“The White Man Made Me Do It” is Swamp Dogg’s new album, and his first soul record in decades. Over the course of 14 songs, and with the help of a cast of veteran soul greats, the idiosyncratic performer re-captures the spirit of his 70’s cult recordings. “The White Man Made Me Do It” mixes classic...
Watch the Throne is a collaborative studio album by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West, released on August 8, 2011, by Roc-A-Fella Records, Roc Nation, and Def Jam Recordings. Before the album, Jay-Z and West had collaborated on their respective singles and with West as a producer on Jay-Z's...
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...
If the soul of hip-hop belongs to the culture, the skeleton belongs to the independent label. From Sugar Hill to Def Jam, Tommy Boy to Rawkus, Fondle Em to Def Jux, the genre’s best music has been birthed by imprints that brazenly defy the status quo, those who champion fearless artists and always...
Georgia Anne Muldrow is a seeker and truth-teller. The words on her first rap album – produced entirely by Chris Keys – balance a beautiful delivery with brutal honesty. These are the honest confessions of a mother who refuses to turn a blind eye to immediate and ancestral misdeeds. Her rhymes are...
“L’Orange is a conceptually driven thinker. He sees a plot in his mind and transfers that narrative to his production.” – Impose Magazine Enter those bloody alleys blocked off with yellow tape and chalk outlines. Secret backrooms riddled with sly crooks and blunt smoke. Slink into the underworld,...
“Detroit’s own Red Pill has been perfecting his craft”- Urb Look What This World Did To Us.” The command is rhetorical. You’re already aware of the echo, the generational discontent and alienation, the whispered and denied calls for absolution. No need to look around, just check your bank account...
“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...
Yes, the highly anticipated album from Slum Village is ready to hit your ears. The new album features beats produced by Jay Dee aka J Dilla along with production from Young RJ who together produced one of Slum Village’s finest moments ever in the form of Fantastic Vol. 2. Yes features performances...
Former automotive engineer for The Big Three, and Morehouse drop-out, Finale has worked alongside some of the best producers in game. From Black Milk to Nottz, and Apollo Brown to J Dilla. For his new album Finale handed all the production duties to rising star Oddisee. Building on the raw Detroit...
L’Orange & Kool Keith set out to make something absurd, yet traditional, putting the Ultramagnetic MC in a position to rap over beats that fans have wanted to hear him on for years. Joining the team is cast of legendary rappers to create a diversity of talent. The album is a loose tale of a time...
“Weapon is Verbal Kent’s most damning proof that he’s devoted notepads to mapping out lyrical obstaclessing-song assonance, alliterative sputtering, rhyming patterns that expand and contract like an accordion-as if plotting a black diamond ski course“ – Hiphop DX 4/5 (Sound of the Weapon – 2014)...
Apollo Brown has once again assembled an all-star cast of MC’s such as Freddie Gibbs, MOP, Oddisee, Masta Ace, Sean Price, Evidence, Ras Kass, Vinnie Paz, OC, and more to join the stage with him and he displays his signature brand of hard hitting classic production. Apollo Brown is no stranger to...
Obsessive collector, record store owner and mine of musical knowledge, Zaf is vinyl junkie of the highest order. His first ‘Private Wax’ compilation came in 2012 and immediately became a highly sought after gem, due to the rare and wonderful disco and boogie contained within. From the shimmering...
Arguably, Dave Lee aka Joey Negro and his Z Records label are the contemporary go-to Disco label. And it was only a matter of time that Mr Lee would delve deep into his vinyl vaults and pull a selection of sound-alike tracks inspired by that late 70s Chic sound. To date, Chic and their productions...
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...
Bringing along some choice guests, including Faith Evans, Freddie Gibbs, and Maino. While the likes of Scram Jones, Buckwild, StatikSelektah, Roads-Art and more, provide the production.
LANDSLIDE Combines prototypical Wilder originals with distinctive cover songs written by several of his major influences. The swaggering Wilder, aka The Last Of The Full Grown Men, has attracted a strong following in the United States and Europe over the last 30 years.
The two-time GRAMMY Nominated timeless album, Malibu. After dropping his debut album, Venice, in 2014, and then being featured on six tracks on Dr. Dre’s Compton album in 2015, 2016’s Malibu marked a major landmark moment in Anderson .Paak’s now storied career and paved the way for him to be the...
Southern Soundtracks Andre 3000 and Big Boi in other words Outkast are back! Thats right people; the rappers that put Atlanta on the Hip-Hop map way back in 1990s unleash this collection of rare and unreleased material. With six Grammys and 25 million album sales under their belt, Outkast are one...