dynamic duo Heltah Skeltah, and few rap duos in history have the chemistry of Ruck and Rock. 14 new tracks of supreme lyricism over beats by Illmind, Marco Polo, Khrysis, Evidence and more...
Few other MC's these days can balance lyricism with a tough delivery the way Guilty can. Plus with beats by Madlib, J-Dilla, Black Milk, & Mr. Porter, it's going to be hard to top this as the best album of 2008.
1 American Dream (prod. Madlib) ...
Classic Geto Boys- Mind Playing Tricks on me samples Isaac Hayes' song "Hung Up On My Baby". A paranoid gangsta theme, you can't help but be drawn in by the story of desolation, fear, and threats surrounding them.
Attention B-boys and B-girls! The music used by DJ Qbert for Breakdance battles (as seen in the latest Freestyle Session DVD) is finally available on a 4 record set featuring over 250 rare funk breaks one after another at the same user friendly tempo in a 4 record set! No more carrying tons of...
