paul woolford with his next strike

ltd nice price - twenty years after the 5th chapter, the story continues. chapter vi celebrates the very best of todays underground. limited edition 3xlp. twenty years is a long time. when xl recordings released the 5th chapter in 1995, the world was a very different place. tupac shakur was still alive, america was yet to elect a black president and the internet was just something youd read about. ecstasy, jungle and hardcore were shaping club culture in the uk and defining the way that a generation of youth moved, sounded and looked.

pressing on red coloured vinyl.

nick hook is nyc’s waviest resident: an in-demand collaborator, producer extraordinaire, and all around provider of vibes who’s lent his touch to projects from run the jewels, young thug, and countless others, all while building a creative community around his studio, thespacepit, in greenpoint. now the redheaded kingpin steps forward with his relationships lp on fool’s gold, a 16 track album of collaborations that are unconventional, unexpected and all-the-way live (literally: each song was recorded in-person with nick behind the boards, a refreshing move in the email verse era).
featuring a festival-worthy lineup of new school rap upstarts (21 savage, novelist, ilovemakonnen) and fellow beat radicals (prefuse 73, hudson mohawke, the late dj rashad), relationships isn’t just the world’s greatest party guestlist, but a chronicle of nick’s year long, after-midnight vision quest—the sound of a producer breaking through the chrysalis, killing the ego, and raising the bar. put your phone down and dive in.
white double vinyl in gatefold sleeve.

moka only is one of canadas most celebrated hip-hop exports, a former member of canadian rap royalty swollen members who has released dozens of solo projects since he broke through in the mid-90s. ayatollah is one of the most respected producers in the american underground hip-hop scene, having crafted classics like mos defs >ms. fat booty< and talib kwelis >the proud<, plus tracks for styles p, pharoahe monch, masta ace, cormega, inspectah deck, and many more. now, these two talents have come together for a full-length collaboration straight out of hip-hop dreamland. all rhymes by moka only (as his alter-ego ron contour) and all beats by ayatollah.
double 12 inch release, including 2 vinyl only tracks.

3 cds of infulential music from londons pioneering radio station. feat.jamie xx, skepta, stormzy, maya jane cole, major lazer, travis scott, fka twigs