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12" | US | Original (Procussion)

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ hostile takeover, produced by Chops

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The Procussions

Leave Her Alone

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ lights off / wegotta!(get up)

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The Moon Comes Closer HHV Bundle

LP | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

16,99 €*

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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This is a story about a young Russian girl named Jinna Morocha who had a vision of one day flying to the Moon.
Many years ago during the hard times of life in Moscow, the young girl saw the Moon consciously for the first time and at that very moment the dream began. These vivid thoughts remained in her mind and she started to ask herself “How can I get to the Moon?“. Soon she found the label Project: Mooncircle over the internet and told them her story, at once she saw a chance to come a few steps closer to her dream. By now Jinna lived in Germany and it was possible for her and the label to meet, her key question was “Can you bring me to the Moon?“. The answer was a faltering “No, but maybe we can let you fly to the Moon in your mind. Let’s build the soundtrack to this vision, close your eyes, clear your thoughts and let us begin on your journey“.

That was the beginning of “The Moon Comes Closer“, come embark upon this voyage with us lead by the next level soundscapes of:

Robot Koch, fLako, Pavel Dovgal, I.D. 4 Windz, John Robinson, Lambent, 813, Nienvox, Juj, Mr Cooper, MyOwn, Long Arm, Daisuke Tanabe, Graciela Maria, Scienz Of Life, Andy Kayes, Abnormal, Capella, Comfort Fit, Kansano, Gards From KC, Puzzle, Sense of The Q4, Sotu The Traveller, V. Raeter, Himuro Yoshiteru, Skyence, Dexter, Portformat, 40 Winks, Dela, Brazzaville & Killing Skills.

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The Message

12" | US (Sugar Hill)

12,99 €*

Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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In His Own Words - Final Interview At The Wake Up Show

2Pac

Tape | US | Original (CAP)

10,99 €*

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

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Uncut version of 2Pac's KMEL interview with Sway and King Tech for the Wake Up Show. This interview was released retail, however that version had music backing the interview and certain sections of the interview were removed. This cassette contains the full interview (with some "off the record" sections, commercial break chatter, and station identification drops) with no backing music - just the voices of the interviewer and 2Pac.

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Ice Cube

7" | EU (Throwdown)

Night Lights Orange Vinyl Edition

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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DJ Booker X Mc Yinka

LP | EU | Original (Mind The Wax)

21,99 €*

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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How would Roc Marciano and MF Doom sound if they were born in Athens to immigrant parents? MC Yinka & DJ Booker provide an answer by teaming up to bring us their first LP “Night Lights”. MC Yinka finds inspiration in blighted areas, urban struggles and multicultural subcultures. With a unique and characteristic voice, he touches on various social and spiritual matters and concerns.

Night Lights is fully produced by DJ Booker who surprises with his sample selection and the overall approach on the production. He balances between trippy and minimal sounds with dark and abstract samples. The beats vary from broken to “J Dilla – inspired” rhythms to discreet patterns that trigger the imagination and the expectations of the audience.

Not to mention the scratching skills of DJ Booker which spice up the music production and established him as one of the best scratch DJs in Europe according to British magazine “Undercover Hip-Hop”.

The album features one of the most “conscious” MCs, Mr. Lif, well known for his collaboration with the Thievery Corporation, and the hip-hop street performers Twinsanity who call our attention to the raw reality from Athens to Boston.

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O.G. Psychokilla Presents G-Funk Tha World, Vol. 1

CD | EU

18,99 €*

Strap On The Side / Welcome To The Ghetto

Release: EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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O.G. Psychokilla who hails from South Central, LA has been collecting tapes since as long as he can remember. He's one of the guys behind the WGFprod. discogs account and collective and has one of the most impressive tape collections on the planet. Demos, unreleased material and rarities is what he focuses on strictly.

I'm proud to announce the very first volume of "O.G. Psychokilla Presents G-Funk Tha World" which will be distributed exclusively through HHE. The tracklist will blow you away, and keep in mind that this is material that most likely will never see the light of day. Vaulted Death Row tracks, demos and unreleased material it's all included. This mixtape will be factory pressed, and will be limited to only 250 copies.

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Spice 1

7" | CA | Reissue (Pels)

21,99 €*

Godson 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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Fred The Godson

CD | JP | Original (Ultra-Vybe)

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Flower Boy Japan Import Edition

Tyler The Creator

CD | JP | Original (Sony Music)

29,99 €*

Release: JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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FNKPMPN (Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & Kool Keith)

Subatomic Purple Cassette & Button

Tape | US | Original (Threshold)

27,99 €*

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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It's Time / Hard Times Hard Rhymes

Encore / El Da Sensei

12" | US | Original (Brick)

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Either Way, Its The Best Of

The Twang

2LP (Jump The Cut)

36,99 €*

Genre: Hip Hop

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Rock Master Scott And The Dynamic Three / Divine Sounds

Request Line (Studio 57 Mix) / Do Or Die Bed Sty / Changes

12" | BE | Original (ChanneL Records)

6,99 €*

Jingle Jangle / Legion Groove

Release: BE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Ships in a label sleeve.

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The Legion

7" | US | Original (Legion)

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover with ring wear, coner wear and a bent corner! Records with slight scuffs and hairlines!

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Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Musical Life Of Mac Dre Volume 2 True To The Game Years 1992-1995

Mac Dre

CD | US | Reissue (Young Black Brotha)

18,99 €* 19,99 € -5%

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Volume two of the three volume series contains 12 songs from the Strictly Business Records years 1992-1995. Mac Dre's early hits produced by Khayree laid the groundwork for his massive popularity and iconic underground Bay Area rap legacy. Remastered for the best sound ever on these Mac Dre classics.

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Staf Beats & Dee

Raw Earth

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Mobsta Mane

Season Of Rhythm

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bouklas

Bouklamentals 2

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Plushka

Attack Of My Crew

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Abstructors

Elektronautica

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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DJ Twist Ii

Head Poundin

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Igorella Says: Moderate Temper

Raiges Cano

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bring Pain To These Sounds Volume Ii

Pedro N. Sick

Release: EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | US | Original (Ear 2 Da Street)

Ear 2 Da Street Vol. 193

17,99 €*

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Saturday Night! - The Album Record Store Day 2024 Lemon Pepper Vinyl Edition

Schoolly D

LP | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

32,99 €*

Detroit Deli (A Taste Of Detroit) Record Store Day 2024 Clear / Orange / Green Vinyl Edition

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Presented FOR Record Store DAY IN A Lemon Pepper Colored Vinyl Pressing. Also Includes A Full Color OBI. The O-est of Gs, Schoolly D, originally released his second full length, Saturday Night! • The Album on his own imprint in 1986. Schoolly - and this release - are considered by many to be the genesis of gangster rap and were highly influential to all who followed. Schoolly was picked up by Jive Records in 1987, and an expanded version of Saturday Night! • The Album was released. This album contains 10 tracks of all killer no filler! All beats made by Schoolly D and his legendary Tr-909 drum machine. This album is a perfect blend of raw and funky from the King of Philly - finally with a vinyl reissue in a lemon pepper colored vinyl pressing just for RSD 2024.

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Slum Village

LP | US | Reissue (Ne'Astra Music Group)

36,99 €*

12" | US | Original (AV8)

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Detroit Deli (A Taste Of Detroit) Is Presented In A Clear/ Orange/Green Splatter Pressing Exclusively For Record Store Day Detroit Deli (A Taste of Detroit) is the fourth studio album by legendary Detroit hip hop group Slum Village, released in 2004. The first single from Detroit Deli was "Selfish", produced by and featuring Kanye West, with John Legend providing vocals during the chorus. The song was the group's highest charting single. The album kept SV’s long run of hit albums intact and remains a semi-slept on gem in the group’s amazing catalog. Production from J Dilla, B.R. Gunna, Black Milk, Kanye West, T3, and Young RJ. Featuring Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Dwele, MC Breed, John Legend, Black Milk, Phat Kat and even a rare microphone appearance from J Dilla himself!

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V. Smoove & Serg Sniper

Present... More Fire 3

Sorry 4 The Wait Record Store Day 2024 Ruby Vinyl Edition

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

Record has some hairlines and a few superficial scratches.

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Lil Wayne

2LP | Reissue (Republic)

37,99 €* 40,99 € -7%

Release: Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Never been released on Vinyl

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De Puta Madre

L'intégrale

3CD | US | Original

36,54 €* 42,99 € -15%

We Go Again Record Store Day 2024 Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Metal case collector 1992 - 2005

(Smimooz, Rayer, Sozyone, Dj Grazzhoppa )

The complete collection of Belgian underground rap group DE Puta Madre, including their two albums: Une ball dans la tête and Technikstonic, plus all previously unreleased tracks from 1992 to 2005. Remastered and produced by Smimooz.

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Enny

LP | WW | Original (Famm)

39,99 €*

Release: WW – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | US | Reissue (Delicious Vinyl)

The Pharcyde

Labcabincalifornia

49,99 €*

Release: US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Master Jay and Michael Dee

T.S.O.B.

12" | US (The Sound Of Brooklyn (TSOB))

9,99 €*

Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Shot A Fire / Gun Nah Stick

Shabba Ranks / Dirtsman

7" | US (Budget Mix)

Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Record has some hairlines.

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The Message

12" | US (Sugar Hill)

Release: US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

The Headhunters / The Counts

God Make Me Funky / Motor City

7" | 1975 | UK | Reissue (Breaks & Beats)

14,99 €*

Release: 1975 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1975 | US | Original (Gordy)

The Temptations

House Party

LP | 1979 | US | Original (Gold Mind)

Release: 1975 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG

Cover with saw cut

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First Choice

Hold Your Horses

5,99 €*

12" | 1980 | US | Reissue (Numero Group)

Release: 1979 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Record has scuffs and hairlines.
Writing on cover.

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Master Jay & Michael Dee

T.S.O.B.

10,99 €*

Release: 1980 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Grandmaster Flash / Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five

The Adventures Of Grandmaster Flash On The Wheels Of Steel / The Birthday Mix

12" | 1981 | US | Reissue (Sugar Hill)

17,99 €*

Release: 1981 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1981 | DE | Original (Sugar Hill)

The Wheels Of Steel

Release: 1981 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

My Part Of Town / Mountains World Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Tuff Crew

7" | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Warlock)

13,29 €* 13,99 € -5%

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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True club dancefloor Hip Hop from '89 that inspired many a hit there after. Legendary double hitter from the cult Philly crew that have never been on 45 together before. Black Vinyl in Picture sleeve Exclusive for RSD 22.

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The Message Orange Vinyl Edition

12" | 1982 | UK | Reissue (ADA)

21,99 €*

Carver Area High School Seniors

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The original classic Hip Hop single from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, originally released in the summer of 1982 and still regarded as one of the all-time great rap music anthems some 40 years later! Presented here in glorious orange colour 140g vinyl, we celebrate the original in all its full-length seven minute glory with the full instrumental on the B-side. Out of print for many years we are very pleased to make this iconic and revered hip-hop classic available again for the fans to enjoy.

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Get Live '83: The Senior Rap

12" | 1982 | UK | Reissue (Soul Jazz)

13,19 €* 21,99 € -40%

Beat- Bop Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1982 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Absolutely stunning very rare old school party disco rap 12" performed by members of the Chicago public highschool Carver High. Originally released in 1982 on their own private-press Challenger Records. The track is the opening highlight of Soul Jazz Records" recent Yo! Boombox collection and is featured here in its full glorious seven and a half minutes and comes complete with exact-replica of the striking original hand-drawn artwork.

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Rammellzee & K-Rob

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

16,99 €*

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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LP | 1983 | CA | Reissue (Rhino)

The Message

31,99 €*

Release: 1983 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1983 | DE | Original (Tommy Boy)

The Jonzun Crew

Lost In Space

Release: 1983 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

12" | 1983 | US | Original (In The Mix)

Bon Rock

B-Boy

Release: 1983 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Hurt 'em Bad And The SC Band

The Boxing Game

12" | 1983 | NL | Original (Break)

6,99 €*

One For The Treble (Fresh) Record Store Day 2019 Edition

Release: 1983 / NL – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

close to NM. Writing on label sticker.

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Davy DMX

7" | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Tuff City)

11,99 €*

It's Yours Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited Edition for Record Store Day 2019! LTD 500 units 7″ of this seminal Hip Hop/Electro jam from 1984. Mint “Styrene” copies are changing hands for £100+, but this remastered reissue version is now avaiable on 100% virgin vinyl at a snip of that price. A slice of Hip Hop history.

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T La Rock & Jazzy Jay

7" | 1984 | US | Reissue (Partytime)

12,99 €*

Grand Wizard Theodore / The Fantastic Romantic 5

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

The debut release on Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons now seminal Def Jam label that shook the world with its evil bass and percussion. Never released on 7" before, this is a true Hip Hop collectors dream. Featuring the ground-breaking "Scratch Party Death Mix".

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Can I Get A Soul Clap / Fresh Out Of The Pack Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

12" | 1984 | UK | Reissue (Soul-O-Wax Inc)

15,99 €*

Release: 1984 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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When you get the chance to re-release a piece of Hip-Hop history, then it would be churlish of us not to surely? So, when we stumbled into Grand Wizard Theodore again, we thought it would be nice to get an affordable, mint 12 inch reissue out there of this early Hip-Hop classic.

This is the guy who invented scratching no less. Two cuts that any music head needs in their collection, "Can I Get A Soul Clap 'Fresh Out Of The Pack" and "Hey What's Your Sign, What's Your Name, What's On Your Mind" Instrumental. This version hasn’t been reissued since 1982 and sells for up to £300, with the cheapest original at present clocking in at £200, over 10 times more than this “mint” remastered reissue. This is a crucial slice of musical culture right here - a double sided Hip Hop belter, with original Soul-O-Wax imprint labels.

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Run-DMC Numbered Limited Edition 180G LP SuperVinyl

LP | 1984 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

75,99 €*

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

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited to 3000 copies. The impact, influence, and importance of Run-D.M.C.'s self-titled debut – the album that invented hardcore hip-hop and bridged rap, rock, and funk in then-unparalleled ways – cannot be measured. The first full-length record released by Profile Records, the 1984 set permanently changed the sound of music, broadcast streetwise wisdom to every corner of the country, and made the notion of a one-man band a distinct reality. Produced by Russell Simmons and Larry Smith – and bolstered by an incendiary blend of staccato deliveries, stark beats, aggressive exchanges, evocative hooks, and socially conscious messages – Run-D.M.C. still hits listeners in the jaw with the same intensity it did nearly 40 years ago when it could be heard booming from ghetto blasters carried around city blocks nationwide.

Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, Mobile Fidelity's numbered-edition 180g SuperVinyl 33RPM LP is the definitive-sounding version of this groundbreaking work.

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John Fekner City Squad

Idioblast 1983-2004

30,99 €*

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

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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John Fekner City Squad

Idioblast 1983-2004

42,99 €*

Paname City Rappin' 40th Anniversary Edition

Release: 1984 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dee Nasty

LP | 1984 | EU | Reissue (Vinymatic)

32,99 €*

Computer Love - Neon Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 1984 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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The masterpiece of French hip-hop that started it all. The first album in the history of French hip hop by Grand Master Dj Dee Nasty. A true piece of history. I released a first version on white vinyl at 500 copies

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Egyptian Lover

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

16,99 €*

Computer Love Black Vinyl Edition

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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Egyptian Lover

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

15,99 €*

Schoolly-D Black Friday Record Store Day 2023 Yellow & Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Schoolly-D

LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

35,14 €* 36,99 € -5%

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

For Black Friday, Schoolly D Is Available In A Yellow And Black Blended Pressing With A Full Color OBI Strip Get On Down presents a special old school treat for RSD Black Friday - Schoolly D’s 1985 debut first issued on his own imprint (and five years later on Jive) produced by Schoolly D and DJ Code Money. The cover of course features Schoolly’s own hand drawn artwork and the album features two of his career stand out cuts - "Gucci Time" and "P.S.K." Find out why Schoolly, and this release in particular, were a heavy influence on Public Enemy, Ice-T, the Beastie Boys and more. Put on your Filas and kick it old school with Schoolly D - presented for RSD Black Friday in an exclusive yellow & black colored vinyl pressing.

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King Of Rock Numbered Limited Edition 180G LP SuperVinyl

LP | 1985 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

89,99 €* 99,99 € -10%

Thanatos Of Funk Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 1985 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Run-D.M.C. leaves no doubt about its intent on King of Rock. The New York trio's hard-hitting sophomore album begins with a statement of purpose ("Rock the House") that serves as a stereophonic primer for the title track, a hybrid warning-anthem-theme song that swarms with justified boasts, heavy metal riffs, booming beats, cowbell accents, and dance-worthy grooves. The back-to-back tunes set the tone for a 1985 record that largely established the blueprint for the hip-hop that would follow for the next two decades – and which helped make rap a mainstream currency via the previously off-limits channels of radio, TV, and the national stage. "It's not Michael Jackson/And this is not Thriller," the group broadcasts early on in the record. Truer words – and music recorded with such honesty, pride, rawness, and integrity – have seldom been committed to tape.

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Minoru Fushimi

LP | 1985 | EU | Reissue (Sic)

27,99 €* 34,99 € -20%

12" | 1985 | UK | Original (4th & Broadway)

Release: 1985 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Minoru Fushimi, a multi-talented artist, made his mark in the music industry with his groundbreaking album, "Thanatos Of Funk." Originally released in 1985, this remarkable piece of artistry is now being reissued by SIC Records, ensuring that its influential sounds continue to captivate audiences.

During the album's creation, Fushimi embarked on a unique journey. Balancing his day job as a dedicated high-school teacher, he poured his creative energy into producing and recording the entire album himself. With relentless determination, he pieced together "Thanatos Of Funk" during intense studio sessions, demonstrating his unwavering commitment to his musical vision. "Thanatos Of Funk" stands as a testament to Fushimi's ingenious fusion of genres. Electro funk serves as the foundation, complemented by a masterful blend of synths, drum machines, and hip-hop elements. Drawing inspiration from the iconic p-funk style, Fushimi creates an immersive sonic experience that transcends boundaries and resonates with listeners on a profound level.

Now, with its reissue, "Thanatos Of Funk" is poised to reach a wider audience, ensuring that Fushimi's musical legacy continues to thrive. Step into the vibrant world of Fushimi's debut album and discover the innovative sounds that have left an indelible mark on the funk genre and beyond. Includes a SIC Records Exclusive addition of four instrumentals and a remastered version of Foxy Lady. "The Key Lyric and the concept of my "Thanatopsis" is that the life is just like a moment of dim light between two darknesses." - Minoru Fushimi

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Trouble Funk

Still Smokin'

Release: 1985 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 1985 | US | Original (MCA)

Release: 1985 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Ego Tripping / Funky Potion

Ultramagnetic MC's

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

15,99 €*

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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LP | 1986 | JP | Original (MCA)

Long Time Coming

Release: 1986 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Raising Hell Numbered Limited Edition 180G LP SuperVinyl

LP | 1986 | US | Reissue (Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab)

89,99 €* 99,99 € -10%

Licensed To Ill Fruit Punch Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 1986 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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SOURCED FROM THE ORIGINAL MASTER TAPES AND PRESSED ON MOFI SUPERVINYL
1/2" / 30 IPS analogue master to DSD 256 to analogue console to lathe

Run-D.M.C.'s Raising Hell remains the turning point at which hip-hop crashed through mainstream barriers and never left. Anchored by the crossover smash "Walk This Way," the 1986 blockbuster still sounds like a revolution unfolding in real time. It has everything – hard-rock riffs, turntable scratching, itchy rhythms, hit singles – not the least of which are the trio's invigorating raps and inseparable chemistry. And now it's the first rap record afforded audiophile treatment, courtesy of Mobile Fidelity.

Sourced from the original master tapes and pressed on MoFi SuperVinyl, the reissue label's numbered-edition 180g 33RPM SuperVinyl LP elevates Raising Hell to sonic heights on par with its musical and cultural significance. Ranked the 123rd Greatest Album of All Time by Rolling Stone, 43rd on Pitchfork's Greatest Albums of the 1980s, one of the Top 100 Albums of All Time by TIME – and included on "Best of" lists by Spin, Paste, XXL, Entertainment Weekly, and basically every other significant media outlet – the triple-platinum effort rocks the house.

Benefitting from the ultra-low noise floor and groove definition of SuperVinyl, Raising Hell unleashes a torrent of massive dynamics and tsunami of frequency-plumbing details underlined by Rick Rubin's taut, crisp, albeit raw and streetwise production. Just as the Queens-based group both defined what hip-hop could represent – and displayed just how big it could get – Rubin's work melded ear-worm hooks, savvy drum loops, metal-leaning guitars, and, of course, Run and D.M.C.'s cross-fire lyrical interplay into watertight frameworks bursting with ideas, tones, samples, and beats. Heard anew on Mobile Fidelity vinyl, Raising Hell is in every regard the aural equivalent of a direct-to-console 1970s classic. And it sounds as fresh as hell.

As for the music, it ranks among the most influential, inventive, and invigorating ever released – rap or otherwise. Vanguard artists such as Ice-T, Eminem, Jay-Z, and Public Enemy's Chuck D – who declared it his all-time favorite and "the first record that made me realize this was an album-oriented genre" – have testified on behalf of its brilliance. And never mind the presence of the Top 5 single "Walk This Way," whose power helped make Aerosmith's Steven Tyler and Joe Perry relevant for the first time in nearly a decade – and literally put Run-D.M.C. in bedrooms ranging from the Bronx to Bartlett to Bad Axe.

Look instead to the rest of the entirely filler-free set, be it the corkscrew turns, slippery wordplay, and "My Sharona"-meets-"Mickey" mixology of the boisterous "It's Tricky," the fat-but-minimized bass grooves and warped turntable wobble of the hysterical "You Be Illin'," chimes-accented inertia and boombox-on- shoulder thunder of the now-iconic "Peter Piper," or voice-as-percussion attack of the funky "Is It Live." With Raising Hell, the answer to the question is always affirmative – a sensation bolstered by the fact the group always had something to say.

The definition of Golden Age Hip-Hop in every way, Run-D.M.C. avoids the negativity and misogyny that later plagued the style, spinning assertive tales about identity (the biographical and culture-changing "My Adidas"), work ethics ("Perfection"), and, most notably, pride (the Harriet Tubman- and Malcom X.-referencing "Proud to Be Black"). Pavement-packed inner cities, tree-lined suburbs, and cornfield-rimmed rural areas would never again be the same. And rocking a rhyme that's right on time would become trickier than ever.

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Beastie Boys

LP | 1986 | EU | Reissue (Def Jam)

12" | 1986 | EU | Original (Bellaphon)

Release: 1986 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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

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3The Vicious Rumor Club

Rumor rap

Release: 1986 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Doug E. Fresh And The Get Fresh Crew

Play This Only At Night

12" | 1986 | US | Original (Reality)

Go Go Lorenzo & The Davis Pinckney Project

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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You Can Dance (If You Want To)

12" | 1986 | DE | Original (ZYX)

Release: 1986 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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LP | 1986 | US | Original (MCA)

Long Time Coming

12" | 1986 | UK | Original (4th & Broadway)

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Steinski & Mass Media

We'll Be Right Back

Release: 1986 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Writing on cover. tear on back cover

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LP | 1986 | US | Original (MCA)

Long Time Coming

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Pop

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She's A Skeezer / All Hail The Drum

Fresh Force

12" | 1986 | US | Original (Sutra)

9,99 €*

LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (180g)

Release: 1986 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Few paper scuffs. Label cover.

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Hoodoo Fushimi

Kenka Oyaji

24,99 €*

LP | 1987 | US | Original (Warner Bros.)

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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1987, Kanagawa, not so far from Tokyo, Japan. Minoru Fushimi teaches his high-school classes during the day. Back from work, he transforms into "Hoodoo" Fushimi, turns on the drum machines, the synthesizers and the sequencers, blends them with his own shamisen playing and builds a cult album: Kenka Oyaji is born and becomes a milestone in Japan's early hip hop and electro-funk history, now reissued for the first time since its original release, in collaboration with Hoodoo Fushimi himself. Essential! Produced by Minoru “Hoodoo” Fushimi. All songs written and arranged by Hoodoo Fushimi. Hoodoo Fushimi: all lead vocals (except B5) and raps, lead and rhythm shamisen, lead and rhythm guitar, bass guitar, Casio, Roland and Yamaha synthesizers, drums, percussion, Drumtraks, Ddd-1 and Tr-606 programming, turntable scratching, and loud, obnoxious noises. Akiko Ehara: vocal on B5. Recorded at Fushimi’s Home Studio on Teac 22-4 recorder. Original release: 21st of March, 1987, Syntax, Mfx-2802. LP reissue production by Greg Gouty, 180g. Sound restoration, mastering and lacquer cut by Timmion Cutting Lab, Helsinki, Finland. Original artwork and Japanese lyrics insert by Hoodoo Fushimi. Original artwork restoration and additional design by Nicolas Kerembellec (nker.fr) All pictures by Minoru “Hoodoo” Fushimi.

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Atlantic Starr

All In The Name Of Love

Criminal Minded 35th Anniversary Silver Vinyl Edition

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Boogie Down Productions

2LP | 1987 | US | Reissue (Traffic)

29,99 €*

12" | 1987 | UK | Original (Rough Trade)

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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Brother D

Clappers Power

Release: 1987 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Yo! Bum Rush The Show Fruit Punch Colored Vinyl Edition

Public Enemy

LP | 1987 | EU | Reissue (Def Jam)

Release: 1987 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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

Christmas Rap

26,99 €* 29,99 € -10%

Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers

Release: 1987 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Re-issue of the 1987 Profile Records holiday compilation in a red and white split colored pressing, with songs by Run-DMC, Dana Dane, Sweet Tee, The Showboys, The Surf M.C.s, Spyder-D, and more. Leading off with the Run-DMC smash, "Christmas In Hollis," this classic Christmas compilation features some of the hottest rap artists of the era, celebrating the holidays, hip-hop style. Highlights include Dana Dane’s "Dana Dane Is Coming To Town," Sweet Tee’s "Let The Jingle Bells Rock" and even the Surf MC's' "A Surf MC New Year," adding a California surfer (and, ahem, Beastie Boys rip-off) twist to the proceedings. Not to be overlooked is the classic front and back cover artwork, featuring a gift-wrapped B-Boy. It remains an essential, evergreen (pun intended) holiday album to this day.

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Any Other Way To Go?

LP | 1987 | DE | Original (Rhythm Attack)

9,99 €*

Release: 1987 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Sean Bennett & Ninja D Featuring Mr. Mister KG

K.G. Dance (Wop)

12" | 1987 | US | Original (B-Boy)

Release: 1987 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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This is Sparky-D's world feat. Grand Creator K-Wiz

Sparky-D

LP | 1988 | US | Original (B Boy)

11,99 €* 14,99 € -20%

LP | 1988 | PL | Reissue (Priority)

Release: 1988 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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produced by Spyder-D

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N.W.A

Straight Outta Compton

DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince

Release: 1988 / PL – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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“Straight Outta Compton” is the debut studio album by American hip hop group N.W.A, released August 1988 on group member Eazy-E's record label Ruthless Records. Production for the album was handled by Dr. Dre with DJ Yella giving co-production. The album has been viewed as the pioneering record of gangsta rap with its ever-present profanity and violent lyrics. This was the group's only and final release with rapper Ice Cube prior to his 1989 departure. It has been considered to be one of the greatest and most influential hip-hop records by music writers and has had an enormous impact on the evolution of hip hop.

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He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper

2LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Zomba)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tougher Than Leather Translucent Blue Vinyl Edition

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

25,99 €*

LP | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Demon)

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Too many people sleep on Tougher Than Leather, Run-DMC’s fourth album. But hear us out as we plead the case for this amazing LP.
By 1988 there was a lot more competition in the rap game – Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. & Rakim, Ice-T and many more had given
Hollis, Queens’ prodigal sons lots of competition. But Joe, Darryl and Jay were still at the top of their game, and hip-hop fans should never let this
classic – chiefly produced by their Queens neighbor, DJ and multi-instrumentalist Davy D[MX] – get lost in their crates.
For starters, the album’s first single, “Run’s House” b/w “Beats To The Rhyme” is arguably the most powerful one-two punch of the trio’s career,
showing contenders to the rap throne that they could still destroy a beat, tag-teaming with power at any speed. Not to be lost in the shuffle, fans were
also reminded on both sides that Jam-Master Jay remained one of the world’s best DJs, flexing the pinnacle of what would be called “turntablism” a
decade later. Both songs show a musical telepathy between all three that has rarely been equaled.
The second single, “Mary, Mary,” driven by an infectious Monkees sample, took a different approach, shrewdly ensuring that pop fans who jumped on
the Raising Hell bandwagon had something to chew on. But, like “Walk This Way,” the song wasn’t just bubblegum – there was an edge to it, and
the lyrical gymnastics were very real. It wasn’t selling out, it was allowing fans to buy in. “Papa Crazy,” driven in concept and by a sample from the
Temptations’ “Papa Was A Rolling Stone,” followed a similar pop-leaning path.
Overall, the lyrical content on the album was a step up from the group’s first three LPs. It’s easy to infer, looking back, that they were feeling the heat
from their younger competitors in the rap game. The genre was changing fast, and they were up to the challenge. On cuts like “Radio Station” they
bring substance to the grooves, by attacking Black Radio for its continual denigration of rap. “Tougher Than Leather” reminds the world that they were
still the Kings of Rock, with hard guitars to drive the point home. And “They Call Us Run-DMC” and “Soul To Rock And Roll” both bring things back to
their early days, with sure-fire park jam rhymes and killer cuts.
Tougher Than Leather, which went platinum up against a lot of competition, perfectly bookends the ‘80s output of one of the decade’s most
important groups. It encompasses the full range of the trio’s capabilities, and reminds us that Run-DMC should never be forgotten as both pioneers
and party-rockers. And so, we say, long live Joe, Darryl and Jay!

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Cash Money & Marvelous

Where's The Party At?

Because I Got It Like That Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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DJ Cash Money was one of the most skilled DJ’s to come out of Philadelphia in the 1980s (two time World DJ mixing champion). He teamed up with MC Marvelous in the late 80s to release their only album ‘Where’s The Party At?’, on Sleeping Bag Records. Highlights include; ’The Mighty Hard Rocker’, ‘Play It Kool’, ‘Ugly People Be Quiet’ (which samples Tears For Fears). 1988 album from the golden age of Hip hop, reissued with original artwork, printed inner sleeve and pressed on 180g heavyweight vinyl.

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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)

Life Is Too $hort Blue Swirl Vinyl Edition

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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Too $hort

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

25,99 €*

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1988 | EU | Original (Jive)

Too Short

Life Is Too Short

Release: 1988 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2 Hype Black Friday Record Store Day 2022 Edition

Kid 'N Play

LP | 1988 | US | Reissue (Select)