“I was trying to be you” J DIlla The evidence of Pete Rock’s legacy bangs in his latest opus, Petestrumentals 2, the sequel to the 2001 classic that helped define the hip^hop instrumental record. It marks the legend’s first album on Mello Music Group, a fitting union between the author of the...
Following the worldwide success of ‘Blackbird’ in 2013, the New Zealand based seven-piece are back with ‘BAYS’, a 9-track LP recorded at the band’s BAYS Studio in Kilbirnie, Wellington a former 1950s HMV vinyl pressing plant. The predominantly studio written album draws on the lexicon of genres...
The New Orleans singer, songwriter and producer was one of the legends of Black music, having written songs such as ‘Working In The Coal Mine’ (Lee Dorsey), ‘Pain In My Heart’ (Otis Redding), ‘Lipstick Traces’ (The O'Jays) and ‘Fortune Teller’ (Benny Spellman) Toussaint worked with almost everybody...
After three and a half years, award-winning artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis return on February 26th with THIS UNRULY MESS I’VE MADE. The thirteen track album includes platinum selling single Downtown (featuring Kool Moe Dee, Melle Mel, Grandmaster Caz, and Eric Nally), as well as previously...
Lyrics Born – Now Look What Youve Done, Lyrics Born! Greatest Hits Tom Shimura was one of a star-crossed group of freshmen who arrived at the University of California, Davis in the fall of 1990, soon after joining forces with the artists who would come to be known as DJ Shadow, Chief Xcel and the...
RJD2 – Dame Fortune The new studio album from RJD2, Dame Fortune, continues the sonic exploration that was started 14 years ago his seminal debut Deadringer. An entirely self-produced and engineered affair, longtime vocal collaborators appear here in the form of Blueprint, Son Little (aka Aaron...
Compiled by Italian DJ and purveyor of rare vinyl Gino Grasso with the assistance of his brother Federico, ‘We Know How To Boogie’ is a joyful romp through the finest forgotten dance-floor disco and soul from the 70's and 80's. A bona fide ‘disco don’, Gino has collected music for over 30 years and...
Kehlani spent nearly a year-and-a-half recording her sprawling manifesto, an eclectic, pop-leaning collection of trap, experimental R&B and classic neo-soul. Collaborating primarily with songwriting/production duo Pop & Oak, who are attached to about half the tracks on the album, the...
Faith Evans and The Notorious B. I.G. famously met at a photo shoot in 1994 and were married nine days later. What followed would become one of the most legendary love stories in hip-hop history. Evans has now, 20 years after B. I.G.’s still unsolved murder, created THE KING & I, a new album that...
Slanging and banging is the topic again as rappers T-Nutty and Liq return with the second installment of their mixtape series with the release of Slangin and Bangin Part 2 on February 24, 2017. After the remarkable success of the first Slangin and Bangin, the two artists from South Sacramento have...
‘All-Amerikkkan Bada$$’ is the follow up to 2015's ‘B4.Da.$$’ from Joey Bada$$! Joey does not often speak on the social and political issues that plague America and the world in interviews or on social media, but with the delivery of ‘All-Amerikkkan Bada$$,’ theb rapper intends on addressing the...
Award winning, multi-platinum selling, singer/songwriter Bryson Tiller has announced that his sophomore album, “TRUE TO SELF”, will be released on June 23rd. “TRUE TO SELF” follows the success of his critically acclaimed debut, “T R A P S O U L”. With the release of “TRUE TO SELF”, Bryson Tiller...
Tyler, The Creator has his fourth full-length album, Flower Boy. It includes recently released tracks ‘Who Dat Boy’ featuring A$AP Rocky and ‘911/Mr. Lonely’ featuring Frank Ocean.
Snoop Dogg, America's uncle and a true national treasure, is here with a reminder that he Neva Left. This latest, which features a throwback photo as the album cover, marks a remarkable 15th studio album from Long Beach's own. Joining Snoop on Neva Left are fellow O. G.'s Redman, Method Man, Too...
A frequent guest vocalist in the hip-hop, jazz and soul world, Jamila has emerged as a once-in-a-generation voice on her soul-stirring debut. Hailed by Pitchfork as, “a singular mix of clear-eyed optimism and Black girl magic,” HEAVN is the culmination of more than two decades' worth of musical...
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings' final studio album, Soul of a Woman is a lush, orchestral masterpiece. A true testament to the life and career of Daptone's fearless leader and one of the world's greatest performers. In the year prior to her death from pancreatic cancer in 2016, Sharon Jones toured...
This deluxe edition is an expanded version of last year’s breakout mixtape 1992, featuring eight brand new tracks which have been fully remastered. Princess Nokia – aka New York rapper Destiny Frasqueri – has been releasing music via Youtube and Soundcloud since she was in High School, and slowly...
Before Dr. Dre and DJ Yella produced Straight Out Of Compton, before Greg Mack and the KDAY Traffic Jams radio show and before Ruthless Records went multi-platinum, it was a teenage Dr. Dre (then known as The Master of Mixology) making amazing mixes of early rap tracks on cassette as far back as...
Wiki presents ‘No Mountains In Manhattan’ on CD and 2LP. The album features fellow New York natives including Ghostface Killah, Lakutis, ACAB, Slicky Boy, Your Old Droog and more. Production credits include Ratking’s Sporting Life, Tony Seltzer, Kaytranada, Earl Sweatshirt and Wiki himself. ‘No...
UK hip hop’s original and best live band are back with brand new album ‘Bring Out The Sound’, released in February 2018 on BBE Music. Founded in the early 90s by Ollie Teeba and Jake Wherry, The Herbaliser have earned every single accolade they’ve received during almost 25 years of touring and...
