Official reissue of the 1980 12" feat. the afro-cosmic, Loft classic, 'Aeo (Part 1 & 2)'! A favourite spin by the late great, David Mancuso produced by Bearsville records (Todd Rundgren) producer John Holbrook, aka Brian Briggs!
Thirty years ago Nasir "Nas" Jones dropped Illmatic which is regarded by many as the greatest hip-hop album of all time. Before 1994, Nas (under the name...
Too $hort dropped Cocktails in January of 1995. By February of that year - the release had moved over 100,000 copies hitting the number six slot on the...
In 1999 Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon issued the follow up to his now legendary solo debut Only Built 4 Cuban Linx with Immobilarity. Dropping in November of...
1995 saw Oakland crew Souls of Mischief follow up their stellar debut release with No Man’s Land, an all too often overlooked gem from the golden era...
Keith Murray first came up in the world of Hip Hop as a part of the group Def Squad. Other Squad members were Redman and Erick Sermon (from EPMD). On The...
Perhaps the biggest thing to come out of Memphis since the glory days of Stax Records, Three 6 Mafia's 6th full-length achieved gold status almost immediately.
Schoolly D’s 1985 debut first issued on his own imprint (and five years later on Jive) produced by Schoolly D and DJ Code Money. The cover of course...
The Oakland based crew known as Hieroglyphics brought the world of hip hop the likes of Del the Funky Homosapien, Souls Of Mischief and Casual. Presented...
Thirty years ago on May 4, 1993, Run-DMC made one of the greatest comebacks in Hip-Hop history with the release of their 6th studio album Down With The...
To commemorate the 30 year Anniversary of Cypress Hill’s classic debut album Get On Downpresent the complete album on 7" vinyl singles for the first...
HEAVY, HEAVY, HEAVYWEIGHT funk-jazz fusion from the mid-seventies golden era of the Headhunters on this super-rare live double album featuring amazing...
Motown's "first ladies of funk" finally release their vinyl debut, some 45 years after it was originally scheduled! Included the classic, 'Give Me Your...
Part 2 of this essential collection - repressed and given a fresh, shiny new look!This is another amazing collection of James Brown’s funky friends,...
Somewhere in between the rock-star mischief of the Beastie Boys and the slow-creeping funk of Dr. Dre, Cypress Hill introduced their hazy-eyed sound to...
Essential funk album, includes the classic "Blow Your Head" ! As serious as it gets - "Damn Right", 'Blow Your Head", "Same Beat", "Watergate' and more....
Common’s sophomore album, Resurrection. While the album was originally neglected by the mainstream, it has since received a great deal of critical acclaim...
Official reissue of this rare, disco 12" from Gladys Knight & The Pips. Arguably the greatest disco record ever made (some of us here would be inclined...
WOW! What can we say? This incredible reissue has completely floored us here at Sound of the Universe!
This obscure, proto-techno bomb was recorded in...
The second, anticipated instalment in Mr Bongo's 'Record Club' series selects the label's recent discoveries and sought-after obscurities that form the...
The gospel music authority, Greg Belson (check his incredible 'Divine Disco' compilation) releases a brace of wicked rousing, gospel disco edits for the...
Alessandro Alessandroni is one of those pioneers, a maestro that built the legend of Italian soundtracks and library music along with Ennio Morricone,...