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Makaveli – The Don Killuminati (The 7 Day Theory) (1996), 2xLP, Reissue

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Makaveli – The Don Killuminati (The 7 Day Theory) (1996), 2xLP, Reissue
18
Sep

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory (commonly shortened to Makaveli) is the fifth studio album by Tupac Shakur, his first posthumous record and the last released with his creative input. Recorded in seven days in August 1996, it was released on 5th November, 1996, almost two months after his death, under the stage name of Makaveli, through Death Row Records, Makaveli Records and Interscope Records.

The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory debuted at number one. It is his only album released under the new alternative stage name and features guest appearances from his rap group Outlawz and rapper Bad Azz, as well as R&B singers Aaron Hall, Danny Boy, K-Ci and JoJo, Val Young and Tyrone Wrice, along with uncredited vocal contributions from reggae musician Prince Ital Joe.

Release Date: November 11th 2022

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2Pac – All Eyez On Me (1996), 4xLP, Remastered

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2Pac – All Eyez On Me (1996), 4xLP, Remastered
16
Sep

All Eyez on Me is the fourth studio album by 2Pac and the last to be released during his lifetime. Released on 13th February, 1996, by Death Row and Interscope Records, the album features guest appearances from Dr. Dre, Snoop Doggy Dogg, Redman, Method Man, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, E-40, K-Ci & JoJo, and the Outlawz, among others.

Release Date: November 11th 2022

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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message, 12” (Orange)

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Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five – The Message, 12” (Orange)
26
Aug

The original classic Hip Hop single from Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, originally released in the summer of 1982 and still regarded as one of the all-time great rap music anthems some 40 years later!

Presented here in glorious orange color 140g vinyl, we celebrate the original in all its full-length seven minute glory with the full instrumental on the B-side. Out of print for many years, Sugar Hill is very pleased to make this iconic and revered hip-hop classic available again for the fans to enjoy.

Release Date: October 14th 2022

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House of Pain – Fine Malt Lyrics (1992), LP, Reissue, 30th Anniversary

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House of Pain – Fine Malt Lyrics (1992), LP, Reissue, 30th Anniversary
15
Aug

Tommy Boy Records celebrates 30 Years of House of Pain’s debut album House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) with this remastered edition. Everlast, DJ Lethal & Danny Boy formed House of Pain while attending high school and were signed to Tommy Boy Records after fashioning themselves as rowdy Irish-American hooligans, hitting the local rap and alternative music scene. House of Pain (Fine Malt Lyrics) went multi-platinum and the self titled debut album spawned the successful producer DJ Muggs, who produced the single “Jump Around”. The song was also remixed twice by Pete Rock, one version featuring a verse from him and one without. “Jump Around” became a hit in 1992, reaching number 3 in the United States.

Release Date: 13.09.2022

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Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (2022), 4xLP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive

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Beastie Boys – Check Your Head (2022), 4xLP, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition, Indie Exclusive
25
Jul

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Beastie Boys’ multi-platinum album Check Your Head, on Aug 12, UMC will release a limited-edition reissue of the rare 4LP deluxe version of the album, originally released in 2009 as an artist store exclusive. The long out-of-print and much sought-after box set features the 2009 remaster of the original double album, plus two extra LPs of bonus content including remixes, live versions, and B-sides. All four LPs are pressed on 180-gram vinyl and housed in a fabric wrapped, stamped, hardcover case. Originally released in April 1992, Check Your Head was a milestone for Beastie Boys on multiple levels: It was their first album to be produced, in its entirety, by Beastie Boys with Mario Caldato Jr. and to feature keyboard player Keyboard Money Mark, as well as the first to be recorded at the band’s own G-Son studios in Atwater Village, CA. Most significantly, however, Check Your Head marked the return of live instrumentation to the forefront and backbone of the Beastie Boys sound, with the bulk of the album featuring Mike D on drums, Adrock on guitar and MCA on bass for the first time since the band’s early 1980s hardcore punk recordings.

Release Date: 12.08.2022

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Guru – Jazzmatazz Volume 1, LP, Reissue, Limited Edition, 180g

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Guru – Jazzmatazz Volume 1, LP, Reissue, Limited Edition, 180g
01
Jul

Guru’s Jazzmatazz 1, originally released in 1993, is one of the first albums to combine a live jazz band with hip hop production and rapping. Guru had a vision and brought together a diverse group of jazz cats both old and new school; Lonnie Liston Smith, Branford Marsalis, Ronny Jordan, Donald Byrd and Roy Ayers and vocalists like Carleen Anderson, N’Dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and French rapper MC Solaar have cooperated on this classic album. Jazzmatazz proved to be a highly influential album and a huge commercial success.

Release Date: 12.08.2022

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Main Source – Breaking Atoms (2022), LP, Reissue

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Main Source – Breaking Atoms (2022), LP, Reissue
13
May

Thirty years after its original release, Main Source’s debut album Breaking Atoms has lost none of its capacity to surprise or delight. It remains a prime example of a classically styled hip-hop LP – two DJs, one MC, 11 tracks, no flab or filler. It wasn’t a slow burner – it was adored on release and hasn’t left the top ten of any serious rap fan ever since.

Release Date: 15.07.2022

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Wild Style (OST) (1983), LP, Yellow, Special Edition

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Wild Style (OST) (1983), LP, Yellow, Special Edition
22
Apr

The line-up is a who’s who of those who stood out from hip-hop’s nascent block party days. The Double Trouble pairing of Rodney Cee and KK Rockwell, The Chief Rocker himself, Busy Bee, the mighty line-ups of both The Cold Crush Brothers and The Fantastic Freaks. The music captures the free-form, roaming nature of the film – it’s rough at the edges, it’s occasionally amateurish, but it’s completely, utterly glorious.

The original Animal tracklisting, of which this is a reissue, is full of recurring sounds and motifs, all of them co-produced by Chris Stein and Fab Five Freddy, stepping away from breakbeats to produce a sound that reminds you of them, while being totally unique. The epic drums are courtesy of Lenny ‘Ferrari’ Ferraro, a Vietnam vet and punk drummer whose career spanned stints backing Aretha Franklin and Lou Reed.

Over time, those sounds – the Charlie Chase and Grand Wizard Theodore scratches, the indelible lyrics – have become hip-hop touchstones, endlessly sampled and referenced, the bedrock of so much music to follow. That’s because the soundtrack perfectly encapsulated the essence of the film, the scene and hip-hop’s emergence from The Bronx to the attention of the wider world. Presented in this reissue with the original artwork, it remains the blueprint.

Release Date: 10.06.2022

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Das EFX – Dead Serious (1992), LP, Purple Coloured Vinyl, Limited Edition, Numbered

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Das EFX – Dead Serious (1992), LP, Purple Coloured Vinyl, Limited Edition, Numbered
21
Apr

Dead Serious is the debut studio album of American hip hop duo Das EFX, originally released in 1992. Recording sessions for the album took place at Firehouse Studios in Brooklyn, New York and at Charlie Marotta’s North Shore Soundworks studio in Long Island, New York.
Dead Serious caused an immediate sensation upon its release. The album was a certified hit, peaking at #16 on the US Billboard 200 chart and topping the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart for five weeks. Dead Serious went Platinum on the strength of the singles “Mic Checka” and the Top 40 pop hit “They Want EFX”.

• 180 GRAM AUDIOPHILE VINYL
• INCLUDING INSERT
• FEATURING “THEY WANT EFX” & “MIC CHECKA” A.O.
• LIMITED EDITION OF 2000 INDIVIDUALLY NUMBERED COPIES ON PURPLE COLOURED VINYL

Release Date: 03.06.2022

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The Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set (2022)

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The Notorious B.I.G – Life After Death 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set (2022)
23
Feb

To celebrate the 25th Anniversary on 25th March 2022, the diamond-certified GRAMMY®-nominated double-disc opus will be released as a 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Box Set on June 10, 2022. The Life After Death 25th Anniversary Super Deluxe Boxed Set consists of 8-LPs and a commemorative booklet featuring rare photos from the album cover shoot, liner notes by Sheldon Pearce, and exclusive reflections from members of the team who worked on the original album release. In addition to the original album, it includes the Hypnotize 12”, Mo Money Mo Problems 12”, Sky’s The Limit 12”, and Nasty Boy 12”.

Release Date: 10.06.2022

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