International Hip Hop 340 Items

1994 Le Sarcophage. Retro-futurist Rap concept album, living anthology of the Swiss Hip-Hop scene of the late 90's. First volume of a trilogy mixing Hip-Hop, egyptology and the conquest of space.“In 1994 a group of young people built a sarcophagus and sent it into space. After 29 years and a rotation around the moon, the sarcophagus returned to earth. Recovered in the greatest secrecy by its builders, its contents were then excavated, listed and restored. In 2023 the contents of the space sarcophagus will finally be revealed to the world.

You don’t often see Nassau, Covid and Grace Jones in the same sentence but these were in part the starting blocks for the creation of the brand new album Feel UP by DJ Vadim.

If someone had said in 2019 that a year later the world would literally close down due to a pandemic, very few would have believed a word (well, apart from those who have been expecting the apocalypse since yk2). But Covid did indeed come, countries shut their borders, clubs closed, and people retreated into various degrees of self-confinement.

As a very active international DJ, this was nothing short of armageddon for Vadim. The skies were blackened but rather than sink into inactivity and hibernation, DJ Vadim created his own tropical music festival in his mind, an alternative universe which shared some sort of kindred spirit with the recordings at Compass Point Studios orchestrated by Chris Blackwell for Grace Jones (1980-82), James Brown, Ac-dc…

It was a melting pot of world class musicians melding reggae, pop, soul and african vibes… together creating some of the worlds most influential albums of that period and that spirit was the inspiration and the title for this new DJ Vadim album, Feel UP.

40 years on since those sessions, the same quest of discovery descended upon Vadim’s studio in Barcelona. The urge for growth, self-discovery and the creation of new sounds took place. Out went the dubcatcher with its 80’s digital sounds and returned a global musical tapas of sounds.

Inhale, exhale, Feel UP is the soundtrack you never knew you were missing!

HF International is a unit of DJ/beatmaker KH (Magic Ways) and multi-instrumentalist Seiki Fukuda. The long-awaited reissue of the Lovers Rock cover of Taeko Onuki's "Tokai" released in 2013! The B-side features a jazzy rework by Nautilus, which has never been released before!! This one-of-a-kind killer cover, with its carefully crafted rock steady groove and silky Shiho.C's vocals gently enveloping the floor, deserves your attention now more than ever. The flip side features a jazzy reworking by Nautilus, a new generation rare groove band well-known for their Urban Discos releases. A double-sider 7inch that will be favored by many in the scene!

Da Steez Brothaz are back!! "Beat At Mind" their previous release on HHE has been sold out for quite a while now. That EP blew everyone's mind and solidified their position in the boom bap underground.



Now we are back with "Pragmatic", a brand new 12 track LP with features from the Artifacts, Ill Conscious, Ness One and G Roc Gayle among others. Production by some of the finest boom bap producers in the game... Chief Rock, DJ Eagle, Truskull Zerokappa, Raw Mentalitee, Hico a.k.a. Da Funkylooper, Franz Branntwein, MaxOne, Skillz Flav, and more!



Limited to only 250 copies and the album will only be available on vinyl!

Hebrew rap from Isreal!

I.B production and DJ Yosuke team up again. After 8 years since their last release, they are releasing a 12-inch album. Strictly Hiphop with a great mixture of fat rhymes by I.B production, dope and addictive beats, and Yosuke's colorfully developing beats and sharp scratches. Includes a DL code for 14 songs, including all songs from this album!!

A must-hear collaboration between FiJA, a remarkable singer who has been getting love calls from many musicians, and Koyanmusic, a rapper and producer. "Bossy Cat" is a comical and catchy song about the daily life of FiJA's own cat. The 7" includes the instrumental version on the B-side. *limited Quantity*

WATT's first new album in 6 years, "Meguru Uta", has been released in analog LP format! This is another completely self-produced album, with all raps and beats made by the artist himself. The excellent artwork by nadeneco is also an important key to the album. *limited Quantity*

Tina, a member of the K.O.D.P. crew led by Muro aka King OF Diggin' and one of Japan's leading R&B singers, has released "Makkuro Ni Naru Wake -Struttin' With Muro-" on 7"!! This is a long-awaited release, as it was only available in a very rare promo 12" analog version. The 7" includes the instrumental version on the B-side. *limited Quantity*