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Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bad Breaks Volume 7: Outstanding Remake

Flip

7" | 2024 | EU | Original (Bad Breaks)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2012 | Original (Lex)

V.A.

Complex Vol. 1

Tape | 2024 | UK | Original (AE Productions)

Release: 2012 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Picture disc

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Chromeplus

Off Planet

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Preorder shipping from 2024-08-30

Tape | 2024 | EU | Original (Former City)

Generator

Humpty Breaks

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Key System)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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It gets flavorful! 'Humpty Breaks' by Generator, where crunchy beats meet finger-smudged samplers! This eclectic beat tape serves up a mix of old and new tracks, showcasing the evolution of the producer's sound while paying homage to the early days of rap beats.

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Freestyle Fellowship

7th Seal / Physical Form

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

7" | 2024 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

$Os'

Food For Yo' Soul

2LP | 2019 | US | Original (Aaron Abernathy Music)

Release: 2024 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dope collabo between Texan MC $os' [pronounced Sos] and Long Island beatmaker Lars Viola. These 2 cats met online and have been working on joints together for a couple of years. Lars played me the demos and I was instantly on board, like the true

fisherman that I am.

$os', like many great artists before him, growing up as the son of a Preacher[man], learned to play [drums] as a kid at church. He only listened to gospel and Christian music as a kid, but once he was exposed to the realness, he definitely changed his tune! He had always written poetry, even as a young'un, so the transition to rhyming was fairly natural. Hope you cats enjoy this 7" 4 track EP entitled "Food For Yo' Soul". Check the snippets - Lars' beats are crrrrrazy nice on this one...

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Aaron Abernathy

Epilogue

Le Rap Francais Vu De La Pologne

Release: 2019 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

cover is close to NM

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Milionbeats

Tape | 2024 | EU | Original (Andrew Funk'b)

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Disciples Of The 36 Chambers:Chapter 1 Live

Wu-Tang Clan

CD | 2019 | EU | Original (BMG/Sanctuary)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2018 | Original (Sony Music/Green Berlin)

Marsimoto

Verde

Release: 2018 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Karate Andi

Turbo

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2016 | EU | Reissue (Sony Music Catalog)

Genetikk

Fukk Genetikk

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2020 | Original (Four Music Local)

Apache 207

Treppenhaus

Release: 2020 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Birds In The Trap Sing Mcknight

Travis Scott

CD | 2016 | EU | Original (Sony Music)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Isotopes Ep Clear Vinyl Edition

Mr Ripley & Litman One

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

The Tower Where The Phantom Lives

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Heads will know Mr Ripley from 90's crew The Madness as well as his CD- only release 'Dirty Boxing' on Herring from 2019. Here he has teamed up with Cologne [Germany] beatmaker and Herring fan LitMan One for a crazy solid 3 track 7" EP which includes a selection of classy joints from their recent science-themed project, the Isotopes EP. Check the snippets - this is a Killer!!!

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Verb T & Vic Grimes

CD | 2023 | UK | Original (High Focus)

Hip-Hop Is Alive? White Discobag Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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UK rap legend Verb T returns with ‘The Tower Where The Phantom Lives’, a mesmerising new LP that sits alongside the most enlightened and adventurous in his glittering discography.

Bound by a set of contrasting emotions and energies; fiction and fantasy wrestling with everyday curveballs, ‘The Tower Where The Phantom Lives’ showcases Verb T at his razor sharp best. It is the wisest version of Verb T to date; complemented by the wonderfully melodic production of Vic Grimes, the Canadian producer proving to be the perfect ally for Verbs to deconstruct the world at large, his magnifying glass growing more-and-more forensic as each track unfolds.

Mental exploration, self deprecating humour, didactic story telling woven together by haunting movie samples, ‘The Tower Where The Phantom Lives’ listens like an OST; each track / scene propping up a wonderful narrative arc; Verb T the lead role and Vic Grimes the composer of their very own psychological thriller, extreme highs and lows eventually settling into a contemplative groove on final track (and lead single) ‘Your Heart Deserves’.

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Tomasin

7" | 2023 | EU | Original

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2023 | AT | Original (Tontraeger)

Texta

Still Funky / 3sick

CD | 2019 | NL | Original (Below System)

Release: 2023 / AT – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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This two songs we did to celebrate 30 years of Texta. "Still Funky" being an ode to the old school and the funk roots, while "3sick" is a storytelling song on a hard Boombap Beat.

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C. Keys & Kazi

Keys 2 Kazi

Release: 2019 / NL – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

12" | 2016 | UK | Original (Ahead Of Our Time)

Coldcut

Only Heaven

CD | 2023 | EU | Original (Reality Check)

Release: 2016 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Includes original insert.

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Ours Samplus

Bepolar

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Verbz, Nelson Dialect & Mr Slipz

Sight Beyond Sight

Tape | 2023 | UK | Original (High Focus)

Verbz, Nelson Dialect & Mr Slipz

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Due for release on July 28, 2023 on High Focus Records, a new collaborative LP ‘Sight Beyond Sight’ from the powerhouse trio of producer Mr Slipz with rappers Verbz & Nelson Dialect. This new LP is a continuation and culmination of the sounds heard on their previous records. The dynamic rhyming partnership of Nelson Dialect & Verbz going back and forth with relentless wordplay over the signature hard hitting drums & jazzy samples of Mr Slipz production. Showcasing a variety of moods throughout the record from neck snapping, classic rap joints like 'Strike Back’ & the album title track 'Sight Beyond Sight’ to more reflective & personal songs about loss and relationships heard on 'Homecoming’ or 'Beside Me’. To vivid storytelling and conceptual cuts like 'Cause and Effect’ Verbz and Nelson communicate the aspirations and the choices of young artists in the modern world like a roadmap any individual can reference; ‘Sight Beyond Sight’ truly offers something for every listener. There are notable features on the album including the deeply reflective cut 'Homecoming’ with Hiatus Kaiyote back up vocalist Jace XL on the chorus. There is also the blistering posse cut 'Starting 5’ featuring UK Hip Hop legend King Kashmere, NuphZed & Renelle 893, who recently signed to High Focus. Having already released critically acclaimed albums on the cult UK Hip Hop label High Focus, the anticipation is brewing and stage is set for another landmark release for the label from this exciting new trio with ‘Sight Beyond Sight’.

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Sight Beyond Sight

CD | 2023 | UK | Original (High Focus)

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7" | 2023 | US | Original (Street Corner Music)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Various

Flip Sessions Volume 8

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Remedy Music)

DJ Rosvil

That's The Way EP

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Loftsoul)

Loftsoul

Unity EP

New Donk City / Skip A Beat

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Loftsoul Recordings' new life continues in this renewed "Re-works" series. This time we have the well known label owner Masahiko Uchikawa aka "Loftsoul" who releases this 7" for the occasion of his 40-year career. Downtempo rhythms and Japan vibes come together with a really energy-giving and slamming B side. All supported by the team with Keyco, H. Ikeuchi (Guitar) and Mbanja Ritchy aka B-Bandj.

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Pen Pals

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Baby Crystal Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Classic Herring style collabo on this 7" with our boys in BK, Pen Pals hooking up with production from Dunfermline's finest, Jazz Spastiks on side A and Lars Viola on the flip. Included are both instrumentals. Pure flava for the heads.

That's the final "new music" release for this season - dropping from early April, all the 90's fish!!!

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Kitschkrieg & Arz

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (SoulForce)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Wu-Tang Clan / The Charmels

C.R.E.A.M. / As Long As I've Got You Big Hole Edition

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Lil Static Us)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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B.U.K. (Wild Out)/The Gunz Won't Do It

Fierce

7" | 2022 | UK | Original

El Michels Affair & Black Thought

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Well we all know Fierce's Underground Hit from 1996 'Crab' and the excellent flip 'Come Close'. Classic Indie Era business that appeared on a bunch mixtapes from the time. What we have here are 2 previously unreleased joints from the same time period. Fierce (Ferocious Intellect Equaling Rap's Cause and Effect) reppin Newark, NJ has been an influential and definitely slept on MC in the undergorund scene. He really should've had an album - at least another 12"!

Well.....here are 2 more previously unreleased heaters for your nogginz!

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Hollow Way / I'm Still Somehow

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Big Crown)

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Following up on the incredible success of El Michels & Black Thought's Glorious Game album the duo treat us to another 7" with two of the standouts from the album. The A Side "Hollow Way" is a testament to the chemistry between Leon & Thought. EMA uses his signature sound with a new approach pulling records from his collection and sampling them. The result is a gritty lo sonic backdrop that Black Thought exes his lyrical brillance on weaving a tune about guns and gun violence. The beat change at the end drives the point home, leaving any samples behind and lets the band remind people why they are one of the most in demand acts out there today. The B side "I'm Still Somehow" is a deeply introspective tune that Thought rhymes about vulnerability and overcoming challenges with heavy lines like"a happy black boy is like an alien" and "one crown, who was run down, somehow still standing tall". Michels again takes his ear and sensibility to the sampler, chopping up an old 45 that makes the perfect backdrop for this powerful and timeless song.

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Manin7hemask Aka I9on

Live From My Porch

Tape | 2023 | UK | Original (The Get Down)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Straight outta Chelsea, MA we have producer/MC, ManIn7heMask aka I9on.

Dude wears a mask, makes killer beats and rhymes like a goddamm beast and when he hit me up I had no idea he already featured on Herring - anyone know which release? Took me a minute to work it out!!

Incredible 4 tracker this, with tracks A1 & A2 produced by our man in Mass and the flipside joints are produced by Krohme. Solid four tracker right here!!!

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Dnamics

Lights Out

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tape | 2023 | UK | Original (The Get Down)

Staf Beats

Street View

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Thirsty 4 Action Feat. QNC & Supastition feat. DJ Robert Smith

Slick Walk

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Rs Records)

12,59 €* 13,99 € -10%

10" | 2022 | EU | Original (Melting Pot Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Slick Walk strike again with another 45 release for 2022.

This time Merse and DJ Robert Smith (Slick Walk) team up with QNC aka Q-Ball & Curt Cazal from “Strong Island” N.Y.C. and North Carolina ́s legendary Supastition for the A-Side.

Searching for the perfect flipside DJ RS reached out to Curt Cazal (J.V.C. F.O.R.C.E.) once more on the production tip. Needless to say he came up with the goods!

Dusty Donuts affiliate Jim Dunloop added his funky basslines and guitar licks to the A side cut and the final polish and push of the meters on both tracks done by DJ Goce.

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Twit One

Prelude To A Desaster

7" | 2016 | US | Original (High Water Music)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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This new 10’’ contains 10 songs and has no features. “Prelude To A Disaster” will be available on 4th March at selected record stores worldwide. A digital release follows later. The album cover has been art-directed by Twit himself. Photos were taken by Robert Winter in Köln-Nippes with lettering by Chicken. K-Def has mastered the songs in New Jersey. We have pressed 1.000 copies.

PS: For the die-hard Twit One fans: this text includes one false fact. If you spot it you are in.

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Mentplus

A Spoonful EP

12,59 €* 13,99 € -10%

The Day of Cygnus Has Come w/ Obi Strip

Release: 2016 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Following a project (Stormy Nights LP) that saw him recieve accolades from publications like XXL, websites like Okayplayer and Hip Hop legends old and new MentPlus decided to surprise us all with his latest offering. "A Spoonful" finds Ment expanding on the sounds he explored via Stormy Nights while still managing to sound fresh and vibrant.

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DNTE

CD | 2021 | US | Original (Cocareef)

II: The True Sequel Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 25

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PENPALS

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (HHV)

CD | 2020 | US | Original (Next)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited edition of 300 copies on colored vinyl.

NYC's PENPALS are back on the block with a heavy line-up of guests on "II: The True Sequel". Some of Hip Hop underground's finest MC's like Quelle Chris, billy woods, ANKHLEJOHN or Thonio join the pals on their new album. Enjoy!

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Bodega Bamz

Yams Heard This

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (HHV)

PENPALS & EMERLD

City All Stars

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (HHV)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl.

Brooklyn's PENPALS team up with up-and-coming producer EMERLD (Inner Ocean) for "City All Stars“ for a dope 6-tracker. In addition the vinyl includes all instrumentals, the artwork is provided by the very talented Moon Patrol. Tip!

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Kiydrah

Simulation

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Odd Funk / HHV)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Strictly limited edition of 300 copies on black vinyl including all instrumentals on the B.

Kiydrah is a singer-songwriter from Killeen, TX. Being an outcast could have its negative impacts, however, Kiydrah has embraced this trait as it has become part of her identity and uniqueness as an artist. Melting her melodies to compliment her lyrics, she drifts you to her sound providing you with comfort. Kiydrah's vocals have a smooth/raspy PBR&B, Neo-Soul, & Jazzy sound. „Simulation“ is the collaborative effort with French producer Breiss including a remix by Dusty of the well-known Jazz Liberatorz. Tip!

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Broaks

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (HHV)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Strictly limited edition of 300 copies.

A creative union of 90s hiphop production techniques, live instrumentation, turntablism and spoken word poetry. Performed by Dan Broak, Herbal Bert and Lion El Hämpton at Odd Funk Records studio under the dope quality control surveillance of the notorious production-duo The Blassics.

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Digitalluc

re:ups

The Postman Always Rings Twice Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited edition of 500 hand-numbered copies on black vinyl of Digitalluc's 2018 release "re:ups". The sleeve comes with an UV-finish and extra sticker on front. 16 tracks in total, with features by Knowsum, Anthony Drawn, Made In M and Bill Adlib - finally available on vinyl for the very first time. Tip!

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PENPALS & Lars Viola

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (HHV)

2LP | 2016 | FR | Original (Onryou)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies on colored vinyl of the collaborative effort between PENPALS and talented producer Lars Viola. 13 tracks that will make your head nod. Tip!

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Ash Day, Belly.

Coda

Release: 2016 / FR – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

LP | 2018 | DE | Original (Muther Manufaktur x HHV)

Pierre Sonality

Miami 420

Release: 2018 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2011 | US | Original (Ropeadope)

Ekundayo

Release: 2011 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

12" | 2023 | UK | Original (Dirtybird)

Yung Skrrt

Mcdonalds Eprom Remix

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

Only Built For Diamond Link

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Great minds think alike. Eprom & Barclay Crenshaw’s remixes of Yung Skrrt’s “McDonalds” are cosmically connected. Both artists separately discovered the track via Bandcamp, and both began transmitting the frequencies through their DJ sets on different stages around the world. Once the parallel universe became perpendicular and crossed paths, they each decided to make their own interpretations and now the world is one.

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Peezy

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Empire)

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

King Of The Beats / Get Stupid Fresh

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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ONLY BUILT 4 DIAMOND LINKS is the first solo album of 2022 from the legendary Detroit rapper, Peezy. Known for his work with fellow Detroit heavyweights, such as Babyface Ray, Icewear Vezzo, Rio Da Yung OG, GT, Payroll Giovanni & more, Peezy looks to solidify himself atop Detroit’s Rap Mt. Rushmore. In paying homage to the famous Raekwon title, ONLY BUILT 4 DIAMOND LINKS warns listeners that only the strongest can survive the lifestyle that Peezy lives on a daily basis. The 21-track album focuses mostly on Peezy’s bars, with select appearances from G Herbo, Mozzy, & Tay B. It’s clear by this point that Peezy has become one of Detroit’s most beloved hip-hop artists, and now he’s ready to take on the rest of the world.

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Mantronix

7" | 2024 | UK (Lil Static)

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Marmot Music 7-Inch Series Part II

Ilarius & Tommy Vercett

7" | 2023 | CH | Original (Marmot Music)

12,74 €* 14,99 € -15%

Release: 2023 / CH – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Brainwashed Feat. Abdominal & DJ Robert Smith

Urge

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

LP | 2016 | DE | Original (Millennium Jazz Music)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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German hardcore band Urge drops their fiery single release »Brainwashed«. After one year of work on this remix, Canadian rapper Abdominal who is known for his work with DJ Format is rhyming over a heavy Mo'Wax-esque beat produced by Smoove including lots of skilled cuts by Berlin based turntablist and DJ Robert Smith.

Together they built a deep-sounding monster of a tune. The 7inch which sits in a Japanese Katta round inner sleeve includes the original song as well as bonus Beats'n'Breaks for all the DJs.

Furthermore this release includes a hand-folded and hand-sleeved eco-printed poster for the black recycled version and a special riso-eco-printed high-quality poster (with vegetable inks) on the limited colored runs. There are 80 copies each of recycled red, light blue and dark blue transparent with color matching posters for sale on Bandcamp only. Total edition is 90 each (10 copies are reserved for the artists). All hand-numbered and hand-sleeved. When they're gone, they're gone.

The artwork of the poster is designed by Anton Volxem.

»Oonops Drops« is not a guitar-driven music label or specialized in hardcore or metal but it's an openminded label which finds ways to fuse and work until it fits with many different genres.

About Urge: The band was formed in 1989 and has a lot of stage experience touring with American and English bands. For instance, Urge toured Europe for a few weeks with Fugazi. They shared stages with MDC, Melvins, Fugazi, Voivod, Bolt Thrower, MDC, Melvins, just to name a few. The German music magazine Spex called them »Hardcorehausen« and for some time they were on the road as a site project with »Power Of Expression« with singer Marc Grewe (Morgoth) and played at the legendary Wacken Festival.

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Bones The Beat Head

The Repertory: Vol. 2

12,74 €* 16,99 € -25%

Wouldn't Get Anywhere / All These Problems

Release: 2016 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Generic

Test Pressing. Generic sleeve.

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DJ Goce

7" | 2023 | UK (Dusty Donut)

12,79 €* 15,99 € -20%

Twit One x Flame x Lazy Jones

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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The mighty Dusty Donuts label is back with a bang. After seeing an extended hiatus due to global conflicts and supply chain issues, they’re back on track. The Balkan phenom DJ Goce is behind the boards for this one and it’s a doozy. Taking inspiration from early naughties soul laced bangers, both sides are heavy. Side A is derived from a track produced by a certain NPD laced fashion mogul and builds on the Soul and Hip Hip stabs. Goce drops crazy Game on this one. Side B is a Problem. And no one can seem to solve it. The answer is that this 45 won’t leave crates for a long while.

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Echoes Of Eke

LP | 2020 | DE | Original (HHV)

12,95 €*

Release: 2020 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Piece Of Me Feat. Ghostface Killah / Joy & Pain Pete Rock Remix

Lady Wray & Pete Rock

7" | 2023 | US | Original (Big Crown)

Best Day Ever Remastered Remastered Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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On January 28, 2022, Lady Wray released her Piece Of Me album. A deeply personal record that takes on the good and the bad in life from deception and abuse to the joys of motherhood and triumph. The accolades the album has received in the year it has been out speak volumes. Performing on The Stephen Colbert Show, selling out multiple US tours, cleaning up in the best of 2022 lists, and then crushing an NPR Tiny Desk on the 1 year anniversary of the album. Piece Of Me continues to find its way to new ears and has already proved itself a timeless classic. So where do you go from here? When Ghostface Killah reaches out and says he wants to do a remix of the title track you do that. The A side, "Piece Of Me" (Remix) features Ironman himself who puts down a verse about a relationship that ran its course but no one is sure they did the right thing in. Ghostface sounds right at home over the gully Leon Michels produced track and takes the already rock solid tune to another level. Then what do you do for a B side.... You call The Chocolate Boy Wonder, Pete Rock and get him to remix "Joy & Pain". Pete takes one of the stand out tunes on the album and gives it an entirely different energy with thundering drums and a bassline that shake the windows in the car.

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Mac Miller

CD | 2011 | UK | Reissue (Rostrum)

Release: 2011 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | UK | Original (Real Life Drama)

Illinformed

Illin For Meds

Woop Baby (Extended Version)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The album is completely produced by illinformed and features 1jack, All Hail Y.T, Babylon Dead, Bil Next, Bill Shakes, Bisk, BVA, Chris Skillz, Crossbow T, Datkid, Dirt Platoon, Eric The Red, Frek 1, Gaza Glock, General, Inja, Jack Jetson, Jay Nice, Leaf Dog, Left Lane Didon, Lisaan'Dro, Pertrelli, Res One, Ruste Juxx, Sean Peng, Sk!nt, Smellington Piff, Tony Broke, Verb T, Wish Master & Wyatt Earp.

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Letherette

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Wulf)

CD | 2020 | EU | Original (Lab'Oratoire)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Extended edit of Letherette's Woop Baby which has gained virality on Instagram (600k plus reels) and Tik Tok (15.3k posts) as well as extensive syncs (hbo, Starbucks) with the original version gaining 7m+ streams across DSPs
A limited edition 7" single physical release is to follow in the coming weeks.

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Wax Tailor

Hope And Sorrow

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2022 | EU | Original (X-Ray Productions)

Degiheugi

Only After The Show

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2022 | EU | Original (X-Ray Productions)

Degiheugi

Aquilon

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (rx:tx)

Axel Holy & Marka San

Chess

Tape | 2023 | EU (Dirt Tapes)

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Axel HolyandMarka Sandeliver three songs off their first collaborative effort, the Chess (ep), available on limited 7" vinyl. "Strange World," "Parlez Vous," and "Chess," are the first offerings from the pair's EP.
All 7" include a free download code for the full EP.
The full6-track features six original tracks with an incredible amount of depth: grime, hip-hop, and trap. Axel Holy delivers gritty UK grime vocals over Marka San's dark post-apocalyptic atmospheric soundscapes.
Bouncing nitty gritty beats and rhythms between Ljubljana and Bristol, Axel Holy and Marka San's goal of a small EP quickly turned into 20-plus songs. The duo handed the songs over to their label,rx:tx, to finalize the track list of what would become theChess (ep).
Make sure you check out this exclusive 3-track release from Axel Holy and Marka San's upcomingChess (ep). Don't miss out, get yourself a limited vinyl while supplies last!

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Assalti Frontali

Conflitto

7" | 2022 | UK (Kiss Klassicks)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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Released on "Il Manifesto Dischi" in 1996, this is the second album of the band led by Militant A. 13 tracks played by the Brutopop line up as a real backing band, in addition to the presence of Pol G at the console, Eyewitness also on vocals. Recorded by Don Zientara (sound engineer of Fugazi) at the Forte Prenestino in Rome.

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Mya / Mario

Case Of The Ex / Boom

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

MelloSoulBlack

Rhythm Crusaders EP

Flip The Bit + Artwork B Insert

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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OK it's the end of year fishermen. It's been a dope couple of cycles - sorry there weren't more releases - covid hit hard BUT the good news is , we're back in March with more cycles than 2022. Hold tight for some serious heat!!

For the last offering we have a superb 4 track EP of material from Texas crew MelloSoulBlack produced entirely by our Peruvian flavameister Smoky Kun. You may recognize him from his single on Los Herring Records 'Saoco Del Barrio". Peep it it's still in stock and features a grip of Peruvian MCs over some funky latin beats.

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Carl Aqua

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Wax Flip)

Flip The Bit + Artwork A Insert

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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-3 track EP on 7" vinyl
-Including hand-numbered Artwork B Insert
-Limited to 25 copies
-brown kraft discobag
-Mastered by SterilOne / Staub Audio Engeering

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Carl Aqua

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Wax Flip)

Can't You See (You're Losing Me) / Uncle Willie Good Time

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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-3 track EP on 7" vinyl
-Including hand-numbered Artwork A Insert
-Limited to 25 copies
-brown kraft discobag
-Mastered by SterilOne / Staub Audio Engeering

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Djar One

7" | 2022 | UK (Soul Flip)

Breath & Stop / Smash Sumthin'

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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Two of the biggest names in the game join forces & the results do not disappoint!Straight out of Le Havre, Djar One's beat-heavy productions have been demanding attention on dancefloors and radio stations worldwide via his Beats House imprint. We couldn't be more delighted to have him on board the good ship Soul Flip for our eleventh 45 release. First up for the Djar One treatment is Mary Wells' Northern-leaning stomper, "Can't You See (You're Losing Me)". Already a dancefloor bomb, Djar One ramps up the energy still further to devastating effect. On the flip, he takes on the seldom-heard original 1965 version of "Uncle Willie Good Time" by The Astors with similarly superb results.

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Q-Tip / Redman

7" | 2022 | UK (Originals)

Tape | 2022 | UK | Original (Tapeheadcity)

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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Originals returns with 2 Hip Hop anthems from Q-Tip & Redman which both sample the drums from Kool & The Gang’s N.T. Puuuure Fiiiiiiire! Don’t sleep!

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Raiges Cano

Lo-Fingers Of Jazz Bap

Tape | 2022 | UK | Original (Tapeheadcity)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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"Lo-Fingers of Jazz Bap" is the second solo album we've released this year by Ukrainian beatmaker Raiges Cano, which was created by classical methods of sampling delicious Jazz and Funk compositions, all this is harmoniously intertwined with rich bass parts and analog synthesis, while, as before, the rhythm continues to keep explosive Boom Bap drums.

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Raiges Cano

Slum Cultural Heritage

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2022 | EU | Original (Warner)

Freddie Gibbs

$Oul $Old $Eparately

One And One / Me So Horny Refixes

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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A lot of people don't realize that Freddie has actually been in the game for over a decade and came in on the same Freshman XXL cover as Meek Mill, Nipsey Hussle etc. Yet he was the only one with no major label backing or artist affiliation and his partnership with warner is his very first solo major label deal. With that being said, he feels as if he has made it thus far in his career without compromising his morals, creative integrity and principals as a man all while resisting temptations... hence the title $oul $old $eparately or $$$

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The 2 Live Duke

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Cold Diggin')

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (High Focus)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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This one honors the works of a very beloved Miami HipHop outfit. ltd edition, silk screen printed sleeves, black vinyl.

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CMPND

Long Live The Court

Close To Home Limited Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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For the uninitiated, Cmpnd (pronounced compound) are a hybrid rap super group formed of producer and rapper Wundrop and MC’s Kemastry & Vitamin G. Coming off the back of their cult classic, Eagle Court (released on High Focus Records) the trio are gearing up to return with more raucous depraved antics on Eagle Court II: Long Live
The Court. Picking up right where they left off mixing insanity and debauchery, pain and pleasure, introspection and surrealism into a deludamolic delicacy for the audience to savour.

Skilfully expressing their unique personalities whilst simultaneously producing a coherent piece of art that stays true to Cmpnd’s underbelly ethos.

This densely packed 18 track album defies categorisation, as the trio bring a whole new vision and aesthetic to the forefront whether it be the mind boggling production or the ferocious pen game. Featuring Datkid, TrueMendous, Orifice Vulgatron, Bil Next & many more, this is essential listening for all..

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Aitch

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Capitol)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Scorcha Transparent Orange Vinyl Edition

Sean Paul

LP | 2022 | DE | Original (Island)

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Rock Your Body / Senorita Vince Cartier Edits

Justin Timberlake

7" | 2022 | UK (Kiss Klassicks)

demon time Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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2nd release from Kiss Klassics serves up 2 of Justin Timberlake’s R&B classics getting the 45 edit treatment from mysterious Canadian Edit maestro Vince Cartier!?

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Mura Masa

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Polydor)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Sucka N**** / Red Clay Big Hole Edition

Atcq / Jack Wilkins

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Old Chillin Us)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Edits)

Casual Connection

Edits 004

Nelson Dialect & Mr Slipz

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Casual Connection is back with another double dose of classic mashups over more recent instrumentals. Back-to-back club Bangers.

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Ever Since

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (High Focus)

De Bovenover Blues Volume 1

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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High Focus Records are excited to present 'Ever Since', the brand new album from prolific Brighton-based producer Mr Slipz and the newest member of the HF family, Australian rapper Nelson Dialect - A landmark release and signing for High Focus with Nelson being the first international signing on the label.

UK listeners might have first heard Nelson collaborating with Verbz & Mr Slipz on the song ‘Hope’ from their acclaimed LP ‘Radio Waves’ released on High Focus in 2020. Nelson has a cult following in his own right in Australia, and previously released music on the legendary U.S label Fat Beats to great acclaim.

Now teaming up with one of the most exciting and respected UK producers, Nelson & Mr Slipz deliver ‘Ever Since’. A statement piece by two artists with well over a decade spent on their craft which sounds as urgent and refreshing as if it were their first time releasing music. The album’s title is a reference to the endless quest for a timeless sound, reflecting the creative partnerships which spark from a seemingly forever existing thread of music.

The album features a slew of impressive guest verses including label mates Vitamin G & Verbz on the emphatic ‘Oxford Scholars’. Two legends Jehst & Confucius MC combine on ‘Smooth Ride’. Bronx pioneer & D.I.T.C legend A.G delivers a show stopping verse on ‘Trembling the Marrow’. There are hypnotic singing performances by Indira May on ‘First Date’ & ‘Open Book’ as well as Hiatus Kaiyote back up vocalist Jace XL on the soul stirring anthem “Figure Out What’s Right”. U.S rappers SickInTheHead & Cazeaux O.S.L.O round out the impressive guest list on the album with their inspired verses.

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Fry Ry

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (South Of North)

Rhymes Be Bomb / Pelottaa

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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4 chop-outs from the DE Bovenover Blues beat tape . TIP!

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J & Mo

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (AE Productions)

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (Real Life Drama)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The first AE Productions release of 2022 comes in the form of a 7” by J & Mo – otherwise known as J Man (of Cut Beetlez) and DJ Mo Money. Finnish DJ/producer duo who are in the midst of creating an album. To pre-empt the album release this lead off 7” serves as a taster of what is to come - a mix of well-crafted vocal and instrumental Hip Hop tracks with some great guest MC’s.

The main cut here ‘Rhymes Be Bomb’ features Emcee G Roc Gayle (of The Vibe Drops/Piece Of Mind), and is a perfect example of a track that works on 45 for DJ’s with a nice bouncing groove, excellent turntable work and good vocals that are clean so great for radio play.

The flipside ‘Pelottaa’ (Finnish for frightened) is exclusive to this 7” but is an indication of the flavour of the instrumental tracks that appear on the album and features J Man’s fellow Cut Beetle HP Lovescratch on the vanishingly rare vinyl appearance of human beatbox.

Sleeve design and direction by Mr Krum references a vintage board game with superb results by replacing the bombs with microphones which takes the theme of musical bombs and applies the same metaphor to the artwork.

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Leaf Dog & Bva

The Menu

Tape | 2022 | DE | Original (Deck 2 Deck)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Menu is a 16 track album by Leaf Dog & BVA. The album features M.O.P and Keith Murray with most of the production done by Leaf Dog but featuring production from Illinformed and Stevi Beats

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Coldrip

Lucid//

Sucka N**** / Red Clay Small Hole Edition

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Lucid// is the new beat album by ColDrip, the sp-404 wizard from down under. This album consists of 20 instrumental beats which will highlight the journey they've been on since arriving in Berlin and finding themselves in the midst of a lucid dream between spacey nights and 8-bit tunes.

Inspired by old-school gaming & anime characters like Akira and Sonic the hedgehog, this album will take you back to the 90s with a special spin that’ll challenge how you perceive rehashed music in the present day.

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Atcq / Jack Wilkins

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Old Chillin Us)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Popcorn / Pieces Will Align

Chrome (Deftex)

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Ae Records)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Ae Records)

Sir Beans Obe

Part Of It

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2021 | UK | Original (High Focus)

Pitch 92

Intervals

CD | 2022 | UK | Original (High Focus)

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Pitch 92 is back with his brand new album Intervals.

Available to order on all formats now, 'Intervals' is due for release on 27/08/21.

'Intervals' is available on limited edition 12" vinyl. Very limited pressing of only 250 units.

Vinyl comes with a digital download of the album upon fulfilment of your order.

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Verb T & Illinformed

Stranded In Foggy Times

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Monkey.)

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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High Focus Records are proud to present the latest collaboration from Verb T and Illinformed.

Stranded in Foggy Times both continues and completes the trilogy that began back in 2015, with The Man with the Foggy Eyes, before broadening the horizons with last year’s release of The Land of the Foggy Skies. This final chapter returns to the same conceptual landscape as its predecessors, but also sees Verb T and Illinformed returning to a more classic approach to album making.

In spite of its concept, the Foggy Trilogy is something of a personal outpouring for Verb T, with the original aim being to vicariously discuss the trials and tribulations that play a part in his life, including his struggles with chronic illness and the feeling of alienation from leaving his hometown, while also reflecting on the state of the world as a whole.

As with the previous albums, Stranded in Foggy Times finds Illinformed moving away from the more rugged sound that has shrouded the British scene over the last few months, thanks to his collaborations with the likes of Datkid and Wish Master, instead providing Verb T with an arguably more mellow backdrop. From the string and piano driven introduction on Legacy, to the blissful head-nod vibes of the closing track, Blind Faith, the union between beats and rhymes sits at the perfect level.

The album also boasts one of the most impressive guestlists of the year, one that is very much a product of both players’ worlds. Thanks to Illinformed’s Bristol connection, there are features from the likes of Res One, Datkid, Leaf Dog, Smellington Piff and Chillman, as well as some locally sourced cuts from DJ Rogue. While on Verb T’s side of the fence, we have features from Rye Shabby and Moreone, along with a collaboration that reignites the same creative spark he found in his early days, as King Kashmere steps into the booth on Feeling Strange.

All in all, Stranded in Foggy Times does exactly what it sets out to do, by drawing the trilogy to a close while also providing insights into Verb T’s personal world and the world at large. The fact that it also happens to be one of the strongest rap albums of the year is the icing on the cake.

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Löven

Hunger

12,99 €* 19,99 € -35%

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2021 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

Solemn Brigham (Marlowe)

South Sinner Street

7" | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Solemn Brigham is 1/2 of the group Marlowe. His music has been featured on Gatorade's G is for Greatness ad campaign, 7-Eleven's Harmony Korine (Kids, Gummo, Spring Breakers) directed low rider bike campaign, and NBA2K22. South Sinner Street is his debut solo album coming Sept 24th.

About the Album:
It is no secret that things are getting worse. By virtually any metric––economic or medical, or ones more abstract and spiritual––American society is in decay. The feeling permeates daily life in innumerable ways, giving the present a gnawing, ambient dread.

Solemn Brigham is not content to leave this at a low hum. On his dazzling new album, South Sinner Street, Solemn examines this decay through the prism of his hometown: Albemarle, North Carolina, where the blocks he grew up on are crumbling like everything else. “What was once a vibrant area now survives as a reminder that the only thing eternal is change,” Solemn says when describing the project’s genesis. “Trash and debris flood the streets, relics of the many lives lived––each piece with a story to tell.” South Sinner Street not only traces the degradation of the world around us, but documents the way communities can come together to stave off that slow death, lifting its members up in the process.

Solemn is uniquely equipped to animate the relics of a once-thriving neighborhood with the specificity they deserve. The rapper, whose work with his fellow North Carolinian, L’Orange, as the duo Marlowe has been critically acclaimed, is one of the most vocally acrobatic working today, able to contort himself into a dizzying array of different flows and inflections, accomplishing alone the sort of musical variety that sprawling collectives try and fail to achieve. Take “Couple Towns,” where Solemn moves from a seesaw pocket into a flow that cascades over the ends of bars; contrast this with the bonus track “Relax,” where each bar sounds as if it’s the final thought spilling out of his mind at the end of an impassioned phrase. The end of “Vice North” even recalls the technically stunning runs of One Be Lo, the Michigan rapper who in the 2000s became one of the genre’s chief chroniclers of a similar country-wide disintegration.

But this is not merely a showcase for verbal acrobatics. South Sinner Street is deeply personal, juxtaposing personal growth with the decay that surrounds it. “This is no rags to riches story,” Solemn warns. Of course––it’s more complicated than that. When, on “Vantablack,” of a toddler cradled in his mother’s arms while that mother nurses a cigarette, he is not asking the listener to imagine a tragic end or a harrowing origin story. The point is that we are all, perpetually, the child and the mother: doing our best to cope, even against our better judgment; persevering despite the circumstances that surround us.

And yet South Sinner Street is buoyed by a sense of playfulness that lights up even the pitch-black corners of Albemarle. “Nothing Left” succeeds in turning end-of-your-rope sorry into something like an in joke. When, on “Vice North,” Solemn raps about putting his hands together in prayer only to find “the line still busy,” his voice bakes something amusing in the complaint––maybe the sense that a young man in a small city is irked at God the way he might be at a flaky friend from the gym. And then, speaking of gyms, comes the laugh-out-loud moment on “Dirty Whip,” when Solemn concedes that he didn’t make the basketball team “‘cause I’m me-first.’”

Across its 14 songs, South Sinner Street argues for Solemn Brigham as one of the most exciting artists in underground hip-hop, a technical virtuoso who also happens to be one of the genre’s most surprising, most deeply personal songwriters. The album evokes the feeling of climbing onto a house’s roof to survey the nearly-burning city around you, with all the peril that entails––but also all the possibility.

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Golden Swords & F-Plus

Classical Weapons

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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