College Dropout (Vinyl 2xLP) Hip Hop

College Dropout (Vinyl 2xLP) Hip HopFor most artists who are discovered behind the mixing boards, making the transfer from producer to MC proves a daunting task. Fortunately for Kanye West, his verbal skills more than rise to the challenge of his consistently superior beats. A sprawling concept record that tackles issues of everyday life with wisecracking humour and unexpected honesty, The College Dropout confirms West's status as one of hip hop's most refreshing voices. The leadoff

gin palaces and chip shops

Kalita are honoured to release the first ever compilation focusing on the musical career of Julie Coker

From cockroach pus to abortion rights the record doesn't flinch

the album fuses elements of psych

an isolated artist's retreat 8 miles from the nearest town down dirt track roads was envisaged as a writing and demoing exercise but sessions bloomed within the stunning live room (with floor to ceiling windows framing the Atlantic) and it soon became apparent that the recordings were staking a claim as finished works

plus McCoy Tyner on piano

& Peter Morake on Soweto & Sathima and Basil Mannenberg Coetzee

One alternative title is 'The Mack And His Pack'

while 'A Pair of Brown Eyes' is as sentimental as he gets

Indies only limited edition pressed on transparent orange wax

Amir decided the best way to define the era was through the lens of the labels brief but potent influence on the city's culture

released in December 1976 on Private Stock Records