Stones Throw HHV Records 167 Items

Maybe the illest hip-hop record of the 21st century (so far). Vintage Madlib beats meet The Villain on top of his lyrical power. If you don't like this one you don't like hip hop. Period!

Orange smoke vinyl in Germany only avalable at HHV.

The scene is sunny, smoggy Southern California, early 1980s. Traffic is barely moving. In the passenger seat of one of those cars there is young Jason Jackson, spinning the dial on the FM radio. R&B, early hip-hop, electro, new wave, independent jams, and music from the superstars – it was all a few notches away when the airwaves were wild and free. And when the radio dial was not enough, Jason Jackson got his first pair of turntables. The DJ known as J.Rocc was born, like a character in a Marvel comic book learning how to use a super power.

J.Rocc and his crew the Beat Junkies have been a seminal force in the rise of instrumental hip-hop, and were among a handful of DJs who transformed the craft into an art form. All along the way J.Rocc has been making his own beats, and A Wonderful Letter – his letter to Los Angeles, and his dedication to a lifetime of L.A. music scenes – is only his second full-length album.

The one that started the whole Quas craze! Madlib beats at its best! 2021 repress

Special heart shaped 45 - Mark Ronson, Gilles Peterson, Benji B and many others already spin it!

Madlib's very own remixes of "Madvillainy" now with full color artwork sleeve!

Knxwledge feat. NxWorries - "Itkanbe[sonice]" b/w "Stillsonice" - 10" picture disc. "Stillsonice" is a new remix of the NxWorries track from Knx's album 1988. The record is packaged in a clear bag with a printed card. (Size: 10 in x 7 in. The record grooves are the side of a 7-inch record.)

Illustration by Rhymezlikedimez, design by Jeff Jank.

Classic Stons Throw album, all productions by Madlib and artwork by the one and only Jeff Jank!

This modern classic, while previously available only in a plain sleeve, is given the proper treatment of a full color jacket.

Automatic’s second album Excess rides the imaginary edge where the ‘70s underground met the corporate culture of the ‘80s – or, as the band puts it, “That fleeting moment when what was once cool quickly turned and became mainstream, all for the sake of consumerism.” Using this point in time as a lens through which to view the present moment, Excess takes aim at corporate culture and extravagance. The overarching themes of alienation and escapism emerged as Automatic put Excess together, taking writing retreats to flesh out the new songs before decamping to the studio for sprint recording sessions with producer Joo Joo Ashworth (Sasami, FROTH).

The Stones Throw Outline Logo T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Stones Throw Outline Logo printed on front
• relaxed fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

Limited edition for the Cassette Store Day 2014!

Ooooh, that's fresh! With the 2nd Madvillain album in the making, Stones Throw hooks up with James Reitano to create this ill-ass cartoon design. Relaxed fit. 100% cotton.

Ooooh, that's fresh! With the 2nd Madvillain album in the making, Stones Throw hooks up with James Reitano to create this ill-ass cartoon design. Relaxed fit. 100% cotton.

This was the first release from Anderson .Paak & Knxwledge as Nxworries: "Suede" and "Link Up" were their first two tracks. "Droogs" is a Knx remake of an Anderson .Paak single. Instrumentals and bonus beats around out the EP.

The Quasimoto QE T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck
• QE artwork printed on front
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

1988 is the follow up to Knxwledge’s official debut album Hud Dreems (Stones Throw, 2015). The same year Hud Dreems was released Knx worked with Kendrick Lamar on To Pimp a Butterfly, earning the producer his first Grammy. A duo with Anderson .Paak called NxWorries was formed around the same time. Their single “Suede” became a viral hit, vaulting the singer to R&B stardom, and their album Yes Lawd! followed through on that song’s immense promise. Knx and Paak have quietly continued collaborating, and some of the new work is heard on 1988.

A prolific artist in the extreme sense of the word, Knxwledge continues to redefine instrumental hip-hop almost in real-time with a stream of beat tapes numbering in the hundreds on Bandcamp, and video remixes on Instagram.

This prolific output began early. 1988 takes its name from the fact that much of the new record was created that very year, when Knx was an infant. As the story is told, little baby Knx was left alone by his mother for just a few moments and crawled to a family member’s vintage Sp–12 sampler. When his mother returned he had already produced his first beats and nearly mastered the machine. These tracks, all produced before nap time while rocking a Nike diaper, were stored over the years on floppy discs, then brought to his studio in recent months where they were finished up, mixed, and mastered.

Cryptozoo is an animated feature-film drama, written and directed by Dash Shaw, featuring the voices of Lake Bell, Zoe Kazan, Michael Cera and Louisa Krause. The film won the Next Innovator Award at Sundance, and premiered internationally at the 2021 Berlinale. It will be released on August 20 in theaters and on demand.

This is John Carroll Kirby’s first time bringing his talents as a composer and producer to film scoring. His score resists easy genre classification, melding together sounds from New Age, exotica, library music, and the sweeter side of electronic music, and makes for a perfect match with artist and filmmaker Dash Shaw’s vibrant animated feature.

Still sealed. Cover has slightly a bent and stuffed corners. US reissue from 2019.

You're looking for a snapback hat that's on par with all the big players' stuff? Don't look further, the 5 Panel Baseball Snapback Cap is a high-quality design single-handedly produced by Stones Throw.

Stones Throw 5 Panel Baseball Snapback Cap - features:

• high rise 5-panel construction
• Stones Throw embroidery on front
• Est. '96 embroidery on the left panel
• tonal eyelet stitching
• visor with green twill at the bottom
• snapback plastic closure
• interior includes plain taping and a moisture-absorbing sweatband
• 100% cotton twill

Dam-Funk and Snoop Dogg collaborate on "7 Days Of Funk" via Stones Throw, featuring Daz & Kurupt of Tha Dogg Pound as well as Steve Arrington!

/ Remix / America's Most Blunted

Ooooh, that's fresh! With the 2nd Madvillain album in the making, Stones Throw hooks up with James Reitano to create this ill-ass cartoon design. Relaxed fit. 100% cotton.

Ooooh, that's fresh! With the 2nd Madvillain album in the making, Stones Throw hooks up with James Reitano to create this ill-ass cartoon design. Relaxed fit. 100% cotton.

City Pop was Benny Sings first release on Stones Throw. The album was inspired by and written in cities all over the world: New York, LA, Tokyo, Paris and Benny’s hometown of Amsterdam. Album art by Ryu Okubo.

1988 is the follow up to Knxwledge’s official debut album Hud Dreems (Stones Throw, 2015). The same year Hud Dreems was released Knx worked with Kendrick Lamar on To Pimp a Butterfly, earning the producer his first Grammy. A duo with Anderson .Paak called NxWorries was formed around the same time. Their single “Suede” became a viral hit, vaulting the singer to R&B stardom, and their album Yes Lawd! followed through on that song’s immense promise. Knx and Paak have quietly continued collaborating, and some of the new work is heard on 1988.

A prolific artist in the extreme sense of the word, Knxwledge continues to redefine instrumental hip-hop almost in real-time with a stream of beat tapes numbering in the hundreds on Bandcamp, and video remixes on Instagram.

This prolific output began early. 1988 takes its name from the fact that much of the new record was created that very year, when Knx was an infant. As the story is told, little baby Knx was left alone by his mother for just a few moments and crawled to a family member’s vintage SP–12 sampler. When his mother returned he had already produced his first beats and nearly mastered the machine. These tracks, all produced before nap time while rocking a Nike diaper, were stored over the years on floppy discs, then brought to his studio in recent months where they were finished up, mixed, and mastered.

The Madvillain (MF Doom & Madlib) All Caps! Sweater is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• All Caps! cartoon artwork taken from the video directed by James Reitano printed on front
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• relaxed fit
• 80% cotton, 20% polyester brush-back fleece

Chest width in inches: S=20.5, M=22, L=23.5, XL=25, 2XL=26.5. Body length in inches: S=26.5, M=28, L=29.5, XL=31, 2XL=32.5.

You're looking for a snapback hat that's on par with all the big players' stuff? Don't look further, the 5 Panel Baseball Snapback Cap is a high-quality design single-handedly produced by Stones Throw.

Stones Throw 5 Panel Baseball Snapback Cap - features:

• high rise 5-panel construction
• Stones Throw embroidery on front
• Est. '96 embroidery on the left panel
• tonal eyelet stitching
• visor with green twill at the bottom
• adjustable 7 eye snapback plastic closure
• interior includes plain taping and a moisture-absorbing sweatband
• 100% cotton twill

Remixes by Madlib created in 2007, plus two b-sides ("Pillz" and "Raw Addict") along with the rare "Popshit" outtake!

The J Dilla aka Jay Dee Donuts Cover Tee's features include:

• rib crew neck
• Jeff Jank's Donuts Cover artwork printed on front
• relaxed fit
• 90% cotton, 10% polyester single jersey, 4.9 oz

Loopdigga EP collects tracks from Lootpack's early, out-of-print 12-inch singles, each taken from the original masters.

/ Dangerous ... Limited edition ST Fan Club 45!!

Stones Throw has released over a hundred albums in over 15 years, but here's their first album cover tee. It's Karriem Riggins' Alone Together record, cover by Jeff Jank, photo by Gerard Victor, printed on Ei-Lo crew neck tee in California.

The Karriem Riggins Alone Together Tee's features include:

• rib crew neck
• Alone Together artwork printed on front
• Stones Throw branding at upper back
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey, 4.9 oz

Remember J Dilla's Donuts? Besides being one of the most influential instrumental journey of the 21st Century, the amazing album cover added an extra twist and perfectly rounded out the whole project. Here you are!

The J Dilla aka Jay Dee Donuts Tee's features include:

• rib crew neck
• Donuts overspray stencil-like artwork discharge-printed on front
• regular fit
• 90% cotton, 10% polyester ringspun single jersey, pre-shrunk, 4.9 oz

Conflict is a collection of piano-based pieces that was spontaneously released April 2, 2020, in response to the escalating global crisis.

Dillas last great gift to the people. Raw samples & loops, magically chopped & arranged to perfection in this blueprint for todays' beat-generation!
"Drawing" cover, aka "Old Donuts," the unofficial name for the original edition of J Dilla's Donuts 2/LP with an illustrated sleeve, the way the vinyl was originally released in 2006. Vinyl with the "Smile" cover was released later. Cover by Jeff Jank.

Original compositions by Gabriel Reyes-Whittaker created with an analogue Oberheim synthesizer, a Midi sequencer, and an effects unit.

Produced by the late great J Dilla!

The Los Retros Los Retros Star T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Los Retros Star artwork printed on chest
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

The Los Retros T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Los Retros artwork printed on front
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

The Stones Throw Outline Logo T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Stones Throw Outline Logo printed on front
• relaxed fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

The Stones Throw Outline Logo T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Stones Throw Outline Logo printed on front
• relaxed fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

II: The Next Wave is the long-awaited second album from hip-hop production supergroup Quakers Features over 25 MCs on over 30 tracks across 2 LPs Featured MCs include Sampa the Great, Koreatown Oddity, Jonwayne, Guilty Simpson, Grandmilly, Jeremiah Jae, & more Artwork created by graphic novel artist Joe Currie

Peyton is a Houston-based R&B singer/songwriter. Her first record on Stones Throw is Reach Out, a callback to R&B icons of the past.

Inspired by her late grandmother Theola Booker, who was known for her Grammy nominated compositions and arrangements for Reverend James Cleveland, Peyton’s career in music was inevitable. Despite her upbringing during the internet age, it’s not hard to hear the influence of R&B legends like Erykah Badu, Prince, and Amel Larrieux, sonically woven into her new EP.

At just 22 years old, Peyton is wasting no time carving out a space for herself in the music scene. Her collaboration on “Verbs” with Steve Lacy from The Internet, opening shows for The Internet and Sales, and featuring on the soundtrack for HBO’s Insecure are just the beginning for the up and coming artist

Still sealed. Cover has slightly stuffed corners.

The Kiefer Superbloom Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Superbloom artwork printed on front
• relaxed fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

US reissue from 2016.

The Stones Throw Classic Hoodie´s features include:
• drawstring-adjustable two-layer hood with metal eyelets
• metal front zipper with custom pull
• Stones Throw logo printed on left chest
• split kangaroo pocket
• stretch rib cuffs and bottom band
• relaxed fit
• 80% cotton, 20% polyester brush-back fleece

Chest width in inches: S=20, M=22, L=24, XL=26, 2XL=28. Body length in inches: S=28, M=29, L=30, XL=31, 2XL=32.

A sum of Benny's real-life observations and insights on love, held together by his soft rock inspired songwriting, jazz instrumentation, leading piano and distinctive vocal. The album was inspired by and written in cities all over the world, including New York, LA, Tokyo, Paris and Benny's hometown of Amsterdam. The album celebrates collaboration, with Mayer Hawthorne, Cornelius, Sukimaswitch (the Japanese Steely Dan), Mocky and Faberyayo among the featured artists.

The Jerry Paper Blowin' Off Steam Tee is equipped with the following features:
• rib crew neck with interior tape
• Blowin' Off Steam artwork printed on front and rear
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

The Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf Logo T-Shirt's features include:
• rib crew neck
• Charizma & Peanut Butter Wolf Logo artwork printed on front
• regular fit
• 100% cotton single jersey

Sink is Sudan Archives' second statement for Stones Throw.
“Sink describes the way I want my music to make you feel,” she says, “It’s inspired by my love of fluidity, movement of jellyfish and water.” The release caps off a highly active Spring that included a slew of highly buzzed performances at SXSW (yielding praise from NPR, Paste, New York Times, Chicago Tribune and more), both weekends of Coachella, a tour supporting Peanut Butter Wolf in Japan, and a show-stopping performance at FORM Arcosanti. She is currently gearing up for a run of European festivals while prepping for more soon-to-be-announced US dates.

Sudan grew up in Ohio where she taught herself to play the violin in elementary school, mostly by ear. After moving to Los Angeles she began to explore her connection to Northeast Africa. Upon discovering the violin playing style of both Northeast and West African fiddlers and musicians like Asim Gorashi, Ali Farka Touré and Juldeh Camarah, her eyes opened to new ways of incorporating this instrument into her sound. "The way they played the violin was different from classical music. I resonated with their style, and I was like, maybe I can blend it with electronic music." Sink is a further distillation and exploration of this distinctive mélange of disparate influences.

Tokorats is Jonti’s third album for Stones Throw, following back-to-back releases Twirligig (2012) and Sine & Moon (2013). Recording for the album began in 2013, and after four years and hundreds of versions for each song, it will be released.
Jonti grew up in South Africa, lived in Los Angeles and New York, and settled near Sydney, Australia, where Tokorats was recorded. Collaborators on the record include Gotye, Kirin J Callinan, Moses Macrae, Jo Ling, Vanessa Tammetta, Tess Nicolaou, Hodgy, and rising Australian hip-hop star Sampa The Great.
Jonti writes, “A Tokorat is that supernatural creature in the mirror. A multicolored weirdo mutant composed of all the elements of your story and all the complexities of your character. In every song I was having a conversation with all the good and unflattering reflections of myself ... While this album does document a five year spiritual journey, it was ultimately a fun and luscious experience. I’m lucky I got to know my Tokorats”

Samiyam returns to Stones Throw again. “Pizza Party” is Sam's second album on the label.
Samiyam’s Pizza Party is 24 minutes of off-kilter mobster music mixed with a warm soul sound that is unmistakably the trademark of L.A. producer and beatmaker Samiyam. Sam’s independent beat tape ventures and instrumental albums are revered by many rappers as respected by producers.
“Pizza Party” is free of samples from the characteristically dusty vinyl grooves and beloved past recordings. Instead, you’ll find originally-played synthesizers and FX in unison with the off-the-grid drum patterns and typical Samiyam sonic swagger. “What Can I Do,” was co-produced by Jonwayne.
Samiyam grew up Sam Baker in Michigan. Soon he became part of a post “Donuts” producers network focusing on instrumental hip-hop beats, who found themselves migrating west and huddling in the scene around Low End Theory in East Los Angeles. That's when Flying Lotus and Samiyam met and Rap Beats Vol. 1 was released as Samiyam’s debut album on Brainfeeder in 2008.

Following the release of MF DOOM and Madlib’s Madvillainy in 2004, electronic producer Four Tet remixed several tracks from the album. These were released on limited vinyl run in a plain black sleeve in 2005, but have been out of print for many years.
Production note: When MF DOOM was presented with the Four Tet remixes, he sampled an interlude from the set, creating a new beat, and recorded a new rap track of “Rhinestone Cowboy,” effectively remixing the remix.

Violinist and vocalist, Sudan Archives writes, plays, and produces her own music. Drawing inspiration from Sudanese fiddlers, she is self-taught on the violin, and her unique songs also fold in elements of R&B, and experimental electronic music.

Sudan Archives grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she "messed around with instruments in the house" and took up violin in the fourth grade, eventually teaching herself how to play the instrument by ear. When she discovered the violin playing style of Northeast Africa, her eyes opened to the possibilities of the instrument. "The way they played it was different from classical music. I resonated with the style, and I was like, 'Maybe I can use this style with electronic music,'" she says.

This fusing of folk music and electronic production was the turning point for Sudan. "I started mixing my violin into beats,” she says, “It wasn't complicated — I'd just sing straight into the iPad." She honed her at-home style after moving to Los Angeles aged 19 to study music technology, and after a chance encounter at a Low End Theory party with Stones Throw A&R and Leaving Records owner Matthewdavid, she signed with Stones Throw. At the very start of her musical career, she's already won plaudits from the likes of the New York Times and Pitchfork, and played live at experimental festival Moogfest.

Her EP Sudan Archives is an extraordinary debut statement from a singular artist. Over six tracks, Sudan Archives layers harmonies, violin figures and ethereal vocals, grounding them all with the hip-hop beats.

Ultimate Breaks & Beats was a series of highly DJ-friendly edit compilation LPs that came out 1986-1991, becoming the foundation of sample-based hip-hop, and influencing pop and dance music up through the present day.

The series was created by Lenny Roberts, a Bronx-based record collector, and studio editing partner "Breakbeat" Lou Flores, who began releasing the compilations on the Street Beat label just as the art of hip-hop sampling was beginning to take shape. DJ records, which soon became ready-made sample sources, had been around since the 70s, but none matched the quality of UBB.

“The selections were absurdly democratic, aggressively ironic, (and) smartly remixed all the best aspects of hip-hop,” wrote Charles Aaron in a 1995 review of the entire series. “Dweebs like me could wander into Music Factory in Times Square and bump into Eric B or Jam Master Jay buying multiple copies of Ultimate Breaks & Beats ... the sound of hip-hop was never the same again.”

“Breakbeat” Lou Flores is reviving Ultimate Breaks & Beats with a producer series, debuting with an album by Oh No in January 2017. Oh No's 17-track collection was made entirely with sources from the original UBB series.

Mild High Club founder Alexander Brettin grew up playing flute in the school band and majoring in jazz studies in Chicago. In 2012, a visit to Los Angeles allowed him to connect with the Stones Throw crew. Within a year, after passing the early demos of what would become Timeline onto Peanut Butter Wolf, Brettin made the move out west.

“The difference between Timeline and Skiptracing is detail,” Brettin said. “I was stubborn with the process for Timeline, it took almost three years to let go of it.” On Timeline, Brettin resorted to vague lyrics so as to highlight the music itself. But for Skiptracing there’s both a heightened thematic aspect as well as more complex musical arrangements encasing it. In Brettin’s estimation, the album’s story arc is that of a “private investigator attempting to trace the steps of the sound and the spirit of American music.”

And in investigating the spirit of American music, Mild High Club re-imagine AM radio hits as blasting in from a parallel universe, the sound of early 70s LA in a smog of sativa. If Todd Rundgren was the primary touchstone for Timeline, Brettin and band now look to the wry, trenchant wit of Steely Dan, gazing deep into the dark underbelly of sun-bright L.A. and coming away with catchy songs underpinned by slippery jazz phrasings.

Dig deeper into the lyrics and imagery and that detective story slowly emerges. But it’s no simple whodunit? Instead, think The Long Goodbye, The Late Show, Chinatown, Night Moves or any early 70s inversion of the detective noir genre, where the gumshoe protagonist ultimately winds up investigating himself, navel-gazing so as to solve the ultimate mystery. Skiptracing is Philip Marlowe driving around LA listening to Caetano Veloso or that deleted scene in John Cassavetes’s The Killing of a Chinese Bookie where Cosmo Vitelli reads Cosmic Trigger.

In crafting Skiptracing, Mild High Club have made an album that strikes a balance between the known and unknown aspects of art and creation. While Brettin sought to have complete control over the creation of the previous album, in opening up and allowing these creative variables in, he learned a valuable lesson that lies at the heart of Skiptracing itself: “When you wish upon the unknown, you might be surprised by the rewards.”

Featuring Thundercat, Anderson.Paak, Chace Infinite and others!

The mysterious Tuxedo Funk Crew drops it in full length in 2015!

Download code is included!

Odd Future affiliate Pyramid Vritra now with his Stones Throw debut "Indra"!

Snoop Dogg & Dam-Funk's album 7 Days of Funk is being released as a 45 box set, with a total of 16 tracks: each song on the album released on 7-inch single, backed with it's instrumental version. The box set includes a bonus record with "Wingz" (not available on any other format) b/w "Systamatic".

Finally available on single LP format! All 5 parts of Dam-Funks magnum opus!

Edits of selections from The MinimalWave Tapes. Originally recorded between 1981 and 1985, the versions presented here were created by J.Rocc in 2012.

Mayer music without his voice is still Mayer music!

Another Madlib's Yesterdays New Quintet alias, another piece of smoked out electronic Jazz by Otis Jackson Jr.!

7" from the Stones Throw 10 X 45 Box Set!

Vinyl has scuffs and some scratches. Plays with slight crackles.

Still sealed with hype sticker.Cover has tiny wear, seam split in top spine.

Includes bonus 7"!