US Hip Hop Vinyl 1921 Items

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Nature Sounds)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Clear Coke Bottle Vinyl Edition.
Cover as new with faintly worn corners.
Includes original inner sleeves with seamsplits.
Records are close to VG+
OBI not included.

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Blu

The Color Blu(e)

Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Records are close to VG+

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The World Changed

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Soul Mates)

32,99 €*

August Greene (Common / Robert Glasper / K.Riggins)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition.

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August Greene

2LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (August Greene LLC)

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Groggy Pack)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

20 Years HHV Colored Vinyl Edition.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Includes original insert.
Records are close to VG+

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The Doppelgangaz

Black Cloak Lifestyle

24,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

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LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Capitol)

Release: 2016 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Translucent Marbled Vinyl.

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Beastie Boys

Paul's Boutique

22,99 €*

2LP | 2020 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2018 reissue on 180gr vinyl. Original inner sleeves

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Nasir Jones

God's Son

2LP | 2016 | EU | Original (OBE)

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Blue & White Swirled Vinyl.
Includes original inner sleeves
Small scratch on front cover.

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Anderson .Paak

Malibu

26,99 €*

Cause I'm Keefy Keef 1992 EP

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Still shrink wrapped but opened. Tiny corner wear. With insert

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Keefy Keef

12" | 2013 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

49,99 €*

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2013 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Light purple vinyl.

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Big Boi

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

43,99 €*

Few Good Things Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
While fighting through label limbo and placing his budding film career on freeze, Antwan “Big Boi” Patton spent a couple years readying the artillery for his solo close-up. Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty is both a testament to the maturation of Big Boi and a tribute to his late father; underneath, it’s a speakeasy at breakneck speed, sittin’ on 32s. Where many other formidable MCs would be eaten alive, Big Boi shapeshifts across every mood and landscape with his trademark tenacity. He’s an effortless showboat who can portray sleaze with ease, but he’s a true class act who’s got nothing left to prove, yet will never let it show. Flanked by his known co-conspirators and many more, Big Boi blesses the senses the way only an East Point playboy can; it’s an intergenerational time warp, and another funky ride in HD. The final product is a natural progression of his Organized Noize lineage, sent across dimensions to return with an assemblage of time-tested potent Black grooves, then pressure-cooked in the kitchen of thefinest booty club in Georgia.

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Saba

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

43,99 €*

Doris Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
“The concept of Few Good Things is the realization of self after a search for exterior fulfillment,” shared Saba on the inspiration behind the album’s title. “It is the satisfaction and completeness you gain by simply living a life that is yours. Few is a small number, but few is not lonely. In the face of all adversity, a few good things is recognizing and accepting blessings. Few is to count them, one by one – an empty glass is full of air, an empty bank is full of lessons, and an empty heart is full of memories. Few good things is to grow comfortable with the empty, and despite that, finding your fullness.”

Limited to 2000 copies, the VMP exclusive version of Saba's Few Good Things is pressed on Tan vinyl at Precision Record Pressing (PRP). The 2 LPs will arrive in a gatefold, direct-to-board, foil-stamped and numbered jacket.

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Earl Sweatshirt

LP | 2013 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Super Ape Vs. Mr. Green: Open Door Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2013 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
An 18-year-old faced with the daunting task of creating a debut that lived up to the hype that only heightened during his hiatus, Earl Sweatshirt didn’t buckle under the pressure or rely only on the old tricks; he reinvented himself. More focused even in its messiness, Doris is a well-timed candid capturing one of the most brilliant hip-hop artists of our time making the first steps toward becoming the rapper he wanted to be.

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Lee Perry & Mr. Green

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

Stashboxxx [10-Year Anniversary Edition]

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tuff Kong Records presents a truly special and one of a kind project from the multi talented producers/artists Lee Scratch Perry and Mr. Green. Using the same ethos as his popular #LivefromtheStreets series (as seen on VICE/ Noisey as well as Complex and Netflix) Mr. Green's goal was to do something that had never been done before. Although at the surface the record is a standard 18-19 minute EP, digging deeper, listeners will find a sonic roller coaster that seamlessly combines over 20 different genres of music and styles.

"Super Ape vs. 緑: Open Door" includes some truly heavy hitters and cultural icons contributing vocals, including Sheek Louch (The Lox) , Daniel Son, HR (Bad Brains) and Eric"Scratch" Andre (Adult Swim, Disney's Lion King etc.) . Lee "Scratch" Perry is an iconic music producer, singer an inventor noted for his innovative studio techniques and a pioneer of the development of dub music with his early adoption of studio techniques. He has worked with and produced for a variety of fellow iconic artists such as Bob Marley, Beastie Boys and The Clash and was sampled by Kanye West for his production for Jay-Z’s “Lucifer.” He has been named by Paul McCartney as one of his greatest inspirations and included on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of the 100 most important musicians of all time. At the young-age of 83 years old, he still tours and headlines shows and festivals all over the planet.

Although Lee Scratch Perry began making music over fifty-years before Mr. Green, he maintains that Green is one of his inspirations and even may have helped launch his career, presumably through time travel, portals and Open Doors. "Are you ready out there for me? I'm ready for you... Mr. Green, opens all the doors in the United States of America for me, so listen to our new project and the open door.”

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DJ Harrison

2LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Jellowstone)

34,99 €*

Boldy James & Real Bad Man

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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DJ Harrison celebrates a decade of Stashboxxx, an essential early solo release via Richmond, VA’s Jellowstone Records. The record includes popular joints such as “Erykah’s Gun” and “Dilla’s Eclair”, and will be joined with a collection of unreleased Bonus Traxxx.

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Real Bad Boldy

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

23,99 €*

2LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Still in shrink but opened. Tiny wear. Vinyl is close to NM.

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Dead Prez

Lets Get Free

9,99 €*

Deutsche Marks 3 Gold / Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Note: INCOMPLETE!
Side A&B only.
Ships in a brand new plain sleeve.
Record is close to VG+.

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V Don & Willie The Kid

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Rrc Music)

Billy Woods & Kenny Segal

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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V Don and Willie The Kid are back at it with the 3rd chapter of their "Deutsche Marks" saga, and just like with any of their prior releases they bring their offering to the next level. Throughout the years the two have masterfully crafted their own sound as a duo, with V Don showcasing some of the highest quality productions in the game right now and Willie The Kid seamless delivery perfectly riding along with it. DM3 featuring guest appearances by long time collaborator Eto as well as Rome Streetz, Ransom, Lord Apex and Abe Linx, and is set to be yet another classic in their catalog!

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Hiding Places

LP | 2019 | US | Reissue (Backwoodz Studioz)

Frisco Disco / It's Real With Sleeve

Release: 2019 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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It is the five year anniversary of the release of billy woods and Kenny Segal's classic album Hiding Places. As time passes, and more of the duo's work enters the canon, it is easy to forget what an unlikely pairing these two were in 2019. Both woods and Segal were already more than a decade into their careers, but neither had collaborated this deeply with artists outside of their coastal scenes. Kenny's most recent projects were a couple jazzy instrumental albums and production forSelf-Jupiter, Open Mike Eagle, and Milo. For his part; woods was two years removed from his previous solo album with Blockhead. Then Hiding Places happened and changed the trajectories of both artists, and Backwoodz Studioz, with it.The original 2019 vinyl pressing was limited to 500 copies with the house on the cover, alonside a numbered run of 100 special-editions with alternative artwork by M. Musgrove. 2020 saw a new pressing that included the album instrumentals; thisversion had all new artwork and was limited to just 1000 copies. This five-year anniversary reissue is the first one to feature the iconic house cover, and it also has a gatefold with new original artwork from M. Musgrove. Fans have been clamoringfor this for years, and we just wanted to do it right. We think we have done that here. As for the music, we like to think that while the original album description is a little quaint in retrospect, it remains accurate: Hiding Places finds both artists deep in the labyrinth. Segal's lush soundscapes have a new edge, woods' writing is, paradoxically, at its most direct. Hiding Places is a child's game: funny and cruel, as brutal as a fairy tale. The album features contributions from both artists' well of collaborators with ELUCID, Self-Jupiter, and MOTHERMARY making appearances.

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Eastside Connection

7" | 2016 | US | Reissue (Fraternity)

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Joell Ortiz & Kxng Crooked

H.A.R.D. Red & Black Vinyl Edition

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

Com'n Wit Nuff Ruffness HHV Exclusive Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Joell Ortiz & Kxng Crooked met the year they both won XXL's coveted Freshmen of the Year Award. The two's careers are as legendary as any in the rap game. Joell Ortiz started by signing to Dr. Dre's Aftermath label, then moving to Shady records as part of the Super group Slaughterhouse with Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9 and Kxng Crooked. Add to that a fresh feature on Eminem's newest album "Music To Be Murdered By." Meanwhile, Kxng Crooked was signed to Virgin Records at just 17 before joining Death Row Records. He's had a flourishing solo career including collaborations along the way with TechN9ne, 2Pac, Benny The Butcher, Raekwon, Akon, Ray J and more. The West Coast LBC representer Kxng Crooked and Brooklyn's Joell Ortiz have finally come together for the the joint project "H.A.R.D." on Mello Music Group. Album produced by Heatmakerz, Erick Sermon, Boogeyman, Illmind, Apollo Brown, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League This special edition vinyl features the 24 for '24 Artist Series painting by KipDaFog.

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Mytee G. Poetic

2LP | 2018 | EU | Reissue (Hip Hop Enterprise)

42,99 €*

12" | 2012 | US | Original (F5)

Release: 2018 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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HHV exclusive vinyl edition on blue vinyl, limited to 100 copies.

Straight outta New Jerusalem, Mytee G. Poetic's classic "Com'n Wit Nuff Ruffness" is back on wax and CD in very limited fashion.

Only 2 copies per customer.

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DJ Crucial

Retro/Active Vol. 1

16,99 €*

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Republic)

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Still in shrink but opened. Cover is close to NM. Limited edition.

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Nicki Minaj

Beam Me Up Scotty

26,99 €*

2LP | 2018 | US | Original (Fat Beats)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

With insert. Vinyl is close to NM.

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Masta Ace & Marco Polo

A Breukelen Story

52,99 €*

California Poppy 1 + 2 Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Gold vinyl. Gatefold cover.

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Rexx Life Raj

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

41,99 €*

Unapologetic Art Rap Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
Rexx Life Raj, praised for their intimate songwriting and sweet, confident tone, released California Poppy 1&2 in 2018 and 2020 respectively. He combines clever wordplay and masterful flow to express what it means to him to be a Black man in America through his life's ups and downs.

Limited to 1000 copies, the VMP exclusive version of Rexx Life Raj's California Poppy 1&2 is pressed on AAA Clear with Orchid & Evergreen Splatter vinyl at Precision Record Pressing (PRP). The 2LPs will arrive in a gatefold, foil-stamped and numbered jacket.

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Open Mike Eagle

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Gothic Luxury Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
This is Open Mike Eagle’s debut studio LP, Unapologetic Art Rap, which is being released for the first time ever on vinyl. Pressed on transparent blue vinyl, the album has a brand new cover as well.

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Meechy Darko

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Diary Vinyl Me, Please Edition

J Dilla

2LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

Frank Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
The Diary, the legendary lost album and instrumentals from J Dilla, released posthumously in 2016, is the VMP Hip-Hop Record of the Month for November 2022. It's here on exclusive 2LP Purple & Orange Marble vinyl, with lacquers cut by...

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Fly Anakin

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Vinyl Me, Please)

33,99 €*

Ta13oo Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
Fly Anakin's debut studio album Frank features a host of guest appearances including Pink Siifu, Billz Egypt, Nickelus F, Henny L.O. and Big Kahuna OG. Anakin's voice cuts through the lush soundtrack he creates around himself and is an homage to everything that the rising MC has made for himself and the artists that drove him to make this kind of music in the beginning.

Limited to 500 copies, the VMP exclusive version of Fly Anakin's Frank is pressed on Green Fluorescent vinyl at The Vinyl Factory Manufacturing. The 1LP will arrive in a single, direct-to-board, foil-stamped and numbered jacket. It was mastered by Zeroh.

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Denzel Curry

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

33,99 €*

Album Of The Year Vinyl Me, Please Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
TA13OO is the most realized, calculated Denzel Curry album by a mile; where Imperial honed in on the darker tones of his music, TA13OO offers the Dark, juxtaposed with fresh lenses on Curry’s experiences. We dwell in the light indulgence of his successes and attempts to achieve clarity, and an even deeper gray to illustrate the collisions and contradictions of our world.

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Black Milk

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Vinyl Me, Please)

41,99 €*

The Notorious J.B.'s: The B.I.G. Payback

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Why you'll love it...
Album of the Year, Black Milk's fourth studio album, was produced almost entirely by himself with assistance from Will Sessions and originally released in 2010.

Limited to 1000 copies, the VMP exclusive version of Black Milk's Album of the Year is pressed on Gold Nugget vinyl at GZ Vinyl. The 2LPs will arrive in a widespine, direct-to-board, foil-stamped and numbered jacket.

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Amerigo Gazaway

LP | 2019 | US (Soul Mates)

18,99 €*

2LP | 2012 | US | Original (Gracie Productions)

Release: 2019 / US

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Cover with seam split.
Record is close to VG+.

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Reks

Rebelutionary

11,99 €*

Stretch Armstrong And Bobbito + The M19s Band

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.

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No Requests

4x7" | 2020 | US | Original (Uprising Music)

49,99 €*

Napoleon Da Legend & Amerigo Gazaway

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

Note: INCOMPLETE!
Record 1: Side A is missing!

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The World Changed

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Soul Mates)

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Coalmine)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: G+

Cover with dented corners and a cut at the spine.

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Deca

Smoking Gun

8,99 €*

Meet The Woo HHV GSA Exclusive Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: VG+

Limited Purple Vinyl Edition.
Record is slightly warped but still enjoyable.
Includes original insert.
Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.

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Pop Smoke

LP | 2019 | WW | Reissue (Republic)

28,99 €*

2LP | 2014 | UK | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

Release: 2019 / WW – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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For the first time on vinyl. Blue vinyl. 400 copies only for the German, Swiss and Austrian market.

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Blu

Good To Be Home

30,99 €*

Jay Nice , Malik Ali, Twan Freeman

Release: 2014 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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"L.A. rapper Blu burst onto the scene in the late 00s with the widely acclaimed Exile collaboration Below The Heavens, igniting a West Coast hip-hop renaissance in the process. With his cool Cali demeanor and undeniable lyrical talent, Blu drew praise from fans and tastemakers alike, launching a remarkable career that continues thriving to this day. His first ever double album, the 2014 masterpiece Good To Be Home is an essential part of this story. An unapologetic celebration of Los Angeles music and culture, the album takes listeners on a vivid journey through Blu’s storied stomping grounds. With sweeping strings and hypnotic bass lines supplied by producer Bombay, Good To Be Home features a host of West Coast hip-hop luminaries, including Evidence, Fashawn, Alchemist, Casey Veggies, MED, Planet Asia, Oh No, Pac Div, Strong Arm Steady, Thurz, Visionaries, and more. A cohesive collection with 20 tracks and no filler, this classic release is now available again on vinyl after years out of print."

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The Devil Strangle Hold

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Regiment Record Crew)

4,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Generic

That Love Black Vinyl Edition

Vice Beats

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Eq Music)

11,99 €*

Paul Sitter & Andy Cooper

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition. Red Vinyl.

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.

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Go Move (Feat. Andy Cooper) / King Of Rock

7" | 2022 | UK | Original (Dinked)

4,99 €*

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

Release: 2022 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Latest 45 on Dinked’s Random Rap imprint features producer Paul Sitter link up with Ugly Duckling’s Andy Cooper on Go Move sampling Charles Wright’s classic “What Can You Bring Me” to great effect. Side B sees Paul create an instrumental masterpiece sampling the Kings of Rock both tunes primed to rock the dancefloor!

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Homeboy Sandman

Anjelitu

The Balancing Act Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG

Cloudy Melting Blue Vinyl.

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
Cover and innersleeve with seam split.

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Statik Selektah

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

31,99 €*

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Say-10)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The “The Balancing Act” album title is inspired by the way Statik balances his responsibilities as a father, as an artist, as a producer and as a DJ. To execute his vision for the album cover, Statik enlisted famed designers Dom Dirtee and Tristan Eaton, whose work can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art's (MoMA) and has been featured across the world from Paris to Shanghai.

The album follows Statik’s collaborative album with Bun B in April 2019, when they famously teamed up to release TrillStatik – a joint album that was created entirely from scratch during an 11-hour livestream on YouTube. Prior to that release, Statik released a 2017 solo artist album, 8, which featured heavyweights like Run the Jewels, G-Eazy, Wiz Khalifa, Action Bronson, Wale, The LOX and Raekwon, among many others.

Earlier this year, XXL named Statik Selektah as one of the 48 Greatest Hip-Hop DJs of All-Time. As a producer, he’s known for his work on a slew of standout songs, including J. Cole and Joey Bada$$’s “Legendary” and Eminem’s collaboration with Big Sean, Royce da 5’9”, Danny Brown, Dej Loaf and Trick-Trick on “Detroit vs. Everybody.”

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MC Chris

Goes To Hell

51,99 €*

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2021 | US | Reissue (Atlantic)

Nipsey Hussle

Victory Lap

36,99 €*

CD | 2020 | US | Original (Grilchy Party)

Release: 2021 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

Sealed copy.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.

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Him Lo (Da Buze Bruvaz)

Slapyagoddamnfaceoff

11,99 €*

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

2LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

UGK

Super Tight...

LP+LP+All Media | 2020 | US | Original (Bad Vibes Forever)

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

US reissue from 2016 on clear vinyl.

Note: INCOMPLETE!
Side A & B is missing:
Side C & D only.

Ships in a brand new plain sleeve.

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XXXtentacion

Bad Vibes Forever

Whit Dickey / Kirk Knuffke

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: Near Mint

Side B of the black vinyl has many marks, otherwise closer to VG+. Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Drone Dream

LP | 2019 | LT | Original (NoBusiness)

4,99 €*

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Juicebox)

Release: 2019 / LT – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: G+, Cover: Near Mint

Record with tiny pressing inclusions on side A.

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Franc Moody

Dream In Colour

99,99 €*

Greatest Hits Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

Sealed copy.
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.

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The Notorious B.I.G.

2LP | 2018 | EU | Original (Atlantic)

28,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

Open Mike Eagle

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

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Traffic Entertainment Group)

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Cover as new with slightly dented corners.

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Souls Of Mischief

93 'Til Infinity

49,99 €*

Return To The Golden Golden Era White Doublemint Deep Purple Twist Vinyl Ediiton

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

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Awon & Phoniks

LP | 2013 | US | Reissue (Don't Sleep)

34,99 €*

Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous

Release: 2013 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Now on another new funky colorway.

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Big L

2LP | 2010 | US | Reissue (Traffic Entertainment Group)

39,99 €*

2LP | 2022 | US | Original (Empire)

Release: 2010 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Generic

Note: INCOMPLETE!

Side 3 & 4 only.
Side 1 & 2 is missing.

Ships in a brand new plain sleeve.

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D Smoke

War & Wonders

23,99 €*

Funky President Edits Volume 8

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Still sealed with hype sticker. Limited edition Black/White Explosion coloured vinyl. Tiny wear.

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J.Rocc

7" | 2021 | US | Original (Beat Junkie Sound)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: Near Mint

2LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Akromégalie)

Godfather Don / Parental

Osmosis

Death Comes In 3s Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Deluxe Limited Edition.
Yellow with Black Vinyl.

Still shrink wrapped but opened.
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Natural Elements

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Hip Hop Enterprise)

Long May We Rain And Lost Gems

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition.

Sealed copy.
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Aj Suede & Specswizard

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

24,99 €*

LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Epitaph)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Limited Edition.
No. 232/500

Cover corners dented, otherwise VG+
Record with just a few paper scuffs.
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Guccihighwaters

Joke's On You

Sully Nomad Prod. By Bohemia Lynch

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Sealed, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition.
Red w/ Black [Transparent] Vinyl.

Sealed copy.
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Chrome & The 2 Wheel Mad Man

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (Franks Vinyl)

LP | 2020 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Limited Edition.

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Scott G X Iamt2

I Am Gesus

Connie Price & The Keystones

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Limited edition. No. 160/250
Cover as new with slightly dented corners.
Record with just a few paper scuffs.

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Lucas High

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (A Man Called Horse)

24,99 €*

2LP | 2015 | US | Original (Def Jam)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG

Cover with small seam split but close to VG+.
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Vince Staples

Summertime '06

280,99 €*

Don't Wait For Me To Leave Me

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

Cream coloured vinyl has a few paper scuffs. Lenticular cover is close to NM. With insert

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Zilla Rocca & Andrew

LP | 2022 | US | Original (Three Dollar Pistol Music)

31,99 €*

BadBadNotGood & Ghostface Killah

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Coming off his breakout LPs "pop 1967" and "The Rain Knows What It's Doing", andrew seemed an unlikely production partner for Zilla Rocca's bourbon drenched punchlines and late '90s east coast rap lineage.

But that's the thing about chemistry: you can't explain it. You just know when it works.

Every beat andrew sent over became a song. Every song Zilla wrote referencing the touchstones of Italian heritage South Philly residents know too well built a new brotherhood. "Don't Wait For Me to Leave" are songs born of experience backed by the lushest beats in the indie rap lane.

"Dom Irrera" is a note on how your favorite local spots change into vape shops and laundromats over time but you stay the same. "No One Cooks on Friday" boasts how fly it is to order in and do nothing every weekend. "Actions of the Now" examines how failures teach you more than any college ever could on how to succeed.

Of course, there is Rapping! Zilla Rocca has never rapped this much non-stop in his long legged life, specifically on cuts "Draper Papers" and "The River Knows", going 80+ bars deep. andrew takes a look under the hood to add his signature gravel-paved melodious tones to "Dom Irrera", "No One Cooks on Friday", and "You Need Friends". But even off the mic, andrew's now trademark ear for beauty and funk shape the record undeniably.

The most versatile indie rappers of today check in to tell stories and add their signatures to the bottom of the painting - Alaska of Hangar 18/Atoms Fam, PremRock and Curly Castro of ShrapKnel/Wrecking Crew, Wally Clark, Rich Jones, Teller Banks, and Brian Ennals.

"Don't Wait For Me to Leave" is for people who always prefer local over national, neighborhoods over culdesacs, Sunday's with Sinatra over Journey at the dive bar.

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Sour Soul (Instrumentals)

LP | 2015 | EU | Original (Lex)

18,99 €*

Alles War Schön Und Nichts Tat Weh

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

Limited Edition of 3000! Still in shrink but opened. Few paper scuffs and tiny wear.

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Casper

2LP | 2022 | DE | Original (Eklat Tonträger)

80,99 €*

Music To Be Murdered By - Side B

Release: 2022 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Pop

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Medium: Sealed, Cover: Sealed

Lilac vinyl. Still sealed with hype sticker. Tiny wear.

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Eminem

4LP | 2020 | US | Original (Aftermath)

39,99 €*

Nathaniel Merriweather Presents Lovage Avec Mike Patton & Jennifer Charles

Release: 2020 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

Grey vinyl is close to NM. 2021 reissue. deluxe edition

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Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By

2LP | 2022 | US | Reissue (Bulk)

Wings (Redef Remix) / Coco Mango (Remixes)

Release: 2022 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance, Pop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: Near Mint, Cover: Near Mint

US reissue from 2022 on turquoise wax! Still in shrink, but opened, with hype sticker

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Union

7" | 2012 | US | Original (Fat Beats)

22,99 €*

Dmc 4 Life Splatter White Blue Vinyl Edition

Release: 2012 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG, Cover: VG

White vinyl

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Black Mophia Clan

2LP | 2021 | EU | Original (Smoke On)

LP | 2019 | DE | Original (Deep Inspiration Show)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Smoke On Records presents for the 1st time on Vinyl the underground classic Black Mophia Clan – BMC 4 life - 14 Chapters - The Revealing.

Including Credit sheet Strongly Limited! Each record is numbered.

Pre-order now and safe your copy shipping delivery aprox. 8th March current situation causes longer waiting time because of covid 19 and i seriously don't think January - February is going to be better.

Tracklist: A1 Intro 2:17 A2 BMC 4 Life 3:54 A3 Reality 2:59 A4 Lock Down (Street) 3:22

B1 Ghetto Soldier 3:42 B2 Gangsta Vibe 6:34 B3 Rags On Locs 4:50

C1 Mass Murder'n MC 2:57 C2 Lock Down (Radio) 4:15 C3 Beautifully Done 2:48 C4 Lyrical Joyride 3:58

D1 BMC 'G' (Commercial) 4:37 D2 Reality (Radio) 4:28 D3 Showdown 3:51 D4 outro 1:14

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Roberto Bronco

Lost Souls

16,99 €*

Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty

Release: 2019 / DE – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: VG+, Cover: VG+

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Big Boi

2LP | 2010 | US | Original (Def Jam)

Release: 2010 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Medium: Near Mint, Cover: VG+

With insert. White vinyl edition. Cover is close to NM.

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Perfect 2 Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Manteca)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Perfect Black Vinyl Edition

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Manteca)

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Ydfwc? Black Vinyl Edition w/ Obi

LP | 2021 | US | Original (Manteca)

42,99 €*

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2021 | US | Original (Manteca)

Peach

Elzhi & Georgia Anne Muldrow

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Unavailable on streaming sites, the “Peach” Ep is the soundtrack to the “Mantenca Ale” released in 2021. Production from Michaelangelo, Dj Brown and Buck Dudley ensures a luxury serving of flavour for the rap palette. Very limited release. With a catalogue of sought after and sold out releases, this is a rare opportunity to stock one of the worlds finest rappers. From working with DJ Muggs of Cypress Hill, to current scene shapers Griselda and Roc Marciano. These records are shifting culture, and are must haves in any true rap afficionados collection.

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Zhigeist

LP | 2022 | US | Reissue (Nature Sounds)

31,99 €*

Release: 2022 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Sans Souffrance Ajoutée Clear / Red Blob Vinyl Edition

Clovis & Camoflauge Monk

LP | 2022 | EU | Original (Tuff Kong)

36,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Petestrumentals 2 Metallic Gold Vinyl Edition

Pete Rock

LP | 2015 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

The Black Album Revisited

Release: 2015 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Pete Rock is the man who J Dilla told, “I wanted to be like you.” Kanye once called himself the “new Pete Rock.” But the original Pete Rock remains permanently vital. The evidence bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip-hop instrumental record. It marks the legend’s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the boom-bap blueprint and the label that’s expanded upon his legacy. Petestrumentals 2 conjures memories of BBQ cookouts and 70s Blaxploitation scores, rattling summer jeep cruises and blunted Jamaican vacations. There’s a gorgeous requiem to Dilla (“Dilla Bounce (R.I.P),” where the originator pays tribute to the prodigy. You see the full range of Rock’s gifts on display: the meticulously chopped horns, unquantized drums, and air raid sirens. It contains the emotion of a thousand eulogies. An even 20 slaps and rhythmic levitations. It’s Pete Rock at his best, accelerating and kicking cosmic slop, extending wishes, hope, love, gritty drums and eternal wonder. This special 24 for '24 Artist Series Edition is a one time pressing on metallic gold vinyl w/ original KipDaFog oil painted cover art.

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Big Ghost Ltd.

LP | 2019 | EU | Original (De Rap Winkel)

33,99 €*

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2021 | EU | Original (De Rap Winkel)

Kev Brown & J Scienide

Stray From The Pack

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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LP | 2014 | US | Reissue (Suburban Noize)

Madchild

Dope Sick

27,99 €*

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Time's Up Nxt Flip Orange Vinyl Edition

O.C.

7" | 2020 | EU

15,99 €*

Release: 2020 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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Around The World Clear Vinyl Edition

Saib.

2LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Cold Busted)

Kyo Itachi & Realio Sparkzwell

Release: 2016 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Historically Casablanca has been known as a global melting pot; a place where cultures mingle and fuse. This quality is evident in the dazzling music of Casablanca-based beat-maker and guitarist saib., who has revealed his debut long-player, the appropriately titled Around The World album for Cold Busted. These tunes showcase saib.’s worldly vibe, tied together with his intricate guitar playing which deftly keeps up with all the styles represented on the album. Hip hop beats form the backbone as saib.’s musical palette skips from jazz flavors to lounge experiments to Asian textures … and sometimes within a single track. Around The World is indeed a non-stop flight, touching down on all of saib.’s influences and predilections, creating a memorable album along the way.

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Akira

LP | 2018 | EU | Original (De Rap Winkel)

28,99 €*

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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What Has Been Blessed Can Not Be Cursed Picture Disc Vinyl Edition

Conway The Machine

LP | 2022 | EU | Reissue (De Rap Winkel)

38,99 €*

Release: 2022 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Reject 2 Picture Disc Vinyl Edition w/ Seamsplit

Conway

LP | 2016 | EU | Reissue (SCMD Music)

32,29 €* 33,99 € -5%

LP | 2018 | US | Reissue (Fat Beats)

Release: 2016 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Brownout

Fear Of A Brown Planet

Feature Magnetic Tri-Color Canary Cake Vinyl Edition

Release: 2018 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Twenty-eight years ago, pissed-off twelve-year-olds around the universe discovered a new planet, a Black Planet. Public Enemy’s aggressive, Benihana beats and incendiary lyrics instilled fear among parents and teachers everywhere, even in the border town of Laredo, Texas, home of the future founders of the Latin-Funk-Soul-Breaks super group, Brownout. The band’s sixth full-length album (out May 25th) Fear of a Brown Planet is a musical manifesto inspired by Public Enemy’s music and revolutionary spirit.

Chuck D., the Bomb Squad, Flava Flav and the rest of the P.E. posse couldn’t possibly have expected that their golden-era hip hop albums would sow the seeds for countless Public Enemy sleeper cells, one that would emerge nearly three decades later in Austin, Texas. Greg Gonzalez (bass) remembers a kid back in junior high hipped him to the fact that Public Enemy’s “Bring the Noise” is built on James Brown samples, while a teenaged Beto Martinez (guitar) alternated between metal and hip-hop in his walk-man, and Adrian Quesada (guitar/keys) remembers falling in love with Public Enemy’s sound at an early age. “When I got into Hip hop, I was looking for this aggressive outlet . . . and I didn’t even understand what they were pissed off about, because I was twelve and lived in Laredo . . . but I loved it and I felt angry along with them.”

Joseph Abajian (Fat Beats’ owner) must have sensed the deep hip-hop well lying beneath the versatile band’s Latin-Funk veneer. “I thought their sound would work covering Public Enemy songs,” Abajian says, and, “it was good to know they were P.E. fans . . . We came up with a track listing and they went to work.” Despite the band’s eagerness to work on new original material (an album of original songs is slated for next year), they couldn’t pass up the opportunity to pay homage to this iconic and influential posse.

Translating sample-based music to a live band turned out to be more of a challenge than they anticipated. Adrian tried to get inside the Bomb Squad’s [Public Enemy’s producers/beat-making team] head in order to find the inspiration to reinterpret P.E.’s songs: “imagine the Bomb Squad going back in time and getting the J.B.s [James Brown’s funky backing band] in the studio and setting up a couple analog synths and then playing those songs.” While some songs closely follow the original musical blueprint, others use the source breakbeats as jumping-off points later sweetened by Trombonist Mark “Speedy” Gonzales’ horn arrangements, synth wizardry courtesy of friend-of-the-band Peter Stopschinski, and DJ Trackstar’s turntable scratches. But don’t listen expecting to hear paint-by-numbers recreations of classic Public Enemy jams. “Our approach is never in the tribute sense,” Adrian explains. “We’ve always taken it and made it our own, whether it’s the Brown Sabbath thing or this Public Enemy thing.”

Coming off numerous tours as Brown Sabbath and even a stint backing the late legend Prince, Brownout is arguably the tightest and funkiest band on the road today and they’re psyched to bring this revolutionary music to the people. For a band without an overt political agenda, they collectively couldn’t resist the opportunity to play this music live, especially now. “If there’s any way that we can use the already political and protest nature [of P.E.’s music], we would like to try,” Beto says. “The album’s title, Fear of Brown Planet is definitely a relevant idea today and we’re not afraid to put it out there, because we want to speak out.” By reinterpreting these hip hop classics in their unique style and channeling the spirit of Public Enemy that first echoed around the world and captured their imaginations all those years ago, Brownout is doing exactly that.

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Kool Keith

LP | 2016 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

38,94 €* 40,99 € -5%