Hip Hop Vinyl 1164 Items

The Early Years 2001-2003

Release: 2008 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance, Reggae & Dancehall

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London Calling 2008: great dubstep, grime, digital dancehall tracks feat. Warrior Queen, Spaceape, Flowdan of Roll Deep Crew, Tippa Irie, ... highly recommended!

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Danger Mouse

12" | 2003 | US | Reissue (Danger Mouse)

12" | 2009 | UK | Original (AVPB)

Release: 2003 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Finally back in on colored vinyl! This repressed 12" features 5 of the best early DM remixes from his now legendary (and long out of print) mashup EP 12"s. Includes his mashup remixes of Nas Vs. Portishead, Audio Two Vs. Air, Suzanne Vega Vs. 50 Cent, Outkast Vs. Funkadelic, and Xzibit Vs. Radiohead. Limited stock on colored vinyl.

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Aldo Vanucci

Everyday Games

12,99 €*

12" | 1990 | US | Original (Vendetta)

Release: 2009 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Just when you thought it was safe to buy another mash up ep, Aldo Vanucci is back and this time hes keeping it biff baff … Already airplayed by Rob Da Bank and Ali B!

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Seduction

Heartbeat

Release: 1990 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

LP | 1995 | DE | Original (Groove Attack Productions)

No Se

Quelle Aventure!

5,99 €*

Release: 1995 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Guilty Simpson (Prod. J. Dilla)

Stress / Guilty

12" | 2009 | US | Reissue (Stones Throw)

LP | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Produced by the late great J Dilla!

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Ice-T

O.G. Original Gangster

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece

Snoop Dogg

2LP | 2004 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

25,99 €*

Release: 2004 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2001 | US | Reissue (Virgin)

Janet Jackson

All For You

Release: 2001 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2006 | US | Reissue (Interscope)

Pharrell

In My Mind

Release: 2006 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Island)

Mobb Deep

Juvenile Hell

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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People's Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm

A Tribe Called Quest

2LP | 1990 | US | Reissue (Jive)

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1990 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is, quite simply, one of the finest albums in hip-hop. It's easy to argue that a Tribe Called Quest reached their zenith on this, their debut album: though they went on to produce another world-class disc (The Low End Theory) and broadened their palates and their consciousness, never again were they quite this naturally free and easy. Q-Tip and Phife's delivery is deceptively simple, flowing like wine and tasting like candy, and Jairobi adds some contrast. The music, so self-assured that it never raises it's voice to make a spectacle, follows suit. Four albums later, on their last tour, songs from Paths of Rhythm still were at the top of the set list. - Randy Silver.

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Raekwon

2LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Only Built 4 Cuban Linx... (1995) is the solo debut of American rapper and Wu-Tang Clan member Raekwon. Produced by RZA and starring Ghostface Killah, it features appearances from every other member of the Wu-Tang Clan. It also features an acclaimed guest appearance from rapper Nas, which marked the first collaboration with a non-affiliated artist on a Wu-Tang related album.

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OutKast

LP | 1994 | US | Reissue (Legacy)

2LP | 1994 | US | Reissue (Sony)

Release: 1994 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Back in print for the 20th anniversary!

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TLC

Crazysexycool

Release: 1994 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Jermaine Dupri & Mariah Carey

Sweetheart

12" | 1998 | EU | Original (Columbia)

6,99 €*

Release: 1998 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

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Aijuswanaseing Fruit Punch Colored Vinyl Edition

Musiq

2LP | 2000 | EU | Reissue (Def Jam)

38,99 €*

The Roots Come Alive Limited Extended Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2000 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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In celebration of hip-hop’s 50th anniversary, the iconic Def Jam Recordings brings us some of its classic repertoire on vinyl in a spectacular “fruit punch” variant – a color emblematic of its longstanding association with Def Jam. Some titles include Public Enemy’s Yo! Bum Rush the Show, Ludacris’ Word of Mouf, Method Man’s Tical, and Slick Rick’s The Great Adventures of Slick Rick.

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The Roots

3LP | 1999 | EU | Reissue (Geffen)

53,99 €*

Yancey Boys Instrumentals

Release: 1999 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The most sought after HipHop Live-Album comes as a limited reissue.

Recorded in 1999 when the band members where Questlove, Black Thought, Kamal, Leonard Hubbard and Scratch, but also featuring friends Dice Raw and Common. For the first time ever reissued, coming as an extended version featuring bonus tracks prior only available on the Limited Edition of this album released in 1999 featuring Jaguar Wright and former members Rahzel and Malik B. Don't miss it this time.

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J Dilla

2LP | 2008 | US | Reissue (Delicious Vinyl)

36,99 €*

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents Lovage

Release: 2008 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Delicious Vinyl presents this key material from Jay Dee’s output in a never before issued and not to be repeated random colored vinyl assortment. Shortly after Jay Dee’s younger brother Illa J’s solo debut was issued on Delicious Vinyl, the label and the artist knew the next step in honoring Jay Dee’s legacy was to issue the complete instrumentals from Yancey Boys as a stand-alone release. This mother lode of previously untouched (at the time) beats dates as far back as Jay Dee’s time working on the Pharcyde’s sophomore album, 1995’s Labcabincalifornia . As Delicious Vinyl owner Michael Ross explains, “From ‘95 through ’98 Jay Dee was my go-to guy for hot beats and remixes. He was always making beats, always. So there was a select amount of tracks that he composed for me during that time, tracks as good as anything he’d done, only they never got used.” Once these beats were used for Illa J’s Yancey Boys they were presented to the public on Yancey Boys Instrumentals.

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Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By Instrumental Version Red Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2001 | US | Reissue (Bulk)

Break It Up / Real Estate / Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk

Release: 2001 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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You knew they would be reissued, too, right? So here they are, the instrumentals. Opaque red vinyl edition. While stock lasts, we won't get more copies after this.

“Lovage” is defined as “an herb that is said to be a benefit for relieving abdominal pains due to gastrointestinal gas…also touted to reduce flatulence when consumed as a tea.” But when placed in the able hands of sonic mastermind Dan “The Automator” Nakamura, recording under the guise of musical lothario Nathaniel Merriweather, the result is a concept album of “music to make love to your old lady by.”

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Cypress Hill

7" | 1991 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Ultraviolet Dreams / Light Another / The Phuncky Feel One

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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To Commemorate The 30 Year Anniversary Of Cypress Hill, Get On Down Presents A Series Of 7 Inch Singles Of Every Cut From One Of The Most Legendary Debuts Of All Time. When Cypress Hill came with their debut self-titled album 30 years ago, they made an immediate spark that captivated the Hip Hop audience, critics, and then the world. Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery, and Sen Dog to play the perfect hypeman, Cypress’ debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like Public Enemy before them, the production was also a key factor in what made this debut so groundbreaking. DJ Muggs was able to craft a blueprint that would change Hip Hop production with his innovative stoned-out beats. Cuts like "How I Could Just Kill a Man", "Pigs", "Stoned is the Way of the Walk" and "Hand on the Pump" made Cypress Hill an instant classic. Since its release, the album has won acclaim as one of Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90s and Top 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source Magazine.

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Cypress Hill

7" | 1991 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

2LP | 2001 | US | Reissue (M3)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Masta Ace

Disposable Arts

12" | 2006 | US | Original (Plug Label)

Release: 2001 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Disposable Arts is a concept album by Masta Ace, originally released in 2001. It follows the Brooklyn MC as he is being released from prison and returns home, joining 'The Institute of Disposable Arts', a school in which Ace enrolls after realizing how bad the situation in Brooklyn has become. The songs and skits combine to complete one full story, and they feature guest coantributions from Strick, Punchline & Wordsworth, Apocalypse, Greg Nice, Rah Digga, J-Ro, King Tee, Jean Grae and more, plus production by Ayatollah, Paul Nice, Domingo, and more, including tracks from Ace himself.

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Aloe Blacc

Get Down

10,99 €*

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx Purple Vinyl Edition Gatefold Sleeve

Release: 2006 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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produced by Kero One / With My Friend, produced by King Most

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Raekwon

2LP | 1995 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2023 repress

On purple wax and finally in a gatefold sleeve.

Classic 1995 album by Wu-Tang Clan's Raekwon the Chef, entirely produced by RZA. Features Ghostface, Method Man, RZA, GZA, Nas, Cappadonna, U-God and many more!

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Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs

LP | 1991 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

27,99 €*

LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Priority)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The 1990s was a rich vein of classic hip-hop, especially on the East Coast, which rendered some of the greatest works from the likes of Wu-Tang Clan, Nas, Mobb Deep, and many others. Frequently lost in the genre's New York-centric history was Boston's burgeoning hip-hop scene during the 1990s, spearheaded by working class Roxbury native Edward Anderson, best known by his stage name Ed O.G Over the course of his career, which has spanned nearly 30 years, Ed O.G has maintained an admirably strong cult following, and has gone on to work with contemporaries like RZA, KRS-One, Masta Ace, Pete Rock, and Common, while touring the world over, and producing numerous solo and collaborative albums. Ed O.G.'s illustrious career debuted in 1991, with the release of what is arguably his best known album, Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto, a collaboration with his crew, billed as Da Bulldogs (which was actually an acronym for “Black United Leaders Living Directly on Grooving Sounds”), though Ed O.G was clearly the main event. An underrated classic in its own right, Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto runs a gamut of sounds ranging from the introspective conscious hip-hop of "Be A Father To Your Child", to the whimsical boasts of "I'm Different", to deeply political fare like the Ace & Quan and Def Jef-featuring "Speak Upon It", plastered across a backdrop of Joe Mansfield-produced sample-heavy soundscapes, which snatched clips from deep cuts of James Brown, Roy Ayers, and The Delfonics, to name just a few. It also managed to generate Billboardcharting singles out of tracks like "Bug-A-Boo", "Be A Father To Your Child", and "I Got To Have It", which would become Ed O.G's signature track, and sample fodder for 2Pac, De La Soul, and DJ Premier. Get On Down now presents Life Of A Kid In The Ghetto, an unheralded rarity of renaissance hip-hop, reissued on vinyl for the first time since 1991. The audio has been remastered from its original tapes, so every bit and piece of Ed O.G's masterpiece is crisp and clear on wax. An uncovered gem of 90s rap well worth a re-listen or first-time discovery, and a sterling representation of Boston hip-hop.

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Ice Cube

Lethal Injection

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Refugee Camp (Bootleg Versions)

The Fugees

LP | 1996 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Legend Of The Wu-Tang - Greatest Hits

Release: 1996 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Fugees were an American Hip Hop group who rose to fame in the mid-1990s. Refugee Camp (Bootleg Versions) is a remix album of a song selection from their 1994 debut Blunted On Reality and follow-up The Score, released in 1996. The album features eight tracks, including seven remixes, and one new recording. The album peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200 in the United States.

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Wu-Tang Clan

2LP | 2004 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Release: 2004 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2000 | US | Reissue (Priority)

Snoop Dogg

Tha Last Meal

34,99 €*

2LP | 2005 | US | Original (Aftermath)

Release: 2000 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited double vinyl LP pressing. Tha Last Meal is the fifth studio album by rapper Snoop Dogg. It was released on December 19, 2000. It was his third and final studio album released on No Limit Records and his first album on his newly founded label Doggystyle Records in the United States. The album was produced mostly by Master P and Dr. Dre along with Timbaland and Soopafly. The album included the singles "Snoop Dogg (What's My Name Pt. 2)","Hennesey n Buddah" featuring Kokane,"Lay Low" featuring Nate Dogg,"Loosen' Control" and "Wrong Idea" featuring Bad Azz. Tha Last Meal debuted at #9 on the US Billboard 200. The album topped the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for four consecutive weeks.

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Eminem

Curtain call - the hits

44,99 €*

Release: 2005 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 1995 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Mobb Deep

Shook Ones Part 1 & 2

Marky Mark & The Funky Bunch Featuring Loleatta Holloway

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2023 repress.
“Shook Ones Part II” might be one of the biggest records to come out of New York in the mid 90’s. From the moment you hear the bare hi-hat and the infamous line “to all the killers and the hundred dollar billas” it is an immediate adrenaline rush. The beat alone is a work of art, Havoc constructed what would go on for years as “how did he actually come up with that beat?!” amongst DJ’s and Producers alike. The infectious piano, cinematic sirens, it was no doubt that it was one of (famed New York nightclub) The Tunnel’s most signature records. As Cipha Sounds put it - “How could it not rip in The Tunnel? Just classic. 'Shook Ones Part I' was actually pretty big in the Tunnel, but ‘Part II' ripped everything." When “Shook Ones Part II” came you couldn’t help but nod your head and get lost in Havoc and Prodigy trading verses breaking down the meaning of a crook…making you shook son. Not to be left out “Shook Ones Part 1” is on the flipside that came out months earlier with a much more subdued beat and slightly different lyrics. Most 12” aren’t built like this, so to be on 7” for the first time ever this is a must have….son.

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Good Vibrations

12" | 1991 | EU | Original (Interscope)

9,99 €*

Release: 1991 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

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KRS ONE Mystic Eye Colored Vinyl Edition

KRS-One

2LP | 1995 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

39,99 €*

2LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Last August marked the 50th anniversary of the birth of Hip-Hop and we continue to honor the artists and albums that had a significant impact on the culture. In partnership with Sony's Certified, we are following up on our RSD reissue of BDP's Edutainment and KRS-One's Return of the Boom Bap with a long overdue reissue of KRS-One's 1995 self-titled album, KRS-One. Two years after the release of Return of the Boom Bap, KRS-One got back in the studio and behind the boards and enlisted for additional production DJ Premier, Showbiz, Diamond D, Norty Cotto, and Big French Production. In August of '95 KRS-One dropped the Preemo-produced lead single "MC's Act Like They Don't Know" with "Represent The Real Hip-Hop" featuring Das EFX on the B-side of the 12-inch, boasting KRS-One's lyrical skills and backing up his status as one of the best live performers in the game. KRS-One knocked it out of the park on his second solo effort with another Premier single about the current state of Hip-Hop on "Rappers R, N. Dainja" and straight-up Boom Bap rap on the Fat Joe assisted track "De Automatic." He offers political and social commentary on "R.E.A.L.I.TY.", "Hold", and "Free Mumia" with Channel Live and continues to diss sucker MCs on "Wannabemceez" with Mad Lion. Get On Down is proud to present this deluxe reissue packaged in a gatefold jacket with a new interview by Check The Technique author Brian Coleman, complete with a foldout lyrics sheet.

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KRS-One

Return Of The Boom Bap

36,99 €*

Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) 30th Anniversary Black & Yellow Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Pressed ON Blue Swirl AND Orange Swirl Colored Vinyl Packaged IN A Gatefold Jacket With Printed Fold OUT Lyrics Sheet Originally released in the fall of 1993 Return of the Boom Bap is KRS-One's first official solo album. The album is pure 90's Hip-Hop filled with KRS-One's trademark conscious raps and storytelling with boom bap beats from the man himself, DJ Premier, Showbiz, and Kid Capri. The album kicks off with a Preemo trademark intro leading into "Outta Here", a tale about coming up in the 80s with a message to emcees not staying true to their roots. Throughout the album KRS-One tackles corrupt police, fake emcees, religion and provides some comical relief on "I Can't Wake Up" where he dreams about being a blunt passed around by a who's who of 90s emcees and Bill Clinton! The album was selected as one of The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums and received a 4 four mics rating in The Source in 1993. Get On Down is proud to present a limited edition pressing of Return of The Boom Bap to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the blast master's classic debut solo album. Includes the bonus freestyle track "Hip-Hop vs Rap" that was on the original "Sound of Da Police" 12-inch.

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Wu-Tang Clan

LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

2LP | 1996 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This pre-order item is a made-to-order, limited edition release. They are available to order until November 30, 2023, at which time pre-orders will close. To secure your copy, please place a pre-order by November 30, 2023. We advise you to order this item by itself. Shipping March 2024

Straight from the "Slums of Shaolin" thirty years ago on November 9, 1993, The RZA, The GZA, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon The Chef, Ol' Dirty Bastard, U-God, Masta Killa, Method Man and Ghostface Killah released their classic debut album Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers).

To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of The Wu, Get On Down in partnership with Sony's Certified and The RZA is reissuing their debut album on limited edition clear with black and yellow splatter vinyl with a 30th Anniversary commemorative OBI. This is a shared exclusive with Get On Down in the US. In Europe only available at HHV.

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Ghostface Killah

Ironman

LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Armabillion)

Release: 1996 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Get On Down proudly present the debut solo album from Wu-Tang Clan’s Ghostface Killah. Released in 1996 on Epic Records, Ironman earned immediate success, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200 chart, and number one on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Produced by RZA, Ironman found inspiration in sources ranging from blaxploitation films to classic soul and charted a whole new direction for hip-hop in the process. The album features classic bangers like “Daytona 500” featuring Raekwon and Cappadonna to soulful emotionally moving cuts like “All That I Got Is You” with Mary J Blige. The album earned gold status a year after its release and platinum by 2004, a true testament to the staying power or this classic piece of Wu-Tang artistry.

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Al-D

Home Of The Free

39,99 €*

Bitch Betta Have My Money

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited Edition OF 300 Copies, Reissue OF Al-d Classic 1995 Debut Album "home OF THE Free", With Layout Redesigned BY MR. Krum

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AMG

LP | 1991 | US | Reissue (Select)

2LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Armabillion)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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AMG (whom The Source called “more foul mouthed than a late 70s Richard Pryor concert film”), was a part of Courtney Branch and Tracy Kendrick's Total Trak Production crew which developed DJ Quik, 2nd II None, Sylk Smoov, Hi-C and Boss. He made his first appearances on DJ Quik's debut album Quik is The Name. In December of 1991, AMG released his self-produced debut solo album Bitch Betta Have My Money with the platinum selling lead single of the same name. This reissue has this West Coast 90s classic on vinyl for the first time since its initial release and includes “I Wanna Be Yo Ho (Remix)” previously available only as a CD bonus track.

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U.N.L.V.

Mac Melph Calio

47,99 €*

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Genie Und Wahnsinn Liegen Dicht Beieinander

Der Tobi & Das Bo

2LP | 1994 | DE | Original (Yo Mama's)

29,99 €*

LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Hole In One)

Release: 1994 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Sticker on cover.

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Snubnoze

Pimp 4 Ever

30,99 €*

Original Playa Feat. Lyrical Mafia

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Guice & Eli are Snubnoze. They're a real dream team when it's about dope rap from Memphis. This one is for the real classic heads of Tennessee Hip Hop Music. Nine hypnotic drive by shooters are about to bang ya eardrums. The album is entirely produced by Blackout!

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Icy-K

LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Hole In One)

31,99 €*

This Time / Old School Lovin'

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Here we go with the first release for the Hole in One Classix series. Not a lot is known about Icy-K beside he's an Original Playa. A real '95 Memphis classic is now available again on cassette and for the first time on vinyl. An exclusive reissue handled with love and care.

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Chante Moore

12" | 1995 | US | Original (Silas)

6,99 €*

Release: 1995 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

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12" | 1990 | EU | Original (Warner Bros.)

Jungle Brothers

What 'U' Waitin' 4?

Release: 1990 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

12" | 1995 | US | Original (Epic)

Rozalla

Losing My Religion

4,99 €*

Release: 1995 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

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2LP | 1995 | DE | Original (MZEE)

MC Rene

Renevolution

45,99 €*

Release: 1995 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

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2LP | 2001 | UK | Original (Big Dada)

Roots Manuva

Run Come Save Me

49,99 €*

Release: 2001 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

2LP | 2000 | EU | Reissue (Interscope)

Eminem

The Marshall Mathers LP

38,99 €*

LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Nervous)

Release: 2000 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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“The Marshall Mathers LP” is the third studio album by American rapper Eminem. It was released in 2000, by Aftermath Entertainment, Interscope Records, and Eminem's newly founded label, Shady Records in the United States and by Polydor Records in the United Kingdom. The album was produced mostly by Dr. Dre and Eminem, along with The 45 King, the Bass Brothers, and Mel-Man. Released a year after Eminem's breakout album “The Slim Shady LP”, the record features more introspective lyricism including the rapper's response to his sudden rise to fame and controversy surrounding his lyrics.

The album sold more than 1.78 million copies in the US in its first week alone, becoming the fastest-selling studio album by any solo artist in American music history. In 2001, the album won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Album and was nominated for Album of the Year. Eminem lost the latter to jazz-rock duo Steely Dan and their album “Two Against Nature”. The album was certified Diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America in March 2011 for shipping 10 million copies in the United States. By December 2016, the album had sold over 11 million copies in the United States and more than 32 million copies worldwide. A sequel to the album, “The Marshall Mathers LP 2”, was released on November 2013.

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Black Moon

Enta Da Stage

Speakerboxxx / The Love Below

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

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1999 reissue.

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OutKast

4LP | 2003 | US | Original (Arista)

59,99 €*

Ready Or Not / Killing Me Softly (Clubmixes)

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Scuffs and scratches on all records! Cover shows slight storage wear!

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The Course

12" | 1996 | NL | Original (Lowland)

7,99 €*

Release: 1996 / NL – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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3LP | 2004 | EU | Reissue (One Little Indian)

Cody Chesnutt

Headphone Masterpiece

Release: 2004 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1990 | UK | Original (Greedy Beat)

Jetz Orkhestra

The Chase

6,99 €*

Release: 1990 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1998 | EU | Reissue (Armabillion)

Dead End Alliance

Screwed For Life

49,99 €*

Release: 1998 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1991 | US | Original (Mixx-it)

V.A.

Mixx-It 55

8,99 €*

Keynote Speakerz (Master Surreal & Skiggy Raps)

Release: 1991 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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It's like that

12" | 2007 | EU | Original (Painted Dog)

9,99 €*

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 1994 | US | Reissue (Rarebreed)

Saafir

Boxcar Sessions

44,99 €*

The End Of A Cold Experience Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1994 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Reggie Gibson, aka Saafir, is a producer, actor and underground Oakland California legend known for his abstract form of emceeing. Saafir made his recording debut on Digital Underground’s The Body-Hat Syndrome in 1993, followed by an appearance on Casual’s Fear Itself in 1994, which led to his solo release Boxcar Sessions. The production was handled by Jay-Z, J Groove and Big Nose, with Sleuth and Saafir serving as executive producers. It features guest appearances from Big Nose, King Saan, Poke Martian and Rashinel.

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Bakers Of The Holy Bread

2LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue

39,99 €*

12" | 1991 | US | Original (Perspective)

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bakers Of The Holy Bread from Umeå, Sweden, was composed in the 1990s by David Lenneman, Göran Lindhof and Tobias Addo. This trio are some of Sweden's early hip hop pioneers and Return Of Boom Bap Records will drop "The End Of A Cold Experience" in its entirety on vinyl now, 27 years later. Produced by the Swedish dream-team Pete W & P Collén and features by Field Nigga Soup from New York.

Limited to only 300 copies on double vinyl, including inlay and an extra bonus track called "Underground Funk"!

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Sounds Of Blackness

The Pressure (Pt. 1)

Release: 1991 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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2LP | 2007 | UK | Reissue (High Focus)

Fliptrix

Force Fed Imagery

32,99 €*

2LP | 1999 | US | Original (Interscope)

Release: 2007 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Fliptrix’s debut LP has been pressed to vinyl a cool SIXTEEN years after its original release back in 2007, long before High Focus Records existed. A cult classic across 18-tracks, this limited run of 300 Black Vinyl will never be repressed.

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Eminem

The Slim Shady LP

150,99 €*

Why Does It Hurt So Bad / I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (Remix 1996)

Release: 1999 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Whitney Houston

12" | 1996 | US | Original (Arista)

12,99 €*

Release: 1996 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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4LP | 1998 | EU | Reissue (Interscope)

2Pac

Greatest Hits

66,99 €*

Release: 1998 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 1991 | US | Reissue (Jive)

A Tribe Called Quest

The Low End Theory

2LP | 2001 | EU | Reissue (Columbia)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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instant classic folks, a must have for all hip hop connaisseurs! Absoluteclassicalistic!

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Mobb Deep

Infamy

Release: 2001 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 1996 | US | Reissue (Sony)

The Fugees

The Score

2LP | 2003 | US | Original (J)

Release: 1996 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Certified 90s hip hop classic!

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Alicia Keys

The Diary Of Alicia Keys

41,99 €*

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1994 | US | Original (Gasoline Alley)

Ebony Vibe Everlasting

Groove Of Love

Release: 1994 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1994 | UK | Original (EMI United Kingdom)

Eternal

Save Our Love

Release: 1994 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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12" | 1994 | US | Original (MCA)

Patti LaBelle

The Right Kinda Lover

Release: 1994 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Demolition Man (The Underground Mixes)

Sting

12" | 1993 | US | Original (A&M)

4,99 €*

Release: 1993 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance, Soundtracks

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12" | 1993 | DE | Original (WEA)

Bingoboys

Ten More Minutes

Release: 1993 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1991 | DE | Original (ZYX)

Real McCoy Feat. Patsy

No Showbo

Release: 1991 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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12" | 2007 | EU | Reissue (Warp)

Flying Lotus

Reset EP

22,99 €*

12" | 1993 | US | Original (LaFace)

Release: 2007 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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FlyLo's debut for Warp and basically the blueprint for all the LA Beat Scene madness!

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Toni Braxton

Breathe Again

8,99 €*

Release: 1993 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Beauty And The Beat Black Vinyl Edition

Edan

LP | 2005 | UK | Reissue (Lewis)

Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib)

Release: 2005 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Classic black LP! While Edan's critically acclaimed debut, 'Primitive Plus', was a celebration of hip-hop's golden age and a true throwback, his sophomore album, 'Beauty And The Beat', is a vast musical collage that contains many different influences; hip-hop, rock, pop, dusty breaks, hazy loops, luxurious off-kilter samples and curveball tempo changes that are all crafted into one cohesive piece of art. In 2015, FACT placed it at number 30 on the "100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time" list. In 2013 NME placed it at number 392 on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. // "A Psychedelic gem. It's like 'The Grey Album' in technicolour" - Vice // "This is a record that exults in the joy of musical creation. It should prove impossible not to love" - The Times // "Perhaps one of the greatest US hip-hop album you'll hear" - DJ // NME 8/10 // Pitchfork 8.8/10 // MOJO **** // Uncut **** // Stylus A- // HipHopDX 4.5/5 // Entertainment Weekly A- //

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All Caps

12" | 2004 | US | Reissue (Stones Throw)

19,99 €*

MM Food Green & Pink Vinyl Edition

Release: 2004 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2021 Repress.

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MF DOOM

2LP | 2004 | US | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

LP | 1999 | US | Original (Tuff Gong)

Release: 2004 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Packaged In A Wrapped Tip-On Gatefold Jacket With Green & Pink Colored Double Vinyl. Includes A Free Digital Download Card. Re-Pressed With Masters Previously Used For Mm..Food.In 1998 Zev Love X Of The Seminal Rap Group Kmd Re-Emerged As A Masked Super Villain Known As Mf Doom. The Following Year He Released The Ground Breaking Independent Classic Operation: Doomsday. Doom Only Added To The Mystery By Creating Multiple Aliases (King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, Etc.) And Took A No Holds Barred Approach To His Musical Career. With Collaborative Side Projects With Madlib (Madvillain) And Dangerdoom With Danger Mouse, Mm..Food Marked The Super Villain's Long Awaited Follow Up To Operation: Doomsday.

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Bob Marley

Chant Down Babylon

74,99 €*

2LP | 2005 | EU | Original (Capitol)

Release: 1999 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Reggae & Dancehall

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Beastie Boys

Solid Gold Hits

40,99 €*

2LP | 1998 | DE | Original (Deck8)

Release: 2005 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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15 all time Beastie-classics ... you have to buy this one for the cover shot alone! Mad props to Josh Cheuse for this one!

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Die L.P.

Überflieger Nach Vorn

16,99 €*

Release: 1998 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib)

Money Folder

12" | 2003 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

18,99 €*

Volume 2 … Hard Knock Life

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Remix / America's Most Blunted

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Jay-Z

2LP | 1998 | EU | Reissue (Universal)

Release: 1998 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Odio Pieno Clear Blue Sky Vinyl Edition

Colle Der Fomento

2LP | 1996 | IT | Reissue (Irma)

25,99 €*

Release: 1996 / IT – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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No Limit Top Dogg Black Vinyl Edition

Snoop Dogg

2LP | 1999 | WW | Reissue (Priority)

38,99 €*

Release: 1999 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 1996 | EU | Reissue (Hole In One)

SMK

Aint Nuttin Shakin

2LP | 2000 | EU | Reissue (Northcyde Vinyl)

Release: 1996 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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SMK is back and he's Aint Nuttin Shakin. A packed Memphis classic with gangsta hits only. Originally released in '96 and never before pressed on wax. Better be fast on this low down g-rap monster from another planet.

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DJ Squeeky

In Da Beginning

43,99 €*

2LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Northcyde Vinyl)

Release: 2000 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Classic M-Town Material by Memphis Legend DJ Squeeky.

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G-Mo

Ballin' 4 Life

29,99 €*

Hold It Down Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Summertime G-Funk brought to you by Big G-Mo from West Covina, California. Collector's Edition including the Original Mix of the Hit Single 'It's An Everyday Thing To Roll' and 4 additional Bonus Tracks on Double Vinyl.

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Das EFX

2LP | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

32,99 €*

LP | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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180 gram pressing with insert!

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Funkdoobiest

Which Doobie U B?

Nature Of A Sistah Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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180 gram black vinyl pressing!

Funkdoobiest is an American rap group from Los Angeles, California.
The original members were Son Doobie, DJ Ralph M and Tomahawk Funk. Which Doobie U B? is the debut studio album by the Latino rap group Funkdoobiest.
DJ Muggs was the executive producer for this album. Tracks on the album are performed by Son Doobie and Tomahawk Funk, including additional Cypress Hill member B-Real on the track "Wopbabalubop".
Hence the album is very much in line with the Cypress Hill productions. "It all works anyway", according to Allmusic review writer Steve Huey, he continues "Muggs is in his absolute prime as a producer here, and Son Doobie's rhymes are fittingly surreal and stoner-friendly, albeit more cartoonish than menacing like his Cypress counterpart".
The album title derived from a line in an episode of the 1970s sitcom What's Happening!!, when the main character, Raj, is introduced to special guests The Doobie Brothers.

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Queen Latifah

LP | 1991 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

31,99 €*

Tical Fruit Punch Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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With her debut album, All Hail The Queen, Queen Latifah asserted that women would not be hip-hop novelties and established herself as one of the genre’s most influential artists. Two years later, in September 1991, she returned with her sophomore album, Nature of a Sistah, a positivity-dominant, cross-genre dabbling set of R&B, dance, funk, and reggae that tested the limits of hip-hop.
The majority of the production on Nature of a Sistah is done by Soulpower Productions. Accompanying them on the production side are Naughty By Nature, K-Cut from Main Source, Luis Vega, and Nevelle Hodge. Together, they wove a follow-up that would widen a path for both Latifah and her successors to come.
This release features "Fly Girl," "How Do I Love Thee," and "Latifah's Had It Up 2 Here."

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Method Man

LP | 1994 | CZ | Reissue (Def Jam)

Peace Is Not The Word To Play Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1994 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Main Source

7" | 1991 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Looking At The Front Door Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue We’ll get to the vocal content in a second, but first it’s time to acknowledge what a patchwork tapestry of genius ‘Peace is not the word to play’ is in terms of production. Large Professor being a prodigy on the Sp-1200 is well established, but the way he flips parts of MFSB’s ‘tlc’ and Milly and Silly’s obscure ‘Gettin’ Down for Xmas’ with a sprinkling of Lyn Collins here establishes his credentials in the top tier. Lyrically, it’s a tour de force, with Main Source taking exception with the misuse of the word ‘peace’ by the hip-hop fraternity. With even the most homicidal of gangster rappers dropping it at the end of tracks at the time, time was overdue for some regulation. The album version makes its point pithily in a single verse, while the remix, included on the flip of this first ever 7” release, expands on the topic with new verses and some new samples too. It’s a welcome reminder of the time when remixes were remixes – not just the identical track with the latest hot rappers joining in. Most of all, Main Source once again walk the fine line between lyrical lecture and head-nodding banger – the rare example of a track with a point to make that can still fill a dancefloor and get necks snapping.

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Main Source

7" | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

The Choice Is Yours Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue. One thing hip-hop has never been great at – and certainly something for which it has zero reputation – is nuanced emotion. Enter Large Professor and ‘Looking at the Front Door’, the group’s first single on Wild Pitch Records and the lead out for their stunning ‘Breaking Atoms’ album. Wrapped around a loop from Donald Byrd’s Blue Note classic ‘Think Twice’, bolstered by the infectious chorus of ‘Chick A Boom’ by The Pazant Brothers and Beaufort Express, it’s a melancholy tale of love gone wrong. It was a brave choice of lead single in the 1990 hip-hop landscape, plucked from an album full of genuine head-nodders and standout tracks. It was also the right choice – a piece of production perfection laced with romantic honesty. The B-side also strikes a different tack, a tale of a brother who “doesn’t fight, his brain is his left and right.” Using a solid foundation of drums from Funkadelic’s ‘You’ll Like It Too’ (most famously used on Eric B & Rakim’s ‘I Know You Got Soul’), Large Pro weaves his tale of an ambitious, studious man over an original organ line (by JD Drumsticks) that wouldn’t sound out of place at a hockey rink. The theme is sledgehammer subtle – don’t sell drugs, stay in school – but delivered with the lightness of touch that would be Main Source’s signature.

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Black Sheep

7" | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)