Rap/Hip Hop

Vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket. 2019 release. Igor is the fifth studio album by rapper Tyler, The Creator. Produced entirely by Tyler, the album follows the 2017 release of Flower Boy. It features guest appearances from Playboi Carti, Lil Uzi Vert, Solange, Kanye West, and Jerrod Carmichael, along with backing vocals from Santigold, Jessy Wilson, La Roux, CeeLo Green, Charlie Wilson, Slowthai, and Pharrell, among others.

Tracks

1. Igor's Theme
2. Earfquake
3. I Think
4. Boyfriend
5. Running Out of Time
6. New Magic Wand
7. A Boy Is A Gun
8. Puppet
9. What's Good
10. Gone, Gone / Thank You
11. I Don't Love You Anymore
12. Are We Still Friends?

Odd Future co-founder and mini mogul Tyler The Creator issues his fourth studio album, Flower Boy on Columbia Records. Debuting at No. 2 on the US Billboard 200, the fully realized follow-up to 2015's Cherry Bomb is ushered in by the formidable singles "Who Dat Boy" with A$AP Rocky and "911 / Mr. Lonely" with Frank Ocean, Steve Lacy and Anna of the North and finds Tyler maturing as both a writer and producer. "Built on memories and not relying on nostalgia too heavily, Flower Boy is a beautiful album about the realities of growing up," writes Pigeons And Planes. "Losing friends, reminiscing, but not glorifying the teenage days when jokes were funnier the more offensive they are."

Tracks

LP1

1. Foreword
2. Where This Flower Blooms
3. Sometimes...
4. See You Again
5. Who Dat Boy?
6. Pothole
7. Garden Shed

LP2

1. Boredom
2. I Ain't Got Time!
3. 911 / Mr. Lonely
4. Dropping Seeds
5. November
6. Glitter
7. Enjoy Right Now Today

Deluxe 2LP Edition of Final Studio Album with Two Bonus Tracks

Circles is the sixth and final studio album by the late Mac Miller. Conceived as a sister album to 2018's Grammy-nominated 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. While sonically distinctly different than its predecessor, Circles features many of the hallmarks for which Swimming was critically-acclaimed upon its release - Miller further realizing his singing voice in addition to rapping, live instrumentation and earnest, confessional lyrical content. Listeners will hear shades of some of the album's influences in its songs, from the T-Rex guitar tone of "Surf" to the Plastic Ono Band-era John Lennon feel of its production and the inspired cover of Arthur Lee's 1972 single "Everybody's Gotta Live." It's a momentous final entry into the discography of an artist that remains at the center of reimagining the limits of rap. This deluxe colored vinyl 2LP edition comes complete with two bonus tracks.

1. Circles
2. Complicated
3. Blue World
4. Good News
5. I Can See
6. Everybody
7. Woods
8. Hand Me Downs
9. That's on Me
10. Hands
11. Surf
12. Once A Day
13. TBA Bonus track
14. TBA Bonus track

Introduced by the sonically laid-back and funk/R&B-heavy tracks "Self Care," "Small Worlds" and "What's The Use?", Swimming is the latest exploratory offering from shape-shifting rapper/singer/producer Mac Miller and follow-up to 2016's The Divine Feminine. Serving as his fifth full-length studio effort overall, it includes contributions from fellow rapper/producer J. Cole, British singer/songwriter Dev Hynes (aka Blood Orange) and composer/instrumentalist John Brion. Miller told Zane Lowe that the album is focused on space and "what it means to be inside of a record."

1. Come Back To Earth
2. Hurt Feelings
3. What's The Use?
4. Perfecto
5. Self Care
6. Wings
7. Ladders
8. Small Worlds
9. Conversation Pt. 1
10. Dunno
11. Jet Fuel
12. 2009
13. So It Goes

Vinyl LP pressing. This debut emerged as one of the most influential rap albums of the '90s. It laid the groundwork for the rebirth of New York hip-hop, an underground, hardcore new sound that went on to influence Biggie, Jay-Z, Nas, and Mobb Deep, among others. Rap became at once theatrical and cerebral, MCs lyricists and powerhouses capable of violence, metaphor, humor and revolution in their performing. The album is full of hard, gritty beats, references to pop culture and martial arts, eclectic piano and string sounds, as well as surrealist overtones, and there truly was nothing like it in the hip-hop world at the time. Even now, it's an original album in a league of it's own. Get it. You won't regret it.

Wu-Tang Clan Enter The Wu-Tang (36 Chambers) Track Listing:

1.  Bring Da Ruckus
2.  Shame On A Nigga
3.  Clan In Da Front
4.  Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber
5.  Can It Be All So Simple
6.  Protect Ya Neck
7.  Da Mystery Of Chessboxin'
8.  Wu-Tang Clan Ain't Nuthing Ta Fuck Wit
9.  C.R.E.A.M.
10. Method Man
11. Tearz
12. Wu-Tang: 7th Chamber - Part II (Conclusion)

Double vinyl LP pressing. Kendrick Lamar's highly anticipated 2015 album, To Pimp a Butterfly: "honest, fearful and unapologetic". The album is the follow-up to the rapper's critically-acclaimed 2012 Effort Good Kid, M.A.A.D City. The album was recorded in studios throughout the United States, with executive production from Dr. Dre and Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith. Boi-1da, Flying Lotus, Terrace Martin, Pharrell Williams, Knxwledge, Sounwave, Thundercat and several other hip hop producers also contributed. It's music was influenced by aspects of funk, jazz and spoken word. To Pimp A Butterfly debuted atop the Billboard 200 and received widespread acclaim from critics, who praised it's musical scope and the social relevance of Lamar's lyrics.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Wesley's Theory
• 2 For Free?
• 3 King Kunta
• 4 Institutionalized
• 5 These Walls
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 u
• 2 Alright
• 3 For Sale?
• 4 Momma
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Hood Politics
• 2 How Much a Dollar Cost
• 3 Complexion (A Zulu Love)
• 4 The Blacker the Berry
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 You Ain't Gotta Lie (Momma Said)
• 2 i
• 3 Mortal Man

Kids See Ghosts is the eponymous debut from the hip hop duo of the same name featuring Kanye West and Kid Cudi and the third of five 7-track 2018 albums produced by West succeeding Pusha T's Daytona and his own ye and preceding Nas' Nasir and Teyana Taylor's K.T.S.E. Fans have been anticipating an album length project from the longtime collaborators for a decade now and the intriguing Kids See Ghosts is a cathartic and confessional affair with both artists documenting bouts of depression and struggles with drug abuse throughout. "We just have this chemistry that's undeniable, especially when we have to fight for it with each other," Cudi said. It includes contributions from Pusha T, Yasiin Bey, Ty Dolla Sign and a posthumous vocal sample of Louis Prima.

1. Feel The Love
2. Fire
3. 4th Dimension
4. Freeee (Ghost Town Pt. 2)
5. Reborn
6. Kids See Ghosts
7. Cudi Montage

In November 1986, the Beastie Boys released their debut album Licensed To Ill on Def Jam/Columbia. It stands as one of Columbia's fastest-selling debuts to date and eventually sold over nine million copies in the U.S. alone. Licensed To Ill is still the only album by a white hip-hop act to receive the coveted 5 mics from the Source who has selected the album as one of the best 100 Best Rap Albums of all-time. Playful music videos were made for the classic cuts "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)," "No Sleep Till Brooklyn," "Girls," "Hold It Now Hit It," "Rhymin' and Stealin'" and "She's Crafty," while further gems like "Brass Monkey," "Paul Revere," and "Time To Get Ill" proved Licensed To Ill to be all killer no filler.

Kerry King of Slayer even made an appearance on the album playing lead guitar on "No Sleep Till Brooklyn," which was named as a spoof on Motorhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith album. King's appearance came about because Rick Rubin was producing both bands simultaneously (Slayer's Reign in Blood was also originally released on Dej Jam). The album's iconic cover, front to back, features a Boeing 727 - with Beastie Boys emblazoned on the tail - crashing head-on into the side of a mountain, appearing as an extinguished joint. The tail of the plane has the Def Jam logo and the legend '3MTA3' which spells 'EATME' when viewed in a mirror.

1. Rhymin & Stealin
2. The New Style
3. She's Crafty
4. Posse In Effect
5. Slow Ride
6. Girls
7. Fight For Your Right
8. No Sleep Till Brooklyn
9. Paul Revere
10. Hold It Now, Hit It
11. Brass Monkey
12. Slow And Low
13. Time To Get Ill

In five whirlwind years, Kendrick Lamar has gone from being hip-hop's hottest rising star to one of the most important voices of his generation. And as his latest album, DAMN., proves, he shows no signs of stopping. His third No. 1 in a row, the hotly anticipated release sees Lamar make another about-turn after the fearlessly creative excursions of 2015's To Pimp A Butterfly. If DAMN. is a more stripped-back, direct album, it's also another utterly compelling one. With his laidback flow and thought-provoking lyrics, it finds Kendrick at the very top of his game, making the personal political – and vice versa – and ensuring that he leads the charge, at a time when the world very much needs a voice like his.

1. Blood
2. DNA
3. Yah
4. Element
5. Feel
6. Loyalty feat. Rihanna
7. Pride
8. Humble
9. Lust
10. Love feat. Zacari
11. XXX feat. U2
12. Fear
13. God
14. Duckworth

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2014 release, the third album from the rapper. The album was named after his childhood home address 2014 Forest Hills Drive. Produced by J. Cole with guest producers Elite, Ron Gilmore, Tray Samuels, DJ Dahl, Illmind, Cardiak, CritCal, Vinylz, Organized Noize and Jproof. Cole calls out white rappers Justin Timberlake, Eminem and Macklemore on the track "Fire Squad" hinting "history repeats itself" ala the Elvis rip-off controversy in the '50s.

Tracks

• 1 Intro
• 2 January 28th
• 3 Wet Dreamz
• 4 03' Adolescence
• 5 A Tale of 2 Citiez
• 6 Fire Squad
• 7 St. Tropez
• 8 G.O.M.D
• 9 No Role Modelz
• 10 Hello
• 11 Apparently
• 12 Note to Self

OUTKAST/STANKONIA (2LP)

More ambitious and hook driven then their debut album, 2000's Stankonia is a trippy sort of technopsychedelic funk. Blending elements of hip-hop, alternative rap, southern rap and dirty south music with electronica and psychedelia earned the duo critical acclaim and broad audience appeal.

    1.   Intro (Benjamin/Brown/Patton/Sheats) - 1:09
    2.   Gasoline Dreams  performed by OutKast / Khujo Goodie / Goodie Mob - 3:34
    3.   I'm Cool (Interlude) - :42
    4.   So Fresh, So Clean (Benjamin/Patton) - 4:00
    5.   Ms. Jackson (Benjamin/Patton/Sheats) - 4:30
    6.   Snappin' & Trappin'  performed by OutKast / Killer Mike / J-Sweet - 4:19
    7.   D.F. (Interlude) - :27
    8.   Spaghetti Junction (Benjamin/Organized Noise/Patton) - 3:57
    9.   Kim & Cookie (Interlude) - 1:12
    10.   I'll Call Before I Come  performed by OutKast / Gangasta Boo / Eco - 4:18
    11.   B.O.B. (Benjamin/Patton/Sheats) - 5:04
    12.   Xplosion  performed by OutKast / B-Real - 4:08
    13.   Good Hair (Interlude) - :14
    14.   We Luv Deez Hoez  performed by OutKast / BackBone / Bigg Gipp - 4:10
    15.   Humble Mumble  performed by OutKast / Erykah Badu - 4:50
    16.   Drinking Again (Interlude) (Benjamin/Patton/Sheats) - :24
    17.   ? (Benjamin/Patton/Sheats) - 1:28
    18.   Red Velvet (Benjamin/Patton/Sheats) - 3:52
    19.   Cruisin' in the ATL (Interlude) (Andrews/Barnett/Benjamin/Loving/Mahone/Patton/Sheats) - :19
    20.   Gangsta Sh*t (Andrews/Barnett/Benjamin/Clinton/Loving/Mohone/Patton/Sheats) - 4:41
    21.   Toilet Tisha  performed by OutKast / Cee-Lo / Goodie Mob - 4:24
    22.   Slum Beautiful (Benjamin/Burton/Patton/Sheats) - 4:07
    23.   Pre-Nump (Interlude)  performed by OutKast / Big Rube / Sleepy Brown - :27
    24.   Stankonia (Bailey/Benjamin/Brown/Patton/Sheats) - 6:51

“Whitey Ford Sings the Blues” is the first album from Everlast, following his departure from House Of Pain and was released in 1998. The record was both a commercial and critical success, selling more than 3 million copies worldwide and certified double platinum. The track “What It’s Like” earned Everlast a Grammy Award nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.

A1. The White Boy Is Back
A2. Money (Dollar Bill)
A3. Ends
A4. What It's Like
B1. Get Down
B2. Sen Dog
B3. Tired
B4. Hot To Death
B5. Painkillers
C1. Prince Paul
C2. Praise The Lord
C3. Today (Watch Me Shine)
C4. Guru
C5. Death Comes Callin'
D1. Funky Beat
D2. The Letter
D3. 7 Years
D4. Next Man

Debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and already certified Gold within a month of its release, Astroworld is the critically acclaimed third studio effort from Grammy-nominated rapper/producer Travis Scott. Named after a closed down amusement park in Houston, the sonically diverse collection matches its rollercoaster imagery (cover art by photographer David LaChapelle) with pulsating futuristic trap symphonies and wide-ranging guests like Stevie Wonder, Kid Cudi, Frank Ocean, Drake, The Weeknd, James Blake, Swae Lee, 21 Savage and Quavo. "...the project is Travis' best, most-progressive and most-well-rounded album to date. Hip-hop's token rager is becoming a truly unstoppable force" (XXL).

Tracks

1. Stargazing
2. Carousel
3. Sicko Mode
4. R.I.P Screw
5. Stop Trying To Be God
6. No Bystanders
7. Skeletons
8. Wake Up
9. 5% Tint
10. NC-17
11. Astrothunder
12. Yosemite
13. Can't Say
14. Who? What!
15. Butterfly Effect
16. Houstonfornication
17. Coffee Bean

J Dilla Donuts on 2LP

Donuts began simply enough as an idea to turn a particularly good demo beat tape into a full-length release, and has since became a classic hip-hop album, one of the defining works of J Dilla's life.

Completed during a year J Dilla mostly spent in a hospital bed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, Donuts would gain particular poignancy when, only three days after it's release, February 10, 2006, the artist passed away, losing his battle with a rare blood disease.

Announced in the Fall of 2005, the concept of a “rap album without rappers” struck some as minor novelty, but Donuts would prove to transcend the rigid definitions of what a hip-hop album could be. It plays part like a DJ mix, part like a hip-hop beat maker at work, its songs starting and stopping unexpectedly, like someone turning the dial on an imaginary radio station. But it's an unmistakably modern album, and one which perfectly encapsulated the artist's reputation among his peers and fans as a top-rated architect of soulful hip-hop. 

J Dilla Donuts Track Listing:

1.  Donuts
2.  Workinonit
3.  Waves
4.  Light My Fire
5.  The New
6.  Stop
7.  People
8.  The Diff'rence
9.  Mash
10. Time: The Donut of the Heart
11. Glazed
12. Airworks
13. Lightworks
14. Stepson of the Clapper
15. The Twister (Huh, What)
16. One Eleven
17. Two Can Win
18. Don't Cry
19. Anti-American Graffiti
20. Geek Down
21. Thunder
22. Gobstopper
23. One for Ghost
24. Dilla Says Go
25. Walkinonit
26. The Factory
27. U-Love
28. Hi
29. Bye
30. Last Donut of the Night
31. Donuts (Intro)

180 gram with download insert; Full-length vinyl exclusive to RSD store for 4 weeks and preceeding the 4/24 CD release.

• 1 Get Got
• 2 The Fever (Aye Aye)
• 3 Lost Boys
• 4 Blackjack
• 5 Hustle Bones
• 6 I've Seen Footage
• 7 Double Helix
• 8 System Blower
• 9 The Cage
• 10 Punk Weight
• 11 F*** That
• 12 Bitch Please
• 13 Hacker

A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders on LP

Q-Tip and company come into their own on this 1993 hip-hop marvel, which finds A Tribe Called Quest at its peak. Often cited by many sources and experts as one of the Top 100 Rap Albums of all-time. On LP!

A Tribe Called Quest Midnight Marauders Track Listing:

1. "Midnight Marauders Tour Guide"
2. "Steve Biko (Stir It Up)"
3. "Award Tour"
4. "8 Million Stories"
5. "Sucka Nigga"
6. "Midnight"
7. "We Can Get Down"
8. "Electric Relaxation"
9. "Clap Your Hands"
10. "Oh My God"
11. "Keep It Rollin'"
12. "The Chase, Part II"
13. "Lyrics to Go"
14. "God Lives Through"  

Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique: 20th Anniversary Remastered Edition on 180g Vinyl LP + Digital Download! 

Pristine 24-Bit Remaster Overseen By Band, Features Incredible Gatefold Packaging! 

You've Never Heard the Beasties Sound So Good!  

In celebration of its 20th Anniversary, the Beastie Boys reissued their epic second release, Paul’s Boutique, on 180g vinyl. The classic LP has been digitally remastered for the first time, with all three Beasties overseeing the 24-bit process. The album’s original vinyl artwork is restored in an eco-friendly, eight-panel digipak displaying a panoramic view of the intersection at Rivington and Ludlow in New York City’s Lower East Side. The reissue gives fans access to a free download of a “track-by-track” album commentary, with Mike D, Ad-Rock, and MCA talking about the songs while the track plays in the background, much like Director’s Commentaries on DVDs.

Beastie Boys Paul's Boutique: 20th Anniversary Track Listing:

1. To All The Girls
2. Shake Your Rump
3. Johnny Ryall
4. Egg Man
5. High Plains Drifter
6. The Sounds of Science
7. 3-Minute Rule
8. Hey Ladies
9. 5-Piece Chicken Dinner
10. Looking Down The Barrel of A Gun
11. Car Thief
12. What Comes Around
13. Shadrach
14. Ask For Janice
15. 59 Chrystie Street
16. Get On The Mic
17. Stop That Train
18. A Year And A Day
19. Hello Brooklyn
20. Dropping Names
21. Lay It On Me
22. Mike On The Mic
23. A.W.O.L. 

Metro Boomin - "Heroes & Villains" - Metro Boomin released his anxiously awaited, cinematic album HEROES & VILLAINS (via Boominati Worldwide/Republic) on December 2, 2022. The follow-up to his 2018 full-length debut, NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES, it includes features from John Legend, Future, Chris Brown, Don Toliver, Travis Scott, 21 Savage, Young Thug, A$AP Rocky, Gunna, and the late Takeoff. The album is accompanied by a short film created by Gibson Hazard, feat. Morgan Freeman, LaKeith Stanfield, Young Thug and Gunna. Available on vinyl on March 31, 2023.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 On Time
• 2 Superhero (Heroes & Villains)
• 3 Too Many Nights
• 4 Raindrops (Insane)
• 5 Umbrella
• 6 Trance
• 7 Around Me
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Metro Spider
• 2 I Can't Save You (Interlude)
• 3 Creepin'
• 4 Niagara Falls (Foot or 2)
• 5 Walk Em Down (Don't Kill Civilians)
• 6 Lock on Me
• 7 Feel the Fiyaaaah
• 8 All the Money