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?

Special edition double vinyl LP. The week this debut album came out, Kanye's name was all over the Top 20s for his hit singles "Through the Wire," "Jesus Walks," "All Falls Down" and "Slow Jamz." What's even more remarkable is that this breakthrough came during his recovery from a car wreck that nearly took his life-the song "Through the Wire" is about the accident, and was recorded two weeks after he was in the hospital, with his jaw still wired shut. He's hailed the event as both the worst thing that could've happened to him, and the best. The record sold 441,000 copies in it's very first week and has been named both by "Time" and "Rolling Stone" as one of the greatest albums of all time. Guest appearances here include Jay-Z, John Legend, Ervin "EP" Pope, Miri Ben-Ari, Syleena Johnson and Jamie Foxx.

Tracks

• Intro
• We Don't Care
• Graduation Day
• All Falls Down - Syleena Johnson, Kanye West
• I'll Fly Away
• Spaceship - Consequence, GLC, Kanye West
• Jesus Walks
• Never Let Me Down - Jay-Z, Kanye West
• Get Em High - Common, Talib Kweli, Kanye West
• Workout Plan
• New Workout Plan
• Slow Jamz - Jamie Foxx, Twista, Kanye West
• Breathe in Breathe Out - Ludacris, Kanye West
• School Spirit Skit 1
• School Spirit
• School Spirit Skit
• Lil Jimmy Skit - Harlem Boys Choir, Mos Def, Kanye West
• Two Words - Freeway, Harlem Boys Choir, Mos Def, Kanye West
• Through the Wire
• Family Business
• Last Call

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

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Because The Internet is the sophomore album from Childish Gambino, the stage name of Grammy, Golden Globe, and Emmy Award-winning recording artist, actor, and producer Donald Glover. Released in 2013, the album lends perspective to the complications born from an Internet-obsessed society. In creating Because The Internet, Glover set out to not just release an album but to build a world, also releasing a companion screenplay and short film, "Clapping For The Wrong Reasons." The album features appearances from Chance The Rapper, Jhene Aiko, and Azaelia Banks.

Tracks

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 The Library (Intro)
• 2 I. Crawl
• 3 II. Worldstar
• 4 Dial Up
• 5 I. the Worst Guys
• 6 II. Shadows
• 7 III. Telegraph Ave. ("Oakland" By Lloyd)
• 8 IV. Sweatpants
• 9 3005
• 10 Playing Around Before the Party Starts
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 I. the Party
• 2 II. No Exit
• 3 Death By Numbers
• 4 I. Flight of the Navigator
• 5 II. Zealots of Stockholm [Free Information]
• 6 III. Urn
• 7 I. Pink Toes
• 8 II. Earth: The Oldest Computer (The Last Night)
• 9 III. Life: The Biggest Troll [Andrew Auernheimer]

If you've been sleeping on young Chicago rapper Juice WRLD, you're making a huge mistake. His dark and heartfelt new album Goodbye & Good Riddance is a strong major label debut for the fast rising 19-year-old. A 15 track ode to unrequited love and drug-addiction with zero features, it's home to the name making singles "All Girls Are The Same," "Lean Wit Me" and "Lucid Dreams." "I'm just trying to make music to help people through their situations and tell them about some of my own," he explains. "It's all genuine, so I think that's what adds to it."

1. Intro
2. All Girls Are the Same
3. Lucid Dreams
4. Lean Wit Me
5. I'm Still
6. Betrayal (Skit)
7. Candles
8. Scared of Love
9. Used To
10. Karma (Skit)
11. Hurt Me
12. Black & White
13. Long Gone
14. End of the Road
15. I'll Be Fine

Tyler, The Creator (OFWGKTA) Goblin on 2LP

“Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All are a 10-deep hip-hop collective. But don’t dare call them the new Wu-Tang Clan. They insist they’re different. The collective features rappers, producers, visual artists, skate kids, contrarians, outcasts, amoral teenagers, and fatherless children. Their de facto leader is a 19-year-old who calls himself Tyler, the Creator AKA Ace Creator. He is a rapper-producer. His album, Bastard, is among the most stunning things released in the past 12 months. He possesses a charred, viscous groan of a voice; sometimes he manipulates the frequency to make it even deeper and darker.”- Pitchfork

Tyler, The Creator Goblin Track Listing:

1.  Goblin
2.  Yonkers
3.  Radicals
4.  She (feat. Frank Ocean)
5.  Transylvania
6.  Nightmare
7.  Tron Cat
8.  Her
9.  Sandwitches (feat. Hodgy Beats)
10. Fish/Boppin Bitch
11. Analog (feat. Hodgy Beats)
12. Bitch Suck Dick (feat. Jasper Dolphin & Taco)
13. Window (feat. Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean, Hodgy Beats & Mike G)
14. AU79
15. Golden

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

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

“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

A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory on LP

A 1991 landscape-changing release from the pioneering hip-hop group, The Low End Theory embraced a minimalist approach and set the tables for the alternate rap movement that followed. The record spawned three hit singles and remains an oft-referenced classic.

A Tribe Called Quest The Low End Theory Track Listing:

1. Buggin' Out
2. Butter
3. Check The Rhime
4. Everything Is Fair
5. Excursions
6. Jazz (we Got The...)
7. Rap Promoter
8. Scenario
9. Show Business
10. Skypager
11. The Infamous Date Rape
12. Verses From The Abstract
13. Vivrant Thing
14. What?

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

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

Underneath his mysterious metal mask, MF Doom hides the cachet underground legends are made of. After his first group KMD's sophomore album Black Bastards was shelved by Elektra in 1994, and his blood brother Subroc - one half of the sibling rap duo - passed away, surviving frontman Zev Love X slowly mutated into the supervillain MC known as MF Doom, and the rap world is better for it.

The 1999 release of Operation: Doomsday marked MF Doom's official debut, reintroducing a mysterious figure who would soon become one of underground rap's greatest voices. Within it's 19 tracks, Operation: Doomsday reveals the confluence of DOOM's tragic past, personal interests and daring creativity. His clever rhymes and remarkable schemes stood out against the landscape, and every sound he touched - from cartoon theme songs, to '80s soul, to rap classics and more - got reinterpreted into something brand new and surreal. Decades later, MF Doom is still celebrated for all facets of his work and influence. In the face of tragedy, DOOM re-infiltrated the rap game on his own terms, and crafted an instant cult classic. Operation: Doomsday stands as a testament to the power of betting on yourself against all odds.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 The Time We Faced Doom
• 2 Doomsday
• 3 Rhymes Like Dimes
• 4 The Finest
• 5 Back in the Days
• 6 Go with the Flow
• 7 Tick, Tick
• 8 Red and Gold
• 9 The Hands of Doom
• 10 Who You Think I Am?
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Doom, Are You Awake?
• 2 Hey!
• 3 Operation : Greenbacks
• 4 The Mic
• 5 The Mystery of Doom
• 6 Dead Bent
• 7 Gas Drawls
• 8 ?
• 9 Hero V.S. Villain

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. 

In 1994, hip-hop was going through an at-times painful growth spurt. Since N.W.A.'s and Ice-T's ascent in the late '80s, the rap game was no longer owned by the East Coast. After the worldwide popularity of Dr. Dre's The Chronic in 1992, things were looking even worse for hip-hop's hometown. The East Coast / West Coast feud that would later indirectly claim the lives of Biggie and 2Pac was still in its infancy, but New York needed a shot in the arm. The hype behind young Queensbridge native Nasir "Nas" Jones had been in full swing months before his smash debut album Illmatic, thanks to Columbia Records' promo machine. From his earliest appearance on Main Source's "Live at the BBQ," to his own accomplished debut "Half Time" (as Nasty Nas, on the Zebrahead soundtrack in late 1992), it was clear that this kid was something special.

In fact, the pressure on him must have been overwhelming at times. April 19, 1994 couldn't have come soon enough. And as soon as the first lines of "N.Y. State of Mind" kick in, bolstered by perhaps DJ Premier's darkest beat of all time, the entire East Coast breathed a collective sigh of relief. God's Son had arrived. Backed by an absolute all-star cast of New York's top-shelf producers – Premier, Pete Rock, Large Professor, Q-Tip and a youngster named L.E.S. – the album never lets up. Serious to a fault, and lyrically dense to an extent that has possibly never been matched, the 20-year old Nas stood on the shoulders of his predecessors and proudly proclaimed, "Don't fuck with the East...we are back."

Illmatic was actually a slow-burn, which might surprise fans that have come to its genius more recently. Despite an unheard-of "5 Mics" in The Source – despite an unwritten rule of never awarding classic status to debuts – it didn't go gold until early 1996, and didn't hit platinum status until late 2001. But when you dive deeper that shouldn't be a shock: like Black Moon and Wu-Tang's debuts, it was a dark, hard record, tailor-made for heads in New York. There were no dance beats, no crossover love songs. Just boom-bap and rhymes, skills and heart.

1. The Genesis
2. N.Y. State of Mind
3. Life's A Bitch
4. The World Is Yours
5. Halftime
6. Memory Lane (Sittin' In Da Park)
7. One Love
8. One Time 4 Your Mind
9. Represent
10. It Ain't Hard To Tell

Earl Sweatshirt Doris on LP + Download

Originally issued in 2013, Doris is the acclaimed solo debut album from Los Angeles, CA rapper and former Odd Future member Thebe Neruda Kgositsile and follow-up to his well received 2010 mixtape Earl. Largely self-produced under the alias Randomblackdude, the observationally grim 15-track effort debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 and No. 1 on the Top Rap Albums chart and yielded the three singles "Chum," "Whoa" and "Hive." Featuring guest appearances from OFWGKTA cohorts like Domo Genesis, Frank Ocean and Tyler The Creator plus Casey Veggies, Vince Staples, RZA and Mac Miller.

1. Pre
2. Burgundy
3. 20 Wave Caps
4. Sunday
5. Hive
6. Chum
7. Sasquatch
8. Centurion
9. 523
10. Uncle Al
11. Guild
12. Molasses
13. Whoa
14. Hoarse
15. Knight

After a seven-year hiatus Dr. Dre returned with '2001' the follow-up to his debut album, 'The Chronic.' In the interim between the two monumental projects, Dr. Dre assembled an all-star cast of rap superstars including, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, and Xzibit who would assist in executing his vision on one of the most flawless albums in hip-hop history. Dr. Dre's production reached a mythical tier on songs like, "Still D.R.E", "The Next Episode", and "Forgot About Dre".

Tracks

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Lolo (Intro)
• 2 The Watcher
• 3 F*** You
• 4 Still D.R.E
• 5 Big Ego's
• 6 Xxplosive
• 7 What's the Difference
• 8 Bar One
• 9 Light Speed
• 10 Forgot About Dre
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 The Next Episode
• 2 Let's Get High
• 3 Birch
• 4 Murder Ink
• 5 Some L.A. Niggaz
• 6 Jake's Pause for Porno
• 7 Housewife
• 8 Ackrite
• 9 Bang Bang
• 10 The Message