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Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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feat. Mr. Khaliyl, L-Fudge, Mr.Complex and others!

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Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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12" | US | Original (Egyptian Empire)

The Lover

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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/ I Want To Make Love

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12" | US | Original (Egyptian Empire)

Bounce That Bootie

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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/ gotta have ya

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LP | US | Original (Egyptian Empire)

One Track Mind

25,99 €*

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Tech N9ne

Calm Before The Storm

CD | US | Reissue (Mad)

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tech N9ne

Celcius

CD | US | Reissue (Mad)

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Sleaford Mods

TCR

12" | EU (Rough Trade)

2LP | FR | Original (URBAN [PIAS])

Release: EU

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie

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New five-track EP.

‘TCR’ stands for “Total Control Racing” and is named after a Scalextric-style toy racing car game popular in the 1980s.

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Jazzy Bazz

Nuit

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It Was A Good Day / You Can Do It (Feat Mack 10 & Ms Toi)

Release: FR – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Le grand retour de Jazzy Bazz, membre éminent des collectifs L'Entourage et Grande Ville
En 2016, Jazzy Bazz sortait « P-Town », un premier album auto-produit adoubé par la critique, vendu à 15.000
exemplaires et porté par une tournée de plus de 40 dates à travers la France. Jazzy Bazz aime travailler en
famille. Il fait appel aux musiciens qui l’accompagnent sur scène (3.14 Band) pour travailler ensemble sur son
second album « Nuit », sur lequel il dénude le côté sombre de la vie, privilégie le fond autant que la forme, choisit
soigneusement ses thèmes et cisèle chaque rime avec exigence. Pour rendre la nuit plus folle, Jazzy Bazz invite
des guests de prestige Nekfeu, Alpha Wann & Esso, Bonnie Banane ou encore Sabrina Bellaouel.
A la fois, exigeant, poétique, mélodique et puissant, « Nuit » s’impose comme un album majeur de cette rentrée
2018.

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Ice Cube

7" | EU (Throwdown)

Give The Drummer Some / Moe Luv's Theme

Release: EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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Double A side of iconic Ice Cube anthems that top and tailed the nineties… hip hop sampling at its best! Limited to 300 copies – first come, first served.

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Ultramagnetic MC's

7" | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The late engineer and producer Paul C’s fingerprints are all over this single from Ultramagnetic MC’s, perhaps the defining release of their career. While earlier records gave notice of their strange and unique talents, they were loveably messy affairs. This, however, is the real deal, as polished as their early sound would ever be.
‘Give the Drummer Some’ grabs a fistful of different elements – from James Brown, Dee Felice Trio and James Brown – but bends them to its own purpose. This is a song with a momentum of its own and endlessly quotable lyrics. One of which, of course, was sampled by The Prodigy – huge hip-hop fans – for ‘Smack My Bitch Up’ in 1997. The now hugely rare 7” of ‘Give the Drummer Some’ edits this out to make it more radio-friendly, but this reissue reverses that cut, giving you the original lyrics. If anyone knows why Kool Keith also changes the word ‘rappers’ to ‘monkeys’ for that edit, answers on a postcard…
The brilliant B-side harks back to the time when every group had a song dedicated to their DJ. ‘Moe Luv’s Theme’ sees Kool Keith at his most straightforward, singing the praises of the turntable skills of Moe Luv. It would be throwaway were it not for the effortless repurposing of Jackie Robinson’s oft-sampled ‘Pussyfooter’. That – and the presence of one of the world’s great MC’s at the height of his powers – elevates it far above a footnote.

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Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | EU | Original (Nutcracker)

Deliverance

Inject Intellect

8,99 €*

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strap On The Side / Welcome To The Ghetto

Spice 1

7" | CA | Reissue (Pels)

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Sometimes I Might Be Introvert Japan Import Edition

Release: CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Rels Records is back with more Bay Area classics on wax. This time they’ve released two of Spice 1’s biggest songs, both on 7” for the first time ever.

Side A features “Strap On The Side” from Spice 1’s third studio album “Amerkkka’s Nightmare” and on Side B - “Welcome To The Ghetto” from his self titled debut.

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Little Simz

CD | JP | Original (JPT)

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Release: JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Beerbongs & Bentleys Japan Import Edition

Post Malone

CD | JP | Original (Universal Music Japan)

25,99 €*

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Big Time 25th Anniversary Limited Edition W/ Magnet

Ultra

2LP | US | Reissue (Threshold)

69,99 €*

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited to 50 copies on silver vinyl coming ith a magnet for your fridge.

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Genre: Hip Hop

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Scene Queen

Bimbocore

LP | Original (Hopeless)

32,99 €*

Release: Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Eminem Show Limited Lenticular Cover Vinyl Edition

Eminem

LP | EU | Reissue (Interscope)

100,99 €*

Release: EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | US | Reissue (Strictly Business)

Mac Dre

What's Really Going On

We Go Again Record Store Day 2024 Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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7 song EP by the Bay Area super rap star.

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Enny

LP | WW | Original (Famm)

39,99 €*

Release: WW – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Musical Life Of Mac Dre Volume 3 The Young Black Brotha Years 1996-1998

Mac Dre

CD | US | Reissue (Young Black Brotha)

Nastradoomus Volume 1 Red Vinyl Edition

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The third volume in the series of releases chronicling the early career of Mac Dre. Includes previously unreleased tracks.

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MF DOOM X Nas

LP | UK

24,99 €*

Release: UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bounce, rock, skate, roll part 1

Vaughan Mason & Crew

12" | 1979 | US (Brunswick)

12" | 1982 | US (Elektra)

Release: 1979 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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/ part 2

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Pieces Of A Dream

MT. Airy Groove

Release: 1982 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Grandmaster Flash & Melle Mel

White Lines

12" | 1983 | US (Sugar Hill)

12" | 1983 | US (Fantasy)

Release: 1983 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ melle mel's groove

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Cybotron

Clear

7" | 1983 | US | Reissue (Fraternity / Specific)

Release: 1983 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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/ industrial lies

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Fantasy Three

It's Your Rock

Release: 1983 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Beat- Bop Black Vinyl Edition

Rammellzee & K-Rob

12" | 1983 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

LP | 1983 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1983 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Much about ‘Beat Bop’ is shrouded in mystery. Who really produced it? Why was Jean-Michel Basquiat relegated from rapper on the track to drawing the cover and labels? What are they actually rapping about for most of the ten-minute length? These questions, however, are all part of the enigma and rich legend surrounding a song that is an undisputed piece of true hip-hop genius. The combination of graffiti artist Rammellzee and rapper K-Rob is a potent one, with each MC adopting a persona - hustler and B-Boy respectively - that they maintain against an unusual swirling backdrop that must be one of the best instrumentals ever committed to wax. The original Tartown Record pressing was limited to 500 copies, a mere test pressing in the eyes of the assembled artists, with scarcity further driven by Basquiat’s rising rep in the art world. Those few hundred copies – and a subsequent re-release on Profile Records (the same label where K-Rob played out the rest of his brief career) – punched well above their weight in terms of lasting influence. Consider the early vocal tones of the Beastie Boys (who also sampled the track), or the huge part it played in the sound of Cypress Hill and B-Real. His voice is almost homage to Rammellzee’s on ‘Beat Bop’, while they also lifted the chorus of ‘Shoot ‘Em Up’ and even a sample of ‘Cypress Hill’ from the track too. It’s unsurprising – this is a multi-layered, complex song that reveals a little more of itself each time you play it but remains damn funky. This reissue boasts the vocal and instrumental versions in full, as well as both the full cover and label artwork from the original Tartown Release.

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Wild Style

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12" | 1984 | US (Jus Born)

Release: 1983 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Iconic soundtrack for an iconic film

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Strafe

Set It Off

Release: 1984 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Classic Electro from 1984!

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CD | 1984 | US | Reissue (Egyptian Empire)

On The Nile

17,99 €*

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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2LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (Modern Harmonic)

John Fekner City Squad

Idioblast 1983-2004

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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With words as weapons and public infrastructure as his blank slate, John Fekner’s City Squad are always questing for the ineffable, even as they yearn for concrete change. Make no mistake, Idioblast is a serious party where everyone is welcome.

Released in 1984, Idioblast is a lost classic, a future shock narrative ahead of its time, and yet completely of its era, like few artifacts before or since. The cover tips you off from the jump—a crude but effective collage featuring classic Fekner slogans like Toxic Junkie, Growth Decay and Soft Brains Watch The Screen And Buy The Jeans. In an uncanny and tragic coincidence, the very first lyric on the album—“The place to be is on the space shuttle/if you’re brave enough to get on it”—seems to anticipate the Challenger disaster just two years later. But for the most part, the tracks on Idioblast directly reference the concepts that inspired Fekner’s visual art.

Musically, “Rapicasso” utilizes pneumatic pounding with an industrial edge as Fekner equates the great and controversial painter with risk-taking graffiti kids bombing trains and billboards across the city. Art is in a constant state of exploding—forms, paradigms, outdated ideas. Splitting the difference between hip-hop and new wave, the Santaniello-sung “The Beat” is like Thomas Dolby meets Run-DMC and should’ve been a radio staple for at least one sticky summer. It could soundtrack either a couples roller skate or a drug-fueled evening out.

Channeling Fekner’s slogan-stencil aesthetic, “Travelogue The 80’s” is a tour de force reminiscent of Negativland’s experiments in audio culture jamming. As Fekner details, “I grabbed all of the sounds via a shortwave radio picking up transmissions from LaGuardia airport and the TV. I recorded and edited on a Sony Pro Walkman and an Aiwa dual cassette deck.”

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Computer Love - Neon Green Vinyl Edition

7" | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Seminal electro-fusion / machine-funk classic. Includes previously unreleased radio edit. The genre, electro (or electro-funk), is sometimes perceived to have a separate identity to hip-hop; however, this electronic cousin was integral to the early development of the hip-hop sound. Drawing on drum machines, such as the Roland Tr-808, and influenced by funk, these two genres were intertwined and rode a parallel axis for a while, with rap, breakdance, and graffiti as pillars of the culture and community. The mechanical sound of electro would later go on to inspire a different set of producers and played its part in influencing contemporary electronic dance music. For this 7" release we are taking things back to 1984 and 1985 with a split single from The Egyptian Lover and Jamie Jupitor. First up is a track from The Egyptian Lover, AKA Greg J. Broussard, the cult Los Angeles-based producer, vocalist and DJ, who is a true hip-hop / electro-fusion pioneer. 'Computer Love (Sweet Dreams)' is a seminal electro-fusion / machine-funk classic that saw a release on the iconic label Freak Beat Records (owned by Greg himself). The original 7" release is now very sought-after by collectors. On the flip we have another electro jam from The Egyptian Lover disciple, Jamie Jupitor. 'Computer Power’ was additionally produced and arranged by The Egyptian Lover, and was released on Egyptian Empire Records (the label that evolved from Freak Beat Records). For this release we have opted for a special 7" unreleased radio edit, that has Greg kindly provided us with, which differs slightly in composition from the previously released versions. One for fans of Dãm Funk, electro and 80s funk.

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Release: 1985 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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Ego Tripping / Funky Potion

Ultramagnetic MC's

7" | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

LP | 1986 | US | Reissue (Sony Legacy)

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Melvin Bliss’ iconic ‘Synthetic Substitution’ (1973) has been sampled hundreds of times. Gracing records from Naughty by Nature’s ‘O.P.P’ to Public Enemy’s ‘Don’t Believe the Hype’, it’s one of the foundations of hip-hop. However, there’s a school of thought that says the sample could have been retired forever after Ced Gee used it for ‘Ego Tripping’. It was the first song to use those wonderful Bernard Purdie drums, and arguably the best.
Their first release on Next Plateau Records, this instant 1986 classic slams from the first bar, that hard-as-hell beat underpinned by stabs and the breathy ‘ultra-magnetic-magnetic’ chant beneath. Meanwhile, Ced and future legend Kool Keith go to town with pseudo-science and a thinly veiled diss of Run DMC – ‘Say what, Peter Piper, to hell with childish rhymes’. It’s a song shot through with promise they’d more than fulfil on their debut album, 1988’s landmark ‘Critical Beatdown’.
The flip, ‘Funky Potion’, doesn’t coalesce with quite the same genius but is still more than a curio, with the MC’s doubling down on their futuristic nonsense approach to lyricism. Rufus Thomas’ ‘Do the Funky Penguin’ is the base for yet more stabs, discordant scratches and a kitchen-sink approach that shows just innovative the group were prepared to be.
Never before released before on 7”, this undeniable hip-hop classic comes complete with bespoke hype stickers incorporating one of the great rap logos of all time.

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Run DMC

Tougher Than Leather

30,99 €*

Criminal Minded 35th Anniversary Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Released in 1988, Tougher Than Leather followed Run-DMC’s massively successful third album Raising Hell and furthered their innovative, aggressive, and hard-hitting sound that defined the hip-hop scene of the 1980s. From the incredible lead single, “Run’s House” to their cover of The Monkee’s “Mary, Mary,” Tougher Than Leather features a slew of incredible hits and is essential listening for any fan of classic hip-hop. Tougher Than Leather blends Run-DMC’s infectious, charismatic flows and heavily sample-based production with hard-hitting raps, soaring choruses, and rapid-fire delivery. Stand out tracks include “Run’s House,” “I’m Not Going Out Like That,” as well as “Beats to the Rhyme,” a story-based cut that stands as an anthem to hip-hop.

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Boogie Down Productions

2LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Traffic)

Born To Mack Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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In listing the greatest albums in hip-hop history, one title never seems to stray from the upper echelons, no matter how many years pass: Boogie Down Productions’ undisputed classic from 1986, Criminal Minded. Released amidst a battle between BDP and MC Shan that would redefine the New York rap landscape as it was then known, the album, which features the songs “South Bronx,” “Criminal Minded” and “The Bridge is Over,” captures the excitement, urgency and raw power that embodies hip-hop culture as we know it, with KRS-One’s aggressive yet intelligent lyricism backed by Scott La Rock’s hard-hitting, stripped-down beats. A true classic, Criminal Minded has been recognized by Vibe Magazine, The Source and Rolling Stone as one of the most important albums of all time. Traffic Entertainment Group and B-Boy Records are proud to present Criminal Minded, presented in a double-LP pressing.

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Too $hort

LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

CD | 1988 | US | Reissue (Priority)

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Pressed on green vinyl! Originally released on July, 20th 1987 on Dangerous Music, Born To Mack is Too $hort's 4th studio album and re-released as his first major label release in 1988 on Jive Records. Long out of print on vinyl, this West Coast classic contains the 9+ minute track "Freaky Tales" which Snoop Dogg would state was highly influential, to such an extent that Snoop covered the song in ‘97 for the hip-hop covers compilation In Tha Beginning. Too $hort is one of the pioneers of West Coast Hip-Hop, commemorated with a street named in his honor - Oakland’s Too $hort Way dedicated in December of 2022. Too $hort continues to make music and plays West Coast classics and upcoming artists on his Rock The Bells radio show Don't Stop Rappin and is a member of West Coast Pioneers super group Mount Westmore.

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NWA

Straight Outta Compton

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Capitol)

Strictly Business

34,99 €*

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Warner Bros)

V.A.

OST Colors

32,99 €*

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Soundtracks

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Because I Got It Like That Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Jungle Brothers

7" | 1988 | US | Reissue (Idlers)

Straight Out Of The Jungle / Black Is Black Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

The Sly Stone sampling, scene smashing hip hop track 'Because I Got it Like That' that launched the Jungle Brother's to the world in 1988, housed on their groundbeaking debut album 'Straight Out The Jungle'. Original copies of the single now change hands for £50 if you’re lucky so a fully remastered, official reissue is exactly what the doctor ordered! Backed with the rare Ultimatum mix (aka The Stereo MC's).

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Jungle Brothers

7" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Idlers)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. Following on from last years successful RSD 7 Inch, Idlers are proud to release the title track from the JBs 1988 debut album 'Straight Out The Jungle' that has never had a full release on 45 before. Backed with the more relevant than ever 'Black is Black'. More golden era hip hop on 7! With a Picture sleeve.

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7" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Strictly Business

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Few groups arrive as fully formed as Epmd did. This dropped as the third single from the album of the same name, and further cemented their distinctive aesthetic: Slow rhyming, trading lines rather than the rappers being confined to their own verses, and backings that were ruthlessly funky and simple at the same time.

They’d go on to be labelmates with Public Enemy when Def Jam picked up their contract in 1990, and to compare and contrast the two is illuminating. While PE at that time were making waves with the Bomb Squad’s breathless, kitchen sink approach to production, Epmd were equally adored for taking the opposite approach.

Here, there’s a sprinkle of drums from Kool & The Gang’s oft-sampled ‘Jungle Boogie’, paired with a very recognisable portion of Eric Clapton’s ‘I Shot the Sheriff’. And that’s pretty much it – the two samples are linked, looped and left to their own devices. Such was Erick and Parrish’s confidence in their own rhyming ability and strong voices, no further embellishment was needed.

That confidence extends to the subject matter. While their debut album and later projects were heavy with concepts – the ‘Jane’ series – and notable guest verses, this was the third straight single of pure brag rap. Two MC’s, one beat, a whole heap of lyrics about how good they were. It’s something you can’t do unless you truly are special, and this duo most certainly were.

Paired with the classic instrumental version, which didn’t make it to the US 7” releases – it’s only on a hard-to-track-down French 7” pressing from 1989 – this this is a timely reminder of how breathtakingly perfect hip-hop can be.

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7" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

You Gots To Chill

12" | 1989 | US | Reissue (West Coast Wax)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Endlessly sampled, covered, quoted and requoted, this may well be one of the most influential hip-hop singles ever released. But, in many ways, its importance goes beyond its sheer classic status as a single in its own right. In retrospect, it shows the duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith as pioneers in production, creating a funk-based sound that helped to provide a blueprint for artists on the other side of the country. In 1987/88, most West Coast rap still adhered to an East Coast audio blueprint. By 1989, they were leaning as heavily on Zapp and Roger Troutman samples as Epmd were on this single. The foundations of the track are interesting, with a snatch of Juice’s much-plundered ‘Catch a Groove’ (which has popped up everywhere from The Beastie Boys to Kings of Pressure) overlaid with big chunks of Kool & The Gang’s ‘Jungle Boogie’ and Zapp’s irrepressible ‘More Bounce to the Ounce’. Vocodered funk was a rarity in New York hip-hop until this song, but it’s the West Coast G-Funk artists who really ran with it. Its popularity spanned the country (and the globe, to be fair), with Epmd performing numerous shows in California on the basis of the sound, moving away from their James Brown-obsessed peers to display their own musical tastes. That said, the flipside – here presented on 7” and, indeed, on any single, for the first time – takes it back to that JB-era. ‘(It’s Not the Express), It’s the JB’s Monaurail by The JB’s is woven with Otis Redding and Beastie Boys to create a mid-tempo headnodder par excellence. It was always too good not to be a single.

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P.D.F.Crew

Do it

4,49 €* 9,99 € -55%

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814

Release: 1989 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ drop the bass

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Janet Jackson

2LP | 1989 | CA | Reissue (Virgin)

Release: 1989 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Big Payback Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition

7" | 1989 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1989 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1990 | US | Original (Nastymix)

Criminal Nation

Release The Pressure

Release: 1990 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1990 | US | Reissue (Def Jam)

Public Enemy

Fear Of A Black Planet

37,99 €*

Stitch By Stitch / Live Entertainer

Release: 1990 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Collector's vinyl edition, with a special "fade to black" 3D cover that, when turned to the left or right, turns black, with just the band's iconic cross-hairs visible.

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Ron B & The Step 2 Crew

7" | 1990 | UK | Reissue (Diggers With Gratitude)

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

Release: 1990 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Originally released in 1990, Ron B's 'Stitch By Stitch' has been a mainstay of every hip-hop collector's 'wants list' ever since featuring on DJ Ivory's 'Hear No Evil Vol. 2' mix back in
2003. The original is arguably the most sought after hip-hop 12" in existence and has maintained its high price over the years, featuring in Discogs’ monthly ‘most expensive records sold' list no less than NINE times, something surely no other hip-hop record can match?

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Gang Starr

Jazz Thing

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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With the original UK 7” of this release now as rare as hen’s teeth, and with the group having recently ‘reformed’ for one last album together, the Mr Bongo replica re-release of this 1990 masterpiece by Gang Starr couldn’t be more timely.
The now-legendary duo of DJ Premier and Guru dropped this at the height of hip-hop’s sampling of jazz, which had led to a creative leap forward for the genre. Yet while others plundered in the dark, this instant classic wore its influences on its sleeve and paid verbal homage to the musicians they were sampling. The “melodious funk” of “Thelonious Monk” gets namechecked, while the track samples two of his records, including 1958’s Bop gem ‘Light Blue’.
While both versions presented here have common elements, the ‘Movie Mix’ – so-named for the song’s appearance on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s mythic jazz biopic ‘Mo’ Better Blues’ – goes in a few different directions to the ‘Video Mix’. Rather than just drop in an instrumental for the B-side, DJ Premier instead shows his versatility by switching up the base track (Kool & The Gang’s 1971 ‘Dujii’) and layering in other samples. In more ways than one, his virtuosity here echoes the improvisation of a jazz musician, akin to Denzel Washington’s Bleak in the movie.
Of course, he’s not the only show in town. The late Guru’s voice is as mellifluous as an instrument itself here, his potted history of the genre and the artists of jazz delivered with his own unmistakable cadence. Without this record, would he have gone on to make his ‘Jazzmatazz’ projects.

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Looking At The Front Door Black Vinyl Edition

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

LP | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Def Jam)

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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Public Enemy

Fear Of A Black Planet

2LP | 1991 | US | Reissue (Elektra)

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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FEAR OF a BLACK PLANET was produced by the Bomb Squad and features the hit singles, 'Fight the Power,' 'Welcome to the Terrordome' and Flavor Flav's '911 Is a Joke.' FEAR OF a BLACK PLANET, which celebrates it's 25th anniversary in 2015, finished #300 on Rolling Stone's list of the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' and was added to the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry in 2005. The album is certified platinum by the RIAA for more than one million shipped, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200.

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KMD (MF Doom & Subroc)

Mr.Hood

33,99 €*

12" | 1991 | US (Mercury)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official rerelease on double vinyl - that's a hip hop classic ... first group of MF Doom!

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Black Sheep

The Choice Is Yours

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

Release: 1991 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Have U.N.E. Pull / Yes

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Ed O.G & Da Bulldogs

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

27,99 €*

Step In The Arena Black Vinyl Edition

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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Gang Starr

2LP | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Virgin)

38,99 €*

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dope reissue - for the first time on 180g double vinyl!

Step in the Arena is the second studio album by hip hop duo Gang Starr, printed as a 1990 release and commercially released on January 15, 1991. The album received critical acclaim and was also included in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The Source magazine stated: “Step in the Arena stands alone on a musical level, yet it also remains true to hip-hop’s underground heritage.” In 1998, the album was selected as one of The Source’s 100 Best Hip Hop Albums.

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Just Hangin' Out / Live At The Barbecue Black Vinyl Edition

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

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue Main Source’s paean to the simple pleasures of relaxing with friends is built over two tried-and-tested samples. The dreamy, swoony sounds of Vanessa Kendrick’s timeless ‘90% of Me is You’ is ever-present during this stone-cold classic, while Sister Nancy’s unmistakeable ‘Bam Bam’ lends several elements to the mix. Throw in some Skull Snaps and Sweet Charles and you’ve got the perfect soundtrack for a roll call of Large Professor’s nearest and dearest. There are plenty of reasons why so many regard ‘Breaking Atoms’ as an all-time classic album, and the sheer variety of singles lifted from it is chief among them. Large Professor was happy to roam over varied topics at a time when many rappers had a manic focus on one thing. And where better to hang out with friends than at a barbecue? ‘Live at the Barbecue’ is rightly regarded as one of the best posse cuts of all time, and famous for showcasing the debut of one Nasty Nas. While he delivers a dope verse full of quotables over drums from Bob James’ oft-plundered ‘Nautilus’, credit is also due to the other guests. Fatal and Akinyele aren’t disgraced in this company, and Large Professor tops it off with a rare verse of pure brag-rap. An undisputed entry in the pantheon of head-nod hip-hop, this is its first official UK release, and another debut on 7”.

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Just Hangin' Out / Live At The Barbecue Purple Vinyl Edition

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

Ultraviolet Dreams / Light Another / The Phuncky Feel One

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cypress Hill

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

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

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)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1991 | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Breaking Atoms

22,99 €*

CD | 1991 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Release: 1991 / Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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One of the best albums ever.

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DJ Quik

Quik Is The Name

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Nature Of A Sistah Record Store Day 2024 Vinyl Edition

Queen Latifah

LP | 1991 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

31,99 €*

Mecca And The Soul Brother

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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Pete Rock & CL Smooth

2LP | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Elektra)

29,99 €*

Diamond D And The Psychotic Neurotics

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Undeniable classic of 90s New York hip hop!

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Stunts, Blunts And Hip Hop

2LP | 1992 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

What's The 411? 25th Anniversary Vinyl Edition

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2021 Pressing.
Another golden era classic gets reissued by Get On Down: Although Diamond D handles the majority of the album's production, others such as Large Professor, Q-Tip, Jazzy Jay, Showbiz, and DJ Mark the 45 King co-produce on several tracks. The music he was making in 1992 cemented Diamond as one of the best producers in the game. This record is true to his heart, and because of the immense quality of its contents, it should be remembered fondly by all lovers of this music. As he puts it “Diamond is Dope Nuff Said”. Essential!

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Mary J. Blige

2LP | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Motown)

47,99 €*

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dead Serious Black Vinyl Edition

Das EFX

LP | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dead Serious is the debut studio album of American hip hop duo Das EFX, originally released in 1992. Recording sessions for the album took place at Firehouse Studios in Brooklyn, New York and at Charlie Marotta's North Shore Soundworks studio in Long Island, New York.

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The Pharcyde

2LP | 1992 | US | Reissue (Craft)

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1992 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Spice 1

30,99 €*

Diamond D And The Psychotic Neurotics

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Released in 1992 on CD, MC and Promo LP only, Spice 1's debut gets a proper vinyl treatment.

Spice 1 is an undisputed West Coast legend, who first hit the scene after the N.W.A. and – closer to home – Too $hort explosion of the late ‘80s. As history showed, he continued that bloodline with finesse and authority. His nasal flow is menacing and strong, and fans have been consistently captivated by his ‘hood tales since his self-titled debut in 1992. If you want thematic range with your MCs, Spice isn’t that dude – he is all about crime tales and the perils of ghetto life. And he attacks that storytelling sweet spot with each new cut. Spice 1 boasted four singles by the time it was all said and done, and breezed to Gold status on the strength of cuts like the catchy “East Bay Gangster”, the heartfelt tales and truths of “Welcome To The Ghetto”, and the thick, grooving “In My Neighborhood.” He even produced the alcohol-themed “187 Proof,” another of the album’s singles, and the hands-down cleverest vocal outing on the LP. Sonically, the backdrops on Spice 1 range from plunky, keyboard-bassline funk to deeper, fuzzy ‘70s samples – and he sounds strong on top of both. “Break Yourself” is fueled with an electro-funk drive, “1-800 Spice” brings reggae flavor, and “Peace To My Nine” gets chunkier, with a well-placed P-Funk “One Nation Under A Groove” sample. Presented here on official retail vinyl for the first time since its initial release 26 years ago, Spice 1’s debut holds the test of time and carries the California gangsta flag with pride. Some colors just don’t fade.

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Stunts, Blunts & Hip Hop

2LP | 1992 | US | Reissue (Mercury)

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Scenario

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo reissue /// All-time classic hip-hop of the highest possible grade from A Tribe Called Quest, featuring that verse from Busta Rhymes. Replica reissue of the prized, Germany-only 7” from 1992, cut loud.

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Fakin' The Funk (Remix) / Fakin' The Funk (Instrumental) Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1992 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Prohibited By Law Regiment

Release: 1992 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue When the film ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ was released in 1992, an EP of music from the film was dropped almost simultaneously. That EP, cheekily titled ‘White Men Can’t Rap’, featured a couple of exclusive gems, notably Gang Starr’s ‘Now You’re Mine’ and a cut from Main Source called ‘Fakin’ the Funk’. The only single borne of that six-track EP was the Main Source track, released in remixed form on Wild Pitch records the same year. No surprise, it was head and shoulders above the rest. Opening with those unmistakable harmonies from Main Ingredient’s ‘Magic Shoes’, the intro segues into a crisp beat borrowed from Grady Tate’s frequently sampled ‘Be Black Baby’ from 1969. Throw in a sprinkle of Kool & The Gang and you’ve got a track that would fit seamlessly onto Main Source’s masterpiece of an album, ‘Breaking Atoms’. Instead, it’s the group’s last hurrah, the final collaboration between K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor before the latter departed the trio. It’s fitting that he saves one of his best vocal performances for last, railing at sell-outs with the assistance of his long-term collaborator Neek the Exotic. Never released before on an official 7”, it’s a track that has lost none of its appeal, and the remix is the definitive version of this classic.

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Marked For Death

CD | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Hip Hop Enterprise)

21,99 €*

12" | 1992 | US (Great Jones)

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Prohibited By Law Regiment was a pioneering rap group from Anchorage, AK. They released their debut album in 1990 through Seattle's Black Emerald Records, entitled "Armed And Dangerous". They followed it up in 1992 by dropping their sophomore & last album, "Marked For Death" as the group disbanded soon after.

"Marked For Death" was only released on tape originally and is an absolutely amazing album from start to finish with just under 70 minutes of pure heat. Now 30 years later HHE is proud to drop it on CD for the first time ever, in a limited edition of 300 pieces. All tracks have been remastered by Jee Van Cleef.

Due to delays caused by RSD and the poor excuse of an album from Adele the LP version will be coming in a few months along with tons of other vinyl editions of killer hip-hop!

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Nightcrawlers

Push The Feeling On

Release: 1992 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tape | 1992 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

House Of Pain

Fine Malt Lyrics

20,99 €*

19 Naughty III 30th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tommy Boy Records celebrates "30 Years" of House of Pain's debut album House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) with remastered, limited edition release on July 22, 2022' Everlast, DJ Lethal & Danny Boy formed House of Pain while attending high school and were signed to Tommy Boy Records after fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish-American hooligans, hitting the local rap & alternative music scene. House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) went multi-platinum and the self titled debut album spawned the successful producer DJ Muggs, who produced the single "Jump Around". The song was also remixed twice by Pete Rock, one version featuring a verse from him and one without."Jump Around" became a hit in 1992, reaching number 3 in the United States. A 1993 re-release of the song in the United Kingdom, where the initial release had been a minor hit, peaked at number 8. "Jump Around" was featured at position 580 on Q Magazine's "1001 Best Songs Ever, " number 24 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of the 90s, " number 66 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop, " number 325 on Blender's "500 Greatest Songs Since You Were Born" and number 47 on NME's "100 Best Songs of the 1990s." The song is popular among dancehall DJs and is widely regarded in the United Kingdom as a club classic. The album also featured Cypress Hill member B-Real on the song "Put Your Head Out" and Funkdoobiest's Son Doobie on "House and the Rising Sun", both members of the musical collective known as Soul Assassins. Q magazine "... their music is of the dense, hard-hitting school of hip hop... The group have absorbed black rap's musical lessons and create a satisfying platform for their above average deliveries... " The Source "... a very solid and at times exceptional album... imagine if Licensed to Ill wasn't an upper middle class Jewish thing but rather a working class Irish thing... The atmosphere is like that of a cross between a frat party and a bar room brawl

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Naughty By Nature

Tape | 1992 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

20,99 €*

CD | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Interscope)

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Despite an excellent debut album, "Naughty By Nature" was pegged as a one-hit wonder by some, after all, they'd never duplicate the inescapably catchy "O.P.P.". But when 19 Naughty III was released on February 23, 1993 with the lead single "Hip Hop Hooray, " the group proved that they could recreate that magic. Celebrating it's 30th Anniversary this year, the album has been certified platinum and "Hip Hop Hooray" has become a hip hop anthem. The single was #1 on the charts, earning the band their second Top 10 hit, with the video directed by Spike Lee, featuring appearances from Tupac Shakur, Run-DMC and more. The album also contains the hits "Written on Ya Kitten" and "It's On" and has guest appearances from Heavy D and Queen Latifah. Production was handled entirely by group member KayGee, who has one foot in the clubs and the other one on the street corner, and that's true of the group as a whole.

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Dr. Dre

The Chronic

17,99 €*

Don't Sweat The Technique

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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It's all over the news right now, Dr. Dre finally got all the rights back and now we can all relax and get The Chronic on vinyl, CD and even on streaming platforms if there is no turntable nearby.

Now coming via Interscope who bought the physical distribution rights we are happy to get fresh copies of CDs and vinyl for you.

The blueprint of early 90s Westcoast Gangsta Rap. If you say you like Gangsta Rap and you don't own a copy, there is no excuse for that.

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Eric B. & Rakim

2LP | 1992 | NE | Reissue (Geffen)

Release: 1992 / NE – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Too Hard To Swallow Clear Vinyl Edition

UGK

2LP | 1992 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

35,99 €*

The Chronic Limited Green Cassette

Release: 1992 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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At that, giving the strutting, funky grooves the chance to really stretch out on your system.
Back in 1992, Southern hip-hop was still proving to the world that it could sustain a fan base that was chiefly raised on rap from New York and LA. The Geto Boys and 2 Live Crew had made strong cases by the earliest ‘90s, and Pimp C and Bun B were ready to make their own. Most of the trunk-bumping bass comes from drum programs and basic sampling on these tunes – in later years they would build their sound into something even fuller and deeper. Self-produced with additional work from Houston locals Bernie Bismark and Shetoro Henderson, the tracks here are minimal, slow and menacing, which matched their lyrical approach quite nicely.

You can hear the beginnings of the group’s true greatness in these early lyrical workouts – several taken from the regional cassette-only EP The Southern Way that got them signed to Jive – with tales of street hustles, relationships and self-reliance in a world stacked against them. They may have been done early-on, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t crucial to UGK’s legacy – cases in point being the three singles: “Something
Good”; a charismatic update to Bill Withers’ “Use Me Up”; and “Pocket Full Of Stones” (the latter featured on the Menace II Society soundtrack). Beyond the singles, deeper cuts like “I’m So Bad,” “Feels Like I’m The One Who’s Doin’ Dope” and “Cramping My Style” made it clear to the world that this crew had the attitude and charisma to make even bigger waves in the years to come.

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Dr. Dre

Tape | 1992 | Reissue (Interscope)

17,99 €*

Release: 1992 / Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1993 | EU | Original (Jive)

Midnight Marauders

Release: 1993 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Reachin (a new refutation of time and space)

Digable Planets

CD | 1993 | US | Reissue (Pendulum)

21,99 €*

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Jive)

Midnight Marauders

Black Sunday 20th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The album Tribe Called Quest wanted to make from the very beginning. It's their most even, consistent album of the original trilogy that also includes People's Instinctive Travels... and the Low End Theory. But in spite of this, or maybe because of it, it's also their most uninteresting. With so many competent tracks, there's no chance for something to stand out above the pack, like "Scenario" did on Low End Theory or "Can I Kick It" did on People's Instinctive Travels. The celebration is there ("Stir It Up"), the jazz drums kick ("Oh My God"), and the stand-up bass dribbles, keeping perfect pace with Q-Tip's unmistakable mic-touch ("Electric Relaxation"). There's even a Native Tongues armistice/reunion with de la Soul ("Awards Tour"). Although it comes together like a seamless tutorial in jazz hip-hop style, it comes together so damn well that it's hard for any one track to excel, cursing the album with consistent quality.

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Cypress Hill

2LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Legacy)

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

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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180 gram pressing in gatefold sleeve!

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Funkdoobiest

Which Doobie U B?

LP | 1993 | US | Reissue (Island)

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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Mobb Deep

Juvenile Hell

29,99 €*

Release: 1993 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tape | 1993 | US | Original (Ybb)

Mac Mall

Illegal Business

8,99 €*

Release: 1993 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1993 | CA | Reissue (Virgin)

Janet Jackson

Janet.

Release: 1993 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Rekord Music Publishing)

Die Fantastischen Vier

Die 4. Dimension

27,99 €*

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Sony)

Midnight Marauders

26,99 €*

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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93 Till Infinity Black Vinyl Edition

Souls Of Mischief

7" | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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