INTERNATIONAL RAP&HIPHOP
Smokers Delight
Album DescriptionThis is quality dub with a generous topping of bass and lashings of pure melody. ‘Smokers Delight’ captures the essence of chilling out. A TVT Records release…. More >> Smokers Delight »
Le Tour de la Question
Album DetailsDouble Live Album from the ‘king’ of French Rap and Hip-hop…. More >> Le Tour de la Question »
DJ-Kicks
Album DescriptionCam calls his own sound ‘abstract hip hop’, & his acclaimed album, Substances, offers a definition: streetwise beats laced with film samples, jazzy touches, eastern influences & great swathes of symphonic strings. Imagine DJ Krush, DJ Shadow & Massive Attack all gathering join some smoky Left Bank jazz cafe.... »
¿Dónde Jugarán las Niñas?
Amazon.comOriginally banned in Mexico and slapped with a lawsuit in Spain, Molotov, a foul-mouthed rap en español group based in Mexico City, is as fired up as Rage Against the Machine on its debut. The album’s title, which translates as “Where Will the Little Girls Play?” parodies ¿Dónde Jugaran los Niños? (Where Will the... »
Emigrante
Amazon.comNext to the Buena Vista Social Club, France-based Cuban rappers Ruzzo, Yotuel, Flaco-Pro, and Roldan–a.k.a. the Orishas–were quite recently the hottest musical export from that forbidden island to hit these shores in years. Now, riding on the heels of their international debut A lo Cubano, Emigrant continues... »
One Step Forward
Album DescriptionJapanese edition of the French/African pop duo’s 2003 album includes the first single, ‘Temperature Rising’, featuring Talib Kweli. 15 tracks in all. Copy Control CD. Virgin.Amazon.comAfter guest appearances on Guru and Talib Kweli, as well as the Red Hot + Riot collection, Les Nubians finally return with the follow-up to 1998’s Princesses Nubiennes,... »