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By the time Mobb Deep hit with their third album - Hell On Earth - they were solidified street legends. Coming off the critically acclaimed The Infamous, Havoc and Prodigy hit the lab and came back with a soundtrack that is fitting to its title. Havoc's production is atmospheric, laced with his trademark drums loops and sharp pianos stabs. Add Prodigy's trademark flow and it's evident that the pairing is such an amazing match. While Hell On Earth is essentially a continuation of The Infamous you can still hear the
growth in both performers and Hell On Earth stands as some of their best work. The album features guest appearances by Nas, Raekwon, Method Man, and frequent collaborator Big Noyd. The album stands out for its acclaimed singles "G.O.D. Pt. III" and "Hell on Earth (Front Lines)," as well as "Drop a Gem on 'Em". Standout album cuts are "Animal Instinct", "Bloodsport", "More Trife Life" and "Can't Get Enough". The previously as a B Side "Still Shinin'" still rings off and rounding out the album is the deep "Apostle's Warning". This album is essential listening and a must have and we are excited to have it back in print on double LP

Erik Travis aka Sound Of Mind back on Program Central with a killer 6 track ep! from the F.A.C.T. files. Recommended!

"2001 is the second studio album by Dr. Dre. It was released on November 16, 1999, by Interscope Records as the follow-up to his 1992 debut album The Chronic. The record was produced primarily by Dr. Dre and Mel-Man, as well as Lord Finesse, and features several guest contributions from fellow rappers such as The D.O.C., Hittman, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Xzibit, Eminem, and Nate Dogg. 2001 exhibits an expansion on Dre’s debut G-funk sound and contains gangsta rap themes such as violence, promiscuity, drug use, street gangs, sex and crime.

Life After Death is the second studio album by The Notorious B.I.G. released originally on March 25, 1997. A 3LP album was released posthumously following his death on March 9, 1997. The Album was nominated for three Grammy Awards in 1998 and is considered by music writers as one of the most seminal Mafioso rap albums. The album features collaborations with guest artists such as 112, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, Mase, Bone Thugs-n-Harmony and several more.

2017 marks the albums 20th anniversary as well as 20 years of his passing. This release has not been in the marketplace for several years and is being re-pressed on black vinyl.

2020 re-issue, dinked jukebox 7

Mecca and the Soul Brother is the critically acclaimed 1992 debut album from the Mount Vernon duo, Pete Rock & CL Smooth. The album contains their best known song, "They Reminisce Over You". Mecca and the Soul Brother has been widely acclaimed as one of the greatest hip hop albums of all time.

Two classic soul heavy funk cuts, from '78 and '75 jam packed with good time grooves, heavyweight licks and insatiable melodies take centre stage once again!

Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83!!

Soul Jazz Records' new Boombox 2 is a new selection of early rap music from the period 1979-83, with barely a household name in sight. Featured here are some the earliest hip-hop records that came out of New York City following the enormous commercial success of the first ever rap record, 'Rapper's Delight' by the Sugarhill Gang, in September 1979.

Artists and producers alike tried to jump aboard the new commercial possibilities of hip-hop. By the end of the year there were 30 hip-hop singles, all released by independent New York labels. The following year there were over 100 more, and so on.

Boombox 2 tells the story of how hip-hop went from its evolutionary roots in the Bronx through DJs Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa through to its second phase where veteran music producers - Paul Winley, Peter Brown, Joe Robinson and others - all based in Harlem, began to put rap on vinyl for the first time.

Harlem is also where the separate worlds of disco and hip-hop met through the styles and influence of earlier 'uptown' DJs - DJ Hollywood and Eddie Cheba. In similar fashion these veteran Harlem-based producers instinctively tapped into a long lineage of African-American rhythm and blues, soul and disco.

Boombox 2 is a triple-vinyl set (+ download code) LP and double CD pack that features extensive text, exclusive interviews and stunning photography by Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper and others.

Early Independent Hip Hop, Electro And Disco Rap 1979-83!!

Soul Jazz Records' new Boombox 2 is a new selection of early rap music from the period 1979-83, with barely a household name in sight. Featured here are some the earliest hip-hop records that came out of New York City following the enormous commercial success of the first ever rap record, 'Rapper's Delight' by the Sugarhill Gang, in September 1979.

Artists and producers alike tried to jump aboard the new commercial possibilities of hip-hop. By the end of the year there were 30 hip-hop singles, all released by independent New York labels. The following year there were over 100 more, and so on.

Boombox 2 tells the story of how hip-hop went from its evolutionary roots in the Bronx through DJs Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash and Afrika Bambaataa through to its second phase where veteran music producers - Paul Winley, Peter Brown, Joe Robinson and others - all based in Harlem, began to put rap on vinyl for the first time.

Harlem is also where the separate worlds of disco and hip-hop met through the styles and influence of earlier 'uptown' DJs - DJ Hollywood and Eddie Cheba. In similar fashion these veteran Harlem-based producers instinctively tapped into a long lineage of African-American rhythm and blues, soul and disco.

Boombox 2 is a triple-vinyl set (+ download code) LP and double CD pack that features extensive text, exclusive interviews and stunning photography by Jamel Shabazz, Martha Cooper and others.

This sound recording contains re-recorded and Live tracks. All single artist tracks are performed by the original artist. Tracks featuring groups were recorded using as many original members as possible.

The Keen Records albums represent Sam Cooke’s early body of work as a secular artist after a glorious six-year run fronting the Soul Stirrers. His voice had become the dominant force in the gospel sales prior to the release of “You Send Me” and ‘Summertime.” He was destined to become a major force in pop just as he had been in gospel.

While this newly re-mastered collection includes standards and hits that had been associated with artists who came before Sam Cooke, Sam’s fresh approach made the repertoire his own and helped shape his own song-writing skills in a very tangible way.

Within this period, Sam Cooke defined himself as a voice ahead of his time. His debut album, Sam Cooke, also known as Songs by Sam Cooke, was released in 1958, Encore followed quickly. It was absent any Sam Cooke originals and the cover depicted Sam swinging with jazz musicians behind him, an honest depiction of what was in the grooves of the LP within.

The Keen Records albums represent Sam Cooke’s early body of work as a secular artist after a glorious six-year run fronting the Soul Stirrers. His voice had become the dominant force in the gospel sales prior to the release of “You Send Me” and ‘Summertime.”´
He was destined to become a major force in pop just as he had been in gospel.

While this newly re-mastered collection includes standards and hits that had been associated with artists who came before Sam Cooke, Sam’s fresh approach made the repertoire his own and helped shape his own song-writing skills in a very tangible way.

Within this period, Sam Cooke defined himself as a voice ahead of his time. His debut album, Sam Cooke, also known as Songs by Sam Cooke, was released in 1958, Encore followed quickly. It was absent any Sam Cooke originals and the cover depicted Sam swinging with jazz musicians behind him, an honest depiction of what was in the grooves of the LP within.

The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke, includes a timeless hit recording of - Wonderful World from his last session for Keen.

Omaggio brings the heat once again with the reissue of Prana People, self titled LP originally released in 1977 on Prelude. The Aleem brothers Taharqa and Tunde Ra (or Albert and Arthur) are Prana People and brought a perfect treasure of disco/funk/soul to make you want to dance from the funked up "Is Your Life A Party" to that slow, head nodding sexy groove of "Wishful Thinking" to proper hands in the air feel good disco of "Angels Say Flee" to the perfect strings and flawless soul of "All Around My World". The combination of the tracks and strong production make for an endlessly playable album, and with the legendary brothers, who since the 60's have their place in music history, this is an instant buy if not already owned to add to The Aleems discography of your collection.

MINT ORIGINAL PRESS FROM UNIDISC/PRELUDE WAREHOUSE IN MONTREAL

MINT ORIGINAL PRESS FROM UNIDISC/PRELUDE WAREHOUSE IN MONTREAL

7"
Hand Stamped 7 inch ..

Outkast's 1998 classic "SpottieOttie
Yet with its distinctive horn line and memorable, nearly spoken-word narrative, it's become one of the duo's most fondly remembered record.. This release with its, Heavy Dubbed out Vocal Edit..
Gonna get Hip Hop heads running up to the dj booth looking what version is this!!! This always be a late night Ace in the hole party track.

Original promo12 inch was never commercially released as a single.

***** PICTURE SLEEVE ***** LIMITED TO 1000 COPIES ***** RANDOM VINYL *****
This Hip Hop Sampler 2LP was released as a promotional only set in 1994 and limited. Hugely sought after item!

- 20 TRACKS
- HEAVYWEIGHT VINYL
- FULL COLOR LABELS + PICTURE SLEEVE

Electronic producer Rejoicer has signed to Stones Throw and will release the album Energy Dreams this summer.
· Energy Dreams is rooted in jazz and beats. Drawing on the psychedelia of spiritual jazz, its name, track titles and artwork are inspired by visions of lucid dreams.
· Music video for first single 'Double Astral Move' + series of visuals in lead up to album release
· Similar artists include: Thundercat, Hiatus Kaiyote, Badbadnotgood, Flying Lotus
· PR & radio campaigns in UK, Germany, France and USA

At a time when on every street corner, adolescent wannabe gangstas believed they had to tell everyone and their dog about their greatness and the inferiority of all others, there was a cadre of Munich-based Hip-Hop artists producing incredibly fresh and imaginative music, inspired, of course, by the golden era of the 90s. They played gigs in small clubs in front of some dozens of people, spread mixtapes and Eps and were celebrated by their friends and the rest of the scene. The world took no notice - until now ! Tramp Records, specializing in unearthing forgotten pearls of musical art, documents with "Golden Hits", an era of Munich underground Hip Hop which flew completely under the radar, spanning ten years from 2005 to 2015. The musical bandwidth and quality of the tracks is astonishing, but so much more could have been possible. Much of this music remained fragmented or unreleased for a host of reasons, families, stressful jobs, musical reorientation, and even lost hard disks... but one story has a happy ending! When Masta Ace had a live show at the legendary Atomic Cafe, Primatune's Fid Rizz was able to hand over a CD with demo beats. Unfortunately the CD was blank by mistake! But the curiosity of Masta Ace had been piqued, and he got back to him, the rest is history. Features of other stateside rap heroes like Wordsworth or Declaime followed.

The very best of this era, including tracks never before heard and ideas remaining fragmented, has now been compiled by Tramp Records to take you for a fascinating listening journey.

Hip Hop, as it was since it's inception in the Bronx, fresh and real, and made with passion by neighborhood kids spitting truth about life and the struggle!

Key selling points:

- including many unreleased songs
- the vinyl LP comes with a full album download code

First ever vinyl reissue of the self-titled 1984 LP by Twilight 22, the creative moniker for Gordon Bahary, the computer / synth wizard who teamed up with singer and co-songwriter Joseph Saulter.

Their 1983 single from the album, 'Electric Kingdom', was a top 10 single on the R&B charts that combined elements of electronic music and hip hop. The song is recognised in dance music history as one of the major hits of the electro genre.

Die bekanntesten Songs von Lamont Dozier, von ihm selbst akustisch neu interpretiert!
Lamont Dozier ist bekannt als Songwriter und Produzent für Motown Größen wie Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, the Supremes, Four Tops und vielen andere. Für das Album - Reimagination hat sich Lamont einige seiner bekanntesten Werke ausgesucht und Unterstützung von großen Künstlern wie Gregory Porter, Sir Cliff Richard, Graham Nash, Mark Cohn, Jo Harman, Todd Rundgren und Rumor geholt, um sie akustisch neu zu interpretieren. So schafft er mühelos die Verbindung von alten Klassikern und zeitgenössischen MusikerInnen wie beispielsweise Rumer oder Jo Harman.
Lamont schrieb über 50 Nr.1 Hits, weitestgehend als Teil des Songwriting Teams Holland/Dozier/Holland.

180 Gramm schweres, limitiertes und farbiges Vinyl im Gatefold Sleeve

Das siebte Studioalbum des achtfachen Grammy Gewinners Ziggy Marley!
Ziggy ist nicht nur der Sohn von Bob Marley, sondern mittlerweile selbst eine Reggae Ikone, er ist Autor, Unternehmer und Philantroph. Das neue Album Rebellion Rises' ist politisch motiviert mit starker Message, es regt zum Nachdenken an, möchte aufrütteln und dazu animieren, aufzustehen für die Zukunft, das eigene Leben und das der anderen.
Tausende Live Shows in über 50 Ländern und 17 veröffentlichte Studioalben gehen auf das Konto von Ziggy Marley.

Was haben Dr. Doom, Rhythm X, Dr. Octagon, Big Willie, Mr. Gerbik oder Black Elvis gemeinsam
Alles Pseudonyme des HipHop-Urgesteins Kool Keith. Da kann man schon mal den Überblick
verlieren, zumal der Ultramagnetic MC's-MC sich auch noch in zahllosen Kollaborationen verstrickt.
Einen künstlerischen Höhepunkt erreichte er aber zweifellos als Dr.Octagon. Und nun erscheint
endlich MOOSEBUMPS AN EXPLORATION INTO MODERN DAY HORRIPILATION - das Follow Up
Album zum 1996 erschienen Dr. Octagonecologyst. Zum ersten Mal seit mehr als 20 Jahren ist das
Dreamteam Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura, MC Kool Keith (Keith Thornton) und DJ QBert (Richard
Quitevis) wieder vereint.