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...
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...
Fresh off the success of his critically acclaimed book Beat Box: A Drum Machine Obsession, author and Drum Machine aficionado Joe Mansfield drops this...
Two brand-new hard electro-funk jams for poplockers from label boss Ed DMX. Funk Steps features a sparse, handclap-heavy beat, an arabian-style synth...
Two brand-new old-sounding gems from the dynamic duo of Ike N Mike. Logic Family - a very groovy synth disco jam with lots of wobbling Moog melodies over...
Here we have two sides of a stone cold classic Northern Soul crossover! A Eugene Record/Barbara Acklin penned tune "Suddenly" and on the flip a Van McCoy...
**Classic Caribbean boogie track, first time on 45!** Early-eighties Island boomshot from the Exile One founder, setting his soulful vocals to a stepping...
Three minutes of Haitian-styled dancefloor perfection by Dominica’s finest, sixty years in the business; and cattin’ Latin on the flip, injected with...
Excellent and unusual tune, a tough version of the 'Tempo' rhythm with Shinehead rapping over it inna New York stylee - a perfect marriage of hip hop and...
The 45 King turns in an album, albeit one track, on one side of a 7"! The track 'three' is a party journey through a range of killer breaks, funky moments...
7" of one of the best hiphop tracks ever. Recorded in 1987, produced by Mantronik, whose advanced cutted-up beats laid the foundation for many 90's electronica.