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...
Revolutionary, spiritual jazz from the unlikely city of Houston, Texas, reissued for the first time! 'Free As You Wanna Be' predates the maverick jazz...
Expanded edition which now features five extra tracks!
This ground-breaking album features non-stop killer reggae versions of original funk and soul...
Experimental techno producer Portable (Perlon) is accompanied by South African acapella group Korus on this wicked EP that blends jazz, soul, broken beats...
Seriously rare, killer and classic Nigerian 70s Afro-Funk, Afro-Disco & Afro-Rock tunes bought together.
Originally released as a now-long-out-of-print...
Oswaldo Lares, a studied architect who, in parallel with his professional activity, began to make field recordings of the traditional and indigenous Venezuelan...
Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Recordings releases an album of exclusives that focuses on London’s bright-burning young jazz scene, this compilation brings...
A selection of archive material from the late, great Rex Ilusivii aka Suba through Vladimir Ivkovic's faultless Offen Music label. 'Wayang' explores a...
The Gilles Peterson tipped Black Flower band are back with their 'Intermediate State' release - a colourful meld of afro-beat and haunting ethio-jazz -...
Rrose teams up again with Stroboscopic Artefacts head, Lucy for the second part of their 'Lotus Eaters' series. Expect more experimental techno rhythms...
Mr Bongo reissue this Danny Krivit and DJ Harvey favourite, as sampled by J Dilla and Glenn Underground - a dubby disco cover of the Gamble & Huff penned...
Two modern cuts from Paris-based, contemporary Afrobeat band, Batunga & The Subprimes, available for the first time on vinyl. Traditional African music...
Soul Jazz Records’ new Nigeria Soul Fever is their first release to explore the vast wealth of Nigerian music recorded in the 1970s. The new album comes...