Boogie Down Productions - Elementary/ Dope BeatIn listing the greatest albums in hip hop history, one title never seems to stray from the upper echelons, no matter how many years pass: Boogie Down Productions undisputed classic from 1986, Criminal Minded. A true classic, Criminal Minded has been recognized by Vibe Magazine, The Source and Rolling Stone as one of the most important albums of all time, of any genre. Each and every selection from Criminal Minded is now available on a limited run of 7

his lone solo album recorded in 1974

synthesizers and live instruments including horns and woodwinds

can often be glimpsed

Koné whose career started in Mali as the founder and band leader of the Rail Band de Bamako

Scotland who share their music through goodåÊvibes and better vibrations

and shockingly direct

' the spark came in 2010 when the group was commissioned by the City of Chicago to compose a suite of music rooted in its ties to the area's noted jazz and improvised music communities

all defiantly modern

finding more and more value in it

Billy Boy Arnold and Junior Wells in the 1950s before recording with Jimmy Reed for Vee- Jay in 1959

No one threw their toys out of the pram

It‰۪s got some of the most lobe-blasting neckwork since the Ty Segall Band‰۪s Slaughterhouse (from way back in the long