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Edition#14 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of the year 2000, the beginning of a new decade and the end of what many consider to be hip hop’s greatest era, the 90s. The year 2000 marked a turning point for the Indie scene with artists such as De La [...]

Just a very quick one to let you know that we are currently offering 11% off all stock in the Classic Material store. Why? Well, it’s not only 11.11.11, but we released the Edition#11 products this month too! All you need to do, is add your items to the basket, and type in the discount code below before checking out. Code: ALLTHEONES [...]

Edition#12 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1998, a year often celebrated as the pinnacle of the late 90s ‘Indie’ era. Revered independent labels including Rawkus, ABB, Fondle Em and countless other less well known imprints released some of their strongest material during the year. Major labels were quick to [...]

October’s Classic Material party is just around the corner, and we’re happy to announce that this month welcomes special guest Excalibah (1Xtra) who’ll be joining myself and Chris Read in celebrating the Hip Hop of 1998. Facebook Event here. More info here.

Edition#11 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1997, a year which many associate with the dawn of the so called ‘Indie’ era. The music of 1997 set the stage the development of two distinct sounds over the following years, the underground independent sound nurtured by labels such as [...]

On Saturday 17th September, the City Arts and Music Project plays host to the eleventh installment of Classic Material, a series events and exhibitions celebrating 30+ years of recorded rap music promoted by London based collective of DJs, designers, photographers and filmmakers, the ‘Rap Music Fan Club’. Each month we celebrate an individual year of rap’s colourful [...]

Edition#10 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1996, a year which marks a turning point for the genre with a divide growing between the popular RnB influenced sound and the underground ‘independent’ sound blossoming in reaction to it. Whilst many established artists including De La Soul openly attacked [...]

Mixed by Chris Read, Edition #9 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1995. The output of ’95 arguably typifies what is often referred to as the ‘mid 90s sound’, with filtered and layered grooves accompanying crisp programmed drums at a tempo generally far lower than in previous years. [...]

Mixed by Chris Read. Edition #8 of our monthly Classic Material series pays tribute to the hip hop of 1994, a year which for many is best remembered for giving us two of hip hop’s most revered debut albums, Nas’ Illmatic and Notorious B.I.G’s Ready to Die. It was also a golden year for radio and [...]

Another killer party last weekend. Thanks to everyone that passed through and to this month’s guest Chris Read for a tight party set, and for ending with some jungle bangers! We must apologise for the mix up with the late license, it was completely out of our hands. We had every reason to believe that we were open until [...]