Rap/Hip Hop

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. 

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

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

As a testament to his enduring legacy and fervent fanbase, Juice WRLD's new album, Legends Never Die, landed at the top of the Billboard 200 with the biggest week of album sales in 2020. The critically-acclaimed artist's third record not only stands as one of the most successful posthumous debuts ever – second only to Notorious B.I.G.'s Life After Death and Tupac's R U Still Down, both from 1997 – but also marks the biggest album debut, in total consumption, since Taylor Swift's massively successful Lover. Featuring 22 tracks, Legends Never Die includes such songs as "Wishing Well," "Come & Go" with Marshmello, "Righteous," "Tell Me U Luv Me" with Trippie Redd, and "Life's a Mess," featuring Halsey. In addition to its commercial success, Legends Never Die was also embraced by critics. Rolling Stone proclaimed that the album "solidifies his legacy," while Pitchfork hailed it as "bleak and beautiful." Variety praised the LP as "positively lush" with moments of "pure magnificence."

LP1

1. Anxiety [Intro]
2. Conversations
3. Titanic
4. Bad Energy
5. Righteous
6. Blood On My Jeans
7. Smile
8. Tell Me U Luv Me
9. Hate The Other Side
10. Get Through It [Interlude]
11. Life's A Mess
12. Come & Go

LP2

1. I Want It
2. Fighting Demons
3. Wishing Well
4. Screw Juice
5. Up Up And Away
6. The Man, The Myth, The Legend [Interlude]
7. Stay High
8. Can't Die
9. Man Of The Year
10. Juice WRLD Speaks From Heaven [Outro]

It's time to celebrate the legacy of the best rapper that ever did it. Notorious BIG wasn't just a rapper, he was a storyteller, a prolific poet, and through his words, persona, life and music he opened doors and opportunies for Hip-Hop as a whole. The release of Greatest Hits denotes the commemoration of one of the most historic bodies of work in Hip-Hop.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Juicy (2007 Remaster)
• 2 Big Poppa (2007 Remaster)
• 3 Hypnotize (2007 Remaster)
• 4 One More Chance / Stay with Me (Remix) [2007 Remaster]
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Get Money (Feat. Junior M.A.F.I.A.) [2007 Remaster]
• 2 Warning (2007 Remaster)
• 3 Dead Wrong (Feat. Eminem) [2007 Remaster]
• 4 Who Shot Ya? (2007 Remaster)
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Ten Crack Commandments (2007 Remaster)
• 2 Notorious Thugs (Feat. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony) [2007 Remaster]
• 3 Notorious B.I.G. (Feat. Lil' Kim & Puff Daddy) [2007 Remaster]
• 4 Nasty Girl (Feat. Diddy, Nelly, Jagged Edge & Avery Storm) [2007 Remaster]
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Unbelievable (2007 Remaster)
• 2 Niggas Bleed (2007 Remaster)
• 3 Running Your Mouth (Feat. Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg, Fabolous & Busta Rhymes) [2007 Remaster]
• 4 Want That Old Thing Back (Feat. Ja Rule & Ralph Tresvant) [2007 Remaster]
• 5 FNCK You Tonight (Feat. R. Kelly) [2007 Remaster]

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

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

Outkast ATLiens On 2 x Vinyl LP

OutKast has almost singlehandedly defined the sound of Atlanta rap. Tongue-flippin', rhyme-spittin' and Cadillac-ridin', all with a Southern accent, Big Boi and Dre have proved to be the South's ideal MCs. ATLIENS continues in the same vein as Outkast's 1994 debut, SOUTHERNPLAYALISTICADILLACMUZIK, with producers Organized Noize back to accompany the duo's laid-back flow. Big Boi and Dre proclaim to prove a point with every rhyme, never wasting a line. They like to think of themselves as outcasts from the hip-hop community--aliens,so to speak. Their tracks have an outer-space feeling to them--a feeling that, ironically, has warmed the community right up to them. They're so out, they're in.

Outkast ATLiens Track Listing

1. You May Die (Intro) 
2. Two Dope Boyz (In A Cadillac) 
3. ATLiens 
4. Wheelz Of Steel 
5. Jazzy Belle 
6. Elevators (Me & You) 
7. Ova Da Wudz 
8. Babylon 
9. Wailin' 
10. Mainstream 
11. Decatur Psalm 
12. Millennium 
13. E.T. (Extraterrestrial) 
14. 13th Floor/Growing Old 
15. Elevators (ONP 86 Mix) 

Beastie Boys Ill Communication: Remastered Edition on 180g Vinyl 2LP Set! 

Pristine Remaster Overseen By Band! 

You've Never Heard the Beasties Sound So Good!  

The Beastie Boys 1994 release Ill Communication is remastered here on double 180g gatefold vinyl that was overseen by the band. It's all here; live funk, a bit of hardcore, ingenious samples of obscure records, Money Mark on keys, guest shots by Q-Tip and Biz Markie, and the inevitable cascade of witty old-school rhymes. Certified triple platinum, Ill Communication peaked at #1 on the Top 200 Album Chart and #2 on the Top R&B/Hip Hop Album Chart. Features the hit "Sabotage," which reached the Top 20 on the Modern Rock Chart.

Vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of this 1988 Hip Hop classic. Although not the creators of Gangsta Rap, N.W.A was it's most prolific pioneer, putting it on the map of American music without the help of radio or MTV. The group was formed in Compton, California in 1986 by Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, and Ice Cube. Shortly after composing "Boys N the Hood," they added DJ Yella, the D.O.C. and Arabian Prince to the lineup. N.W.A.'s first album, N.W.A And the Posse, was released in 1987. The following year, the group added the edgy vocals of MC Ren. All of the pieces were in place to deliver the now classic Straight Outta Compton in '88.

• 1 Straight Outta Compton (Side 1)
• 2 F*#k Tha Police (Side 1)
• 3 Gangsta Gangsta (Side 1)
• 4 If It Ain't Ruff (Side 1)
• 5 Parental Discretion Iz Advised (Side 1)
• 6 Express Yourself (Side 2)
• 7 Compton's N the House / Remix (Side 2)
• 8 I Ain't Tha 1 (Side 2)
• 9 Dopeman / Remix (Side 2)
• 10 Quiet on Tha Set (Side 2)

Some albums define an era, a place, a certain time in one's life. The Beastie Boys Check Your Head practically defined the summer of 1992 for those who were wary of the mainstreaming of rap and the insurgency of grunge. It was here that MCA, Adrock and Mike D. created a musical montage that defied genre, one with the swagger of punk and the rootsy earthiness of early-'70s soul-jazz, all layered with a hip-hop consciousness. Lo-fi, garagy, guitar-riff-loaded tracks like "Pass Da Mic" and "Gratitude" made it clear that the Beasties could be taken as serious musical forces, even innovators. Yet they still brilliantly tempered the proceedings with romps like "Professor Booty" and "Funky Boss." One of the best albums of the '90's, Check Your Head was a turning point for the band and the genesis of a new musical hybrid. 

1. Jimmy James
2. Funky Boss
3. Pass the Mic
4. Gratitude
5. Lighten Up
6. Finger Lickin' Good
7. So What'cha Want
8. Biz Vs. The Nuge
9. Time for Livin'
10. Something's Got to Give
11. Blue Nun
12. Stand Together
13. Pow
14. Maestro
15. Groove Holmes
16. Live at P.J.'s
17. Mark on the Bus
18. Professor Booty
19. In 3's
20. Namasté

Artist Tyler, The Creator Title FLOWER BOY Tyler, The Creator has his fourth full-length album, Flower Boy. It includes recently released tracks 'Who Dat Boy' featuring A$AP Rocky and '911/Mr. Lonely' featuring Frank Ocean.

• 1 Foreword 3:14
• 2 Where This Flower Blooms 3:14
• 3 Sometimes... 0:36
• 4 See You Again 3:00
• 5 Who Dat Boy 3:25
• 6 Pothole 3:57
• 7 Garden Shed 3:43
• 8 Boredom 5:20
• 9 I Ain't Got Time! 3:26
• 10 911 / Mr. Lonely; 911\ Outstanding\ Mr. Lonely 4:15
• 11 Droppin' Seeds 0:59
• 12 November 3:45
• 13 Glitter 3:44
• 14 Enjoy Right Now, Today 3:56

Double magenta colored vinyl LP pressing. 3 Feet High and Rising is the debut studio album by hip hop trio de la Soul and was released on March 3, 1989. It marked the first of three full-length collaborations with producer Prince Paul, which would become the critical and commercial peak of both parties. Critically, as well as commercially, the album was a success. It contains the singles, "Me Myself and I", "The Magic Number, " "Buddy, " and "Eye Know". The album title came from the Johnny Cash song "Five Feet High and Rising". It is listed on Rolling Stone's 200 Essential Rock Records and The Source's 100 Best Rap Albums. When Village Voice held it's annual Pazz & Jop Critics Poll for 1989, 3 Feet High and Rising was ranked #1. It was also listed on the Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Released amid the 1989 boom in gangsta rap, which gravitated towards hardcore, confrontational, violent lyrics, de la Soul's uniquely positive style made them an oddity beginning with the first single, "Me, Myself and I". Their positivity meant many observers labeled them a "hippie" group, based on their declaration of the "D.A.I.S.Y. Age" (Da. Inner. Soul. Yall). Sampling artists as diverse as Hall & Oates, Steely Dan and The Turtles, 3 Feet High and Rising is often viewed as the stylistic beginning of 1990s alternative hip hop (and especially jazz rap).

• 1 A 1 Intro
• 2 A 2 the Magic Number
• 3 A 3 Change in Speak
• 4 A 4 Cool Breeze on the Rocks (The Melted Version)
• 5 A 5 Can U Keep a Secret
• 6 A 6 Jenifa Taught Me (Derwin's Revenge)
• 7 A 7 Ghetto Thang
• 8 B 1 Transmitting Live from Mars
• 9 B 2 Eye Know
• 10 B 3 Take It Off
• 11 B 4 a Little Bit of Soap
• 12 B 5 Tread Water
• 13 B 6 Potholes in My Lawn
• 14 C 1 Say No Go
• 15 C 2 Do As de la Does
• 16 C 3 Plug Tunin' (Last Chance to Comprehend)
• 17 C 4 de la Orgee
• 18 C 5 Buddy (With Jungle Brothers and Q-Tip from a Tribe Called Quest)
• 19 D 1 Description
• 20 D 2 Me Myself and I
• 21 D 3 This Is a Recording 4 Living in a Full Time Era (L.I.F.E.)
• 22 D 4 I Can Do Anything (Delacratic)
• 23 D 5 D.A.I.S.Y. Age

Limited double vinyl LP pressing in gatefold jacket including digital download. 2015 release, the second solo studio album by the American rapper. The album serves as a sequel, following his previous album Long. Live. A$AP (2013). The album features guest appearances from Joe Fox, Bones, Future, M.I.A., Schoolboy Q, Kanye West, Juicy J, UGK, James Fauntleroy, Lil Wayne, Rod Stewart, Miguel, Mark Ronson, Mos Def, A-Cyde and A$AP Yams. Production was led by Rocky himself, alongside several high-profile producers including Hector Delgado, Danger Mouse, Frans Mernick, Jim Jonsin, Kanye West, and Mark Ronson among others. The album was supported by three singles: "Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2 (LPFJ2)", "Everyday" featuring Rod Stewart, Miguel and Mark Ronson, and "L$D".

Tracks

LP1

1. Holy Ghost
2. Canal St.
3. Fine Whine
4. L$D
5. Excuse Me
6. JD
7. Lord Pretty Flacko Jodye 2 (LPFJ2)
8. Jukebox Joints
9. Max B

LP2

1. Pharsyde
2. Wavybone
3. West Side Highway
4. Better Things
5. M'$
6. Dreams (Interlude)
7. Everyday
8. Back Home

Platinum selling, Grammy nominated recording artist Drake releases his hotly anticipated sophomore album, TAKE CARE. TAKE CARE is his follow up to THANK ME LATER, Drake's debut full length album that opened up at #1 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. Features the singles "Headlines" and "Marvin's Room".

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Over My Dead Body 4:33
• 2 Shot For Me 3:45
• 3 Headlines 3:26
• 4 Crew Love Featuring – Weeknd, The 3:29
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Take Care Featuring – Rihanna 4:37
• 2 Marvins Room / Buried Alive (Interlude) 8:15
• 3 Under Ground Kings 3:32
• 4 We'll Be Fine Featuring – Birdman 4:08
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Make Me Proud Featuring – Nicki Minaj 3:36
• 2 Lord Knows Featuring – Rick Ross 5:08
• 3 Cameras / Good Ones Go (Interlude) 7:15
• 4 Doing It Wrong 4:25
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 The Real Her Featuring – Andre 3000, Lil' Wayne* 5:21
• 2 Look What You've Done 5:02
• 3 HYFR (Hell Ya F***ing Right) Featuring – Lil' Wayne* 3:27
• 4 Practice 3:58
• 5 The Ride 5:51

GZA Liquid Swords on 2LP

According to legend, when the Wu-Tang Clan formed like Voltron on their debut album in 1993, GZA happened to be the head, an appropriate place for a man also called 'The Genius.' Yet at the time few could have predicted that his 1995 masterpiece Liquid Swords would be considered "one of the most substantial lyrical journeys in hip-hop history" (Chicago Tribune).

At the peak of his powers as a producer, Wu-Tang mastermind RZA crafted the album's distinctive soundtrack at his basement studio in Staten Island; a haunting landscape of dusty samples, sharp snares and menacing urban gloom, with frequent interludes of dialogue from the classic Samurai flick Shogun Assassin.

Cerebral, strategic and precise with his words, GZA crystallizes a range of influences, from chess to kung-fu films to mob flicks and Eastern philosophy, into sharply delivered rhymes. The album features appearances by the entire Wu-Tang Clan, and includes the auspicious debut of Killah Priest on "B.I.B.L.E."

GZA's auspicious solo debut Liquid Swords has been acknowledged as one of the '100 Best Rap Albums' (The Source) and 'Top 100 Records of the 1990s' (Pitchfork).

LP1
1. Liquid Swords
2. Duel of the Iron Mic
3. Living in the World Today
4. Gold
5. Cold World
6. Labels

LP2
1. 4th Chamber
2. Shadboxin'
3. Hell's Wind Staff (Skit)/Killah Kills 103044
4. Investigate Reports
5. Swordsman
6. I Gotcha Back
7. B.I.B.L.E. (Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth)

Reigning triumphantly at the top, Travis Scott's critically acclaimed second full-length album, Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight (Epic Records/Grand Hustle), landed at No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200 and No. 1 on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Chart. This marks the platinum-selling hip-hop maverick's first No. 1 bow on the Top 200 and firmly cements his status as one of music's modern leaders. 

Pitchfork claimed, "Scotts's second studio album, Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight, is the Houston rapper's most concise and cohesive project to date," adding, "He has always been a mood-setter and a vocalist, and he is in full command of the vibe, tone, and mood of this entire project more than ever." W Magazine fittingly dubbed him, "Your new rap superhero" while Billboard described the album as "his own trap opera."

Over the course of 14 tracks, Travis threads together an engaging, enthralling, and epic patchwork of anesthetized and apocalyptic production, mind-numbing raps, and glorious hooks punctuated by an A-list cast of collaborators. Kendrick Lamar delivers hard-hitting and hypnotic bars in the middle of "Goosebumps" just before a signature chantable chorus. "The Ends" veers between a haunting hum and a verse-for-verse tandem of our protagonist and Andre 3000 of OutKast. "Way Back" drips into a searing guitar solo as "Sweet Sweet" fires off one of his stickiest hooks to date. By the time The Weeknd and Travis serve up a smooth send-off on "Wonderful," you're in the trap for life, and you won't want to leave...

LP1

1. The Ends feat. Andre 3000
2. Way Back
3. Coordinate feat. Blac Youngsta
4. Through the Late Night feat. Kid Cudi
5. Beibs in the Trap feat. Nav
6. Sdp Interlude
7. Sweet Sweet

LP2

1. Outside feat. 21 Savage
2. Goosebumps feat. Kendrick Lamar
3. First Take feat. Bryson Tiller
4. Pick Up the Phone w/ Young Thug feat. Quavo
5. Lose
6. Guidance feat. K. Forest
7. Wonderful feat. The Weeknd

• 1 Blood
• 2 Dna
• 3 Yah
• 4 Element
• 5 Feel. (Feat. Rihanna)
• 6 Loyalty
• 7 Pride
• 8 Humble
• 9 Lust
• 10 Love
• 11 XXX. (Feat. U2)
• 12 Fear
• 13 God
• 14 Duckworth