Artist: P.O.S.
Title: Never Better
In Stores: 02.03.2009
Format: CD, Digital, Vinyl
P.O.S. returns with Never Better his follow-up to 2006's critically acclaimed Audition. On it, he raps at full-clip to ride rolling drums and revving distortion. There's an urgency that he keeps in careful check, and then unleashes for spring-loaded verses that represent his best work. P.O.S. produced more than half the beats on Never Better, which bears his unmistakable signature. The album enters the room like bombshell with a black eye-badass, noisy and impossible to ignore.
Never Better offers a one of a kind four panel transparent plastic Digipak that holds 16 solid and 6 Transparent inserts. The solid inserts have artwork on the front and lyrics/credits on the back. Mix and match the various cards to enhance and change the look of the art underneath.
Repackaged, remastered and uglier than ever, the
critically acclaimed third official studio release
from Atmosphere, God Loves Ugly, is back after
being out of print for over a year. The God Loves
Ugly re-issue also features a FREE bonus DVD.
Originally released as the limited Sad Clown Bad
Dub 4 (The Godlovesugly Release Parties) DVD,
it features 2 hours of live performance footage,
backstage shenanigans, several special guest
appearances and music videos for "Godlovesugly",
"Summersong" and "Say Shh". Out of print
for years, this DVD has been repackaged in a
custom sleeve that comes inserted in with the
re-issue of God Loves Ugly.
Artist: Jake One
Title: White Van Music
Release Date: 10.07.2008
Format: CD, Vinyl, Digital
Seattle super producer and self proclaimed "perfect beat writer" Jake
One steps from behind the boards to present his own debut full-length
album, White Van Music. Polishing his production chops over the last
decade, Jake One has crafted the musical soundscapes for everyone
from De La Soul("Rock Co.Kane Flow" feat. MF DOOM) to 50 Cent ("All Of
Me" feat. Mary J. Blige). With an impressive and diverse discography
Jake One has managed to bring his sound from the underground to the
Billboard Top 10 charts.
Featuring an engaging cast of emerging underground artists as well
as some of Hip Hop's most respected mainstream acts, Jake One'sWhite Van Music will blur the so called lines between underground and
mainstream Hip Hop... just as his stellar production career has.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: Sad Clown Bad Spring 12
Release Date: 04.29.2008
Format: CD, Digital, Vinyl
Hot off the heels of their critically acclaimed 6th offical
studio album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That
Shit Gold...Slug and Ant bring you volume 12 of their Sad
Clown series.
Rounding out the seasonal ep's, Sad Clown Bad Spring
#12 marks the transition from Winter to Summer bringing
about change and growth in the form of rebirth. This ep
reflects that rebirth both musically and lyrically. Enjoy...
and in the immortal words of the diabolical Biz Markie, "it's
Spring again...".
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold
Release Date: 04.22.2008
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
Atmosphere, the prolific duo of Slug and Ant return with their highly anticipated 6th official studio album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold. With When Life Gives You Lemons... you'll find Slug and Ant's storytelling, song-writing and musicality at it's finest.
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Artist: Atmosphere
Title: When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold (Deluxe Edition)
Release Date: 04.22.2008
Format: CD, Digital
Atmosphere, the prolific duo of Slug and Ant return with their highly anticipated 6th official studio album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold dropping April 22nd. With When Life Gives You Lemons... you'll find Slug and Ant's storytelling, song-writing and musicality at it's finest.
Includes: 40 page gold embossed hard cover book featuring an illustrated children's story written by Slug and a bonus DVD with over an hour of live footage and extras.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: Shoulda Known
Release Date: 04.01.2008
Format: 12" Single, Digital
The lead single from Atmosphere's 6th official studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold dropping April 22nd, 2008. With over 10 years of evolving and perfection their sound, Slug and Ant's storytelling, song writing and musicality has never been more poignant. Sit back and listen as "Shoulda Known's" marauding bassline carries you through a torrid story of addiction.
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Atmosphere, they dynamic duo of Slug & Ant, have been on quite a roll lately with their Summer, Fall and Winter Sad Clown releases and their upcoming sixth official studio release, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold dropping April 22nd. this past Christmas Slug & Ant also delivered a holiday gift to their fans in the form of the free download album Strictly Leakage. With well over 100,000 downloads and much critical acclaim, you can now pick up Strictly Leakage on limited double vinyl. A throwback sound in throwback white label fashion.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: Sad Clown Bad Winter 11
Release Date: 12.18.2007
Format: CD, Vinyl EP, Digital
The midwestern duo is back at it to warm you up with their release of Sad Clown Bad Winter #11. With the shortest days and lowest temperatures upon us, this EP will make you forget all about those dark cold nights.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: Sad Clown Bad Fall 10
Release Date: 10.16.2007
Format: CD, Vinyl EP, Digital
Riding on the heels of their Sad Clown Bad Summer Number 9 release, Atmosphere marks the transition from Summer into Winter with the release of the Sad Clown Bad Fall 10. Volume 10 of the group's rare and limited Sad Clown series is all about those shorter days and colder nights that make up the Autumn season.
Artist: Mac Lethal
Title: 11:11
Release Date: 10.09.2007
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
We're proud to announce the Official Rhymesayers debut from Kansas City's Native son Mac Lethal(link his myspace). One of URB's Next 100, Mac Lethal has been making a name for himself for years. Wether its terrorizing rappers at events like Scribble Jam ('02 MC Battle Champion) or earning his road dog stripes touring with artist like Atmosphere, Sage Francis and P.O.S, Mac Lethal has arrived and he's brought his signature sarcastic observation on life with him.
11:11 is a cynical, drunk, thought provoking and hard hitting album about beer, distaste with religion, kissing girls and most of all Kansas City. More fun that serious, but sometimes serious in a fun way.
Artist: Mac Lethal
Title: Make Out Bandit
Release Date: 10.09.2007
Format: 12" Single
Lock your girlfriends up fellas, Kansas City's self-proclaimed Make-Out Bandit Mac Lethal has been let loose. "Make-Out Bandit", the lead single from Mac Lethal's Rhymesayers debut 11:11 is a silky smooth anti-love song preaching the gospel of being able to kiss anyone you want. Including Bjork.
Backing up "Make-Out Bandit" is the infamous Pub anthem "Pound That Beer". Best described as an ode to beer over a marching band, this one is sure to drive the frat house crazy. Also featured on the "Make-Out Bandit" single is the exclusive bonus track "Mallory Knox".
Artist: Grayskul
Title: Scarecrow
Release Date: 09.18.2007
Format: 12" Single, Digital
Back with more fire than ever Onry & JFK kick things off with the groundbreaking joint "Scarecrow". While "Scarecrow" should solidify Grayskul's genre bending creative position amongst their peers, the Aesop Rock produced "Give Me Love" finds Grayskul delving into the struggle of balancing their responsibility to others wit their own lives and passions. These two album tracks are backed by the exclusive remix of "Scarecrow" produced and featuring P.O.S.
Artist: Grayskul
Title: Bloody Radio
Release Date: 09.11.2007
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
Wanting to always reinvent themselves, Grayskul returns as Count Draven (Onry) and Count Magnus (JFK) to deliver their latest opus Bloody Radio. This conceptual masterpiece serves as reverse brainwash music for today's contemporary hip-hop listeners, typically force-fed imaginary genres. Grayskul smashes these genres seamlessly into one while interweaving all with message, substance, concepts, wittiness, opinion and most of all, honesty while still maintaining a sense of humor, imagination, and originality. Bloody Radio has something for everybody.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: Sad Clown Bad Summer Number 9
Release Date: 08.21.2007
Format: CD, Vinyl EP, Digital
Just in time for some Summer fun Slug and Ant drop an Atmosphere appetizer while they put the finishing touches on their 6th studio album, When Life Gives You Lemons... due early next year. Until then enjoy 5 new sun filled summer inspired songs from Atmosphere, so get 'em while it's hot and this gem is still available...
In 1998 Zev Love X of the seminal rap group KMD re-emerged as a masked super villain known as MF DOOM. The following Year he release the ground breaking independent classic Operation: Doomsday. Doom only added to the mystery by creating multiple aliases (King Geedorah, Viktor Vaughn, etc.) and taking a no holds barred approach to his musical career. With collaborative side projects with Madlib (Madvillain) and most recently DANGERDOOM with Danger Mouse, MM..FOOD marks the super villain's long awaited follow up to Operation: Doomsday. Originally released late 2004, MM..FOOD has been out of print for close to two years.
Artist: Brother Ali
Title: Uncle Sam Goddamn
Release Date: 04.24.2007
Format: 12" Single, Digital
Rhymesayers heavyweight Brother Ali returns with the second single from the highly anticipated sophomore full-length The Undisputed Truth. Pressed in limited colored vinyl, 3 seperate single, one in each color of the flag. Each single features "Uncle Sam Goddamn", Brother Ali's riveting take on America's checkered past. And each color also features it's own exclusive bonus track...so collect all three.
Artist: Brother Ali
Title: The Undisputed Truth
Release Date: 04.10.2007
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
In the year 2000, Brother Ali Joined Rhymesayers with a self-prroduced demo called Rites of Passage. Three years later Ali took the underground by storm with an undeniable stage presenceand his critically acclaimed debut full-length Shadows On The Sun. The impact was unquestionable and that next year Ali solidified his place amongst the independent Hip Hop elite with the release of 2004's The Champion EP.
Like deja vu, here we are three years later and Ali is ready to take the world by storm with his latest creation. After struggling through a series of personal roadblocks, from parting ways with his wife of 10 years, becoming homeless and trying to secure custody of his only son... Brother Ali along with Atmosphere producer and Shadows & Champion collaborator Ant, present the long awaited sophomore full-length album The Undisputed Truth. Personal, political and more powerful than ever, simply put, the truth is here.
"I wanted to make an album that gives you no choice but to feel what im saying at that given time", Ali explains of The Undisputed Truth. "I made choices that sent me through a lot of struggle in the past few years and Ant and I have made music that really communicates the exact feeling of those situations." -Brother Ali
Artist: Brother Ali
Title: Truth Is
Release Date: 01.09.2007
Format: Digital, 12" Vinyl
Brother Ali returns with the first single from the highly anticipated new album The Undisputed Truth. Kicking things off the Ant produced and reggae influenced "Truth Is" which finds Ali demanding for more truth. Then as if to take his own advice, he bares some of his own on the personal "Freedom Ain't Free". This single also features the exclusive bonus track "Original King".
Artist: P.O.S.
Title: Bleeding Hearts Club
Release Date: 12.26.2006
Format: 12" Single
P.O.S is back with his second single from the critically acclaimed album Audition. On the Lazerbeak produced Bleeding Hearts Club he enlists help from Atmosphere frontman (and ladies favorite emcee) Slug. This single also features Yeah Right and the exclusive bonus track What's That Buzzing?
Artist: Face Candy
Title: This Is Where We Were
Release Date: 11.21.2006
Format: CD
Load up. Press play. Hand your ears over to the Face. The transformation comes suddenly/immediately, in the very first incendiary moments of the first track, where bass and drums gather the fuel, inhale the oxygen, and hand the rappers the match. As Face Candy exhales, the crowd ignites - all these tracks gathering their thrust from the unmatchable momentum of live preformance. The brain child of E&A frontman Eyedea, this album is live improvisation recorded while on tour through the midwest.
After a 14-year career that has defined the word "uncompromising," The Coup return, triumphantly armed with bigger funk and taller tales. Pick a Bigger Weapon is at once that band's most accessible, danceable release and their most furious and relevant. If those seem like contradictions, so be it; Boots Riley, frontman/auteur of The Coup, beings the album with a line that sums up his whole world - "I'm a walking contradiction/Like bullets and love mixin". Anxiously awaited by fans and followers ever since the release of 2001's Party Music, Pick A Bigger Weapon captures the collisions between economics and everyday life and is sure to bring The Coup's message to a new audience, anxious for the relevant music in troubled times.
Artist: Psalm One
Title: The Death of Frequent Flyer
Release Date: 07.18.2006
Format: CD, 2xLP
Hailing from Hip Hop's rising hotbed of talent, Psalm One has been called one of the next to blow up by the: Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun Times, The Onion and URB Magazine's Next 100. A Southside Chicago native, Psalm has been reppin' the windy city on the mic since early '98. While studying chemistry at the University of Illinois Psalm fittingly self-released her debut CD Bio-Chemistry in 2002 (later re-released in '04). Called a cross between Lauryn Hill and Devin The Dude, Psalm stands ready to follow in the footsteps of Chitown greats like Kanye West, Common and Twista, while taking her place next to up and comers like Lupe Fiasco. Readied with her Rhymesayers debut, the self-proclaimed quirky B-Girl and former chemist ushers in a new breed of "Rapper Girl" with the release of The Death of Frequent Flyer.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: Say Hey There
Release Date: 04.11.2006
Format: 12" Single
Everybodies favorite midwestern beatsmith and word worker are back with the second single from the highly successful and intense album You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. Features "Say Hey There" and "Panic Attack" along with the unreleased bonus track "They Call It". Slug and Ant have been doing this for eight years strong and the fun just keeps on...
Artist: Soul Position
Title: Things Go Better With RJ and AL
Release Date: 04.04.2006
Format: CD, 2xLP
Rjd2 and Blueprint return with the sophomore follow up to 2003's poignant 8 Million Stories. Both accomplished solo artists, you may know RJ from his two critically accliamed albums Deadringer & Since We Last Spoke or his numerous production credits for artists like Aesop Rock, Cannibal Ox, Massive Attack or Unkle. You may know Blueprint for his solo debut 1988 or work with his group Greenhouse Effect, but when these two join forces they form one of the most cohesive one mc/one producer duos in Hip Hop. Blending the light hearted fun of the Unlimited EP with the emotionally charged storytelling of 8 Million Stories ultimately proves that Things Go Better With RJ And Al
Artist: Soul Position
Title: Hand-Me-Downs
Release Date: 03.28.2006
Format: 12" Single
Hand-Me-Downs is the lead single from the upcoming album Things Go Better With RJ And AL. Picking up right where they left off with 2003's stellar debut 8,000,000 Stories, RJD2 and Blueprint start things off strong with the A side banger "Hand-Me-Downs". The B side features some signature Blueprint humor and wit over another classic RJ soundscape on "Blame It On The Jager". Once again RJ and Blueprint prove themselves to be one of the best producer/mc duo's in the game.
After smashing onto the scene in 2004 with his debut album Ipecac Neat, P.O.S. feels Audition is his first real step. A first step after years of preparation, to say more with less and present smarter songs while blending redefined styles. With a unique host of guest appearances, innovative production and clever song writing the results are nothing short of amazing. Audition is still undoubtedly Hip Hop but overall more honest and personal than previous efforts, not to mention it's punker, louder and more abrasive.
Artist: P.O.S.
Title: P.O.S. Is Ruining My Life
Release Date: 11.15.2005
Format: 12" Single, Digital
Fusing together the angst of Punk Rock with the wit and lyricism of Hip Hop, P.O.S (Pissed Off Stef) steps up with his first vinyl offereing and lead single from the upcoming full-length album, Audition. The powerful A-Side, "P.O.S. is Ruining My Life" finds P.O.S. analyzing the dynamic that his newfound "popularity" brings to his interactions with people. Backed with the head nodding activists anthem "Stand Up (Let's Get Murdered)", P.O.S. get's critical of all the armchair activists that talk the talk but dont walk the walk. P.O.S. is Ruining My Life also features an exclusive bonus track "Crispin Glover" not featured on Audition.
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having
Release Date: 10.04.2005
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
Inspired by Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Jacob, Irony, P.E., BDP, Tom
Waits, Brother Ali, Christina, Mr. Dibbs, Insomnia, Mark Lanegan, Jason
Cook, Crescent Moon, Shawn Phillips, Murs, Blueprint, I Self Devine, Spoon,
The Mars Volta, Alopecia, The Beauty Pill, Nate "The Guitar Man" Collis,
Hartman, The James Sisters, P.O.S., Australia, Jessica, The Women's Bathroom
At The Empty Bottle In Chicago, Rita, The Minneapolis Chapter Of The
Bleeding Hearts Club, I-94 East, Coffee, Jessie, The Beverly Laural Motor
Hotel (Room 215), Infected Wisdom Teeth, Craig Finn, Luckyiam, TV On The
Radio, Half Of A Hernia, Trying To Make This One Better Than The Last One We
Made, God, and You. You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having marks Slug
& Ant's eighth year of making music together and their fifth studio release.
Now the fun begins and you can only imagine...
Slug and Ant return from the highly successful Seven's Travels hungrier than ever with the lead single from their fifth studio album, You Can't Imagine How Much Fun We're Having. The A Side "Watch Out" kicks things off with a classic ol' school Ant throwback addressing all those trying to find their identity through the things or people they hate. The AA Side "Smart Went Crazy" finds Slug analyzing himself and the amount of time he spends on the road as well as the results of those decisions all over a crazy guitar driven Ant track. Let the fun begin...
Artist: I Self Devine
Title: Self Destruction
Release Date: 08.02.2005
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
I Self Devine, Micranots front-man, half of Semi.Official and one of the founding members of The Dynospectrum with Slug, Musab & Gene Poole returns with his debut solo album, Self Destruction. After spending the better portion of 10 years as one of the underground's favorite MC's, I Self steps out on his own and creates his most personal and engaging effort to date. Self Destruction is 16 tracks of analysis of one's self, as well as the trappings of every day life. Brought along to complement I Self's colorful lyrical stylings, a top notch production squad of Jake One, Ant, Vitamin D & Bean One was assembled for Self Destruction.
I Self is a seasoned vet who has toured the globe and performed with everyone from Public Enemy to Atmosphere. Self Destruction will mark the rebirth of this well respected MC while broadening his already solid base.
Artist: I Self Devine
Title: Ice Cold
Release Date: 08.02.2005
Format: 12" Single
Micranots front-man I Self Devine returns with the lead single from his debut solo album Self Destruction. The A side is another Jake One banger, laced with I Self's energetic flow giving a little background on the midwest & the ice cold minneapple.
Backed with the Ant produced "All I Know", a personal call to stay focused in the hard life that many of us face. Also featured on the B side is the Bean One produced bonus track "Such is Life".
Artist: Felt
Title: Felt 2: A tribute to Lisa Bonet
Release Date: 07.12.2005
Format: CD, 2xLP, Digital
Two of the biggest and most charismatic indie rappers are at it again. Slug & Murs return to pay homage to another "underground" actress in need of a little well deserved attention. This time they brought Atmosphere producer Ant along to create the musical bed for this fun filled funk ride.
MC's Karim aka Nightclubberlang, Destro Destructo, and DJ Scene make up the Seattle trio Boom Bap Project. After splashing onto the scene with a couple of bangin' 12 inch singles and their well received debut EP, Circumstance Dictates, Boom Bap Project found themselves in high demand. Now more polished and hungrier than ever, Boom Bap Project returns with their debut full-length release Reprogram. 15 tracks of non-stop, head noddin' true school Hip Hop, Reprogram is rich in the traditional Hip Hop sound and ethics perfected by Run DMC, BDP, Gangstarr and others.
Artist: Boom Bap Project
Title: Rock The Spot
Release Date: 05.17.2005
Format: 12" Single
Karim, Destro & DJ Scene return with the first single from the upcoming album Reprogram. No strangers to bangin' singles (The Trade, Writer's Guild, Get Up Get Up), Boom Bap Project is back with another one.
This true school trio wastes no time and tells you exactly what they came to do on "Rock The Spot" while ridin' another Jake One head nodder. On the flip side "Wyle Out", Boom Bap brings along Blackalicious wordsmith Gift of Gab to get crunk Boom Bap style over a Vitamin D banger.
Blueprint, Weightless frontman and half of Ohio dynamic duo Soul Position returns with his solo album, 1988. 1988 pays homage to the beats, breaks and themes of possibly the most revered year in Hip Hop, 1988!
Artist: P.O.S.
Title: Ipecac Neat
Release Date: 03.16.2005
Format: CD
The debut album from P.O.S., Ipecac Neat fuses together the angst, sincerity and spirit of Punk with the bass, wit and lyricism of underground Hip Hop.
Ahead of his solo debut, 1988, Blueprint kicks things off with "Boom Box" a slow head nodder that finds Print terrorizing the hood with his ghettoblaster. The B-Side enlists the help of Aesop Rock to ride over the funky driving beat break of "Lo-Fi Funk". Boom Box also features the unreleased bonus track "Dead Presidents" (not available on 1988).
Onry Ozzborne & JFK of Seattle's Oldominion, along with bass player Rob Castro are Grayskul. Deadlivers, the full-length from Grayskul features guest appearances by Canibus, Aesop Rock, Mr. Lif, Abstract Rude, Fakts One and others.
For the first time on CD & Vinyl, Volume 7 of the infamous Headshots cassette series. Digitally remastered and repackaged. SE7EN is 22 rare tracks from Atmosphere recorded between 1997 and 1999. Featuring Eyedea, Musab & Mr. Gene Poole.
Artist: Soul Position
Title: Inhale
Release Date: 06.21.2004
Format: 12" Single
RJD2 and Blueprint return with the second single from 8,000,000 Stories. Includes the original album version of "Inhale", along with an RJD2 remix, two instrumentals, and "Right Place Wrong Time."
Artist: Brother Ali
Title: Champion EP
Release Date: 05.11.2004
Format: CD, Vinyl EP
Since you couldn't wait for the new album to drop, Brother Ali & ANT present the "Champion EP". 9 new and unreleased tracks including a remix of "Champion" from 2003's critically acclaimed "Shadows on the Sun".
Artist: Atmosphere
Title: National Disgrace
Release Date: 04.19.2004
Format: 12" Single
The second commercial single from off Seven's Travels. Includes "National Disgrace" and "Always Coming Back To You" from the album, along with three exclusive bonus tracks, an acoustic version of "Always Coming Back To You," the original version of "Sick Pimpin'," and "Knock Knock Joke 2."
Eyedea and Abilities is what you get when you combine the very best of two opposite ends of Hip Hop's musical spectrum. On one end you have the MC/Lyricist, Eyedea, who has proven himself time and time again, not only as an extraordinary song writer, but also as a master at battling and freestyling. On the other end you have Abilities, the DJ/Turntablist, whose talent from the battle, to the mixtape, to production has resonated on the underground for quite some time now. When you put these two extremes together, you get the new, innovative and exciting dynamic we like to call E&A.
Artist: Los Nativos
Title: Dia De Los Muertos
Release Date: 03.23.2004
Format: CD
Rolling with the Headshots/Rhymesayers crew since '96 Los Nativos have packed years of experience into their debut CD, Dia De Los Muertos (Day of the Dead). They have brought together all of their musical influences of Hip Hop, Jazz, Funk, Rhythm & Blues, Tejano, Norteno, Mariachi, Salsa and Cumbia to create a unique musical bed for Cuauhtli and Balam's bilingual lyrics. With a conscious message their lyrical style adds political motivation, community awareness and current events of the world to give the listener a sense of what's going on in their world.
