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$35.50
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RELEASE DATE: 9/30/2022
Sankofa is the debut album by Avr (Alvaro Silva), a work that takes form through the research and fusion of Candombe and other Afro rhythms from Río de la Plata region with hip-hop and Black American Music. Avr, the great-grandson of Juan Julio Arrascaeta (one of the first Afro-descendant poets to be published in Latin America) writes throughout the album, using several "Africanisms" and lost words that date back from colonial and slavery times, giving the lyrics a connection with his great-grandfather's work, introducing himself as a skillful MC who travels through past, present, and future while using several Candombe rhythms in his flow. Highlighting several personalities from the Afro-Uruguayan culture and from across the American continent, it also presents itself as a valuable work for those interested in researching cultural figures of Black America, especially, Uruguayan. Under the production of Felipe Fuentes, an album knitted with tons of messages, some direct, some to be discovered, came to life. Sankofa means "to look back, to go forward" which is exactly from the beginning what this musical journey is, from a very heavy and dense, ancestral, drum presence, to complex harmonic compositions and arrangements, a work that counts with important contributions of some of the main Afro-Uruguayan artists. A musical "guiso" (South American stew), Sankofa is the vision of the world of a young black male, his way of feeling and interpreting the past, present, and future; and how to transform it in order to generate something new. Includes contributions by Hugo Fattoruso and Ruben Rada.
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$26.00
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RELEASE DATE: 9/9/2022
Demian Sky is a meticulous beatmaker, experienced musician, committed record store manager, passionate DJ as well as excessive record collector and music enthusiast. His instrumental hip-hop debut A Kraut Tale is a narrative sound journey on 18 tracks. The song structures, the musical concept and the overall atmosphere of the record show very clearly that his influences are not only in hip-hop, but also in psychedelic and prog rock of the '60s and '70s. There are also some references to works of DJ Shadow, Dan The Automator, Cut Chemist, Gaslamp Killer, and such. It is all the more astonishing that, contrary to possible expectations, all samples come from old German Schlager and folk music records. The result is not a loose collection of individual pieces of music, but rather a coherent album with its own dramaturgy in two chapters.
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EDDA 052X-LP
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$30.50
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RELEASE DATE: 8/26/2022
LP version. Turquoise blue vinyl LP with orange 10" featuring remixes and collaborations from The Bug, Object Object, NØISE, and Dälek, gatefold sleeve. All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
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EDDA 052LP
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$27.00
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RELEASE DATE: 8/26/2022
LP version. Black vinyl LP with 7" of remixes of "Spacebox" by NØISE and Batbirds, gatefold sleeve. All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
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EDDA 052CD
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$12.50
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RELEASE DATE: 8/26/2022
All Welcome on Planet Ree-Vo could only really have been made in one city steeped as it is in Bristol's decades of less conventional hip-hop and bass music. Tweaked and fine-tuned during the summer of 2020 the record punches with a mix of red eyed paranoia to a playful future funk. The album was all recorded, produced and mixed by Andy Spaceland at Christchurch Studios, Bristol (home of Mezzanine era Massive Attack) with all vocals written and performed by T. Relly. During 2021 the first two singles from the LP were released. The first was the juggernaut that is "Groove With It". T. Relly growling out polemic against the relentless cacophony spun by Andy, the brutality of the bass and horns is temporarily smoothed with Relly's soulful, swaggering placation of "Turn your speakers on/ Till ya speakers blown baby/ If you're feeling strong baby/ We can keep it going baby". This was followed in April by the 12" release of "Combat" featuring a thumping remix by Surgeon and an extended electro remix by Ree-Vo themselves. "Spacebox" which will be the last single to be released in time with the album is their hookiest, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, dance off! Naked in the dancehall SPACE BOX!" is the beamed mantra, Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years."
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"Guru's Jazzmatazz 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip-hop production and rapping. Guru had a vision and brought together a diverse group of jazz cats both old and new school; Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers and vocalists like Carleen Anderson, N'Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and French rapper MC Solaar have cooperated on this classic album. Jazzmatazz proved to be a highly influential album and a huge commercial success."
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"The fifth studio album by the Infamous duo of Prodigy and Havoc was originally released 20 years ago on December 11, 2001. The album features Mobb Deep Queensbidge affiliates Infamous Mobb and Big Noyd and was certified Gold. To commemorate the 20 year anniversary, Get On Down is proud to present this reissue for Mobb Deep fans worldwide. RIP Prodigy."
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$28.50
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RELEASE DATE: 7/15/2022
Dry Water Wet Land is the debut album by underground Detroit rapper Dirtee Curt, set for release by Australian based label Fifty Records. Featuring production and features from fellow Butter Made colleagues, the album pairs Curt's raw delivery and personal lyricism with faithfully innovative, late '90s/early '00s inspired, sample-laden hip-hop. From the moment you hear Dry Water Wet Land, you'll know that Dirtee Curt has experienced a lot and been on quite a journey. A few journeys, actually. In discussing the album, he says, "It took forever and a day but it's been a learning experience more than anything," adding "I'm telling my life story... without telling it." The appropriately titled album intro, "Opening Act", is a listener's smorgasbord of events, surrounded by people asking him various questions and, in some cases, asking for favors. Throughout the process, Curt remains mostly unfazed. This especially rings true on "Daily Grind", where he states on the opening bars "Dirt Curt in the building, far from makin' a million/But makin' it do with the little that I got." At that point, you can just put your seatbelt on and zone out. Features Smoke, Joel "Fluent" Greene, and Audopilots.
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LEWIS 1118CD
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"While Edan's critically acclaimed debut, Primitive Plus, was a celebration of hip-hop's golden age and a true throwback, his sophomore album, Beauty And The Beat, is a vast musical collage that contains many different influences; hip-hop, rock, pop, dusty breaks, hazy loops, luxurious off-kilter samples and curveball tempo changes that are all crafted into one cohesive piece of art. In 2015, FACT placed it at number 30 on the '100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time' list. In 2013 NME placed it at number 392 on the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list."
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LEWIS 1118PD-LP
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LP version. Picture disc. "While Edan's critically acclaimed debut, Primitive Plus, was a celebration of hip-hop's golden age and a true throwback, his sophomore album, Beauty And The Beat, is a vast musical collage that contains many different influences; hip-hop, rock, pop, dusty breaks, hazy loops, luxurious off-kilter samples and curveball tempo changes that are all crafted into one cohesive piece of art. In 2015, FACT placed it at number 30 on the '100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time' list. In 2013 NME placed it at number 392 on the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list."
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Blue and cream color vinyl. "Ghostface Killah released his debut solo album 25 years ago on October 29, 1996. Produced by fellow Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, Ironman found inspiration in sources ranging from blaxploitation films to classic soul and charted a whole new direction for hip-hop in the process. The album features classic bangers like 'Daytona 500' featuring Raekwon and 'Cappadonna' to soulful emotionally moving cuts like 'All That I Got Is You' with Mary J Blige. To commemorate the 25 year anniversary Get On Down is proud to present Ironman in a 2xLP set available on both 'Blue & Cream' and 'Chicken & Broccoli' half-n-half colored vinyl, each version housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket, packed inside a 'shoebox'-style 2nd outer jacket embossed with the year 1996."
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LP version. "While Edan's critically acclaimed debut, Primitive Plus, was a celebration of hip-hop's golden age and a true throwback, his sophomore album, Beauty And The Beat, is a vast musical collage that contains many different influences; hip-hop, rock, pop, dusty breaks, hazy loops, luxurious off-kilter samples and curveball tempo changes that are all crafted into one cohesive piece of art. In 2015, FACT placed it at number 30 on the '100 Best Indie Hip-Hop Records of All Time' list. In 2013 NME placed it at number 392 on the '500 Greatest Albums of All Time' list."
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Chicken and broccoli color vinyl. "Ghostface Killah released his debut solo album 25 years ago on October 29, 1996. Produced by fellow Wu-Tang Clan member RZA, Ironman found inspiration in sources ranging from blaxploitation films to classic soul and charted a whole new direction for hip-hop in the process. The album features classic bangers like 'Daytona 500' featuring Raekwon and 'Cappadonna' to soulful emotionally moving cuts like 'All That I Got Is You' with Mary J Blige. To commemorate the 25 year anniversary Get On Down is proud to present Ironman in a 2xLP set available on both 'Blue & Cream' and 'Chicken & Broccoli' half-n-half colored vinyl, each version housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket, packed inside a 'shoebox'-style 2nd outer jacket embossed with the year 1996."
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"'Lovage' is defined as 'an herb that is said to be a benefit for relieving abdominal pains due to gastrointestinal gas...also touted to reduce flatulence when consumed as a tea.' But when placed in the able hands of sonic mastermind Dan 'The Automator' Nakamura, recording under the guise of musical lothario Nathaniel Merriweather, the result is a concept album of 'music to make love to your old lady by.' With the help of collaborators such as Mike Patton (vocals), Jennifer Charles (vocals) and Kid Koala (turntables), Merriweather serves as your personal guide to the sensual side of life, painting a satirical, darkly funny portrait of love and sex with left-field hip-hop and instrumentals as only he can do."
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Comes in a lunchbox. "CZARMAGEDDON! Hot off their two smashes for Marvel's blockbuster ¬lm Venom: Let There Be Carnage, CZARFACE is back, triumphantly swinging into your universe with their all new CZARMAGEDDON! Expect many twists and turns as Wu-Tang's Inspectah Deck and Esoteric go to war with an all-new, all-different soundscape from Czarface producers the Czar Keys. Alt-rap icon Kool Keith shatters the lyrical glass and the enigmatic Frankie Pulitzer, who fi¬rst appeared on the Venom soundtrack on Czarface's Today's Special, is back with guns blazing. Fans will crash the gates for this all new chapter of the Czarface saga. Collector's Lunchbox with embossed Czarface art on front and back; Series 2 Trading Cards only available with the Lunchbox; Cassette of CZARMAGEDDON! only available in the Lunchbox."
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"Issued on vinyl for the fi¬rst time ever in an opaque red pressing housed in a gatefold jacket! In the mid-2000s, as Prodigy began to map out the follow up to his solo release H.N.I.C., he worked up some new material with long-time collaborator The Alchemist. Material that was meant to be a mixtape. Just a little something to keep the fans interested until H.N.I.C. Part 2. The resulting recordings were so high caliber, so tapped into the very essence of Prodigy's Mobb Deep pedigree, just so damn good - that a commercial release of the material was inevitable -- as Return Of The Mac. Backed by classic Blaxploitation style samples from The Alchemist, Prodigy paints a picture with his words. A picture of the rough and tumble New York of his up-bringing. When issued in 2007, many considered it his best effort in at least a decade. In their review of the then new release, even Pitchfork had to admit 'Prodigy's made the comeback no one saw coming.' Fans agreed with that assessment, their whole-hearted embrace of Return Of The Mac placed the title at #32 on the Billboard Top 200."
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"Choices: The Album is the fifth Three 6 Mafia studio album released 20 years ago on August 28, 2001 alongside the direct-to-video movie of the same name produced by DJ Paul and Juicy J for Hypnotize Minds. Choices The Album features the Memphis crew of Gangsta Boo, Lord Infamous and Crunchy Black with appearances by Project Pat, La Chat, and Ludacris. For the 20 year anniversary Choices is being reissued commercially on vinyl for the first time. The album had only been released on vinyl as a white label promo version in 2001. Get On Down is reissuing Choices in a 1501 unit ultra clear vinyl pressing with a stamped numbered 20 year anniversary commemorative OBI and full color insert. Memphis rap fans looking to add to their vinyl collection will want to cop this album from the pioneers of horrorcore and the Memphis sound with that signature 808 and double time flow."
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'Laminated Skies is the new album by Jason Moore aka Raw Poetic, produced alongside friend and frequent collaborator Earl Davis aka Damu the Fudgemunk and featuring guest musicians Pat 'P' Fritz on guitar and Luke Stewart on bass. Sessions for Laminated Skies took place in the sweltering summer heat in 2019 at Windom Road studio in Brentwood, Maryland; with Damu's production adding a tapestry of instrumentation including live and programmed drums, strings, vibraphone, kalimba, melodica, vinyl scratching and synthesizers. Musically pulling from the genres that make hip hop; the multidimensional work also draws inspiration from Ralph Ellison's novel The Invisible Man, spirituals, and their individual influences --, on which Jason says 'I was an English major, Luke is a jazz bassist, Pat a classically trained guitarist, and Earl brought in a wealth of knowledge that funneled us through a direction that worked.' Laminated Skies is Raw Poetic's sixth solo album and first official solo release on a label (London's Def Pressé). It's also his most personal album. He explains 'I still can't fully describe what kind of album this is so I've now reserved myself to telling people it's a 'Jason' album. I wanted to tell people what the hell is going on through my head sometimes; how I feel as a guy from Northern Virginia. Sometimes it's invisible, other times invincible. Sometimes loved, sometimes hurt. Once we got started mixing and matching ideas, well? it became something that I am very proud of.' Damu says, 'I'm extremely proud of what we did on this album. When Raw asked me to get involved I was amped. I've watched Raw become a producer over the last ten plus years, teaching himself how to record and lay tracks. His production style is so unique, free and different from mine that I soak up a ton of inspiration from collaborating this way. With both of us usually exclusively perceived as hip hop artists (which we don't mind), Laminated Skies feels like a victory for us to show our appreciation while creating honest art, but escape the box without actually making a formal announcement. It's easily one of the best things I've been a part of'. Raw Poetic was born in Philadelphia to a rich family legacy including both parents in the original Black Panther Party and legendary jazz musician uncle Archie Shepp. Eventually settling in Northern Virginia where he was raised in the Washington Metropolitan area, the two east coast cities have had a major influence on his artistry. By college he founded Restoring Poetry in Music aka RPM and became the lead MC in the duo Panacea (Rawkus), formed by producer/beatsmith Kyle Murdock, who released five albums before disbanding on a high note in 2010. As a newly solo act, Raw Poetic saw the changing demands of indie artists, building a skillset that allowed him to be the versatile DIY artist he is today. Produced with Damu, their recent 2020 album Ocean Bridges with saxophonist Archie Shepp was considered one of the year's best efforts."
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"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. Records like 'How I Could Just Kill a Man', 'Pigs', 'Stoned is the Way of the Walk' and 'Hand on the Pump' made this album 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. Journalist and author Chris Faraone highlights the group's relationship in the reissue's liner notes saying, '[By the late 80s] the undisputed Cypress unit finally formed. B and Sen realized that their diametric styles -- the latter's deep wrangle, the formers inimitable high notes -- complemented one another righteously. By then Muggs had bangers in the bag, as well as industry experience from a jaunt with the New York duo 7A3. B and Sen waited while Muggs messed with 7A3, and in that time began to build the blueprint for their raucous and weeded no-holds-barred style. Besides getting schooled on industry pitfalls, Muggs had also grown into hip-hop's most formidable young producer, while straddling the bi-coastal gap.' Faraone was able to dive in deep with the band for the liner notes, hearing story after story, including the particularly interesting tale of their unlikely 91 radio hit, 'How I Could Just Kill A Man'. In the B Side wins again story, the group recalls receiving resistance from the label in regards to which single should hit radio first. Initially, the label thought 'How I Could Just Kill A Man' was too risky, and even though the single initially 'The Phuncky Feel One', one of the album's strongest cuts, as the A-Side, college and commercial mix-show radio couldn't resist the dusted, heavy groove of Kill A Man. The song -- which included a catchy, LA drive-by-inspired chorus -- ended up as an unlikely, but powerful double A-sided single that even topped the Billboard Rap charts. More singles would follow, including 'Hand On The Pump'; 'Pigs'; and 'Latin Lingo'. And by the fall of 1991, the album was a full-blown critics darling. If you are a Cypress Hill fan and 45 collector this limited edition 30 year Anniversary 7" boxset is a must have!"
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Ree-Vo release their Spacebox single on 7" with remixes by NØISE and Batbirds and stunning original artwork by Shepard Fairey. In 2021, Bristol hip-hop duo Ree-Vo released two singles from their forthcoming album All Welcome On Planet Ree-Vo. The first was the electro-hop, LFO-surfing "Combat" with a remix by Surgeon. The second -- dropped as a digital double A-side -- was the dark, submersive "Groove With It" remixed by New Jersey's legendary Dälek and "Protein" remixed by The Bug. Ree-Vo begin 2022 in contrast with this their hookiest track on their album, a party throwing chorus spinning tipsy visitors around the intergalactic control booth of mission control. "Lift off, blast off, shirt off, pants off, bra off, Dance off! Naked in the dance hall space box!" is the beamed mantra, rapper Relly transmitting to all occupants of the galaxy. "We wanted to make a hedonistic and colorful dancehall track, a bold response to the suppressive circumstances of the last two years." Helping them on this seven's mission are two remixes, one by NØISE (the musical collective of Joe Cassidy, Shepard Fairey, Merritt Lear, and John Goff) and Batbirds (the duo of Joe Cassidy and Aaron Miller). Common to both of course is Joe Cassidy who recorded for Dell'Orso as Butterfly Child. These mixes were made at the end of 2020, the record sent off to print in February 2021, five months before Joe's incredibly sad departure from this planet, at least physically. Red vinyl.
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"When it comes to authentic, ride-or-die hip-hop, few crews have as much resonance as Mobb Deep. Featuring two double-threat MCs who also produced -- Havoc and the sadly-departed Prodigy -- the crew changed the hardcore rap game in 1995 with their sophomore classic The Infamous, and went on to rule the dark corners of hip-hop for the second half of the 90s and well into the 2000s. After multiple Mobb Deep platters in the '90s, Prodigy entered the 2000s as a solo artist with force, rolling over a stomping, piano-freaked backdrop laced by producer The Alchemist, with 'Keep It Thoro.' It has held up over time, proving itself as an anthemic classic that the streets and clubs still respect. Flaunting a smooth-but-menacing flow, Prodigy's no-nonsense lyricism on 'Keep It Thoro' is prototypical modern age brag rap. Countless MCs have followed his flow, from Fabolous to Joey Bada$$. The song is short and sweet, clocking in at just over three minutes. There are no wasted verses, just hardcore rhymes that stay with you. But 'Thoro' was the tip of the iceberg on what proved to be one of the more coveted rap full-lengths of the era. The album boasted other charting singles, including 'Rock Dat Shit' and 'Y.B.E.' (featuring B.G.), but it can be argued that the album's real gems are buried deeper. 'Genesis,' 'What U Rep' (featuring Noreaga) and 'Three' are all sinister yet pensive. 'Wanna Be Thugs' and 'Delt With The Bullshit' are strong and evocative Mobb Deep cuts, featuring production and vocals by Havoc. And alongside other standouts, perhaps the deepest cut of all -- especially in light of Prodigy's recent and way-too-soon passing due to complications from Sickle Cell Anemia -- is 'You Can Never Feel My Pain,' which details the health issues and challenges this talented MC and producer had been facing his whole life. H.N.I.C. was Prodigy's first solo album, but it is perhaps his best. Among fans he will never be forgotten, for his skills, his storytelling and his no-B.S. approach to the art of MCing."
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"LP is housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket and includes a wax pack of eight Czarface universe trading cards. Hot off their two smashes for Marvel's blockbuster ¬lm Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Czarface is back, triumphantly swinging into your universe with their all new Czarmageddon! Expect many twists and turns as Wu-Tang's Inspectah Deck and Esoteric go to war with an all-new, all-different soundscape from Czarface producers the Czar Keys. Alt-rap icon Kool Keith shatters the lyrical glass and the enigmatic Frankie Pulitzer, who fi¬rst appeared on the Venom soundtrack on Czarface's Today's Special, is back with guns blazing. Fans will crash the gates for this all new chapter of the Czarface saga."
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"Before Madvillain, before Yesterday's New Quintet and before Quasimoto or any other of his several alter egos, Madlib perfected his craft as an MC/producer in the Lootpack. Along with DJ Romes, and fellow rhymer Wildchild, they released the dusty full-length, Soundpieces: Da Antidote back in 1999, that laid down the foundation for the unique and dusty sound now associated with Madlib. The loose, freeform recordings on this collection are circa 1996 when the group was managed by Madlib's father, and they show the now-renowned maverick producer in comparatively restrained form. Madlib's scope and imagination was clearly fixated on East coast jazzy hip-hop production from the early '90s, laying down soundscapes for his hungry crew including the likes of Kazi, Declaime and Medaphoar, who have all become well known underground rap vets. Madlib's own strong mic presence is noticeable given his now only-on-rare-occasion rhyming, but it's his production that is the most fascinating element here. While a resolutely hip-hop project, the burgeoning jazzy flourishes and Madlib's heavily accomplished ear for sound makes the record an important starting point for adherents of his more recent exploratory work."
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EDDA 056CD
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Bristol hip-hop duo Ree-Vo drop the first of three releases in 2022 beginning with this stunning mix of original tracks, remixes and collaborations. Newark, NJ's Dälek (Will Brooks, Deadverse) drags T. Relly's growl through the quicksand, a cacophony of whiplashed beats and visceral loops spurring our protagonist on. It's a gaggle of Ghostface Killas trapped in a hall of mirrors; it's next door's MBV heard through the walls whilst submerged in a low-lit bathtub. And Wu Tang are pulling the plug out. Kevin Martin, aka The Bug, released one of 2021's most fierce and focused albums with Fire on Ninja Tune. In his hands "Protein" becomes a submarine bass, head n' rig wrecker opting for more of his hooky "In Blue" style Bug mix. As Kevin eludes -- "to my fantastical mind it sounds like Bug dirt'n'grind Vs Yin Yang Twins' swagger and Neptunes funk." Eight track, very limited CD release featuring Surgeon, The Bug, Dälek and Rob Smith (RSD, one half of Smith and Mighty) along with two original exclusives by Ree-Vo mastered by Stefan Betke (aka Pole).
Ree-Vo are rapper T. Relly and DJ, producer Andy Spaceland. Relly is known in the Bristol community for his links to the city's major club nights, compering stages at St Paul's Carnival, his classic 2018 LP with DJ Rogue (Let Them Know) and his passionate social work with Bristol's most disadvantaged. Andy (Spaceland) Jenks has been involved in Bristol bass music beginning with Static Sound System and a collaborative 12" with Rudy Tambala (A.R Kane) before his group Alpha was signed to Massive Attack's label Melankolic (also becoming one of their tour DJs). He also currently releases music with US producer Butch Vig and is working on new tracks with Mark Stewart (The Pop Group).
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SIL 022CD
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"Hot off their two smashes for Marvel's blockbuster ¬lm Venom: Let There Be Carnage, Czarface is back, triumphantly swinging into your universe with their all new Czarmageddon! Expect many twists and turns as Wu-Tang's Inspectah Deck and Esoteric go to war with an all-new, all-different soundscape from Czarface producers the Czar Keys. Alt-rap icon Kool Keith shatters the lyrical glass and the enigmatic Frankie Pulitzer, who fi¬rst appeared on the Venom soundtrack on Czarface's Today's Special, is back with guns blazing. Fans will crash the gates for this all new chapter of the Czarface saga."
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