Hip Hop

Late Registration is the second album from Kanye West and is co-produced by Jon Brion - known principally as a soundtrack composer (magnolia, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind). 

The dense and complex follow-up to good kid, m.A.A.d city is wry, theatrical, chaotic, ironic, and mournful, often all at once. Credit: Pitchfork

Kendrick Lamar's good kid, m.A.A.d city is fearless and brilliant, an unvarnished and nuanced peek into the rapper's inner life that ties straightforward rap thrills directly to its narrative.

For most artists who are discovered behind the mixing boards, making the transfer from producer to MC proves a daunting task. Fortunately for Kanye West, his verbal skills more than rise to the challenge of his consistently superior beats.

Tyler, the Creator’s sixth album is impressionistic and emotionally charged, the result of an auteur refining his style and baring more of his soul than ever before.

On Alligator Bites Never Heal, Doechii is equal parts her Tampa roots and Los Angeles, where she’s currently based, she is then and now and also tomorrow, she is countless genres and movements and eras and ideas laid out before us in less than an hour of song.

GNX is Kendrick Lamar's first album following his departure from longtime labels Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath Entertainment.

A highly creative record which pitchfork described as consisting of "wistful soul and warm funk", through his exploration of heartbreak and his own mental health issues. A worthy testament to Mac MIller.

MF Doom's Big Dada project Take Me to Your Leader (as King Geedorah) is a monster-movie concept record, featuring a parade of tracks and samples that conform to the age of Godzilla, Rodan, Mothra, and of course, the mighty King Ghidorah -- a three-headed monster from outer space. 

Kanye West’s modestly formed eighth record is a meditation on marriage, mental health, and addiction.

Circles is the sixth and final studio album by Mac Miller. Conceived as a sister album to 2018's full length Swimming, the album was completed with the assistance of Jon Brion, with whom Miller worked on Swimming and had been working together on Circles at the time of his passing.

Superhero? Supervillain? Super What? Czarface and MF Dooms's newest team-up record Super What? is, much like the Avengers' arch-enemy Thanos...inevitable (and all-powerful!).

An album of Black Thought rhyming over El Michels Affair tracks.

Quality Control is the second studio album from the alternative hip hop group Jurassic 5.

Since I Left You' is the stunning debut album by The Avalanches. Packed with over 600 samples of recordings dating from the 1950's to the present (each one credited in the liner notes!) as well as original instrumentation.

With DJ Drama in tow, Tyler thrives in the realm of the rap mixtape, which allows him great freedom to explore every facet of his talent as a producer, writer, and vocalist. 

Resurrecting the MTV Unplugged program, she has gone before an audience with an acoustic guitar in her hands to sing a new group of songs. But that unadorned approach is only the beginning.

On Alligator Bites Never Heal, Doechii is equal parts her Tampa roots and Los Angeles, where she’s currently based, she is then and now and also tomorrow, she is countless genres and movements and eras and ideas laid out before us in less than an hour of song.

Flower Boy highlights how incredibly talented Tyler really is. The beats are always on point, the rhymes are always on point and it's not too long (as we all know hip hop albums can be). Essential.

Madvillainy without the raps is still a classic. Double vinyl now with cover sleeve, Madlib taking his place on the cover with a photo of Doom's mask during the making of the album on back

A full album of Tribe x Pharcyde mash-ups from Amerigo Gazaway! Ya'll should remember Amerigo from his last mash-up effort Fela Soul, and here on Bizarre Tribe he puts those blending skills to work on classics from two legendary rap groups.

We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service is the sixth and final studio album by American hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest, released on November 11, 2016, by Epic Records.

De La Soul's Clear Lake Audiotorium is one of their most sought-after releases by super fans.

De La Soul’s Live at Tramps, NYC, 1996 is a time machine for fans old and new. Recorded on May 16, 1996 at New York’s famous Tramps nightclub, the core trio are joined by several guests, including Mos Def, then an unknown property but just about to make his De La debut on Stakes Is High.

The live recording of the 2018 performance from NPR Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

For fans of The Streets, Kano, Ghostpoet, Mos Def, MF DOOM, Aesop Rock, Talib Kweli, Run The Jewels.

Kenny Beats releases his debut album LOUIE.

Jay-Z made damn good albums before The Blueprint, as well as some afterwards. But The Blueprint remains the album where everything came together. He was able to satisfy his audience, the critics, and the skeptics, while making a timeless album. For this album, he was everything he was supposed to be. Credit: Albumism

Production on Born Sinner began just a week after the release of Cole’s debut studio album, Cole World: The Sideline Story.

hopefully ! - a life-affirming exploration of fatherhood, childhood and alternative music, marking Loyle Carner as you’ve never heard seen or heard him before.

Rising from the wreckage of a war torn planet, Czarface joins forces with MF Doom in the epic Czarface Meets Metal Face! Blending Doom's trademark abstractions and Czarface's in-your-face lyrical attack.

Killer Mike gets recognized for many things - being an Outkast protege, a member of rap powerhouse Run The Jewels, one of Atlanta’s biggest advocates, a Bernie Sanders whisperer, and, perhaps most importantly, a voice of reason in an increasingly insane world. 

Kendrick Lamar releases his new album Damn. It’s his first extended release since last year’s demos collection Untitled Unmastered, and his first formal record since 2015’s To Pimp A Butterfly.

Inspired by 1960's and 70's music and taking inspiration from the recording techniques and production of that era, they embrace live instrumentation and zero sampling. 

One of the most original takes on the concept of an album on our shelves.

Filled with jazz solos and politically-charged lyrics, it appers to be a companion piece to Butterfly, rather than a standalone record. All of the tracks are untitled, save for the date they were recorded.

Delicious Vinyl presents this key material from Jay Dee’s output in a never before issued and not to be repeated random coloured vinyl assortment. Shortly after Jay Dee’s younger brother Illa J’s solo debut was issued on Delicious Vinyl, the label and the artist knew the next step in honouring Jay Dee’s legacy was to issue the complete instrumentals from Yancey Boys as a stand-alone release. This mother lode of previously untouched (at the time) beats dates as far back as Jay Dee’s time working on the Pharcyde’s sophomore album, 1995’s Labcabincalifornia. As Delicious Vinyl owner Michael Ross explains, “From ‘95 through ’98 Jay Dee was my go-to guy for hot beats and remixes. He was always making beats, always. So there was a select amount of tracks that he composed for me during that time, tracks as good as anything he’d done, only they never got used.” Once these beats were used for Illa J’s Yancey Boys they were presented to the public on Yancey Boys Instrumentals.

Czarface - Wu-Tang founding MC Inspectah Deck and veteran duo 7L and Esoteric are back with their sophomore album Every Hero Needs A Villain.

Anchored by the laid-back G-funk anthem 'Regulate,' Warren G's appropriately titled Regulate...G Funk Era embodies the mid-'90s era of Cali sunshine, endless blunts, and switch-hittin' lowriders with a welcome and somewhat surprising sense of kind-heartedness.

In 2002, the first demo sequence of ‘Madvillainy’ leaked online. The tracks contained early vocal cuts from MF DOOM, recorded and quickly mixed in Los Angeles at Madlib’s Bomb Shelter studio.

A quarter century since their 1998 debut, No Fear of Time finally reunites one of the greatest hip-hop duos of all-time, Black Star

First time on vinyl, highly sought after by fans and frequently bootlegged.

Stro Elliot (of The Roots) put his spin on 10 James Brown classics. 

Presenting the much celebrated 'Black Panther' soundtrack, in which internationally-celebrated Grammy Award-winning global superstar Kendrick Lamar and Billboard Magazine's Executive of the Year, Anthony 'Top Dawg' Tiffith, curates and produces 'Black Panther: The Album'. The album features music from and inspired by Marvel Studios' 'Black Panther' film including the lead single, 'All The Stars', featuring Kendrick Lamar and label mate SZA

Upgraded gloss 2xLP gatefold sleeve (original press was 2lp non-gatefold and standard weight) with new liner notes and printed sleeves. With a career spanning two decades and 12 releases, L.A. hip hop duo People Under the Stairs bid farewell with their final LP last year.

“Madvillain Vol. 1” takes the template of their debut LP “Dilla” and applies the same approach to the collaboration of MF Doom and Madlib, aka MADVIILLLAIINN and their albums MADVIILLAIINNY and MADVIILLAIINN 2.

Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman’ is the first Wu-Tang record in 11 years to feature all nine living members - Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Cappadonna, U-God, Masta Killa, Inspectah Deck, GZA and RZA.

Denzel Curry's forthcoming King Of The Mischievous South Volume 2 finds him presenting a sequel to the project, and bringing back the sound, that helped launch his career.

Very Necessary is the fourth studio album by American hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa, first released in October 1993.

This special release marks the 20th anniversary of The Grind Date. The Grind Date is the sixth studio album by De La Soul, released in 2004.

What happens when a four-headed human drum computer meets a classical trained vilonist turned beatmaker to spend time in the studio? A beautiful lily blossoms. 

The late, great J Dilla is widely regarded as one of the greatest hiphop producers of all time.

Too many people sleep on Tougher Than Leather, Run-DMC’s fourth album. But hear us out as we plead the case for this amazing LP. By 1988 there was a lot more competition in the rap game –Public Enemy, Boogie Down Productions, Eric B. and Rakim, Ice-T and many more had given Hollis, Queens’ prodigal sons lots of competition. But Joe, Darryl and Jay were still at the top of their game.

Following in the footsteps of his famed brother Madlib, Oh No has become one of the most celebrated independent hip-hop artists of the 21st century. 

Mercury and BRIT nominated Kae Tempest’s fifth studio album Self Titled featuring Neil Tennant, Tawiah, Connie Constance and Young Fathers and co-produced by Fraser T Smith and Tempest.

First-ever vinyl pressing of Mac Miller’s fan-favorite 2011 mixtape I Love Life, Thank You, featuring the viral track "Love Lost," and appearances by Talib Kweli and Bun B. Originally released to celebrate Mac reaching one-million Twitter followers, the mixtape showcases his charismatic early sound and includes production from Clams Casino and 9th Wonder.

The Notorious B.I.G. and the Godfather of Soul James Brown join forces on Amerigo’s latest Soul Mates collaboration, “The Notorious J.B.’s: The B.I.G. Payback“.

Many of Malcolm's fans are aware of Balloonerism, a full-length album that Malcolm created around the time of the release of Faces in 2014.

His third solo album. Comprised of seven songs and over a year in the making, Daytona was produced entirely by Kanye West, and features a new verse from West on the track What Would Meek Do. Elsewhere, Rick Ross joins Pusha on the haunting Hard Piano.

The In Sound from Way Out! was originally released in 1996 and the title and cover art concept were borrowed from the Perrey and Kingsley album of the same name. 

Vinyl release of Mac Miller's 2012 mixtape Macadelic on double black vinyl featuring an embossed cover and colour insert.

The Auditorium, Vol. 1 marks a groundbreaking collaboration between legendary hip-hop artist Common and iconic producer Pete Rock, blending years of individual success into a powerful joint effort.

In July 2020, The Streets released their first album in ten years, ‘None of Us Are Getting Out of This Live Alive.’

It's not just the ladies that love cool James, we do too! 40 years of Def Jam have built up to this incredible feat of gangsta beats, poetic lyrical chops, sizzling instrumentals, a-list guest features, and an outrageous sense of style and tone - you better hop on board cos you cannot stop THE FORCE!.

The prodigious 20-year old South East Londoner Tom Misch releases Beat Tape 2 through his own label Beyond The Groove.

Snoop Dogg’s new album, Missionary, produced entirely by Dr. Dre, brings together a lineup of legendary collaborations.

For 16 years, the third Dr. Dre album was supposed to be The Detox, but that once-mythical, canceled LP was replaced by Compton: A Soundtrack by Dr. Dre, a supposedly final effort that was "inspired" by the N.W.A. biopic Straight Outta Compton

The latest full length album from Detroit mainstays Slum Village, F.U.N., has now made its way to vinyl. The 12-track project is their first album in nearly ten years and includes fresh collaborations with Larry June, Cordae, Eric Roberson, Robert Glasper , Karriem Riggins, Abstract Orchestra, Sango, Phat Kat, Daru Jones, Earlly Mac, The Dramatics and more

Butcher Brown Presents Triple Trey Featuring Tennishu and R4ND4ZZO BIGB4ND, deconstructs big band jazz and reshapes it in the band’s eclectic image.

Collective from the south of France, the Chinese Man trio (composed of High Ku, Matteo & Sly) has been performing independently since their debut under their own label Chinese Man Records.

Cali rap heavyweights LMNO, MED, and Declaime have joined forces to spit blunted tales, make wack emcees tremble, and showcase their lyrical gifts as the group LMD.

 Madlib Invazion with a vinyl reissue of the long out of print 11th issue on the Madlib Medicine Show series - Low Budget High-Fi Music. 

The Off-Season is the sixth studio album by American rapper J. Cole. It charted at number 2 in the UK when it was released on May 14, 2021 by Dreamville Records, Roc Nation and Interscope Records. 

Jurassic 5’s ‘Feedback’ (2006) marks the group’s fourth and final studio album, delivering their signature blend of tight flows and old school production with a few new twists.

FloFilz’s new album ‘Hagaki’ is a musical love letter to Japan - a sonic travel log that blends jazz and beats with Japanese music and culture. Recorded in both Berlin and Tokyo, FloFilz invited fellow musicians, beatmakers and singers such as Takuya Kuroda, Nao Yoshioka, Toshiki Soejima, Budamunk, and Matt Wilde to join him on his journey. Acclaimed music and travel photographer Robert Winter was responsible for the outstanding visuals that accompany the album.

MF DOOM’s last solo album. Featuring Ghostface Killah, Raekwon and seminal American poet and writer Charles Bukowski with beats from J Dilla, Madlib and ol’ Metal Fingers himself.

Wildchild returns with his new BBE released double vinyl & digital album, Child of a Kingsman. Featuring guest artists of the calibre of Keyon Harrold, Aaron Green, Beatslaya, Amber Navran, The Soulyghost, Darus Jones and Nottz amongst its roster of creative contributors, this album is a giant of Hip-Hop, Rhymes and beats that is a must have in any collection of Black Music.

Earthgang are a unique rap duo that have been making an impact on the Hip-Hop soundscape since their formation in 2008.

One of the most expansive instrumental Hip Hop series to date, MF DOOM’s lauded Special Herbs collection assembles a mountainous collection of his beats, ranging from series exclusives to slightly reworked favorites he produced for himself and others

One of the most expansive instrumental Hip Hop series to date, MF DOOM’s lauded Special Herbs collection assembles a mountainous collection of his beats, ranging from series exclusives to slightly reworked favorites he produced for himself and others