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Often referred to as "the J Dilla of Japan," the love for Jun Seba aka Nujabes' brand of hip-hop continues to grow well after his untimely death in...
View full detailsOften referred to as "the J Dilla of Japan," the love for Jun Seba aka Nujabes' brand of hip-hop continues to grow well after his untimely death in...
View full details"trip9love...??? is the third album from Tirzah, produced by long-time musical collaborator Mica Levi. It was written and recorded at both their ho...
View full detailsExpansive album from the prolific producer and mc. The past seven years have proven to be an extremely fertile period for Oddisee. The Brooklyn bas...
View full details"Fresh off his acclaimed, Emmy-nominated album and series Entergalactic, the multi-platinum Grammy Award-winning rapper/songwriter/producer/actor/s...
View full detailsThird and final album from Gene & Terrence Thornton as The Clipse, on limited colored vinyl. Til The Casket Drops is somewhat of a victory lap,...
View full detailsTen whole years of Jewel Running! El-P and Killer Mike reissue their first dispatch as Run The Jewels to celebrate the occasion, expanded onto 2LP ...
View full details"Double vinyl LP pressing. One In A Million is the second studio album by Aaliyah. First released in 1996 by Blackground Records, the album feature...
View full detailsAlthough Mac Miller started working on Circles soon after Swimming, his tragic, untimely passing in September of 2018 didn't allow the beloved rapp...
View full detailsMac Miller's third studio album & first for a major label, GO:OD AM came out in 2015. In the Tyler, the Creator-produced opener "Doors," the la...
View full details"Osaka, Japan-born singer and producer Joji is a multi-talented visionary, with a cult following from every corner of the internet. Joji defies con...
View full details"In the mid-2000s The Diplomats were nearly unstoppable. The hip hop collective formed in the late 90s by Cam’ron along with childhood friend Jim J...
View full detailsI love this Kid Koala album. Hearing it is like meeting your friend who just got back from Europe and he's got a lot of interesting stories about h...
View full details"ARMAND HAMMER, the New York based hip-hop duo consisting of ELUCID and billy woods, return with We Buy Diabetic Test Strips, their first album in ...
View full details"In the midst of the UK house rave-olution of the early-’90s, London’s V4 Visions imprint documented the confluence of street soul, deep house, swi...
View full details"For about a year i practiced with the SP-404. im proud that i got to make some fire shit from the time i spent with this machine & my favorite...
View full detailsAnother round of Rock beats from the Beat Konducta! Once again, the blunted beat master takes inspiration from the underground rock scenes of the 6...
View full detailsBreak ups to makes up. Finally we are treated to the follow up to Ta-ku's 2013 album Songs To Break Up To. The Australian producer has upped his pr...
View full detailsMadlib returns to his Beat Konducta series! This time around the producer gleans inspiration from the underground rock scenes of the 60s through th...
View full details"Enigmatic Society is the next offering from the multi-faceted, Grammy-nominated supergroup Dinner Party. Full of opulently intricate instrumentati...
View full details"10 year anniversary with new album art! Government Plates is the third studio album by experimental hip hop group Death Grips. It was released for...
View full details"Jorja Smith has delivered an undeniable modern classic, effortlessly condensing any number of disparate styles and genres into music which thrilli...
View full details"Kick, Push" and "I Gotcha" on here, and the 2006 album from the Chicago rapper is reissued to celebrate 75 years of Atlantic Records. Lupe Fiasco ...
View full detailsVaudeville Villain back in print! Fans of the metal faced villain probably already know this album inside and out, but for those who slept on it, h...
View full details"The neo-soul movement of the late 1990s, which fused classic soul sounds with contemporary elements, heralded the arrival of some of the greatest ...
View full details"Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump is the fifth studio album by De La Soul, released on August 8, 2000. Among the guests on the album are, Re...
View full details"AOI: Bionix is De La Soul's sixth full length album, released on December 4, 2001. The first single, 'Baby Phat' featuring Yummy Bingham and Devin...
View full details"Petals To Thorns is an introduction and journey into d4vd’s identity as an artist that is unable to be boxed into a specific genre. Just one year ...
View full detailsIsn't it cool when a group you really like comes out after a long hiatus with a really dope record? That's what happened with De La Soul on Stakes ...
View full details"A plea for humanity to dig deeper in search of understanding and common ground. 'The Iceberg' is a distillation of stereotypical tropes in hip-hop...
View full details"The first solo album from Kenny Beats is a spontaneous burst of creativity spurred by an avalanche of despair and imagination. Only after sharing ...
View full details20th anniversary edition! To celebrate 2 decades with one of MF DOOM's most beloved projects, Big Dada have made the album available in its origina...
View full detailsWho is Cindi Mayweather? Janelle Monae's debut EP, Metropolis, introduced the singer's futuristic alter-ego to the masses, and the ArchAndroid's st...
View full detailsIn early 2000, Blue Note invited Madlib to re-imagine their catalog. He put out both a compilation ("Untinted") and this album of reworks and sampl...
View full detailsNOW THAT OUTKAST IS DONE, WE HAVE TO LOOK TO THE YOUNGER GENERATION THAT SPEAKS THE TRUTH. Leading the pack of said younger generation is young Ken...
View full details"When Thes One's longtime music partner in People Under The Stairs died suddenly in 2021, he turned inward to create an opus on grief, loss and red...
View full detailsWhen this came out everybody I know was feelin' exactly the same way as that guy in the comic book, like "What are they saying? What happened to Da...
View full details"Following the release of Lo-Fi Ghibli in 2022; lo-fi hip-hop covers of classic Ghibli songs, the underground hip-hop producer Grey October Sound a...
View full details"Equal parts biography, musicology, and cultural history, Dilla Time chronicles the life and legacy of J Dilla, a musical genius who transformed th...
View full detailsHow I Got Over is the much anticipated 9th studio album from the Roots (their 3rd for Def Jam if you're keeping score). The album finds the Grammy-...
View full detailsDebut full-length project from NYC’s beloved Yaeji! After a handful of undeniable EPs, Soundcloud loosies and utterly sick videos, we’re pleased to...
View full details"2022 release. Hip-hop lifted the New Orleans duo of cousins-Scott Arcenaux, Jr. a.k.a. $lick Sloth and Aristos Petrou a.k.a. Ruby da Cherry-out of...
View full details"When Alfa Mist was a teenager, he was dabbling in hip-hop and grime. By the time he got to college, he was teaching himself the piano and getting ...
View full detailsThird mixtape in The Weeknd's 2011 trilogy, official repress with rare alternate cover! Echoes Of Silence was originally released towards the close...
View full detailsThe Weeknd's Echoes Of Silence was originally released towards the close of 2011 and was the final installment in a trilogy of free albums that the...
View full details"Originally released in 2007, None Shall Pass was the fifth studio album by Aesop Rock. Created over a two year period following the release of his...
View full details"The Bad Bunny Anniversary Trilogy 3x double LP Vinyl Boxset features reissues of the Reggaeton artist's first three studio albums: X 100PRE, YHLQM...
View full detailsblack double vinyl pressing housed in deluxe braille-embossed triple panel gatefold jacket w/ printed inserts original release year: 2016 music l...
View full detailsFinally repressed! Here's our original review circa early 2000 (sku: hh-009!) When this came out everybody I know was feelin' exactly the same way ...
View full detailsGatefold pressing of KMD's classic Black Bastards! KMD's Mr. Hood is an early 90s lost masterpiece... deceptively playful. For their second album, ...
View full detailsThe return of the Canadian crooner. The former OVO affiliate that once was very much behind the scenes grabbing attention with a three part mixtape...
View full details"Childish Gambino’s 2014 EP, Kauai, is a paradise-found exploration of nostalgia and the complex anxieties of romance, decadence and passion. From ...
View full details"When Leon Michels and El Michels Affair released their first record, Sounding Out The City in 2005, it was hard to guess what was next for Michels...
View full detailsInstrumental beat brilliance from rapper/producer Oddisee. Following 2012's People Hear What They See, The Beauty In All continues Oddisee's sonic ...
View full detailsResurrection was your anthem. It was political and spiritual, but Common could still bust a verse about NBA Jams right in the middle of it. With mu...
View full detailsFinally reissued! In the grand scheme of things, 10 years isn't really THAT long for a record to be out of print... but for an album as seminal as ...
View full details"Free Nationals are best known as Anderson .Paak’s live band, until now. Band members Kelsey Gonzalez (Bass), Ron “Tnava” Avant (Keyboard/ Vocoder)...
View full details"After the monumental success and critical acclaim of Cocoa Sugar, Mercury Prize winning Edinburgh trio Young Fathers will release their highly ant...
View full detailsPublic Enemy's huger than huge Fear Of A Black Planet! Their mind blowing 3rd album is filled with too many standout moments to mention. I listened...
View full detailsMan, I am so excited for this shit! New Erykah!! Ak Boogs here at the Lab was telling me that producers have been sending her beats steadily over t...
View full detailsMadlib's Medicine Show Series gets jazzy for the 7th volume in the series. By now you should all know Madlib is exceptionally talented at making mi...
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