US Hip Hop Vinyl 723 Items

Botanica Del Jibaro & Project Mooncircle

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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produced by Minnesota

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Calderas of mind EP

7" | 2006 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Busta Rhymes / N.O.R.E. / Pharrell

Release: 2006 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Seven Star 'charriots of fire' / Zucchini Drive 'offcuts' ... limited edition on clear wax!

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Look Who feat. Dr. Dre / Followers Feat. Pharrell

12" | 2006 | US | Original (C.Sparks)

Release: 2006 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ followers feat. Pharrell / Pharrell & Nore 'yeah nigga' / watch me now

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12" | 2004 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Wisdom in chains EP

7" | 2009 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2004 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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HIPHOPVINYL.DE release 006 feat. Cyne, The World After 4/02 (Siaz of Cavemen Speak & Marcus of Stacs of Stamina), Amateur Dramatics, Betties Blues & Xndl of Offbeaters ... all world hip-hop ... only 1000 copies made ...

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Glen Porter

Falling down

John Robinson (Lil Sci of Scienz Of Life) & Lewis Parker

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie, Electronic & Dance

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As moody guitars swing and sway around dust encrusted drums and melancholy voices, story's of the the lonely and broken hearted begin to form in your head. "Falling Down" by Glen Porter is a journey into the darker side of instrumental music. In the fasion that only he can, he sets the mood and provides the soundtrack for you to sit back, paint pictures and conjure up stories to the music flowing through your mind. Free album download code included. Limited edition of 450 copies worldwide!

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A Place Called Home

7" | 2009 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

No es tarde feat. Dave Ghetto, Hordatoj & Senciyo

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tune in and listen to a man and his mission! John Robinson is back with an Exclusive Mr. Cooper Produced 7 Inch “A Place Called Home” Featuring UK’s own Lewis Parker. Join Robinson and Parker as they collectively paint a picture of their foundation habitat backed by a Mr. Cooper sound scape. Lyrics to go! Limited edition!

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Manuvers

7" | 2007 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Grandmaster Mele Mel (Furious 5)

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ throw some keys on that bitch / amex platinum ... Manuvers' joint off 'The heart on the right spot' plus 2 all new tracks!

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M-3

12" | 2007 | US | Original (Big Gun)

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Kamanchi Sly remix / hip-hop 101 ... grandpa is back !

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LP | 2005 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Lunar orbit EP

12" | 2001 | US | Original (Lake)

Release: 2005 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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feat. Seven Star (Counterflow), CYNE, Bleubird, Manuva of Total Chaos, Amateur Dramatics and many more...

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Nas & Lake

Let Em Hang

J-Love Archives - Straight Out The Vaults Volume 4

Release: 2001 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Lake 'Crushed line' ... produced by Alchemist

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Nas

12" | 2008 | US | Original (J-Love)

Release: 2008 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Snapshots / Bring It Home

Wayne Kounty

7" | 2006 | US (Premier Cru)

8,49 €* 9,99 € -15%

Playaz Circle of Disturbing Tha Peace

Release: 2006 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Warehouse find! Wayne KOUNTY's debut release from 2006. The A-side is "snapshots" a female vocal (think Erykah Badu) led cut w/a Camp AMP style beat. Flip for "bring IT Home" which features none other than Queen Latifah on vocals. Comes in brilliant stenciled packaging & full pic inner sleeve.

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Gucci bag feat. Shawnna

12" | 2005 | US | Original (Universal)

9,34 €* 10,99 € -15%

Surreal And The Sound Providers

Release: 2005 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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...promo

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Just Gettin Started

12" | 2006 | US | Original (ABB)

9,99 €*

John Robinson (Lil Sci of Scienz Of Life) & Lewis Parker

Release: 2006 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Place To Be

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A place called home HHV Bundle

7" | 2009 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

9,99 €*

Keynote Speakerz (Master Surreal & Skiggy Raps)

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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It's like that

12" | 2007 | EU | Original (Painted Dog)

9,99 €*

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Wylin' Out Kutmasta Kurt Remix

Mos Def & Diverse

12" | 2003 | US | Original (Chocolate Ind.)

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 2006 | US | Original (Plug Label)

Aloe Blacc

Get Down

12" | 2005 | US | Original (Dynamite)

Release: 2006 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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produced by Kero One / With My Friend, produced by King Most

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N.M.C. & A.D.J.

Messiah

12" | 2003 | US | Original (Chocolate Ind.)

Release: 2005 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ insane ... produced by Kenny Dope

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Vast Aire

Look Mom No Hands

12" | 1999 | DE | Reissue (Dominance)

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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produced by Madlib / why'sdaskyblue

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Dominance & Dagobert

Theme Of Sure Shock

Misanthrop & Aqua Luminus III.

Release: 1999 / DE – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ de breakdown / atmosphere

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Leinwand EP

10" | 2006 | EU | Original (Audiac)

Botanica Del Jibaro & Project Mooncircle

Release: 2006 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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5 banging instrumental hip-hop tracks ranging between 55 to 115 bpm ... limited edition picture disc!

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Calderas of mind

LP | 2006 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Disc System Meets Inner Science

Release: 2006 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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8 tracks by Seven Star, Climber, Soarse Spoken, Epstein, Deviants, Manuvers ... limited edition 1000 copies on colored wax!

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S/T

LP | 2009 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

LP | 2007 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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This album is the first collaboration between DISC SYSTEM and INNER SCIENCE. An incredible amalgamation of Djing and composition, moving through many different styles and moods. Elements of Hip Hop, Ambient, Techno and more generally ‘electronic music’ are all apparent. Originally release on CD by ROMZ RECORD in November 2007 for Japan, Project: MoonCircle are issuing the album worldwide on vinyl to give this recording more thorough worldwide exposure and so that it can be presented on our favourite format. 45 min.!!

Limited 500 copies only!!!

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Mathematik

No division 2.1

7" | 1996 | UK | Reissue (Chopped Herring)

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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13 tracks with Saukrates, Mr Roam from the Plant, Attic from Da Grassroots & Arcee ... limited edition, only 500 copies made!!

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Joint Effort

Far Left / Da Sho' Shot

12" | 2009 | UK | Original (AVPB)

Release: 1996 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Dope 1996 previously tape-only release outta Birmingham, Alabama, produced by previous-Herring release artist, Supreme The Rude Boy. Joint Effort consisted of Mike Akbar (The Lyrical Dee Lite), Big Steve The Griot and producer Supreme The Rude Boy. All three met while attending University of Montevallo, AL, in the 90s.

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Aldo Vanucci

Everyday Games

LP | 2009 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2009 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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Just when you thought it was safe to buy another mash up ep, Aldo Vanucci is back and this time hes keeping it biff baff … Already airplayed by Rob Da Bank and Ali B!

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Obba Supa

To:am / free:am

7" | 1994 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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The diabolical rhyme dynamics of Teknical Developments lyrics paired with beats cloaked in a blue cheese fog of THTC from Hey!zeus dwell and celebrate in the time of A.M. A time which reveals the full existence of the human cypher in its entirety, From the crooked corrupt cloaked by its shadows to the optimism of dreams and a new days break.
TO.AM is a dedication to the time
FREE.AM is an experiment in the freedoms of the infant hours
Two separate organism from the same body of concept naturally evolved from late night studio sessions all past the hour of midnight.

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All Tracks Produced By Hey!zeus
All Tracks Recorded & Mixed At RDL Studios by Hey!zeus
All Tracks Mastered By Mr Cooper
Artwork & orginal paintings by Gordon of PMC/BBC.

LIMITED edition: ONLY 250 copies, worldwide!!

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Coolio

Fantastic Voyage

Release: 1994 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 1991 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

Naughty By Nature

O.P.P. / Uptown Anthem

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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California Love / Jackin' For Beats Clear Vinyl Edition

2Pac / Ice Cube

7" | 1996 | UK (Pimpala)

Release: 1996 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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California Love / Jackin' For Beats Clear Vinyl Edition

2Pac / Ice Cube

7" | 1996 | UK (Pimpala)

Release: 1996 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 1991 | US (Mercury)

The Choice Is Yours

7" | 2000 | EU | Reissue (KingUnderground)

Release: 1991 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Have U.N.E. Pull / Yes

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Dilated Peoples

The Platform

13,59 €* 16,99 € -20%

Release: 2000 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Break It Up / Real Estate / Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk

Cypress Hill

7" | 1991 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Ultraviolet Dreams / Light Another / The Phuncky Feel One

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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To Commemorate The 30 Year Anniversary Of Cypress Hill, Get On Down Presents A Series Of 7 Inch Singles Of Every Cut From One Of The Most Legendary Debuts Of All Time. When Cypress Hill came with their debut self-titled album 30 years ago, they made an immediate spark that captivated the Hip Hop audience, critics, and then the world. Led by B-Real with his nasal, singsong delivery, and Sen Dog to play the perfect hypeman, Cypress’ debut fueled tales of revenge, revolution, recreational drug use, gangbanging, and cultural pride. Like Public Enemy before them, the production was also a key factor in what made this debut so groundbreaking. DJ Muggs was able to craft a blueprint that would change Hip Hop production with his innovative stoned-out beats. Cuts like "How I Could Just Kill a Man", "Pigs", "Stoned is the Way of the Walk" and "Hand on the Pump" made Cypress Hill an instant classic. Since its release, the album has won acclaim as one of Rolling Stone's Essential Recordings of the 90s and Top 100 Best Rap Albums by The Source Magazine.

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Cypress Hill

7" | 1991 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Sound Of Da Police Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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KRS-One

7" | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Jive)

Guilty Simpson (Prod. J. Dilla)

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Regular edition on black vinyl.

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Stress / Guilty

12" | 2009 | US | Reissue (Stones Throw)

7" | 1995 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 2009 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Produced by the late great J Dilla!

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Mobb Deep

Shook Ones Part 1 & 2

The Unassisted / Take It Back Home Feat. Planet Asia

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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2023 repress.
“Shook Ones Part II” might be one of the biggest records to come out of New York in the mid 90’s. From the moment you hear the bare hi-hat and the infamous line “to all the killers and the hundred dollar billas” it is an immediate adrenaline rush. The beat alone is a work of art, Havoc constructed what would go on for years as “how did he actually come up with that beat?!” amongst DJ’s and Producers alike. The infectious piano, cinematic sirens, it was no doubt that it was one of (famed New York nightclub) The Tunnel’s most signature records. As Cipha Sounds put it - “How could it not rip in The Tunnel? Just classic. 'Shook Ones Part I' was actually pretty big in the Tunnel, but ‘Part II' ripped everything." When “Shook Ones Part II” came you couldn’t help but nod your head and get lost in Havoc and Prodigy trading verses breaking down the meaning of a crook…making you shook son. Not to be left out “Shook Ones Part 1” is on the flipside that came out months earlier with a much more subdued beat and slightly different lyrics. Most 12” aren’t built like this, so to be on 7” for the first time ever this is a must have….son.

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Rasco

7" | 1999 | UK (Boom Bap Classics)

Release: 1999 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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12" | 2000 | US | Original (Project Blowed)

Aceyalone

Accepted Eclectic

12" | 2007 | US | Original (Jon Kennedy Federation)

Release: 2000 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ B-Boy The Real McCoy

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Jon Kennedy

Demons

12" | 1992 | US (Great Jones)

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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6 tracks

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Nightcrawlers

Push The Feeling On

14,99 €*

Release: 1992 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Early Years 2001-2003

Danger Mouse

12" | 2001 | US (Danger)

14,99 €*

LP | 2008 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2001 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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5 mashups feat. Nas, Xzibit, Audio Two ... incl. the infamous 50 Cent vs. Suzanne Vega track !

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Cyne

Starship utopia

14,99 €*

Can't You See Feat. The Notorious B.I.G. & Keith Murray

Release: 2008 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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'Starship Utopia' is a auditory exploration of social and cosmic themes. This collection of songs has been tightly crafted over the period of 3 years, backed by an ever-expanding musical palette and the group&8217;s personal growth. With the added input of their friends (ROM, Deceptikon, Asshole Parade, Stres, Seven Star, and Soarse Spoken), CYNE takes another step forward in developing an expression and tonality that defines the band&8217;s collective character. An accent that&8217;s warm, a voice that resonates, a noise that roams the galaxies&8230; 500 copies on COLORED WAX!

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Total

7" | 1995 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

12" | 2006 | US | Original

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Originally released on New Jersey Drive, Vol. 1 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).

The album found a great deal of success, making it to #22 on the Billboard Top 200 and #3 on the Top R&B and Hip Hop Chart, and spawned the certified gold single "Can't You See" which launched the career of popular 90's girl group Total. On June 6, 1995 the soundtrack was certified gold by the Riaa. After having made their recording debut on Biggie's tracks "Juicy" and "One More Chance", The Notorious BIG returned the favor with an intro rap verse to the song. The flip side includes the Keith Murray featured, "Bad Boy Remix".

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Marley Marl

Future Flavas Remix EP

Release: 2006 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Fakin' The Funk (Remix) / Fakin' The Funk (Instrumental) Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1992 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1992 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue When the film ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ was released in 1992, an EP of music from the film was dropped almost simultaneously. That EP, cheekily titled ‘White Men Can’t Rap’, featured a couple of exclusive gems, notably Gang Starr’s ‘Now You’re Mine’ and a cut from Main Source called ‘Fakin’ the Funk’. The only single borne of that six-track EP was the Main Source track, released in remixed form on Wild Pitch records the same year. No surprise, it was head and shoulders above the rest. Opening with those unmistakable harmonies from Main Ingredient’s ‘Magic Shoes’, the intro segues into a crisp beat borrowed from Grady Tate’s frequently sampled ‘Be Black Baby’ from 1969. Throw in a sprinkle of Kool & The Gang and you’ve got a track that would fit seamlessly onto Main Source’s masterpiece of an album, ‘Breaking Atoms’. Instead, it’s the group’s last hurrah, the final collaboration between K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor before the latter departed the trio. It’s fitting that he saves one of his best vocal performances for last, railing at sell-outs with the assistance of his long-term collaborator Neek the Exotic. Never released before on an official 7”, it’s a track that has lost none of its appeal, and the remix is the definitive version of this classic.

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Peace Is Not The Word To Play Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1991 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue We’ll get to the vocal content in a second, but first it’s time to acknowledge what a patchwork tapestry of genius ‘Peace is not the word to play’ is in terms of production. Large Professor being a prodigy on the Sp-1200 is well established, but the way he flips parts of MFSB’s ‘tlc’ and Milly and Silly’s obscure ‘Gettin’ Down for Xmas’ with a sprinkling of Lyn Collins here establishes his credentials in the top tier. Lyrically, it’s a tour de force, with Main Source taking exception with the misuse of the word ‘peace’ by the hip-hop fraternity. With even the most homicidal of gangster rappers dropping it at the end of tracks at the time, time was overdue for some regulation. The album version makes its point pithily in a single verse, while the remix, included on the flip of this first ever 7” release, expands on the topic with new verses and some new samples too. It’s a welcome reminder of the time when remixes were remixes – not just the identical track with the latest hot rappers joining in. Most of all, Main Source once again walk the fine line between lyrical lecture and head-nodding banger – the rare example of a track with a point to make that can still fill a dancefloor and get necks snapping.

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Looking At The Front Door Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue. One thing hip-hop has never been great at – and certainly something for which it has zero reputation – is nuanced emotion. Enter Large Professor and ‘Looking at the Front Door’, the group’s first single on Wild Pitch Records and the lead out for their stunning ‘Breaking Atoms’ album. Wrapped around a loop from Donald Byrd’s Blue Note classic ‘Think Twice’, bolstered by the infectious chorus of ‘Chick A Boom’ by The Pazant Brothers and Beaufort Express, it’s a melancholy tale of love gone wrong. It was a brave choice of lead single in the 1990 hip-hop landscape, plucked from an album full of genuine head-nodders and standout tracks. It was also the right choice – a piece of production perfection laced with romantic honesty. The B-side also strikes a different tack, a tale of a brother who “doesn’t fight, his brain is his left and right.” Using a solid foundation of drums from Funkadelic’s ‘You’ll Like It Too’ (most famously used on Eric B & Rakim’s ‘I Know You Got Soul’), Large Pro weaves his tale of an ambitious, studious man over an original organ line (by JD Drumsticks) that wouldn’t sound out of place at a hockey rink. The theme is sledgehammer subtle – don’t sell drugs, stay in school – but delivered with the lightness of touch that would be Main Source’s signature.

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7" | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Try Counting Sheep

7" | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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‘Try Counting Sheep’ was always a bit of a curio. For reasons best left in the dark, distant days of record label meetings of the early 1990’s, it only ever saw a UK and Europe release, our US cousins having to do without it. A strange decision because, while it doesn’t have the headnod hummability of ‘The Choice is Yours’, the group’s biggest hit, it perfectly captures their ramshackle charm coupled with a catchy hook. While Dres was a characterful and idiosyncratic MC, one thing that often goes uncelebrated about Black Sheep was their production nous. As on their other singles, they mine some familiar tracks but use the samples in original and creative ways. The Original Sheep LP Mix is a likeably meandering track that borrows bass from Jimi Hendrix and different bits of Rare Earth’s ‘(I Know) I’m Losing You’, with a real lightness of touch. As this was a UK release – the original 7” of which now fetches around three figures – the label rafted in UK producer The Principle for a remix. Best known for his work with Profile Records crew Caveman, he brings the same kind of propulsive organ track to the remix that underpins much of their best work. He adds in an instantly familiar drum break from ‘Impeach the President’ to drive a fine re-imagining that is very much of its time. It’s a record that can still summon the fun of a hip-hop club in 1991, and one that’s no longer impossible to find on 7”.

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Positive K

I Got A Man

Insane In The Brain Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Positive K was no stranger to unrequited love. A few years before this, his biggest hit, dropped, he’d tried to ply his labelmate MC Lyte with chat-up lines on the First Priority gem ‘I’m Not Havin’ It’ – with little luck. Fast forward to the 1990’s and he’s at it again. Whether up in the club or in the street, ‘I Got a Man’ sees him chancing his arm and getting the cold shoulder from women who are already spoken for. The difference this time is that it’s actually Positive K delivering the brush-offs to himself, his voice changed with studio trickery to mimic a female’s. What propelled this to over 500,000 US sales? Perhaps it’s the light touch, the sense of humour that doesn’t cross the line and the insistently funky loop lifted from A Taste of Honey’s ‘Rescue Me’ (1980). Not forgetting the sprinkle of Take 6’s infectious ‘Spread Love’, which has improved every record it has ever been used on. Produced by the unsung LG, as was the harder-edged flip ‘Shakin’, this is the perfect pop hip-hop record, showcasing Positive K’s flamboyance. Fitting for a man who started out on First Priority Records, with its roster of characterful MC’s. This is the first ever reissue of this sought after 7”, previously only available as a UK pressing from 1993.

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Cypress Hill

7" | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This edition is limited to 300 copies exclusive available at HHV.

So much legendary hip-hop begins with a misunderstanding. You might not realise it on first or even hundredth listen, but ‘Insane in the Brain’ is a diss track. What has become one of the hip-hop’s most iconic party anthems, and one of Cypress Hill’s biggest hits, started out with them taking offence at Chubb Rock.
He’d flipped some of their lyrics on his own ‘Yabba Dabba Doo’ song in 1992 and the group didn’t like it. While B-Real’s lyrical attack on Chubb is subtle and almost subliminal, Sen Dog spends most of his verse making fat jokes at Chubb’s expense.
It’s a little known beef, hidden beneath the vast success of this single in 1993, with it reaching number one in the US rap charts and proving a pop hit worldwide too. At this stage, the group’s producer DJ Muggs had perfected an idiosyncratic sound all of his own, lending it to tracks for the likes of House of Pain and Funkdoobiest.

Here he melds samples from Sly and the Family Stone and The Youngbloods with a beat lifted from George Semper’s instrumental cover of ‘Get out my life, woman’. Those subtle songs are alchemised into a boot-stomping head-nodder that transcended hip-hop to become a festival favourite, a rise that ended in Ned Flanders delivering the line, “this may sound just a teensy bit insane in the old membrane, Homer,” in The Simpsons.

The only official 7” of this was released in the Philippines, and fetches prices in the hundreds of pounds – this reissue puts a hip-hop classic in crate-friendly form.

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7" | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Stobelite Honey

The World Is Yours Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Black Sheep – and their 1991 ‘A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing’ album - were definitely an outlier in the Native Tongues fold. They were raunchier and more playful than their peers which, given that those peers were A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul and Jungle Brothers, is really saying something.
‘Strobelite Honey’ catches that difference perfectly, leaning heavily on a pair of 1980 disco samples rather than the jazz of their brethren, and taking a somewhat less chivalrous approach to women. ‘Strobelite’s slender but fun narrative sees rapper Dres up in the club and fooled by the lights – approaching a girl he likes the look off but backing off when they reveal she’s not what he expected. Charmed, we’re sure.
Dres and his partner Mr. Lawnge were always willing to push boundaries, and that extends to the often confusing labelling of the various remixes of this choice single. 12”s dropped with the ‘No We Didn’t Mix’, ‘Yes We Did Mix’ and ‘Maybe We Did Mix’ (not to mention a separate 12” of House mixes).
The last and best of these accompanied the original version on the now-rare 1991 7”, as it does here. The ‘Maybe We Did Mix’ adds urgent horns - almost like the buzzing of a bee - and a new beat to completely reconfigure the sound into something much more of its era. It’s a reminder of when remixes were about much more than the same beat with different rappers.

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Nas

7" | 1994 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

7" | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1994 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Straight out the gate, Nas dropped a classic. Since the release of the seminal ‘Illmatic’ album in 1994, critics and fans have been wondering if Nas peaked too early and if anything in his subsequent catalogue could be held up against this masterpiece. To be fair, it’s hard to follow up something this flawless, a project that allied his most insightful, pitch-perfect heartfelt rhymes with the work of the best hip-hop producers on the east coast.

DJ Premier, Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest and Large Professor all take their turns on the album, along with the unsung L.E.S., but it’s Pete Rock in his prime who provides the stunning backdrop for the cinematic ‘The World is Yours’. It’s a perfect nugget of a single, weaving in the brashness of Scarface, the repetition of a snatch of T La Rock’s early Def Jam gem ‘It’s Yours’ and piano courtesy of Ahmad Jamal’s ‘I Love Music’ from his own timeless ‘The Awakening’ album (1970).

Presented for the first time on 7”, the vocals of the album version and the instrumental on the flip provide the perfect opportunity to enjoy and compare the work of two masters at the top of their game. Pete Rock’s seamless weaving of disparate samples into a compelling whole, the then little-known Nas’ statement of intent. With a maturity beyond his tender years, Nas put himself straight at the top of the pile, this Queensbridge chronicle hinting at the ambition and greatness he harboured within himself.

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Gang Starr

Jazz Thing

7" | 1992 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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With the original UK 7” of this release now as rare as hen’s teeth, and with the group having recently ‘reformed’ for one last album together, the Mr Bongo replica re-release of this 1990 masterpiece by Gang Starr couldn’t be more timely.
The now-legendary duo of DJ Premier and Guru dropped this at the height of hip-hop’s sampling of jazz, which had led to a creative leap forward for the genre. Yet while others plundered in the dark, this instant classic wore its influences on its sleeve and paid verbal homage to the musicians they were sampling. The “melodious funk” of “Thelonious Monk” gets namechecked, while the track samples two of his records, including 1958’s Bop gem ‘Light Blue’.
While both versions presented here have common elements, the ‘Movie Mix’ – so-named for the song’s appearance on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s mythic jazz biopic ‘Mo’ Better Blues’ – goes in a few different directions to the ‘Video Mix’. Rather than just drop in an instrumental for the B-side, DJ Premier instead shows his versatility by switching up the base track (Kool & The Gang’s 1971 ‘Dujii’) and layering in other samples. In more ways than one, his virtuosity here echoes the improvisation of a jazz musician, akin to Denzel Washington’s Bleak in the movie.
Of course, he’s not the only show in town. The late Guru’s voice is as mellifluous as an instrument itself here, his potted history of the genre and the artists of jazz delivered with his own unmistakable cadence. Without this record, would he have gone on to make his ‘Jazzmatazz’ projects.

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A Tribe Called Quest

Scenario

Rebel Clique (Fat Jon & Ameleset Solomon)

Release: 1992 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo reissue /// All-time classic hip-hop of the highest possible grade from A Tribe Called Quest, featuring that verse from Busta Rhymes. Replica reissue of the prized, Germany-only 7” from 1992, cut loud.

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Unique Connection

2LP | 2005 | US | Original (Ample Soul)

Release: 2005 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The Early Years 2001-2003

Danger Mouse

12" | 2003 | US | Reissue (Danger Mouse)

Release: 2003 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Finally back in on colored vinyl! This repressed 12" features 5 of the best early DM remixes from his now legendary (and long out of print) mashup EP 12"s. Includes his mashup remixes of Nas Vs. Portishead, Audio Two Vs. Air, Suzanne Vega Vs. 50 Cent, Outkast Vs. Funkadelic, and Xzibit Vs. Radiohead. Limited stock on colored vinyl.

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2LP | 2009 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Silent In Truth

John Robinson (Lil Sci of Scienz Of Life) & MF DOOM

Release: 2009 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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This compilation brings together many different artists from across the globe that are here to get heard and make a predication through their music. Tracks like “Barn Burning” from Mat Young (Bully Rec.), “Brava” from Paten Locke (Therapy) and “Why’d You Lie” from John Robinson (Lil’ Sci) are more like statements from the mind. Mr Cooper brings a new track in the style of his recent album “What Else There Is”… Carlo (Bully Rec.) contributes “Trapped In The Attic”, 40 Winks give “At The Lunar Bar (Live)” and Simon of Jahbitat brings the organic sound from the canopy of the Barcelona night with “Timber (An Ode To Trees Gone)”. Political lyrics & real Hip Hop come from Miami with the group Intifada… Other artists include MF Doom, Aether, Inner Science, The Q4 with Arts The Beat Doctor and many more. All tracks are exclusive… This is the sound of Project Mooncircle for 2009. Speak with your mind, think with your soul & change with your heart! We aim to stop the destructive elements of the music business and bring music back to the people.

Artists: Inner Science, Escher, Therapy, Carlo, Mat Young, Jahbitat, John Robinson aka Lil’ Sci, MF Doom, Aether, 40 Winks, Mr Cooper, Dday One, The Q4, Glen Porter, Lambent, Intifada, Mathematik & more…

Artwork By Gordon of Beta Bodega Coalition Europe for Project: MoonCircle.
Letterings By La Mano Fria of Beta Bodega Coalition.

Limited 500 copies only!

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Who is this man?

2LP | 2008 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

John Robinson (Lil Sci of Scienz Of Life) & MF DOOM

Release: 2008 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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written by John Robinson aka Lil’ Sci (Scienz of Life), all music produced by MF DOOM, scratches and cuts by DJ Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies ... the brand new joint “Who is this man?” on limited double vinyl version ... artwork provided by Gordon of Beta Bodega Coalition Europe & Sushi.TV (Russian Federation)!

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Who Is This Man? HHV Bundle

LP | 2008 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

2LP | 2008 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Release: 2008 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Mr Cooper

What else there is

Souls Of Mischief / Swollen Members

Release: 2008 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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The brand new album after the top seller "Amongst Strangers"! The sound of the album can be described as a mixture of Hip Hop, Dubstep, Ambient and ‘electronic music’. The record is darker, harder, faster and more tenuous in the array of sounds used than previous work. Limited Vinyl version with gold stamped letterings!

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Airborne Rangers / Groundbreaking

12" | 1999 | US | Original (Industry)

Release: 1999 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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2LP | 2007 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

Heart on the right spot

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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with new & unreleased stuff from DDay One, CYNE, Seven Star, Mathematik, Jahbitat, Lackluster, Epstein, Mr Cooper, Antti Szurawitzki, Manuvers, 40 Winks, Pablie, Glen Porter, Xndl, Rumpistol, Deviant and Dave Ghetto ... limited edition, only 500 copies made!!

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Heart on the right spot HHV Bundle

LP | 2007 | EU | Original (Project: Mooncircle / HHV)

7" | 1997 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Release: 2007 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Wu-Tang Clan

Triumph / Heaterz

Release: 1997 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 1996 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Camp Lo

Luchini Aka This Is It

Black Nostaljack (Aka Come On)

Release: 1996 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Camp Lo’s late-‘90s hip-hop classic “Luchini aka (This Is it)” is, to put it simply, a sure-shot head-nodder. Upon making its way through any public-facing speaker system, then and now, it drives revelers to one of two important places – the dancefloor or the bar. It’s a feel-good rap track of the highest order, and sounds as good today as when it hit two decades ago. Featuring Bronx MCs Sonny Cheeba and Geechi Suede and produced by then up-and-comer Ski Beatz (who, during the same era, helped a young Jay-Z begin his steady and triumphant ascent), the cut oozes warmth and MC bravado. Sonny and Geechi are both technically top-shelf, but not backpacker stiff. Riding over an inventive chop of Dynasty’s electro-soul groover, “Adventures In The World Of Music,” they made it look very easy. The song would go on to create a stir on the Billboard charts in 1997, not only on the expected “Hot Rap Singles” list, but also well up the pop rankings of the “Hot 100” (peaking at #50). As with a few tracks from the era, it stretched beyond the rap world, as the group and their peers helped push hip-hop to the no-turning-back point, making the music into a true global phenomenon. The hit we know and love on the A-Side is complemented here with the 12-inch’s original B-side, “Swing”: a pimp-strutting, stuttering groove (also produced by Ski Beatz), with faster, more aggressive flows from both MCs. If “Luchini” was for popping bottles at the club, “Swing” was meant for the late night afterparty cipher. It even features a cameo by one of the crew’s lyrical idols: Butterfly of Digable Planets.

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Camp Lo

7" | 1997 | US | Reissue (Get On Down)

Due Process feat. Rubix & Talib Kweli

Release: 1997 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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To celebrate the 25 year anniversary of Camp Lo's classic debut album Uptown Saturday Night Get On Down presents a brand new 7-inch single for "Black Nostaljack (aka Come On)" with a Kid Capri produced remix on the B-Side featuring Rev Run of RUN DMC.

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Lone Catalysts

7" | 1999 | EU | Reissue (B.U.K.A. Entertainment)

12" | 2008 | US | Original (Cha Ching)

Release: 1999 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Let it soak feat. Dante from Mood & BJ Digby / lone catalysts instrumental

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Da Philly Throwback

Volume 1

Urban Renewal Program Supplement 1.5

Release: 2008 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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limited edition of 500 handnumbered copies!

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V.A.

LP | 2003 | US | Original (Chocolate Ind.)

12" | 2007 | US | Reissue (Up Above)

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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new tracks and remixes from Mos Def & Diverse, Aesop Rock, Atmosphere, Prefuse 73 ...

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Jurassic 5

Acetate Prophets

The East Flatbush Project

Release: 2007 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Swing Set ... limited edition re-release for japan market!

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A Madman's Dream / Can't Hold It Back Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1994 | CA | Reissue (Funky Dividends)

Release: 1994 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Problemz / Metal Thangz Black Vinyl Edition

Street Smartz

7" | 1996 | US | Reissue (Funky Dividends)

7" | 1994 | CA | Reissue (Funky Dividends)

Release: 1996 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Standard black 7" vinyl edition with hype sticker.

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Saukrates

Still Caught Up (Remix)

Ice Breaker Classic / Hidden In Sight (Hidden Insight) Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1994 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Standard black 7" vinyl edition with hype sticker.

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Brass Tacks

7" | 1996 | CA | Reissue (Funky Dividends)

Release: 1996 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Standard black 7" vinyl edition with hype sticker jacket.

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Fakin' The Funk (Remix) / Fakin' The Funk (Instrumental) HHV Exclusive White Vinyl Edition

7" | 1992 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1992 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This edition is limited to 300 copies exclusive available at HHV.

Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue When the film ‘White Men Can’t Jump’ was released in 1992, an EP of music from the film was dropped almost simultaneously. That EP, cheekily titled ‘White Men Can’t Rap’, featured a couple of exclusive gems, notably Gang Starr’s ‘Now You’re Mine’ and a cut from Main Source called ‘Fakin’ the Funk’. The only single borne of that six-track EP was the Main Source track, released in remixed form on Wild Pitch records the same year. No surprise, it was head and shoulders above the rest. Opening with those unmistakable harmonies from Main Ingredient’s ‘Magic Shoes’, the intro segues into a crisp beat borrowed from Grady Tate’s frequently sampled ‘Be Black Baby’ from 1969. Throw in a sprinkle of Kool & The Gang and you’ve got a track that would fit seamlessly onto Main Source’s masterpiece of an album, ‘Breaking Atoms’. Instead, it’s the group’s last hurrah, the final collaboration between K-Cut, Sir Scratch and Large Professor before the latter departed the trio. It’s fitting that he saves one of his best vocal performances for last, railing at sell-outs with the assistance of his long-term collaborator Neek the Exotic. Never released before on an official 7”, it’s a track that has lost none of its appeal, and the remix is the definitive version of this classic.

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Peace Is Not The Word To Play Red Vinyl Edition

7" | 1991 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Just Hangin' Out / Live At The Barbecue Purple Vinyl Edition

7" | 1991 | UK | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1991 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Official Mr Bongo Hip Hop Reissue Main Source’s paean to the simple pleasures of relaxing with friends is built over two tried-and-tested samples. The dreamy, swoony sounds of Vanessa Kendrick’s timeless ‘90% of Me is You’ is ever-present during this stone-cold classic, while Sister Nancy’s unmistakeable ‘Bam Bam’ lends several elements to the mix. Throw in some Skull Snaps and Sweet Charles and you’ve got the perfect soundtrack for a roll call of Large Professor’s nearest and dearest. There are plenty of reasons why so many regard ‘Breaking Atoms’ as an all-time classic album, and the sheer variety of singles lifted from it is chief among them. Large Professor was happy to roam over varied topics at a time when many rappers had a manic focus on one thing. And where better to hang out with friends than at a barbecue? ‘Live at the Barbecue’ is rightly regarded as one of the best posse cuts of all time, and famous for showcasing the debut of one Nasty Nas. While he delivers a dope verse full of quotables over drums from Bob James’ oft-plundered ‘Nautilus’, credit is also due to the other guests. Fatal and Akinyele aren’t disgraced in this company, and Large Professor tops it off with a rare verse of pure brag-rap. An undisputed entry in the pantheon of head-nod hip-hop, this is its first official UK release, and another debut on 7”.

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Looking At The Front Door / Watch Roger Do His Thing Turquoise Vinyl Edition

7" | 1990 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1990 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This edition is limited to 300 copies exclusive available at HHV.

Taken from stunning "Breaking Atoms" album. This is the first official UK release. Features Donald Byrd's Blue Note classic "Think Twice" loop and drums from Funkadelic's "You'll Like It Too".

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Flavor Of The Month Red Vinyl Edition

7" | 1991 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

7" | 1994 | Reissue (Be With)

Release: 1991 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This edition is limited to 300.Previously unavailable on 7", this brace of 1991 sureshots is the perfect introduction to the idiosyncrasies of the Native Tongue era. Features Joe Farrell break ‘Upon This Rock’ as used by Kanye West on ‘Gone’.

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Common

I Used To Love H.E.R.

Pimp Of The Year / Ice Cream Man Black Vinyl Edition

Release: 1994 / Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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First-time 7" vinyl single release, remastered by Simon Francis, full color printed sleeve

The best twist in music lyric history?
On 7" for the first time ever, one of the most important rap records ever.

It's timeless, it's genius, it's just pure beautiful brilliance. It's Common's masterpiece.

One of the best songs in all hip-hop history, “I Used To Love H.E.R.” was the first single from Common's eternal 1994 LP, Resurrection. He personifies hip-hop as an ode to the art form he once loved, lamenting how the genre became too commercialized and, due to a mass influx of mainstream rap in the 90s, some of the purity and freshness of the culture was being lost.

Common uses a first-person romance narrative to detail the history of hip-hop, resulting in an extended metaphor that's sophisticated, clever, and delivers a moral message that touched millions of people and still absolutely blows minds at the song's conclusion: "'Cause who we're talkin' about, y'all, is hip-hop"

Perfectly produced by No ID and incorporating a gorgeous, melancholic sample of George Benson’s “The Changing World”, the plaintive sonic landscape provided the ideal foundation for Common’s innovative storytelling. Almost 30 years later, “I Used To Love H.E.R.” remains one of the most significant moments in hip-hop: a classic in every sense of the word.

Common did discuss the true meaning of the track in a 1995 interview on “Yo! MTV Raps”, stating: “H.E.R. stands for Hip-Hop in its Essence is Real. And all I’m talking about his how I first came into contact with hip-hop music and how it evolved into where it is now. And it’s like all these gimmicks going on, all the phoniness, ain’t nobody being real with it. Everybody’s stressing that it’s real, but ain’t nobody being true to it. I think that came about because — once it started becoming a business, then people started losing their soul, and they started looking at it, taking it more as a business than an art form.”

On the flip, we've stayed faithful to the track used for the original 12" release. And what a track it is. Destined to be overshadowed by the behemoth on the A-Side, the frenetic neck-snapping jazz-rap "Communism" has it all - those horns at the start, the lyrical dexterity, the beat. Oh my.

So, one of the greatest pieces of music ever, in any genre. This is not merely music. It's high art. Speaking of which, we've recreated the striking original artwork from the 12" and shrunk it down to the 7" format. It looks and sounds stunning. The most important song in rap history, if you really think about it. We all miss her. We all miss hip-hop...

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Dru Down

7" | 1994 | CA | Reissue (Flipnjay)

18,89 €* 20,99 € -10%

Ooh I Love You Rakeem Record Store Day 2023 Edition

Release: 1994 / CA – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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FlipNJay have teamed up with Relly Rels Records to bring you a double sided slapper by Bay Area legend Dru Down!

The Oakland rapper’s 1994 hits “Pimp Of The Year” and “Ice Cream Man” (featuring Luniz) made Dru Down a household name of Westcoast Rap. For the first time ever, both songs are available on 45 in standard black vinyl and limited edition “Red” vinyl!

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Prince Rakeem (RZA)

12" | 1991 | US | Reissue (Tommy Boy)

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib)

Money Folder

12" | 2003 | US | Reissue (Stones Throw)

2LP | 2006 | EU | Original (Good Child)

Release: 2003 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Remix / America's Most Blunted

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Static & Nat Ill

Teamwork

2LP | 2008 | US | Original (Ubiquity)

Release: 2006 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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18 tracks feat. Promoe of Looptroop, Pacewon, Slug of Atmosphere & Blueprint, The Last Emperor, ...

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Eric Lau

New territories

Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib)

Release: 2008 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves, Electronic & Dance

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the producer for the likes of Lupe Fiasco, Dudley Perkins, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Guilty Simpson and Wildchild steps out with his family of London-based singers

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Money Folder

12" | 2003 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

2LP | 2006 | US (Premier Cru)

Release: 2003 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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/ Remix / America's Most Blunted

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Wayne Kounty

Fantasy World

LP | 1993 | EU | Reissue (Music On Vinyl)

Release: 2006 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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Imagine a supergroup of Parliament, Prince, Mary J. Blige, & AMP Fiddler and you'll get an idea of the sounds on the debut gatefold DLP from Detroit group Wayne Kounty. Features guest spots from George Clinton, AMP Fiddler and Queen Latifah. From 2006.

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Freestyle Fellowship

Innercity Griots

2LP | 2008 | US | Original (Homegrown)

Release: 1993 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
INCLUDES INSERT
FEATURING THE SINGLES “BULLIES OF THE BLOCK” AND “HOT POTATO”
#51 ON THE NME LIST OF THE “100 LOST ALBUMS YOU NEED TO KNOW”

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Freddie Cruger

Just Chillin In The Spot

19,99 €*