US Hip Hop 526 Items

Tape | 1996 | US | Original (Luther Campbell)

Release: 1998 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Used Vinyl

Medium: VG, Cover: VG+

Record has light marks and hairline scratches.

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Luke

Uncle Luke

7,99 €*

Release: 1996 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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It's Going Down Feat. Lateef & Talib Kweli

Blackalicious

12" | 2002 | US | Original (MCA)

7,99 €*

Release: 2002 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2009 | US | Original (Mind Power)

Krumb Snatcha

Hidden Scriptures

7,99 €*

We Dem Boyz Remix / Yeeruh Remix

Release: 2009 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Krumb himself states: This album was not to offend anybody, its sole purpose is to inspire. I believe with this contribution fans can see more to the artist than just skills, we are human too ... word up! produced by Beatminerz, Statik Selektah, Pete Rock and others!

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Wiz Khalifa / Symbiz

7" | 2015 | EU | Original (Teka)

8,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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Major Lazer & Pharrell / Elliphant

Aerosol Can Remix / Down On Life Remix

7" | 2015 | EU | Original (Teka)

8,99 €*

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Reggae & Dancehall

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12" | 2002 | US (Let It Fly)

Nas

Chizzled

8,99 €*

Free Smoothie Smooth Part 2

Release: 2002 / US

Genre: Hip Hop

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produced by Large Professor

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Roc Raida

CD | 2005 | US | Original (Adiar Cor)

9,99 €*

Adrian Younge presents Souls Of Mischief

Release: 2005 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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mix !

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There Is Only Now Feat. Snoop Dogg / All You Got Is Your Word

7" | 2014 | US | Original (Linear Labs)

9,99 €*

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

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The sixth album from legendary hip-hop group Souls of Mischief, There Is Only Now, is a unique cinematic 90s crime tale of love, loss, and revenge. A conceptual collaboration with producer Adrian Younge and the first release on his freshly launched Linear Labs Records label. This ambitious full-length offering will be available in July. There Is Only Now sees the Souls of Mischief crew members trading bars with a cast of hip-hop and soul luminaries. This, the first single from the project, will hit in June with Snoop Dogg and the title track “There Is Only Now” on the A-Side. The 7” vinyl is housed in a deluxe, die cut sleeve emblazoned with the Linear Labs and Souls of Mischief logos tucked into a full color jacket. This is your first taste from a full-length destined to be among the best albums to be released in 2014. Souls of Mischief and Adrian Younge have created a hip-hop album like no other. The result of a special moment for all involved, There Is Only Now proves that after two decades in the rap game hip-hop’s Fab Four remains committed to the expansion of their legacy as hip-hop innovators and pioneers.

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2Pac

Tape | US | Original (CAP)

10,99 €*

7" | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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

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Gary Wilson

Make Out

10,99 €*

Release: US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Rock & Indie

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Shadez Of Brooklyn (Ras Kass / Chi Ali / Fokis / Al Tejeda)

Return Of The Golden Era

Tape | 2019 | EU | Original (Hip Hop Headz)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Soul Is My Salvation Chapter 7

Tone B. Nimble

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Rain&Shine)

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Ramrock Red)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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“Soul is My Salvation is a collection of dance friendly gospel songs. The mission is to simply uplift your spirit through music and word. Dance floor’s around the world mirror the reactions of Churches from the 70’s and 80’s when experiencing these recordings.” - Tone B. Nimble. Released as a series of eight limited vinyl-only 45, when assembled together the covers reveal a beautiful design courtesy of designer Charlotte McCrae. A true collectors item. Chapter 7 sees two prized cuts bursting with that unbridled gospel energy, Spiritual Souls 1982 number - ‘We Came To Show You The Way’ and Heaven’s Sound’s 1984 gem – ‘Fire’.

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Oxp

California Feat. Domino

CD | 2018 | EU | Original (Columbia)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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OXP - a duo combined of Parisian beatsmith Onra, and Pomrad, a composer and multi- instrumentalist from Belgium, give you a class of ’93, West Coast nugget of hip-hop gold – ‘California’ ft Mr Getto Jam himself for this vinyl only, Ramrock Red Records 7 inch release. Four fingers up, two twisted in the middle, in your low rider with the top down. Head nodding to the track on Trend City Radio with the homies, cruising along a palm lined boulevard in the eternal, shimmering sunshine of the West Coast. It’s Hip Hop Summer for life, conceptualized around the vintage synths and drum machines that marked the Golden Era. Already supported on Belgium National Radio, Swiss National Radio, Radio Krimi, Mi-Soul Radio, StompFM, CrackersFM, Soho Radio and more.

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Earl Sweatshirt

Some Rap Songs

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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We Got It From Here … Thank You For Your Service

A Tribe Called Quest

CD | 2016 | EU | Original (Sony)

CD | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Loud)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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A Tribe Called Quest - Q-Tip, Phife Dawg (who passed away on March 22nd, 2016), Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White - the groundbreaking 90's group that forever transformed the urban music landscape reunited on their first and last studio album together in eighteen years. Guests on ''We got it from Here...Thank You 4 Your Service'' include, Kendrick Lamar, Elton John, Jack White, Andre 3000, Busta Rhymes, Consequence, Anderson.Paak, and Talib Kweli.

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Raekwon

Only Built 4 Cuban Linx

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Birds In The Trap Sing Mcknight

Travis Scott

CD | 2016 | EU | Original (Sony Music)

Release: 2016 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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

Joint Effort

Far Left / Da Sho' Shot

7" | 2023 | EU | Original (Loftsoul)

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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Loftsoul

Unity EP

Atomic Duke / Let's Duke It Again

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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Loftsoul Recordings' new life continues in this renewed "Re-works" series. This time we have the well known label owner Masahiko Uchikawa aka "Loftsoul" who releases this 7" for the occasion of his 40-year career. Downtempo rhythms and Japan vibes come together with a really energy-giving and slamming B side. All supported by the team with Keyco, H. Ikeuchi (Guitar) and Mbanja Ritchy aka B-Bandj.

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The Duke Ya Love To Hate

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Cold Diggin')

Cloud Nine / Make It Ruff

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strike #3! Cold Diggin’ with just another banger: “Hey, this ain’t no small time sh*t man!“ Strictly limited first pressing of 150, hand numbered copies, silk screen printed sleeves.

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The Duke Ya Love To Hate

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Cold Diggin')

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Edits)

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cold Diggin’ is back with another double a-side. Strictly limited first pressing of 150, hand numbered copies, silk screen printed sleeves.

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Casual Connection

Edits 001

2CD | 2019 | EU | Original (eOne)

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The mashups to end all mashups. Fire up the Lowrider, crank the speakers – here’s two outrageously audacious cuts that put the ‘it’ in ‘lit’. Heavy vibes whichever side you blast.

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The Game

Born 2 Rap

CD | 1996 | EU | Reissue (Jive)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Born Jayceon Terrell Taylor, two-time GRAMMY® Award nominated multiplatinum Compton rapper, songwriter, producer, actor, and entrepreneur. The Game locked down a place in the pantheon alongside greats of both coasts by a combination of bar-for-bar bravado, provocative observation, hard-hitting hooks, and sharp introspection. And now the prolific rapper returns with his 9th album fittingly titled, Born 2 Rap.
The Game’s prior album 1992 debuted #1 on Billboard’s “Top Rap Albums Chart” and tied Drake for most #1 album debuts since the chart began in 2004. Also, the album gave The Game his eighth #1 on Billboard’s “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart” tying him for third with 2Pac and Lil Wayne. He started this impressive legacy with doubleplatinum 2005 full-length debut, The Documentary. It not only bowed at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and garnered GRAMMY® nods in the categories of “Best Rap Song” and “Best Rap Performance By a Duo or Group,” but it also emerged as a classic avowed by Pitchfork among the “Top 50 Albums of 2005”. The 2006 followup Doctor’s Advocate retained his spot at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 and went platinum. Maintaining positions in the Top 10, he ignited a prolific string of blockbuster releases—L.A.X. [2008], The R.E.D. Album [2011], Jesus Piece [2012], Blood Moon: Year of the Wolf [2014], The Documentary 2 [2015], The Documentary 2.5. [2015], and 1992 [2016].
2018 saw a trio of recent singles achieve RIAA certifications with “100” [feat. Drake] platinum and “El Chapo” with Skrillex and “All Eyez” [feat. Jeremih] both gold as his total stream tally exceeded 3 Billion across platforms. Television and film credits span everything from Jimmy Kimmel LIVE! to the upcoming All-Star Weekend directed by Academy® Award winner Jamie Foxx and co-starring Robert Downey Jr. and Benicio del Toro.

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A Tribe Called Quest

Beats, Rhymes & Life

Tape | 2018 | US | Original (Nature Sounds)

Release: 1996 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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A Tribe Called Quest are widely hailed as one of the greatest rap acts of all time. This trio (2-mic pioneers, Phife Dawg & Q-Tip, along with their DJ Ali Shaheed Muhammad) was one of the most lyrically gifted in the music genre of Hip-Hop. The blends of jazz ‘n bass-heavy beats (East Coast “muddy bass”) was truly and still is truly innovative. Instead of being a great rap album like the one before it, “Beats, Rhymes & Life” is a great Tribe album. It takes time to understand it but it fits perfectly in its place in the Tribe canon and in the mid- 90s. It has their trademark smooth style and flow with a much darker theme and subject matter than their previous album. It’s a real work of art and still fresh so many years after its release.

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Chuck Strangers

Consumers Park

CD | 2015 | US | Original (Sony)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cassette Store Day 2018 release! Since bursting onto the scene in 2012, Brooklyn hip-hop collective Pro Era has sent shockwaves through the culture. A true double-threat who’s just as skilled on the mic as he is behind the boards, Chuck is poised as the next breakout star from the Era with his highly-anticipated debut solo album, Consumers Park.

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Tyler The Creator

Cherry Bomb

7" | 2015 | EU | Original (Earquake)

Release: 2015 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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As wikipedia says: The album features uncredited guest appearances from Schoolboy Q, Charlie Wilson, Kali Uchis, Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Pharrell Williams ... so check it out!

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MindsOne & DJ Iron

A Day In The Life

Madvillain (MF DOOM & Madlib)

Release: 2015 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited promo 7''of the upcoming MindsOne & DJ Iron "Phaseology" EP.

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Madvillainy

Tape | 2014 | US | Original (Stones Throw)

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1995 | US | Original (Jive)

Too Short

Cocktails

CD | 1995 | US | Reissue (LaFace)

Release: 1995 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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feat. 2Pac, Mc Breed, Illegal, ...

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Goodie Mob

Soul Food

Sean Price & Small Professor

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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classic ... incl. cell therapy, dirty south ...

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86 Witness

CD | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Coalmine)

CD | 1995 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Sean Price (R.I.P!) teamed up with Small Professor for their 10-track project, ‘86 Witness.’ The album features Rock of Heltah Skeltah, scratches by DJ Revolution, Guilty Simpson, Your Old Droog, Reef the Lost Cauze & more. The CD also features a bonus Sean Price EP; a re-issue of his
project, Land of the Crooks, entirely produced by M-Phazes

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KRS-One

Krs-One

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2006 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

E-40

The Mail Man

Release: 2006 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1995 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

DJ Quik

Safe & Sound

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1991 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

DJ Quik

Quik Is The Name

Release: 1991 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2000 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Ghostface Killah

Supreme Clientele

Release: 2000 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Lifestylez Ov Da Poor And Dangerous

Big L

CD | 1995 | US | Reissue (Sbme)

Release: 1995 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2023 | UK (Friday's Funky 45)

Krafty Kuts

Street Hop / You Got It

CD | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Loud)

Release: 2023 / UK

Genre: Hip Hop

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Martin Reeves aka Krafty Kuts returns for his 2nd release on the Ff45 imprint with another 2 bangers. Side A continues on the Nas tip with Street Hop with You Got It on the flip – both masterclasses in cutNpaste/edit/production. Don’t sleep!

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Mobb Deep

The Infamous

13,49 €* 14,99 € -10%

CD | 2000 | EU | Original (Interscope)

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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feat. Nas, Q-Tip, Big Noyd, Raekwon, ...

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Eminem

The Marshall Mathers LP

Release: 2000 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 1999 | EU | Reissue (Interscope)

Eminem

The Slim Shady LP

Release: 1999 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2005 | US | Reissue (Interscope)

50 Cent

The Massacre

CD | 1990 | EU | Original (Jive)

Release: 2005 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Too Short

Short Dog's In The House

Release: 1990 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2013 | EU | Original (Odd Futire)

Earl Sweatshirt

Doris

Release: 2013 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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To The Max / It's My Turn

Stezo

7" | 1989 | UK | Reissue (Sleeping Bag)

Calm Down Record Store Day 2022 Vinyl Edition

Release: 1989 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This hip hop dancefloor gem from 1989 has been lovingly remastered and reissued in Tribute to Stezo's sad and far too early passing last year! The original '89 copies, backed with the equally strong "It's My Turn" are changing hands for £100+ and the iconic label Sleeping Bag Records can't have that! This isn't Antiques Roadshow, music is for all...but this is a rare find! Original '89 designed Sleeping Bag Sleeve. Often played by Steve Lamaq on 6 Music which surprises us too.

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Most Wanted

7" | 1989 | UK | Reissue (The Fever)

CD | 2004 | EU | Reissue (Roc-A-Fella)

Release: 1989 / UK – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This was THE crossover uptempo hip hop/breaks dancefloor jam in 1989. Played in many many clubs and rave scenes, this genre-busting, "The Commodores" sampling one-off is finally available on 7" for the first time ever using the original 12" artwork, on the original NYC label.

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Kanye West

The College Dropout

Release: 2004 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2018 | EU | Original (FXCK RXP)

Sha Hef

Super Villain

Release: 2018 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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DMX

Exodus

LP | 2021 | EU (Def Jam)

Release: 2021 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 2021 | US | Original (Lewis)

DJ Yoda

Roxbury

Straight Out Of The Jungle / Black Is Black Record Store Day 2021 Edition

Release: 2021 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The name DJ Yoda needs no introduction and joined with rising UK Jazz star Nubya Garcia and legendary emcee Edo. G, ‘Roxbury’ is a sublime mix of Rap, Jazz and Soul. Perfect summer vibes! Recorded between DJ Yoda’s studio and the acclaimed Abbey Road, the record is influenced by Guru’s ‘Jazzmatazz’.

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Jungle Brothers

7" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Idlers)

CD | 2021 | EU | Original (Logistic)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Record Store Day 2021 Release. Following on from last years successful RSD 7 Inch, Idlers are proud to release the title track from the JBs 1988 debut album 'Straight Out The Jungle' that has never had a full release on 45 before. Backed with the more relevant than ever 'Black is Black'. More golden era hip hop on 7! With a Picture sleeve.

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Kool Keith

Keith's Salon

7" | 2020 | EU | Original (Cold Diggin')

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Written with a libidinal urgency that has come to characterize Kool Keith’s legendary lyricism, “Keith’s Salon” explores our current obsessions with luxury, beauty, and notoriety. But rather than fetishize the beautiful dum-dums who walk red carpets in black Prada gowns,

Kool Keith's most recent studio album shifts our attention to the work and workers that underpin our fantasies of American excess and the good life.

As such, the album is also a timely meditation, during quarantine, on the economic precarity many of us now find ourselves in. Having doubled-up with Triple Parked, the production team of avant-techno maven Bruno Pronsato and Benjamin Jay, “Keith’s Salon” moves between halcyon sonics and atonal warlord dystopia, while keeping beats minimal for Kool Keith to spread extra ketchup on the hamburger. An album at once topical and futuristic, lush and bizarre, "Keith's Salon" is about the business of making people beautiful. It's time to work.

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The Duke Ya Love To Hate

Ridin' / Rollin'

Because I Got It Like That Record Store Day 2020 Edition

Release: 2020 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Cold Diggin’ proudly present their very first release! 2 big tracks on a tiny 7inch single. Just right for some late summer cruising.

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Jungle Brothers

7" | 1988 | US | Reissue (Idlers)

So Watcha Sayin' / You Gots To Chill

Release: 1988 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Record Store Day 2020 Release.

The Sly Stone sampling, scene smashing hip hop track 'Because I Got it Like That' that launched the Jungle Brother's to the world in 1988, housed on their groundbeaking debut album 'Straight Out The Jungle'. Original copies of the single now change hands for £50 if you’re lucky so a fully remastered, official reissue is exactly what the doctor ordered! Backed with the rare Ultimatum mix (aka The Stereo MC's).

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EPMD

7" | 2019 | EU (Know How)

7" | 2019 | EU (Street Knowledge)

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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Back once again… Know How offer up another two treasured cuts on 7 inch. This time they set their sights on the magnetic duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith as EPMD – uncovering the quintessential ‘So Watcha Sayin’’ backed with ‘You Gots To Chill’ – of which 7” copies of the later have been trading hands for £120+.
Limited edition of 300 copies.

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Gang Starr

Full Clip / Dwyck

7" | 2019 | EU (Know How)

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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It’s time for that street knowledge, an education in the OG’s. Next up Gang Starr providing the heat with two legendary bombs from the ‘90s, ‘Full Clip’ and ‘DWYCK’ never before released on 7”…. East Coast biz.

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Audio Two

Top Billin

7" | 2019 | EU | Original (Linx Ink)

Release: 2019 / EU

Genre: Hip Hop

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“What more can I say? Top Billin’… Iconic hip hop gold from Audio Two that could run for the title as one of the most sampled beats in hip hop history. A straight-up classic from back in ’87 pressed to 7 inch and backed with the instrumental version on the flip. OG copies have been known to sell for over £175.

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Missin' Linx

M.I.A. / Lock'd

Cormega & Capone-N-Noreaga

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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The underground hip-hop group Missin' Linx was led by Al Tariq (formerly the Beatnuts' Fashion) and also included Black Attack, and Problemz among its core ranks. Their debut single M.I.A. produced by Vic with the B-Side Lock’d, produced by Necro became an instant hit in the Hip Hop scene of the 90s. Using as sample from David McCallum called “The Edge” the song captured the ears of many fans and producers.

Everyone has heard Dr. Dre’s 2001, even if you aren’t a fan of rap music and the single “Next Episode” which was one of the most iconic songs of its decade. Before Dr. Dre released his version of the sample, another artist beat him to the punch. M.I.A. released by “Missin Linx” in 1998, almost a full year before Dr. Dre released his sample of the beat. The co-producer of the track, Mel Man frequently visited the Fat Beats LA store when the Missin Linx song was circulating.

The popular single is now available on seven inch for a limited time paying homage to the classic Hip Hop scene of the nineties.

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The Real Report / Instrumental

7" | 2018 | US | Original (Aura)

Tape | 2017 | US | Original (Leaving)

Release: 2018 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Strictly limited edition of 300 copies only!
After years of creating street music this is the first Cormega 7" single featuring Queens, New York alumni Capone N Noreaga. Produced by STREETRUNNER & Tarik Azzouz this is a breath of fresh air for all who miss the epic sounds that resonated from Queens Bridge.

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Kiefer

Kickinit Alone

CD | 2003 | EU | Original (Priority)

Release: 2017 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Californian keyboardist & beatmaker Kiefer (birthname Kiefer Shackelford) drops his debut LP on Leaving Records, which has “enough jazz piano chops to transform L.A.’s Low End Theory into a smokey speak easy.”

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Eazy-E

Eternal E: The Best of

CD | 2004 | US | Original (Interscope)

Release: 2003 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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includes 2 bonus tracks

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2Pac

Loyal To The Game

Abyss Dwellas (Remixed By Isaac Haze)

Release: 2004 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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14 tracks feat. Eminem, Nate Dogg, Jadakiss ...

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Eto + Jai Black

Tape | 2024 | EU | Original

Release: 2024 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2024 | US | Original (RJ's Electrical Connections)

RJD2

Visions Out Of Limelight

Release: 2024 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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

Jon Kennedy

Demons

Tape | 2023 | EU | Original (Hole In One)

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Electronic & Dance

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6 tracks

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Lil Gain

Big Time Playaz

Tape | 2019 | EU | Reissue (Hole In One)

Release: 2023 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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When it comes to horrorcore you should be familar with the name Lil' Gain. His album 'Big Time Playaz' is a blueprint of this genre with plenty of satanic and bloody tracks. He comes along with features like Blackout, Terror, Lil' Slim and a lot more.

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SMK

19 Nigga 4

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

Release: 2019 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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SMK aka South Memphis King is one of the real godfathers of Memphis rap. He released his first album in 1991 and is still active today. This is one of his early recordings, never released on vinyl before, Straight bangin' underground shit for the streets of your city. Roll a blunt and enjoy the sick madness over here.

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Homeboy Sandman

There In Spirit

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | Original (Mello Music Group)

Homeboy Sandman

Anjelitu

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | Original (Mello Music Group)

L'Orange & Namir Blade

Imaginary Everything

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2023 | Original (Mello Music Group)

Mello Music Group

Bushido

Release: 2023 / Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2014 | US | Reissue (Mello Music Group)

L'Orange

Ordinary Man

Release: 2014 / US – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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El Michels Affair & Black Thought

Glorious Game

CD | 2023 | US | Original (Big Crown)

CD+DVD | 2007 | US | Original (Nature Sounds)

Release: 2023 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Includes 60 x 60 cm poster of the album artwork! The poster is only available at HHV!

When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released their rst record, Sounding Out The City, in 2005, it was hard to guess what was next for Michels and his then-introduced, now-patented "cinematic soul" sound. Now, four EMA studio albums and scores of tribute and remix projects later - all while producing for some of the biggest names in the industry - Michels has trademarked his sound, with each project taking audiences somewhere new and pushing the boundaries of what he is known for. The man is a river, not a lake and this time he takes his golden touch into the realm of hip-hop laying down a musical bed for one of the greatest to ever rhyme into a microphone: Black Thought of The Roots crew. Releasing on Big Crown Records, the LP is called Glorious Game and it is a remarkable debut partnership in more ways than one. Michels provides his bottom-heavy, soul-tinged production for Black Thought who gives us some of the more personal and transparent verses we've ever heard from him. Michels and Black Thought have been in each other's orbit for a while now. The two first met in the 2000s when Thought was first getting familiar with the contemporary soul scene. "Out of that whole world, Menahan Street Band was probably my favorite," recalling the funk and soul group Michels was a founding member of back in 2007. Fast forward a few years and musicians from that collective - Dave Guy on trumpet and Ian Hendrickson-Smith on sax - are now full time players with The Roots. This connection eventually led Leon and Thought to doing a few fundraising events around NYC and Philly together. "Before long, Black Thought was coming around the studio and would jam with us from time to time," Michels explains. "Then, fast forward to 2020 and Covid lockdowns, he just hit me up out of the blue, wanting me to send him stuff to write to. We both were looking to stay busy." Being that Black Thought is the co-founder and emcee for, hands down, the best live-band group in hip-hop. Michels took a decidedly different approach to this project and instead of sending recorded tracks of live compositions, he pulled out the sampler and sampled himself and some records from his collection. "I'm a big fan of soul music," as if Michels has to remind us. "And part of hip-hop's appeal to me has always been the sample-based production" For Glorious Game, Michels would make wholly composed and recorded soul songs in his studio, sample himself, then chop and/or loop up his sounds and create instrumentals for Black Thought. On some tracks he took a more traditional hip-hop approach, starting from samples of other people's music but then adding live instrumentation on top. But for the most part, it's him reinterpreting his own compositions into something new. The result is an organic feel of loop-based tracks that breathe and uctuate enough for Black Thought to ex on. "What I write about is determined by the equation of the producer's energy and my energy," Black Thought says. "It's about where we meet." So armed with Michels sampled and re-sampled soul cinematics, Black Thought rhymes through personal memories.

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Hell Razah

Renaissance Child

Danger Mouse & Black Thought (The Roots)

Release: 2007 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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16 tracks feat. MF Doom & Talib Kweli (killer tune !!!), Tragedy Khadafi, R.A. The Rugged Man, Timbo King, Killah Priest and many more ... incl. bonus dvd!

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Cheat Codes

CD | 2022 | EU | Original (BMG)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tape | 2022 | EU | Original (Hole In One)

Guice

Ashes Off My Blunt

CD | 2018 | CA | Original (Dust & Dope)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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This is Guice with 'Ashes of my Blunt'. One of the sickest and smokiest classic rap albums Memphis got to date. First time on vinyl and official as fuck. Tracks like 'Murder on they Minds', 'Fire it up' and 'Find myself' are genius and timeless bombs for your eardrums. Enjoy them tunes while drinking Alizé and smoking a big fat blunt. Wet dreams come true!

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Intrepid Stylez

Complicate Your Life With Violence

Release: 2018 / CA – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Limited to 300 copies.

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L'Orange & Jeremiah Jae

CD | 2019 | EU | Original (Mello Music Group)

Release: 2019 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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CD | 2017 | UK | Original (Chopped Herring)

Big Tabb

Who's Wreckin' Da MC

LP | 2017 | EU | Original (Jakarta)

Release: 2017 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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One of the dopest releases on Herring. Very much reminiscent of a classic 1994 album - production comes from undercover Philly producer MG aka Mentally Gifted and the beats are on a Beatnuts/Extra P/Groove Merchants/Pete Rock tip - ha - sounds good right? It is!!!!

This project started up about 4 years ago. Tabb licensed Chopped Herring the ""Brothers in Da Hood"" joint, a known Heavy Grail - but the label was always looking for more tracks to make a solid project. It took a series of collectors and hardcore Hip Hop Headz to take it to the next. PQuest, a collector and music afficiando from Germany hit up requesting the release of the “Big Tabb demos from 1994” - some short snippets had been upped to the tube. Even though it'd been a while, Herring got back in touch with Tabb [aka Jakk Frost] to find out if he still had the masters of his early demos - he did not. The label got back in touch with P and asked if he knew anyone who had seen the demo tape around. It turned out that a copy of the original demo tape had recently sold at auction. The buyer and seller were known to Herring as one was an old Herring customer and the other had hit Herring up about releasing another, demo tape only project, also out of Philly. One gave the other's details and after a few months the hi-quality tape transfers were in the hands or fins of Herring. The buyer was a cat from the states called Lance Baker and the seller was Mad Human - a respected dealer of rap rarities. So this was a muthafuckin team effort - BIG UP FELLAS!

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Olivier St. Louis

Ever Since The Fall

CD | 2014 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

Release: 2017 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop, Organic Grooves

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Olivier St.Louis (the artist formerly known as Olivier Daysoul) releases his 2nd EP to start 2017 with some melancholic vibes.

After releasing a collaborative EP with Warp's Bibio, who is also featured as a producer on “Ever since the fall”, this 2nd solo release by the Olivier St.Louis marks the starting point of worldwide liveshow efforts for Olivier 2017. After a successful UK Tour with Laura Mvula, Olivier is getting ready to join AnnenMayKantereit for another Tour in spring 2017 to support his upcoming release “Ever since the fall EP”, out on Jakarta Records in February 2017. Six tracks somewhere in between lo-fi soul, drum computer sounds, warm basslines and funk trenched live compositions. Olivier will also join his partner in crime Oddisee for his “The Iceberg” Wolrd Tour until summer.

Olivier St.Louis went on to receive significant international attention for his work as a featured singer/songwriter back then still under the name Olivier Daysoul. He worked and toured worldwide with various artists including Oddisee, C2C, Onra, Bibio and Hudson Mohawke as such as other producers from the Warp Records family. Despite all of this, Olivier felt something was missing...A true reflection of his own voice and sound. Less bass music, more organic soul, less producer features and more independent unique compositions all by himself.

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Diamond District

March On Washington

CD | 2014 | US | Original (Mello Music Group)

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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When Diamond District dropped In the Ruff on Mello Music Group in 2009, the gritty drums and grimy raps combined as elementally as hydrogen and oxygen. The D.C. Voltron of Oddisee, yU, and X.O. dusted off and revitalized a sound once consigned to the catacombs.

Hailed as an instance classic, its impact reverberated throughout the underground and mainstream. The Washington D.C. City Paper called it the city’s best album in many years. During an era when lyricism was deemed too intellectual and samples too dated,Diamond District overturned conventional logic. They preserved the raw and made it righteous.

A half-decade later, the holy trinity has returned with March on Washington. The truths remain timeless. Wisdom over rhythm. Slang turned into testament.

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L'Orange

The Orchid Days

Tape | 2020 | EU | Reissue (Hole In One)

Release: 2014 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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L’Orange’s most revealing effort yet, 19 tracks feat. Homeboy Sandman, Blu, Jeremiah Jae, Billy Woods & others!

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Mayz Road Kartel

Tape | 1995 | EU | Reissue (Hole In One)

Release: 2020 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Not a lot is known about the mysterious Mayz Road Kartel. They only created this outstanding underground joint in the mid 90's in the concrets of Memphis. For many this is the sound of Memphis in his purest form. All tracks produced by no other than Blackout and backed by featured rappers Playa Posse.

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Blackout

Dreamworld

7" | 2023 | UK | Original (Edits)

Release: 1995 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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This time it's really getting huge! Hole in One is back with an underground classic by no other than Blackout. This reissue shows the art of real Memphis rap in full effect. Murder rhymes laid upon the deepest productions by the man himself. A timeless milestone is available again. Better be fast!

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Casual Connection

Edits Volume 5

Pbs Nights (Star Hustler) / Turn. It. Up.

Release: 2023 / UK – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Master of the mashup, Casual Connection cruises into town with a double shot of straight up summer burners to light up the dance.

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Strictlybutters

7" | 2022 | US | Original (Galaxy Sound)

CD | 2022 | US | Original (Mass Appeal)

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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PBS Nights (Star Hustler) b/w Turn. It. Up. by Strictly Butters | Gsc45-34 Galaxy Sound Co. | Even better, I love it when the always on-point @galaxy_sound_company takes a surprising turn from the edit game to drop another sure shot by Michigan beat maestro @strictlybutters. It’s the second release on GSC by the Owosso, MI skateboarder, cyclist & sneaker-head. He is a deep digging vinyl head, dad, & brilliant bedroom beat maker & now gifts us with another super sweet pair of hip-hop instrumentals. Side A’s “P.B.S.” recalls a 70s Public Broadcast Service afternoon with my babysitter aka the TV. Rolling piano & warpy keyboards over a tight drum break was a perfect soundtrack for me while walking my Detroit streets on a sunny afternoon. The vibe comes correct. Side B “Turn It Up“ bounces effortlessly and simply to do what Strictly Butters says, the sweet soul guitar riff will force you to turn the knob up to 11. So whatcha waitin’ for son?

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Nas

Magic

Release: 2022 / US – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Wild Style Lesson Part 1 & 2

Phat Kev

7" | 2022 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 2022 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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7" | 1988 | EU | Reissue (Mr Bongo)

EPMD

You Gots To Chill

7" | 2021 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)

Release: 1988 / EU – Reissue

Genre: Hip Hop

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Endlessly sampled, covered, quoted and requoted, this may well be one of the most influential hip-hop singles ever released. But, in many ways, its importance goes beyond its sheer classic status as a single in its own right. In retrospect, it shows the duo of Erick Sermon and Parrish Smith as pioneers in production, creating a funk-based sound that helped to provide a blueprint for artists on the other side of the country. In 1987/88, most West Coast rap still adhered to an East Coast audio blueprint. By 1989, they were leaning as heavily on Zapp and Roger Troutman samples as Epmd were on this single. The foundations of the track are interesting, with a snatch of Juice’s much-plundered ‘Catch a Groove’ (which has popped up everywhere from The Beastie Boys to Kings of Pressure) overlaid with big chunks of Kool & The Gang’s ‘Jungle Boogie’ and Zapp’s irrepressible ‘More Bounce to the Ounce’. Vocodered funk was a rarity in New York hip-hop until this song, but it’s the West Coast G-Funk artists who really ran with it. Its popularity spanned the country (and the globe, to be fair), with Epmd performing numerous shows in California on the basis of the sound, moving away from their James Brown-obsessed peers to display their own musical tastes. That said, the flipside – here presented on 7” and, indeed, on any single, for the first time – takes it back to that JB-era. ‘(It’s Not the Express), It’s the JB’s Monaurail by The JB’s is woven with Otis Redding and Beastie Boys to create a mid-tempo headnodder par excellence. It was always too good not to be a single.

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EPMD

I'm Housin'

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Tape | 2021 | EU | Original (Ill Catz)

Illanoise

The Fisherman

Release: 2021 / EU – Original

Genre: Hip Hop

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Rochester New York’s very own Super group Da Cloth member Illanoise delivers once again!!!

This time he is teamed up with some of Hip Hop’s Underground elites to bring you The Fisherman. This Cinematic style project is filled with lethal lyrical doses over pure Dark & Dirty Production reminiscent of the 90’s provided by New Jersey's Halo.

A sure thriller and authentic Hip Hop Head must listen!!!

Limited Cassette Edition Handnumbered to #75

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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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Think / Atom Black Vinyl Edition

7" | 1989 | EU | Original (Mr Bongo)