Rap & Hip-Hop

The master of the Vallejo, California rap empire once again drops a tightly packaged bomb, feat. an army of rhyme slingers, inc. Filthy Phil, Marvaless, N2Deep, A-1, Mobb Figaz, Fully Loaded, San Quinn, PSD, Sugawolf, SkyBaller, Shorty B, The Looie Crew;...

The group's third studio release, Buhloone Mindstate released on September 21, 1993, saw the group evolve into a new sound as they continued to grow stylistically and musically. There were several moments on the album which proved the band had matured...

The genesis of the Anticon sound has been well documented over the years and an important foundation point is finding the excavation treatment in 2019. Odd Nosdam's debut cassette release Plan 9... Meat Your Hypnotis is scheduled for a 20th-anniversary...

The forward-thinking solo debut from 1/2 of famed Brooklyn production duo, The Stuyvesants. Here, Allan Cole (aka Allmos), ventures away from the sampled soul loops the group had become known for, instead utilizing more live instruments and pairing them...

The $mokebreak EP follows Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin's critically acclaimed 2020 debut album FlySiifu's and further explores the musical community they've assembled around their imagined FlySiifu's record store. Now FlySiifu welcome their friends Foushe?,...

Taking a sharp detour from synthesizer-heavy, uptempo modern funk tracks, XL Middleton teams up with mysterious producer Delmar Xavier VII to rap over a deftly curated selection of Japanese city pop flips on their self-titled duo debut. Lyrically, the...

Subterranean hip hop group Grand Mantis, debut album "Fangs" lies somewhere in between a vivid hypnotic soundscape and a loud rebellious unapologetic warning of things to come

Stretch and Bobbito's debut album No Requests explores the legendary club DJs' vast musical knowledge with covers of songs directly from their record crates! Featuring the M19s Band, a live band of elite hand-picked musicians, the gatekeepers of '90s Hip...

Step into the unique world of playawave with Professor Creepshow's latest album, "Cyber Eclipse." With 24 tracks of infectious beats and memorable melodies blending together hip hop and vaporwave, this album is a testament to Professor Creepshow's...

Stakes is High is the 4th studio album by de la Soul, released on July 2, 1996. Stakes is High was critically lauded for it's music, lyricism, and it's overall message concerning the artistic decline rap music began to face in the mid-90s. The title...

Sim Nagai loves traveling. Whether these are actual travels to beachy coasts and mountain vistas, or imagined through wishlists and dreams, travel is an inspiration for the Belgian producer's musical activities. Sim's latest album, Equator Hotline, is no...

Shinji presents a new album of downtempo beats from Australia, the self-titled long-player Shinji. Based in the city of Canberra, Shinji has been twisting beats and assembling samples in a method that draws from classic hip-hop and Plunderphonic...