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Whitey Ford Sings the Blues
Amazon.comWhen you think about it, House of Pain really were ahead of their time. Tracks like “Jump Around” may have been light on the content side, but they delivered in the production department–they played with sounds in the same way that Missy Elliott and Timbaland have popularized, and they crossed over to a rock... »
Songs From the Front Porch: An Acoustic Collection
Album DescriptionLimited edition acoustic album from Australia features 10 tracks on the Liberation label for the rapper. 2003…. More >> Songs From the Front Porch: An Acoustic Collection »
3 Feet High and Rising
Album DescriptionImport edition of the alternative rapper’s seminal and groundbreaking 1989 debut. Currently available domestically on cassette only! Standard jewel case.Amazon.com essential recordingDe La’s debut represented a new path for hip-hop, a reaction to conventions that had turned into clichés. It was friendly and playful enough to cross over to a pop audience (thanks... »
Fight With Tools
Amazon.comFormed as a cohesive alternative organism in 2005, the FLOBOTS `good-fight’ mythology can be traced via Denver’s underground vines and creative community of the late `90s when various members enlivened each others’ gigs and creative events, setting the charge that would eventually power up the band’s contagious and rollicking rock/rap pedigree. Their rousing live... »
Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
Album DescriptionWith Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco sets no boundaries for himself as he creates a revolutionary brand of alternative hip-hop in which he shares his mind through original storytelling techniques. He takes hip-hop off the streets and onto the half pipe, off the streets and into the sneaker shops, off the streets and... »
Reanimation
Album DescriptionThis is not just another remix album. All the songs of Hybrid Theory have been reinterpreted, plus ‘High Voltage’ and ‘My December.’ Just a few of the remixers/featured artists (since the list is so long) include Jay Gordon (Orgy), Evidence (Dilated Peoples), Aaron Lewis (Staind), Chali 2Na (Jurassic 5) &... »
Kamaal the Abstract
Album Description2009 release from the acclaimed rapper and former member of A Tribe Called Quest. This long-delayed album, slated originally for release in 2001, is finally dropping! A musical hybrid, Kamaal was commendably avant-garde at the time of its creation. Amazingly, it’s even more apropos in 2009; given the dearth of musical merit and... »
The Grey Album
Product Description1 Public Service Announcement (2:45) 2 What More Can I Say (4:25) 3 Encore (2:40) 4 December 4th (3:34) 5 99 Problems (4:06) 6 Dirt Off Your Shoulder (3:59) 7 Moment Of Clarity (4:00) 8 Change Clothes (4:04) 9 Allure (4:06) 10 Justify My Thug (4:12) 11 Lucifer 9 (2:01) 12 My... »
Midnight Marauders
Product DescriptionNo Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: TRIBE CALLED QUESTTitle: MIDNIGHT MARAUDERSStreet Release Date: 11/09/1993… More >> Midnight Marauders »
People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Amazon.com essential recordingPeople’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm is, quite simply, one of the finest albums in hip-hop. It’s easy to argue that A Tribe Called Quest reached their zenith on this, their debut album: though they went on to produce another world-class disc (The Low End Theory) and broadened their palates... »