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When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold 10th Anniversary Edition

2LP | 2018 | CZ | Original (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2018 / CZ – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Originally released April 22, 2008, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh!t Gold was met with critical acclaim, debuting at #5 on Billboard's Top 200 chart and scanning over 36k units in its first week of release. By this time, Atmosphere had already grown into one of the most accomplished MC/producer duos in independent Hip-Hop, with a half-dozen official full-length albums under their belt, along with a dozen more limited tour albums, EPs, and various side projects, altogether amassing well over a million units sold. While Ant's ASR-born beats had grown increasingly melodic and musical, Slug's name had become synonymous with introspective raps, and together, they'd galvanized a faithful following.

However, the thing that set When Life Gives You Lemons apart from previous releases was that it reflected a pivotal shift in Atmosphere's songwriting processes, where they transitioned from self-reflective to broadly narrative. Rather than expressing stories from their own POV, Lemons was based entirely on fictional stories and characters, addressing societal issues at large, some of which revolved around themes of parenthood–perhaps foretelling of their future founding of "Dad Rap". Now, in honor of its tenth anniversary, When Life Gives You Lemons has been re-packaged into two vinyl LP editions–the standard anniversary edition and the limited deluxe anniversary edition–both of which feature custom packaging details.

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To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy - The Atmosphere EPs

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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"To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy" On Vinyl For The First Time Ever, 2xlp With All New Artwork And Packaging Designed And Illustrated By Dave Quiggle!Similar To Their Now-Legendary Lucy Ford Release, Atmosphere Had Originally Conceived To All My Friends, Blood Makes The Blade Holy As Two Separate Ep's (To All My Friends And, Of Course, Blood Makes The Blade Holy). Much Like Lucy Ford, The Desire To Simplify The Concept For The Sake Of Tour Merchandising And Retail Distribution Led Them To Join The Two Ep's Together, Packaged Onto One Cd. However, Unlike Lucy Ford, Neither Of These Individual Ep's Were Ever Made Available For Purchase On Vinyl _ Though The Most Attuned Fan Would Point Out There Was A Very Limited Pressing Of The To All My Friends Ep Tucked Inside The First Deluxe Print Edition Of Photographer Dan Monick's Photo Essay Book, 7 Years With Atmosphere, But That Vinyl Was Never Sold Separately, Much Less Granted Packaging Or Artwork. Another Likeness This Release Shared With Lucy Ford Was That These Two Ep's Worked So Well Together, One Would Never Guess They Weren't Conceived As One Cohesive Project_and A Powerful One At That. While It Was Never Touted As An "Album" (Sales And Marketing Channels Were Explicitly Informed This Was Intended To Be A Tour Cd Only, "But We Love Our Retail Friends Too"), The Caliber Of Music On This Release Stands With Anything Else From Atmosphere's Catalog. Hard-Hitting Tracks Like "Until The Nipples Gone" And "The Loser Wins" Brought A Commanding Energy To The Project, As Well As Their Live Performances, While "The Best Day", One Of The Most Popular Songs From Atmosphere's Entire Catalog With Its Honest And Upbeat Message Of Humility, Was Also Featured On This Release. As Much As They May Have Underplayed The Initial Release, It's Hard To Overstate The Relevance Of This Project Or The Staying Power These Songs Have Had.

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The Fun EP: Happy Clown Bad Dub Eight Picture Disc Edition

LP | 2015 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

21,99 €*

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Sad Clown Bad Dub series is back, except this time happy... Originally released as a limited promo CD only, Atmosphere's The Fun EP (Happy Clown Bad Dub 8) is re-packaged and reformatted on vinyl for the first time ever in this 12'' smiley face picture disc. Featuring 8 tracks from Slug and Ant, including bonus track ''Pretty Broad'' as well as alternate versions of ''Say Hey There'' and ''Panic Attack'' off of the critically acclaimed 2005 release You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. Packaging includes plastic LP jacket, custom obi-insert, and a free digital download card.

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2LP | 2011 | US | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

The Family Sign

Release: 2011 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Repackaged And Repressed On 2xlp Vinyl, Just In Time For Its10th Anniversary, The Album Features Two Bonus Tracks, "Millenium Dodo 2" And "Cut You Down", Not Available On The Original Version, Plus An Exclusive 7-Inch Vinyl Inside, Featuring Two Additional Tracks From The Same Recording Sessions, "By Your Side" And "Bar Food".Atmosphere Have Distinguished Themselves From Their Peers By Creating Albums Encompassing The Entire Spectrum Of Human Emotion While Tethering Each Piece To A Central Aural Aesthetic. The Family Sign Took This Philosophy To New Realms Of Solidarity With Slug Metaphorically Touching On Themes Of Fatherhood, Loss, Love, Disappointment And Jubilation, And Tailoring Them To An Instrumental Framework That Draws Emotion Out Of The Listener, Skillfully Composed By Producer Ant. The Family Sign Was Evidence That Hip-Hop Wields The Ultimatepotential To Address And Convey Life's Vir Tues And Short Comings. Following Their Acclaimed 2008 Release, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold, The Subsequent Decision To Add Live Guitar And Keys Into Their Recording Process Gave The Family Sign A Warmer, Bluesier Feel. The Resulting Humanity They Brought Out Of These Songs Created Some Of The Most Powerful Moments Atmosphere Had Ever Put To Record. The Weeping Guitars And Twinkling Piano Keys On "The Last Tosay" Amplify Slug's Pleas For The Song's Protagonist _ A Victim Of Domestic Abuse _ To Leave Their Abusive Relationship, While On "Something So", The Light Guitars And Delicate But Precise Drums Paint The Vivid Image Of A New Dawn Breaking As Slug Recounts The Final Moments Of Expectant Fatherhood Before His Child Was Born, And Passionately Contextualizes The Journey Of Life. The Family Sign Ventured Further Inward, Becomingatmosphere's Most Personal And Intimate Album To That Point, Engaging Their Fans Like Never Before. It Isn't All Tear-Jerkers Though, As More Upbeat Songs Like "She's Enough", "Ain't Nobody", And "My Notes" Beckon You To Bop Along And Deliver Enough Optimism T...

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LP | 2020 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

The Day Before Halloween

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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For over two decades, Atmosphere has maintained a course of rigorous output, releasing over two dozen studio albums, EP's and collaborative side projects in as many years. In that time, the venerated duo have built a legacy out of bringing honesty, humility and vulnerability to the forefront of their music, continually challenging themselves to evolve without straying too far from their roots. Slug has proven masterful at storytelling and writing compelling narratives, leaving a trail of his own influence while paying homage to the rappers and songwriters that shaped him. Ant has skillfully molded the soundtracks with inspiration from soul, funk, rock, reggae, and the wizardry of hip-hop's pioneering producers, creating his own trademark sounds while providing the pulse for songs about life, love, stress and setbacks. At its essence, Atmosphere has been a musical shepherd, and with each new album comes a new journey as they guide generations of listeners through this thing called life. Much like everything else in 2020 though, Atmosphere's new album, The Day Before Halloween, is something of a detour from the anticipated path. Cutting loose and eschewing their established norms, Slug and Ant have delivered the anti-pop answer to the content and compositions of previous albums. Over razor-sharp drums and distorted synths, The Day Before Halloween explores the life of a visual artist living in an antiquated surveillance state. It's menacing. It's murky. It's George Orwell meets Keith Haring at a video arcade, on New Year's Day, 1985. If you've entertained any theories that we've slipped into an alternate reality, you may find further evidence in this dark and brooding release of future's past.

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Talk Talk EP Pink Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

23,74 €* 24,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The title of the most recent Atmosphere album, May 2023's So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously, evokes the multiversal storytelling that's recently vaulted into the mainstream consciousness. With their latest effort, the irrepressible Talk Talk EP, the Minneapolis legends dart across threads of space-time to grab hold of the one where Slug and Ant became titans of the electro-rap that was foundational to their youths. By evoking acts like Kraftwerk and Egyptian Lover, Atmosphere makes visions of the future from four decades ago seem new once again, the relentless forward churn of technological optimism reimagined as an endless loop with irresistible drums. The genesis of the Talk Talk EP was the session for a song of the same name that appeared on So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously. A collaboration with Lifter Puller alum Bat Flower, the song "Talk Talk" exists alongside electro classics in an uncanny valley that's been warped into a sweaty nightclub, at once vaguely alien and deeply human. Enamored with the song's outcome, Slug and Ant returned for a longer exploration of the sound, to mesmeric results. The pulsing "Rotary Telephone," where the TV antennas seem tuned to a world just slightly askew from ours, thrives on the tension between Slug's careening vocals and the song's taught structure_form matched perfectly with content. And on "Hear Hear," the struggle to make human connections is revealed as a beautiful one. For all its well-documented roots in disco and R&B, rap's connection to the electronic music of the 1970s and `80s is a core part of its DNA. The Talk Talk EP is one of the clearest articulations of this truth to emerge in many years, a testament to the communal power of programmed sound. For proof, look no further than "Traveling Forever," the haunting missive that closes out the record. Images flash: of police knees on necks, of prying cameraphones, another empty hotel room indistinguishable from the last. "I never got to learn how to dance for you," Slug raps, pointedly. "I don't know whether or not that's an attribute." A chill runs down your spine but the skull at its top keeps nodding.

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CD | 2023 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

Talk Talk EP

16,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Southsiders Metallic Silver Vinyl Edition

LP | 2014 | CZ | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2014 / CZ – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Vinyl come packaged in a custom printed plastic casing, gatefold jacket, full color printed sleeves, metallic silver color double vinyl, 8-page LP lyric booklet, and free digital download card.While Southsiders is a celebration of the group's fortitude, it is also a deeply introspective, and sometimes conflicted, work. "It's a natural progression from the last record,The Family Sign, which was about growing my family," says Slug, now a father to three, who finds himself contemplating mortality. "I'm starting to think, 'What is post-family man? What am I supposed to rap about now?' I'm sticking to my roots, rapping about what I'm doing, what I think about. This record is, much like the other ones, a very detailed look at my life."

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So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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In their 25-plus years as a duo, Atmosphere's rapper Slug and producer Ant have built a legacy that is embedded in the fabric of underground hip-hop. Rising in the ranks of Minneapolis, their debut album, Overcast! was released in 1997. Presented as a flurry of vignettes, and paired with an unending touring schedule, the album was a springboard from which the group was able to become a fixture in the midwest music scene. It wasn't long before their songwriting evolved from telling inventive third-person tales to delivering introspective first-person eviscerations, and by the early 2000's Slug would jokingly birth the phrase "emo rap" in an interview before publications began running with the genre tag to describe them and others. In the decades since their debut, Atmosphere has maintained a course of rigorous output, releasing over two dozen studio albums, EP's and collaborative side projects in as many years. The venerated duo have built a legacy out of bringing honesty, humility and vulnerability to the forefront of their music. Slug has proven masterful at storytelling and writing compelling narratives, leaving a trail of his own influence while paying homage to the rappers and songwriters that helped shape him. Meanwhile, Ant has skillfully molded the soundtracks with inspiration from soul, funk, rock, reggae, and the wizardry of hip-hop's pioneering DJ's and producers, creating his own trademark sounds and providing the pulse for songs about life, love, stress and setbacks. At its essence, Atmosphere has been a musical shepherd, guiding generations of listeners through this thing called life. Their newest album, 2023's So Many Other Realities Exist Simultaneously, captures perhaps some of Atmosphere's most personal work to date. The odyssey opens with a gentler approach than recent works, with the lead-off track "Okay" seemingly focused on comforting and reassuring the listener. As Slug raps over one of the most twinkling productions Ant has ever released, the song lays the groundwork for an album-length exercise in fumbling consciousness. Yet, as gently as the album begins, there's an unmistakable sense of unease from the outset that continues to evolve throughout the project, as Slug and Ant weave the listener through indistinct themes of insomnia and woe. From the subtle panic at the heart of songs like "Dotted Lines" to the overt anxiety of songs like "In My Head," the unease across tracks is unmistakable. Yet, as the tears might begin to well, they find resolve again through songs like "Still Life," whose hopeful outlook undercuts the tensity of the album. All the while, the rhythms on So Many Other Realities are some of the most inventive of Atmosphere's career. Ant's playful percussion on "In My Head" acts as a nice counterweight to the roiling writing, while the drum patterns on "Holding My Breath" and "Bigger Pictures" allow Slug to play with his flow to emphasize the anxiety driving the record. Where previous records in this most recent act of Atmosphere's career have been focused on emphasizing the parts of life that carry the most meaning_family, brotherhood, purpose_So Many Other Realities is an almost unnerving excavation of paranoia inspired by the general malaise of a pandemic weary society full of civil unrest. The tension in these songs is palpable, but the album's mere presence is a testament to the hope that has to underpin even the most stressed out epiphanies. The greatest risk Atmosphere has continued to take across their career is that of being vulnerable and unafraid. The world has inconceivably changed since Slug and Ant entered into the underground hip-hop scene, but despite the seismic shifts in music and culture, they've held strong to a foundation rooted in sly innovation and truth. The duo's relentless release & touring schedules only tell a piece of the story, but spending time with their records_whether you're a new fan or a longstanding listener_reveals a pair of friends who love to create and live for unabashed self-expression. Their bare reflections on life and the mundane traumas and joys that make living worthwhile are a gift, and that is Atmosphere's legacy in and of itself. If the music stopped tomorrow, the duo would go down as two quiet titans who changed the course of everyman rap forever.

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Sad Clown Bad Year #9-#12 Collection

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Since its incarnation as a string of tapes and CDRs for the band to sell on tour in 1999, the Sad Clown series has taken on numerous forms, including 4-track demos, live shows, a DVD, a mixtape, and 7" singles. While preparing for 2007's When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Sh*t Gold, Atmosphere launched the next phase of the series, releasing Sad Clown Bad Summer Number 9, the first of four EP's dedicated to the four seasons. These seasonal releases were the first in the Sad Clown series to receive distribution, being made available on both vinyl and CD. Showcasing Slug and Ant at their best, the four Sad Clown seasons encompassed fan favorites such as "Don't Forget," `The Rooster," "Not Another Day," "Happymess," and "Sunshine," Atmosphere's biggest song to date. These four iconic EPs are now packaged into one 2xLP vinyl release titled Sad Clown Bad Year, complete with an 8-page activity book of custom coloring pages, connect-the-dots, a word find and a maze. The entire package comes housed in a reverse board jacket featuring black & white illustrations with an uncoated finish so you can color and customize yours anyway you like!

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2LP+7" | 2018 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

Mi Vida Local

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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It’s a different place than it was two years ago, when Atmosphere released their last record, Fishing Blues. Their seventh album, Mi Vida Local, reflects the ways in which the world–and their place in it–has changed. The idyllic domesticity of the past few records has morphed into anxiety over keeping loved ones safe during turbulent times. The easygoing collaboration between Ant and Slug has started to feel more like the life-or-death intimacy of two men trapped together on a lifeboat. At times, Mi Vida Local is a heavy album, (“I might be the last generation of grandparents,” goes a key line from “Virgo”), but it’s far from grim.

As the name implies, Mi Vida Local is intensely focused on the place it was created–the southside of Minneapolis–where Slug and Ant work tirelessly in their “beautiful basements”, refining their sound without interruption, save for a handful of Minneapolis friends that showed up to contribute. The album pairs complex subject matter with equally deep beats–ones that show a clear lineage back to the psychedelic funk landmarks from an earlier era where America was going through a post-utopian hangover, and prove that there won’t ever be a time where boom-bap beats don’t sound perfectly of the moment.

Mi Vida Local might be the best album Atmosphere’s ever made. It’s definitely the one they needed to make right now, and one listeners need to hear just as urgently. If it’s sometimes an album about how the fight to find happiness never really ends–even after you get the house and the kids and the artistic freedom to make dad-rap records–it’s also about discovering that there’s happiness to be found just in fighting.

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7" | 2021 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

God's Bathroom Floor

15,99 €*

Hollywood Briggs Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Initially Written And Recorded When Atmosphere And Fledgling Label Rhymesayers Entertainment Were Still Making A Name For Themselves In The Minneapolis Hip-Hop Scene, "God's Bathroomfloor" Was An Early Standout For The Group. Turning Heads And Drawing New Fans In With Slug's Introspective Raps Over Producer Stress' Hypnotic Jazzy Beat, The Song Was Performed Live Frequently, Becoming An Audience Favorite Before Everappearing On An Actual Release. Even Then, It Was Only A Live Performance They Made Available, And Only On A Limited Mixtape They Released In 1996. It Would Be Another Year Before The 4-Track Studio Recording Would Surface On Atmosphere's Overcast! Ep, A Collection Of Focus Tracks Promoting Theirdebut Full-Length Album, But "God's Bathroom Floor" Never Made It Onto The Album Itself And Slowly Slipped Into Obscurity From There. Now, In Celebration Of Its 25th Anniversary, Theoriginal Recording Has Been Unearthed, Remastered, And Pressed On This Limited Edition 7-Inch Vinyl. Plus, In A Nod To The Song's Original Release As A Live Version, We've Included A New Live Performance Of The Song, Recorded Recently In Montreal, Mixed And Mastered Exclusively For This Special Release.Whether You're A Lifelong Fan Whose First Introduction To The Group Was Through This Song, A New Fan Looking To Explore The Group's Historical Roots Further, Or Somewhere In Between, This Release Will Be A Welcome Addition To Your Atmospherecollection.

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Asun Eastwood

LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (SCMD Music)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Hollywood Briggs Brown Vinyl Edition

Asun Eastwood

LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (SCMD Music)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Hollywood Briggs Black Vinyl Edition

Asun Eastwood

LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (SCMD Music)

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Ashton "DJ Cassanova" Irons

Texas Tapes 92-95

LP | 2021 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Arturo Banbini, Kool Keith And Lynx 196.9

Release: 2021 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dope 8-track 100% unreleased and unleaked material from the early to mid 90’s outta Texas, produced by Papa Chuk and Landlords of the Morgue producer Ashton “DJ Cassanova” Irons. You will know Teddy Lee from the group Project Crew but the rest are pretty obscure acts that passed through Ashton’s studio in the early to mid 90’s to record their demos. Check out the flava!!

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Bandoleros

12" | 2024 | US | Original (Dr Vinylove)

Don't Fight Your Demons Red & Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Bandoleros is a concept album, intended as a modern spaghetti western soundtrack. The soundscapes are inspired and dedicated to Italian Western B_Movies and his underrated music. Dusty guitars, crunchy drums, synthesizers, and horns, offer the perfect hip-hop background for Lynx and an inspired KK.

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Arrested Development

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Ruffnation)

39,99 €*

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Grape Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Before last years's comeback with FOR THE FKN LOVE they came back with DONT'T FIGHT YOUR DEMONS.Ruffnation Entertainment is proud to present the Grammy-winning Hip Hop Legends Arrested Development 2022 album, Don't Fight Your Demons reissued on vinyl!Arrested Development, the 2x Grammy Award Winning, groundbreaking iconic music group, and Hip Hop pioneers continue their forward march of curating conscious, revolutionary music formulated to bring societal issues to the forefront and ignite change. Their 2020 album, 'Don't Fight Your Demons', which originally saw only a limited release, is no exception. The 16-track album features a selection of eclectic musicians including Kuf Knotz, Skyy High, Christine Elise, O'hene Savant, Rambo, Let The Dirt Say Amen, Fro Magnum Man, MRK SX, and is executively produced by Speech for Vagabond Productions and Configa for Configaration Records.The group assures fans and listeners this is no hit or miss album. Each track is distinct in style, flow, and vibe, with influential wordplay and infectious soundscapes. They breakdown and take apart worldly injustices, the current state of racism, grueling masks of politics, and on the flip side offer empowering gems on how to overcome and rise through.The production throughout the entire album channels a continuous kaleidoscope of invigorating bass, soul, funk, worldly tones, and even innovative cadences ear-pleasing to a younger generation of music connoisseurs. Don't Fight Your Demons' ideally serves as a "how-to" handbook brimming with incomparable lyricism, storytelling, and cognizant awareness delivereFFO Fugees, Dream Warriors, Roots, Speech, Del a Soul, Black Eyed Peas - pressed on one red colored and one classic black vinyl record.

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Armand Hammer

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Fat Possum)

57,99 €*

We Buy Diabetic Test Strips Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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New York's most heralded underground rap act of the last 5 years are returning with their first release on Fat Possum Records. Featuring acclaimed artists billy woods and ELUCID

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Armand Hammer

2LP | 2023 | US | Reissue (Fat Possum)

50,99 €*

This Must Be The Place Yellow Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Armand Hammer, the New York based hip-hop duo consisting of Elucid and billy woods, return with We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, their first album in two years and first for Fat Possum. In the two years since the Alchemist-produced Haram, Elucid and billy woods have both released critically acclaimed solo albums. Back with their biggest record yet, We Buy Diabetic Test Strips features production from Jpegmafia, El-p, Kenny Segal, Black Noi$e, Preservation, DJ Haram, Child Actor, Sebb Bash, August Fanon and more. Pressed on double grape colored vinyl.

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Apollo Brown

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Blacklight Neon Green & Black Galaxy Vinyl Edition

Apollo Brown & Stalley

LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Mello Music Group)

33,24 €* 34,99 € -5%

Blacklight HHV Exclusive Pink & Clear Color in Color Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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From The Trenches to the Penthouse, A Mid-West Rap Opus from Ohio's Stalley & Legendary Detroit producer Apollo Brown

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Apollo Brown & Stalley

LP | 2023 | CZ | Original (Mello Music Group)

Apollo Brown & Planet Asia

Release: 2023 / CZ – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited to 300 copies. - HHV exclusive

From The Trenches to the Penthouse, A Mid-West Rap Opus from Ohio's Stalley & Legendary Detroit producer Apollo Brown

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Sardines Sardine Green Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

37,99 €* 39,99 € -5%

Apollo Brown, Planet Asia, Gensu Dean, Guilty Simpson

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Detroit Beatmaker Apollo Brown and Fresno Rap veteran Planet Asia are proud to announce their new album - "Sardines" - the follow up to the duo’s beloved 2017 collaborative album “Anchovies.” Apollo and Planet Asia improve upon the minimalist, grimy Hip-Hop theme from the first collab with pristine execution. The new album promises grime just like its predecessor. Featuring Sick Jacken, Ty Farris, Marv Won, and TriState.

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Stitched Up & Shaken Record Store Day 2021 Edition

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

Apollo Brown & Planet Asia

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release.
Limitation: 1000 copies.

Detroit's Apollo Brown and Cali Agent Planet Asia take side A of this special edition Hip Hop vinyl, while SP1200 wizard Gensu Dean and Motor City MC Guilty Simpson handle all the B-Side tracks.

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Anchovies Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

Release: 2017 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Apollo Brown & Philmore Greene

Cost Of Living Red Cloudy Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz

Mona Lisa 5th Anniversary Color-In-Color Black & Red Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

34,19 €* 35,99 € -5%

Apollo Brown & Joell Ortiz

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Detroit producer Apollo Brown has made a name for himself as one of Hip-Hop’s most legendary new producers, while maintaining a golden era sound. His production credits are a who’s who of Hip-hop greats, from Danny Brown to Ghostface Killah, Ras Kass to Westside Gunn. Even Chance the Rapper used a pair of Apollo beats on his debut mixtapes. Known for bringing the best out of musicians, Apollo has a knack for making timeless classics. Brooklyn’s Joell Ortiz started on none other than Dr. Dre’s Aftermath label and built a huge buzz in the industry. He’s worked with legends like Just Blaze, among others. He then signed to Shady Records as ¼ of the supergroup Slaughterhouse. He’s worked with Hip-Hop titans Eminem, Busta Rhymes, Jadakiss, Akon, and Big Daddy Kane. Now the pair of Hip-hop luminaries are celebrating the 5-year anniversary of their first collaborative album on Mello Music Group with a deluxe edition including 2 new songs. It’s nothing short of a masterpiece: Mona Lisa.

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Mona Lisa 5th Anniversary Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

32,39 €* 35,99 € -10%

As God Intended Brown Sabbath Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Apollo Brown & Che' Noir

LP | 2020 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

37,99 €* 39,99 € -5%

Connecticut Casual: Chapter 2

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Buffalo & Detroit are America’s broken dream. They are once thriving cities, now known for frigid temperatures and violent crime. The cities were birthed in a different era, forged in fire, built of cold steel. It follows that the rawest Hiphop in recent memory has bled from these two regions. No two artists exemplify this hard truth more than legendary Detroit producer Apollo Brown and Buffalo’s maverick emcee Che’ Noir. The two artists came together to create a sound as natural as calm after the storm.

The soulful, head-nodding production of Apollo Brown has been a staple called on by some of the greatest to ever do it. From Ghostface Killah to Danny Brown, and from Freddie Gibbs to Chance the Rapper, Apollo Brown’s signature style has become an iconic staple of the culture. Meanwhile, Che’ Noir has stepped onto the scene as smoothly as any double dutch veteran. Having already worked alongside Benny The Butcher, Kool G Rap, and Fred The Godson, she has emerged as one of the most extraordinary New York talents heard in years.

The pair’s new album, “As God Intended”, drifts up and down city streets and offers a glimpse behind closed doors, telling the stories of gunshots, missing fathers, & playing the system.

The album from Apollo Brown & Che’ Noir features Skyzoo, Blakk Soul, Planet Asia, Ty Farris, and Black Thought. Part of the Mello Music Group 24 for '24 Artist Series featuring limited edition vinyl art by oil painter KipDaFog.

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Apathy

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Dirty Version)

31,99 €*

Too Much Posse: Live At Irvine Meadows 1991 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Seasoned MC and producer, Apathy, delivers his 9th full length album as an integral piece of his impressive 25+ year career. Back in 2014, he blessed hip hop heads with "Connecticut Casual", one of his most personal and fan-favorite outings to date. Once again heavily inspired by his hometown surroundings and shore-life encounters, Ap brings to fruition the next chapter in the soundtrack to the New England way of life with this new-age sequel to the original "CT Casual". The majority of the project is painstakingly produced by newcomer beatsmith, Playa Haze, with additional production from Apathy himself, along with contributions from Alcapella, plus Little Vic on both the boards and the mic. Ap's longtime partner-in-rhyme, Celph Titled, appears as one of the few guest features blessing the LP. Sail along this ride through murky waters, mysterious folklore, brash talk, and experience the East Coast lifestyle through the eyes of a Demigod.

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Anthrax & Public Enemy

LP | 2023 | EU (Dear Boss)

18,99 €*

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Audio Recon)

Release: 2023 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie

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Live at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre, Irvine, CA, USA on October 19, 1991 from the Bring the Noise Tour.

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Anthony Demar

Galaxy Juice

Collection Of Sounds Vol.1 Opaque Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The first solo effort from New Orleans based MC/producer and 1/2 of the group Sic Hop, Anthony DeMar. An album carefully crafted with the intent to provoke the thoughts and feelings of a psychedelic experience. Albeit slightly experimental, Galaxy Juice remains rooted in traditional hip hop with hard hitting sample-based production provided by Sir No Face, Gl!nn, Wino Willy, ET Deaux, and Sonny Paradise. Fill your cups up and enjoy the trip!

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Ant of Atmosphere

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

35,99 €*

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (FXCK RXP)

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited Opaque Green Vinyl.Anthony "Ant" Davis is a distinguished hip-hop producer, one-half of the renowned duo Atmosphere, and a founding member of independent record label Rhymesayers Entertainment. His decades-long career of beat-making has also included works for MF DOOM, Brother Ali, Murs, Rav, Sage Francis and a dozen others. Raised in a military family, his nomadic upbringing exposed him to many diverse influences and, coupled with his father's love for collecting records, laid the groundwork for his deep appreciation for all sorts of music. Ant's latest endeavor, Collection of Sounds, is a four-volume series of instrumental works showcasing the breadth and depth of his musical expertise.The Collection of Sounds series offers a window into Ant's creative journey, reflecting his evolution as an artist over the years. Drawing from a vast vault of unreleased material, he's exhumed cross sections of his catalog with surgical precision, organizing songs by sound rather than mere chronology. Volume 1 is at times so intimate as to border on claustrophobia, like the creeping "Bar One" or the haunted twinkling of "I Was Always A Collector" while other tracks are expansive enough to fill entire venues, like the forebodingly airy "4-Track Beyond Beat 1996."Many of the beats on Collection of Sounds: Volume 1 have pockets that are practically begging for rappers to explore. When he first pondered releasing an instrumental series, Ant figured he might want to make the songs more intricate than the ones gave to his rapper collaborators, filling up the space in the mix that would normally be given over to their vocals. "But then it would be jazz, right?" he says with a loud laugh. "And I'm not that." Fitting, as Collection of Sounds is not about forgetting who you are-it's about remembering, reconfiguring and reimagining, all at once; a testament to Ant's artistic integrity.

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AnkhleJohn

The Dead Don't Die

31,34 €* 32,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Andy Cooper of Ugly Duckling

The Man / Fly Tonite

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Origu)

13,99 €*

Hot Off The Chopping Block 45 Clear Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited Edition 300. Here is a brandnew doublesider by the amazing Andy Cooper of Ugly Duckling and The Allergies fame. Both tracks are featured on his upcoming album "L.I.S.T.E.N.", to be released on Unique Records in late September. "The Man" is co-produced by DJ Moneyshot of The Allergies. Two sides of funky Hip Hop that you can not miss out on!

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Andy Cooper

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

14,99 €*

Hot Off The Chopping Block 45 Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Andy Cooper, member of Californian Hip Hop group Ugly Duckling recently released his solo project »Hot Off The Chopping Block« on LP and digital. Now here's your chance to get Andy's and Oonops' favorite handpicked tracks plus two unreleased fiery and exclusive instrumentals on your favourite format of choice.

Cop your personal limited crystal clear recycled 45 version or the black recycled one.

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Andy Cooper

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Oonops Drops)

13,99 €*

Andrew & Steel Tipped Dove

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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The Trumpet's Obviously Been Drinking

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Fused Arrow)

21,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Three Dollar Pistol Music)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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“moldy” is when I knew I was trapped somewhere with no exit. The song grinds itself like gears just askew enough to scream at the world. So good, so far, next week and next month, today and tomorrow. The words kept changing positions and hitting me from different angles. Is this about how expensive car repair is?

It took the audience a while to get past the candy coating to the depression in the middle of andrew. Beyond his melodic hooks and giant-sized soul samples was death and the grind of an endless workday. It took steel tipped dove’s fearless production to put us face to face with what he’s been sneaking us. “bad teeth” sounds like a Fatboi Sharif song with angry monsters in the not too far distance. “double sided gun” orients around a jarring feedback sound. dove’s bag is different from project to project. This one has real Punk Rock confidence, not on a mission to annoy the audience with weird noises but assured that if he does happen to, it will work out. He’s Johnny Thunders smirking at the audience, hearing the next lick before it rings through their faces.

The pain at the center of andrew’s music is very Michel Gondry. The way in which these words are conveyed is as important as their meaning. Listen to the hook on the first song (big red) as his nimble writing takes shape a familiar phrase gets stretched and jammed into itself sending the words in formations unfamiliar, picture a sentence structure accordion. Later in the album he says roman candle exploding andrew and you wouldn’t have it any other way! Gondry paints with design as much as script but he’s not tricking you. andrew’s jokes always have the ghost of Elliott Smith behind them. “Am I Beaker or am I Bunsen Honeydew? Today am I just suicidal or am I funny drew?” These two had to come together now. dove has a way of making you face your next phase and jump. Our friendly neighborhood "curious phrase" phenom needed an In Utero and that's what we get. Good luck finding a way out.

— Dan O [freemusicempire.com]

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Andrew

Don't Forget Me, Bluest

31,99 €*

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (12 Tone Music)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The symphony of scramblers, dreamers, and go-getters—andrew's latest solo album harmonizes the hustle of the working artist. These songs paint a picture of relentless ambition and the grind that defines Philly's essence: keep going cause no one is coming here to save you.

Once again fully produced by andrew and joined by a bevy of first time collaborators, "don't forget me, bluest." is his most polished album yet.

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Anderson .Paak

Oxnard

39,99 €*

Malibu Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Executively produced and mixed by Dr. Dre and released by Aftermath Records Anderson .Paak walks new paths.

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Anderson .Paak

2LP | 2017 | EU | Reissue (Steel Wool)

Confidence / If Ya Let 'Em (Remix) Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2017 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2nd full album by Anderson .Paak with features by Schoolboy Q, Talib Kweli, The Game, BJ The Chicago Kid and more.

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Analog Mutants

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Nobody Buys)

14,99 €*

Soul Mates: B-Sides, Remixes, Rarities: Volume 1 & 2

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Confidence is the NBR absolute party starter! Big big drums, live saxophone and organ, a crazy tempo and a hook we've been spotted shouting along to walking to work at 9am! Like Phill Most says “Occasionally / Its even amazing to me/ how ill I can be /when I MC”. Damn straight Phill Most! We've seen early acetates of this absolutely tear up the festival circuit last summer & consider this 45 the ultimate party 45 on the label!

Flip it over to hear the exclusive to this 45 If Ya Let 'Em (Remix). Phill Most Chill on a cautionary tale about grabbing hold of our own destiniy! This very unusual beat that emulates a band sound by progressing & switching from bar 1 to the end. Snafu & Bankrupt Euros' Craig Cloy go wild on bass, piano & cello arrangement over a tough, classic break using live instrumentation and some sample chops, trying to replicate the feel of a soul band with hip hop sensibilities. Grazzhoppa steals the show on both sides with his turntable wizardry once again blurring the lines between beat and scratches blending his scratches into the instrumentation!

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Amerigo Gazaway

2LP | 2023 | US | Original

35,99 €*

A Christmas Album Remixes Red Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Mash-up master Amerigo Gazaway has compiled a collection of the most popular and sought after tracks in the Soulmates catalog. Featuring choice cuts from very hard to find/out of print vinyl, fan favorites, and even a few former digital exclusives pressed to wax for the very first time.

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Amerigo Gazaway

LP | 2020 | US | Original

No Comp Feat. Cella Dwellas & Ran Reed

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Light the fire, pour up the eggnog and listen to this must have hip hop holla-daze mash up on wax for the first time. Featuring 2 PAC, Erykah Badu, Butya Rhymes, Jay-z, Outcast and Notorious B.I.G. Red vinyl color with full color gift wrap-styled sleeve limited to 500 copies for the 2020 holiday season. Ho Ho Ho!

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Amazing Maze

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Street Symphony)

19,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Interscope)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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After joining the likes of Lord Finesse, Large Pro, and Nottz on the production lineup for The Xav’s recently released Black Duke LP with Come On (feat. A.G.), Cologne, Germany-based producer Amazing Maze blesses us with another sureshot. His new single No Comp features the legendary Cella Dwellas and Ran Reed and sounds like it could've been from the Dwellas legendary "Realms & Reality" album.

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Amaarae

Fountain Baby

40,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Watch Out Now (Hijackin' For Beat Remix) / Tell Me (So Cold Remix)

Altered Tapes / Double A

7" | 2024 | UK (Heat Rock)

16,99 €*

Release: 2024 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Slamboyant)

Alrick Bainton

The New We$T

28,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Almighty Warpath & China White

Chinese War Chants

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Am Apparat / Blumeblau)

19,99 €*

Dangerous II (Still Dangerous) Splatter Vinyl Edition w/ Obi

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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China White cuttet Samples mit Katana, flippt puristisch – aber nur Filets. Almighty Warpath schwingt die Nunchaku gekonnt gewieft im Takt des Säbelrasselns und Glockenläutens. Chinese War Chants. Das Album kommt als 12inch über Am Apparat und blumeblau aus Münster.

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Allah Preme & Damien

LP | 2023 | US | Original (I Had An Accident)

37,49 €* 49,99 € -25%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dangerous II (Still Dangerous) Splatter Vinyl Edition

Allah Preme & Damien

LP | 2023 | US | Original (I Had An Accident)

40,49 €* 44,99 € -10%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Nobody Knows Where The Red Fern Grows

All The King's Horses

12" | 2015 | EU | Original (Back 2 Da Source)

19,99 €*

V-12 Soul (Deluxe) Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies. All the songs of the EP have been recorded at Razor's Edge Recording which is a little studio in San Francisco, California, that saw names like Nirvana, Melvins, NOFX, and others - it's not hip hop but damn if you don't know Kurt Cobain where do you come from? In 1995, 2 years after "Nobody Knows...", they did some featurings on Mystik Journeymen's "Unsigned & Hella Broke Vol. 1" tape (prod by Sunspot Jonz of Living Legends). This wax is the real deal if you dig the real west coast shit before it turned into gangsta & commercial garbage. Tip!

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All Hail Y.T. X Yosonova

V-12 Soul (Deluxe) Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Y.T. & Yos are back again, adding to the V-12 saga with 5 new records. We take you on a sonic ride with "v-12 Soul". With Features from Anthony Danza, Chris Skillz, Ladyy, Left Lane Didon, K.O. & Ru$h. No Matter What kind of vehicle you have or even if you don't own one at all. This is motivation to take the "metaphorical" Wheel in your own life's course and reach the finish line with flying colors.

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All Hail Y.T. X Yosonova

21,99 €*

V-12 Soul (Deluxe) Beige Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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All Hail Y.T. X Yosonova

24,99 €*

All Hail Y.T. X Tone Beatz

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Spoils Of Babylon

18,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Produced Entirely By Tone Beatz, The Spoils Of Babylon Chronicles The Life & Times of Man existing in an age of uncertainty. What a time to be alive, It seems like we're living something out of an H.G. Wells novel, or Your favorite Sci-Fi Film. Technological advances promise a better life, but at what expense? Y.T. wrestles with trying to fulfill his own base desires and needs, While the world around him is in utter turmoil. Climbing the heights of Success, Wealth and vanquishing his enemies mean nothing, When It seems the universe as he know's It is in Peril.The Project includes features from Heavy Hitters Eto, Tha God Fahim, Left Lane Didon , Jay NiCE & Chris Skillz. Experience "The Spoils Of Babylon"...

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Ill Gotten Gains Split Vinyl Edition w/ Gucci Obi

49,99 €*

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Featuring Appearances BY THA GOD Fahim, MAV, Dame Dash, Chris Skillz, Generalbackpain, THE Musalini, Jamal Gasol AND More!

“Never mind the title; Ill Gotten Gains, the new LP from the Delaware rapper All Hail Y.T. and Loretta Records boss Observe Since ‘98, is (mostly) an album about how to succeed in business by, well, trying. “Doing deals with discernment,” Y.T. raps in “C.E.O.,” “Reading terms and agreements/ Devil’s in the details, I peeped it/ playing defense fiscally.” As the song winds toward its conclusion, the voice of Dame Dash appears, extolling the virtues of putting your shoulder to the grindstone to build your own empire. At this point in history, there are enough albums about the luxury of the gangster life to fill several hundred ocean liners; Ill Gotten’s dedication to sound fiscal advice on its own makes the album a breath of fresh air. But it’s more than just that: the album, which drops on vinyl today at 1pm EST via the Loretta Records Bandcamp, comes to life thanks to Y.T.’s earnest, encouraging delivery. Whether he’s dispensing pithy koans (“Procrastination kills all dreams”) or reveling in the spoils of his hard work (“What’s the P”) he has all the optimism of a motivational speaker. He’s matched perfectly by Observe’s characteristically inventive production, which forgoes the obvious picks in favor of finding choice breaks buried on Italian pop records (“C.E.O.”) and sources that are even tougher to place. Musically, the album is the perfect backdrop for the three-day weekend; lyrically, it will prime you for the week to come.”

–J. Edward Keyes (Bandcamp Daily)

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Ill Gotten Gains Split Vinyl Edition

37,59 €* 46,99 € -20%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Ill Gotten Gains Splatter Vinyl Edition w/ Obi

47,49 €* 49,99 € -5%

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Ill Gotten Gains Splatter Vinyl Edition

44,64 €* 46,99 € -5%

All Hail Y.T. X Benji Socrate$

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Deluxe Drugz Collection Splatterl Edition W/ Obi Strip

LP | 2023 | CA | Original (Financed Buy Dope)

48,99 €*

All Hail Y.T. X Benji Socrate$

Release: 2023 / CA – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Deluxe Drugz Collection consists of Volumes 1-3, remixed & digitally remastered. Y.T. went back in the studio and meticulously updated vocals and even recorded a new hidden verse. The order of the songs have been "shuffled" for a more pleasurable listening experience. The Collection also contains 2 previously unreleased records. The art work is curated by the legendary "Stab Master Arson", Ivan Merlin.

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Deluxe Drugz Collection Splatter Vinyl Edition

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Financed Buy Dope)

43,99 €*

7" | 2024 | US | Original (Closed Sessions)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Alex Wiley

Vibration

16,99 €*

Alcynoos, Parental (de Kalhex) & Loop.Holes

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Closed Sessions 7" series continues with a blog era classic, "Vibration" by Alex Wiley. "Vibration" was released in March of 2014, and catapulted Alex Wiley from the underground Chicago scene to a global presence on the blog and festival circuits. "Vibration" was the lead single off Wiley's 2014 LP, Village Party, which stands out as a classic of the time period. This 10th anniversary 7" plays at 45rpm and is limited to 500 copies.

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Rewind Colored Vinyl Edition

2LP | 2023 | EU | Original (HHV)

Guns Pink / Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited edition of 300 copies of the vocal version on red vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

French producers Alcynoos & Parental team up with Norwegian beatsmith Type.Raw and the Loop.Holes crew to lay a jazz-infected groundation for an all-star cast of MC's like Mathematik, Ill Conscious, Verbz, Kid Abstrakt, Illa J & Frank Nitt, Kev Brown & J Scienide and many more.

Available in a limited run on colored 2LP (vocal version), black 2LP vinyl (instrumental version), CD in digipak (vocal version), cassette (vocal version) and digitally (vocal & instrumental version).

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Al.Divino

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

42,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

Al.Divino

Guns Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Butter Yellow / Black Vinyl Edition

Al.Divino

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

42,99 €*

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2023 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Al Cohol & D.Rugs

Test Tube Junkies

28,49 €* 29,99 € -5%

..the journey aflame HHV Exclusive Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cats are always hittin me up saying "When will you drop another Stranger Danger production" and today is that day yo!

Recorded in 2016 and only released on digital at the time, this incredible concept album drags the listener through the crack-littered gutters of skid row, referencing every [non-legal] buzz under the sun. The breaks are typical of that Left Coast, Stranger Danger sound: jazzy horns, funky-b-lines, loads of film samples and drums baby, lots of drums. MC's Amxone the Crooked Tooth Bastard (aka Al Cohol) and Vice the Antihero (aka D.Rugs) are your loyal narrators and drunk drivers for the duration of this psychedelic hip hop trip. I'm reminded of Cypress Hill mixed with The Furry Freak Brothers and a smidgen of Cheech & Chong. Effin love this ish!!!!

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Akua Naru

2LP | 2011 | EU | Reissue (The Urban Era)

2LP+CD | 2018 | EU | Original (Code Black)

Release: 2011 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Check out the first official repress of akua naru's classic 2011 debut album, "the journey aflame" only available via HHV!

akua naru’s 2011 groundbreaking album, “...the journey aflame”, is now available on vinyl. The album, a melange of dope beats, politics, poetics and power, long sought after is finally here!
This first official repress contains high quality audio, a double vinyl LP with a gatefold-cover. In addition to classics like "the backflip", "the world is listening”, and “the block", this repress features the underground smash "poetry: how does it feel???", a hit lately revealed to be supermodel Cara Delevingne’s favorite Valentine's Day song. "poetry: how does it feel?" is one of the greatest love songs ever recorded and it’s available now on vinyl for the first time.

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Akua Naru

The Blackest Joy

31,49 €* 34,99 € -10%

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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All About Love: New Visions

Akua Naru

2LP | 2024 | EU | Original (The Urban Era)

34,19 €* 35,99 € -5%

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2024 | US (Unknown U.S.)

Akinyele

Break A Bitch Neck

13,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2023 | US | Original (Backwoodz Studioz)

Akai Solo

Spirit Roaming

36,99 €*

Aj Suede & Steel Tipped Dove

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Spirit Roaming is Akai SOLO’s first full length collaboration with Backwoodz Studioz. The new album arrives on the heels of his Body Feeling EP, building on its material and existential themes. Here, Akai’s unique palette is applied to a bigger canvas, without losing the intimacy and the sardonic self-awareness that help define him as an artist— alongside a delivery and cadence all his own. “Spirit Roaming is essentially self wandering through various self-engineered hells searching for the silver lining,” Akai explains. “Not quite a shell but not quite full either; rather freshly devastated. I made a lot of foolish decisions and neglected even more important ones. The price for that is being paid in real time. Can I grow post payment or does the crater resulting from the transaction overwhelm me?” Spirit Roaming features an eclectic group of producers, from vets like Preservation, Animoss, Messiah Musik and August Fanon, to emerging talents Theravada, ibliss, WifiGawd, Roper Williams and Junie. Akai lends bits and pieces of his own production to the mix, but goes mostly dolo on the mic, with Armand Hammer as the lone feature arriving just in time for the curtain call. Working amidst a renaissance in NYC indie rap, Akai is both part of that wave and a man apart. The 27-year-old Brooklyn native has collaborated extensively with many of the scene’s stalwarts (including Pink Siifu, Armand Hammer, Navy Blue), but, true to his name, has always navigated his own course

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Reoccurring Characters

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Fused Arrow)

34,19 €* 35,99 € -5%

Long May We Rain And Lost Gems

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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You know that feeling when an incredible actor pops up in a surprise cameo in a movie and your jaw hits the floor? Or when you are listening to a brand new song without looking at the credits and you hear your favorite rapper check the mic - about to start their verse? Multiply that excitement by 10 and you’ve got the new album by AJ Suede and steel tipped dove.

Reoccurring Characters transports the listener into the sonic universe of two of the most undeniable forces in current rap music. Fresh from a world tour AJ Suede is penning rich, clever and poignant lyrics, performing them with his truly engrossing flow and pure rap skill flexing. Linking up with steel tipped dove to map out a chaotic smooth instrumental framework to inhabit, these two transport you to a whole new dimension.

A few other prodigious characters hopped in the hovercraft, including Premrock, Fatboi Sharif, Duncecap & Curly Castro - each delivering their own stunning display of word flow mastery. Playing Reoccurring Characters will place you in Suede and dove’s nomadic phonic world, always looking for new and rare places to go.

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Aj Suede & Specswizard

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Crane City Music)

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Crane City Music)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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* The eleventh record in the Crane City Music collection * Only one pressing of 500 copies on individually-numbered 140g black vinyl * Cover design by Seattle artist Damascus Purnell * Liner notes by Martin Douglas (kexp) * Specially mastered for vinyl by Adam Gonsalves (Telegraph Mastering)'

Here's a split vinyl of quarantine protest jams from two Seattle heavy-hitters: AJ Suede & Specswizard. Both artists were inspired by 2020's Black Lives Matter protests, mask-wearing, and stay-at-home orders to produce boom-bap tunes that could only exist in the 21st Century. Insomniac magazine praises the pair's 'next level lyricism.' The Seattle Times picked AJ Suede's brilliant 'Long May We Rain' as one of the best albums of 2020. On the flip side of this cross-generational split LP, you'll find the vinyl-only 'Lost Gems' project from Specswizard. He's a veteran of Seattle's scene, releasing dozens of self-produced albums and EPs since his start in 1988. On his latest, the familiar sound of buzzing amps and tape hiss makes way for major-key soul turned into pensive bangers. Specswizard’s low, late-night-in-the-living-room baritone conjures the feeling of recording in a cramped apartment while the neighbors are sleeping. Still, the beats knock like side doors and his narratives hover like heavy rain and cumulus clouds of weed smoke. Together, these two records provide a powerhouse portrait of Black life in the American Northwest today. Only 500 individually numbered copies have been pressed.

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Aj Suede

Avada Kedavra

43,99 €*

LP | 2020 | US | Original (Rap Vacation)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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“Avada Kedavra Deluxe,” by Seattle rapper AJ Suede, is a 21-track, self-produced, self-referencing, double-vinyl labyrinth of experimental boom-bap. Building on a signature style that Spin magazine describes as “stream-of-consciousness rhymes, containing everything from socio-political commentary and blunted cinematic allusions to psychedelic visions,” Suede’s creation is as compelling as it is unclassifiable. On the first LP, Suede demonstrates his substantial skills as a beatmaker and rapper, chopping up what Seattle’s Kexp calls “the smoothest, jazziest, weirdest samples” and overlaying parkour bars about Grunge, success, and social justice. From the first cut, “Nebuchadnezzar,” which New York’s Major Stage describes as a “powerful chant-like hypnotic loop,” these 10 tracks capture an elusive mood of too many hours inside watching YouTube and trying to piece together fractured connections. The album’s title is derived from an Aramaic spell: “Let this thing be destroyed.” On the second LP, Suede invites 13 guests to “destroy” the original songs. This disc of remixes and reworkings showcases underground voices from across the Northwest (Seattle’s Wolftone, Khrist Koopa, Portland’s Fines Double), from across America (New Jersey’s Fatboi Sharif, California’s mudwater, Ohio’s Lord Olo, New York’s Bloodblixing), and around the world (Tel Aviv’s Argov and Japan’s Wazasnics). Seattle rappers Astral Trap, Blake Anthony, Mika’il, and Greg Cypher are featured on a bonus “posse” cut. With “Avada Kedavra Deluxe,” AJ Suede has tapped into the moment, using what Deeply Rooted Hip-Hop calls “a subconscious steeped in the mystical.” As Kexp says: “Quite predictably, the whole album bangs.”

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Ahwlee

VII

25,99 €*

LP | 2023 | US | Original (Paxico)

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Just in time for the remake of arguably the most iconic and influential turn based role playing video game of all time, Ahwlee drops VII; a seventeen track album sure to stir up the nostalgic memories of boxy and pixelated 32 bit goodness that inspired many of us in the 90's all the way up to now. Ahwlee tastefully presents us this tribute album as a testament of the weeks of his life spent beating this game countless amounts of times. With a large portfolio of work and ties with artists such as Pink Siifu (as B. Cool Aid), Earl Sweatshirt, MNDSGN, Maxo, Navy Blue, and many more emerging names/future gatekeepers in the art-form, this particular vinyl will be an absolute essential to any collectors out there. Multiple pieces of artwork for the record and tape were created by the ever so talented Kikkujo, really piecing this album into a masterpiece of its own. The cassette tape also contains bonus material not found on the record or digitally. You really gotta buy both, don't sleep.

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Ahwlee

FTRS

22,99 €*

Got Berriis Revisited Electric Blue & Transparent Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Introducing the latest record from California's beat-making sensation, Ahwlee. This highly-anticipated release features his signature lo-fi sound, with dusty samples and raw drums that transport you back to the golden era of hip-hop. With his unique blend of jazz and boom-bap, Ahwlee creates an immersive listening experience that captures the essence of the West Coast underground scene.

This limited edition record is pressed on high-quality vinyl and housed in a beautifully designed jacket featuring original artwork by Ahwlee. The vinyl includes nineteen tracks that showcase his versatility and talent as a producer, with guest appearances from a few collaborators.

Whether you're a die-hard fan of Ahwlee or just discovering his music for the first time, this vinyl record is a must-have addition to any music collection. Get ready to experience the soulful beats and infectious grooves of one of California's most exciting beat-makers on this amazing vinyl release. Ftrs.

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AG & Ray West

LP+7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

Got Berriis Revisited Brown/Blue W/ Green Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Throughout several years of collaborations and projects together, DITC immortal AG and Red Apples 45 producer and main man Ray West have a developed a chemistry that has no equals. Back in 2011 they dropped a collection of songs online entitled "Got Berries" which, to this day, has been unreleased in the physical form. The two always bring their top game when working together and the result is this collection of songs featuring guest appearances by the late Party Arty, Roc Marciano and Priest Da Beast. Tuff Kong teamed up with the two and Red Apples 45 to bring you this hidden gem on vinyl as a limited edition of 500 handnumbered copies on LP including a bonus 7", with the first 200 pressed on electric/ blue + transparent green vinyl, and the remaining 300 on black vinyl.

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AG & Ray West

LP+7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

29,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Got Berries Revisited Black Vinyl Version

AG & Ray West

2LP+7" | 2018 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

29,99 €*

The Taste Of AMBrosia Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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AG of DITC

LP | 2018 | US | Original (Slice Of Spice)

22,99 €*

Crushed Grapes Splatter Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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A.G. returns with all-start cast, featuring the likes of Diamond D, Lord Finesse, Alchemist and more. For this album, he’s on his a-game, from beginning to end. Touching on topics from the hip hop biz, street tales and political hypocrisy. The Taste Of AMBrosia is a full meal serving for mature rap devotees who’ve grown tired of contemporary rhymesayer laziness. Joined by guests including Diamond D, A-Bless and Thirstin Howl III, A.G. backs up his claim that he is ill enough to paint his own portrait, and illustrates and vision of rap immortality that hardcore heads and fellow legacy MCs alike can worship eternally.

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Ag Da Coroner

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

Ag Da Coroner

Crushed Grapes

25,49 €* 33,99 € -25%

7" | 2024 | JP | Original (Southpaw Chop Music Production)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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After the Fall comes the Winter. Ag Da Coroner serves the masses a splendid offering, an aperitif in the form of "Crushed Grapes". An intoxicating 9 song EP that breathes the streets of New York. The orchestral back drop is carefully conducted by the maestro ATG. The featured voices come from Ag's closest collaborators and help lend additional layers to the robust make up of the project. All this is to wet the pallet, to challenge the senses and ready the mind for "Sip the Nectar" this winter. Enjoy Friends. It was all made for you.

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Ag D.I.T.C.

The Canyon

LP | 2024 | US | Original (Epic)

Release: 2024 / JP – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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In this latest adventure with A.G & Southpaw Chop we travel to Laurel Canyon. This musical journey is a jigsaw puzzle including some of our greatest pop/rock stars within Los Angeles, California. Laurel Canyon is home to many counter culture stars of the 60’s & 70’s. Southpaw Chop adds the backdrop with his musical canvas that sets the stage for A.G’s colorful narration. THE Canyon is an intriguing and insightful.

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Ag Club

Brodie World

38,99 €*

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (X-Ray)

Afu-Ra

Urban Chemistry

37,99 €*

12" | 2017 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Hailing from the New-York underground Hip-Hop scene, AFU-RA has sold more than 700,000 copies of its first 4 albums. Through these projects, he has collaborated with many artists such as Guru and DJ Premier but also Wu-Tang s RZA and GZA, Ky-Mani Marley, Saïan Supa Crew... to name a few. Over the years, the former member of the Gang Starr Foundation has created a style of his own: striking flows on militant and conscious lyrics and a visual universe inspired by martial arts. AFU-RA comes back with the project Urban Chemistry ; mixing Hip-Hop, Reggae and Soul, produced by Digital Cut, to be released in February 2020 on X-Ray Production. On this new album, AFU-RA has invited one or more guests on each of the 18 tracks such as Sizzla, Jah Mason, Keny Arkana, Lord Kossity, Big Shug or Mann... Thanks to an exclusive collaboration with the brand Canna, all songs have been filmed as music videos in 15 cities of 8 different countries.

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Afiliashun

The Perfect Time EP

25,64 €* 26,99 € -5%

Garbology Instrumental Version

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Straight out of Baltimore, Maryland we have a crew known as Afiliashun. This monster grail has been on indy-heads wants lists for a minute. It took a few years to get hold of the original studio DAT - big up to producer Reg E Ruckus for diggin through his storage unit multiple times before finally finding the crown jewels. 45 rpm loud pressing! Peep it, don’t sleep it!!!!

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Aesop Rock X Blockhead

LP | 2023 | EU | Original (Rhymesayers Entertainment)

Garbology HHV Exclusive Slipmat Bundle Vinyl Edition

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Following the success of the full Garbology album, it's only right to offer the instrumentals for further examination and repurposing efforts. Dive into the Garbology Instrumentals and see what you find.When Aesop Rock debuted in the late 90s with Music For Earthworms and Appleseed, Blockhead was also a part of the process, not only as a producer, but also helping coordinate sales of the CDRs to hungry Hip Hop fans. Blockhead and Aesop continued to collaborate, creating an impressive list of songs along the way, including two of Aesop's most popular songs to date; "Daylight" and "None Shall Pass". In recent years, Blockhead has contributed production, as well as remixes, to many of Aesop's solo releases and group projects, and Aesop has made a handful of guest features on Blockhead's solo projects, but in all that time, Aesop and Block had never done a full album together, until Garbology!Garbology came together over the course of the pandemic, and encapsulates the soundtrack of current times. As Aesop explains, "Garbology is defined as the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns. I find a lot of parallels between that and the idea of picking up the pieces after a loss or period of intense unrest, and seeing what's really there. Furthermore - the idea of digging through old, often neglected music from another time - with an ear tuned for taking in that data in a different way than your average listener - is exactly what Blockhead does."

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Aesop Rock X Blockhead

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

37,99 €*

2LP | 2021 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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HHV exclusive variant including the double lp and a slipmat.

When Aesop Rock debuted in the late 90s with Music For Earthworms and Appleseed, Blockhead was also a part of the process, not only as a producer, but also helping coordinate sales of the CDRs to hungry Hip Hop fans. Blockhead and Aesop continued to collaborate, creating an impressive list of songs along the way, including two of Aesop's most popular songs to date; "Daylight" and "None Shall Pass". In recent years, Blockhead has contributed production, as well as remixes, to manyof Aesop's solo releases and group projects, and Aesop has made a handful of guest features on Blockhead's solo projects, but in all that time, Aesop and Block have never done a full album together, until now! Garbology came together over the course of the pandemic, as well as in the midst of Aesop processing the loss of a close friend in January of 2020, resulting in a period of time of feeling uncreative. Looking back on that time that feels both like yesterday and forever-ago, Aesop recalls, "Theworld got real weird during those months. I knew at some point I had to get back to making something. Make a beat. Draw a picture. Write. Just go. But the idea of making a beat felt like math homework, and drawing is just so hard. Writing is hard too, but at some point I had to pick one." With writing as the chosen path, Aesop hit up Blockhead to send over some beats. At the beginning there wasn't a plan for an album, or any particular plan beyond creating some songs. However, it wasn't long before one song became a few, and then a handful, until finally an album was born. Garbology encapsulates the soundtrack of current times, capturing a snapshot of Aes and Block expressing a means of entertaining themselves in the midst of less social interactions than usual, "anchored on a goulash of cabin fever, fear, anger and boredom", as Aesop describes it. As for the album title, Aesop explains, "Garbology is defined as the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns. I find a lot of parallels between that and the idea of picking up the pieces after a loss or period of intense unrest, and seeing what's really there. It's information that speaks to who I am, who we are, and how we move forward. Furthermore - the idea of digging through old, often neglected music from another time with an ear tuned for taking in that data in a different way than your average listener would is exactly what Tony does. Go through the information and see what you find."

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Aesop Rock X Blockhead

Garbology

Spirit World Field Guide Ultra Clear Vinyl Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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When Aesop Rock debuted in the late 90s with Music For Earthworms and Appleseed, Blockhead was also a part of the process, not only as a producer, but also helping coordinate sales of the CDRs to hungry Hip Hop fans. Blockhead and Aesop continued to collaborate, creating an impressive list of songs along the way, including two of Aesop's most popular songs to date; "Daylight" and "None Shall Pass". In recent years, Blockhead has contributed production, as well as remixes, to manyof Aesop's solo releases and group projects, and Aesop has made a handful of guest features on Blockhead's solo projects, but in all that time, Aesop and Block have never done a full album together, until now! Garbology came together over the course of the pandemic, as well as in the midst of Aesop processing the loss of a close friend in January of 2020, resulting in a period of time of feeling uncreative. Looking back on that time that feels both like yesterday and forever-ago, Aesop recalls, "Theworld got real weird during those months. I knew at some point I had to get back to making something. Make a beat. Draw a picture. Write. Just go. But the idea of making a beat felt like math homework, and drawing is just so hard. Writing is hard too, but at some point I had to pick one." With writing as the chosen path, Aesop hit up Blockhead to send over some beats. At the beginning there wasn't a plan for an album, or any particular plan beyond creating some songs. However, it wasn't long before one song became a few, and then a handful, until finally an album was born. Garbology encapsulates the soundtrack of current times, capturing a snapshot of Aes and Block expressing a means of entertaining themselves in the midst of less social interactions than usual, "anchored on a goulash of cabin fever, fear, anger and boredom", as Aesop describes it. As for the album title, Aesop explains, "Garbology is defined as the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns. I find a lot of parallels between that and the idea of picking up the pieces after a loss or period of intense unrest, and seeing what's really there. It's information that speaks to who I am, who we are, and how we move forward. Furthermore - the idea of digging through old, often neglected music from another time with an ear tuned for taking in that data in a different way than your average listener would is exactly what Tony does. Go through the information and see what you find."

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Aesop Rock

2LP | 2020 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

Skelethon Instrumental Version Colored Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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"Be not afraid! Whether you’re simply sightseeing, enjoying temporary flights of fancy or considering a more permanent relocation, the all-new Spirit World Field Guide offers twenty-one insightful chapters of firsthand know-how into the terrain, wildlife, and social customs of our parallel universe. The narrator’s vast expertise of multiple global entry points and various modes of inter-dimensional transport informs a rich tapestry of tips, tricks and tools to unfailingly aid in your ultimate survival. If you are among the countless individuals who find themselves feeling both dead and alive at the same time, the information contained within may serve as an invaluable asset to your journey. Godspeed and good luck."

Those are the words of the album’s narrator -- an attempt to prepare listeners, both old and new, for a safe entry into the Spirit World.

It’s been a long road for Aesop Rock to get here, releasing a steady stream of impressive albums, singles, and collaborative projects that have continued to invigorate, solidify and grow his diverse fan base, but he shows no signs of slowing down or deviating from his path, constantly pushing his creative limits. Last year saw the release of Malibu Ken, a joint effort featuring the psychedelic and trippy sounds of producer Tobacco, providing a different type of intrigue for Aesop's descriptive, compelling, and often humorous, writing. Then, he kicked 2020 off with a hard-driving single, "Rogue Wave", followed not long after by Freedom Finger, which found Aesop immersing himself in the video game world that the music was written and produced for. And this year still has a few exciting releases on the horizon yet, a 20-year anniversary vinyl release of his debut album, Float, and now his brand new album, Spirit World Field Guide.

Since his debut in the late nineties, Aesop Rock’s writing has been of the highest caliber, but one thing that has continually evolved is his near-flawless and diverse flow, now perfectly infused with his personality and a gift for visual imagery. On Spirit World Field Guide, characters, inanimate objects, and their surrounding environments vividly come to life as Aesop describes each passing moment throughout the album’s twenty-one chapters. Welcome to the Spirit World. Explore with intention.

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Aesop Rock

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

Integrated Tech Solutions

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Iconic New York-born, San Francisco-based rapper and producer, Aesop Rock, joined forces with Rhymesayers to release his sixth studio album, Skelethon in 2012. Skelethon marks his first wholly self-produced effort. This is the instrumental version, also featuring different artwork.

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Aesop Rock

2LP | 2023 | US | Original (Rhymesayers)

38,99 €*

Aesop Rock & Homeboy Sandman

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" matte gatefold jacket, white color double vinyl & embossed reverse board record sleeves.

A tech company's "senior spirit guide" finally comes to the defense of the "financially unsuccessful" Vincent van Gogh; wonders of the natural world are reimagined as "muster points for brainstorming innovators"; the "artificial char lines" on fast-food burgers are cited as if signs of the apocalypse. For the better part of three decades, Aesop Rock has used the syntax of the moment to pinpoint the fault lines in that moment's supposedly solid foundation. With his tenth album, Integrated Tech Solutions, Aes wields insidious corporatespeak as a tool to pry that parasitic worldview away from the parts of life that truly matter. A concept album about an organization offering "lifestyle- and industry-specific applications designed to curate a desired multi-experience," Integrated Tech Solutions picks apart the charlatan language that hears app inventors put themselves on continuums starting with cavemen and continuing through da Vinci. On "Mindful Solutionism," the wheel evolves seamlessly into modern agriculture - and then into atomic bombs, Agent Orange, cigarettes, and surveillance cameras. In a rare moment of transparency, the engineers Aes give voice to sum up this spiral in just a few words: "We cannot be trusted with the stuff that we come up with." Appropriately, the album sounds like the past and future at once. Largely self-produced, Integrated Tech Solutions catches Aes at his leanest and most innovative, leveraging "SolutionismÖs careening bounce against the wistful "By the River" or the slow creep of "Salt and Pepper Squid." The effect is a record that sounds itself like an organism growing, mutating, hurtling toward profitability - and then destruction. As fans have come to expect, Aes is cuttingly funny and slyly profound at once, whether recounting a childhood restaurant run-in with Mr. T ("100 Feet Tall") or quipping, on "Pigeonometry," that "white dove is a pigeon - you motherfuckers is bigots." At the same time, Integrated Tech Solutions is working on another parallel project: tracing the sprawl of modernity and cutting directly to its core. "I've been doing laps of the lost worlds," he raps on "All City Nerve Map," sounding at once wearied and reinvigorated. "I can draw a map to the raw nerve."

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Triple Fat Lice

LP | 2017 | US | Reissue (Rhymesayers)

23,99 €*