This Weekend! Joel Stones’ NYC record store Tropicalia in Furs will open again at Rappcats in Los Angeles for a 2-day popup shop for Record Store Day Weekend

April 13 & 14 (Sat & Sun) 12-6 PM
Rappcats, 5638 York Blvd, L.A. CA 90042

This year’s collection will have a special focus on 45s, in addition to Joel’s usual Brazilian and worldly gems: “I will bring tons of Brazilian records, LPs, some jazz, funk, soul, prog, psych, garage, and thousands of 45s with good French, Turkish, African, American and beyond from my own private collection.”

Tropicalia in Furs, East Village NYC, was a record store like no other, a spot for rarities, psychedelic sounds and unparalleled chit chat. The shop closed in 2013.

instagram.com/tropicaliainfurs |via Rappcats

Blockhead’s new album Free Sweatpants will be out January 18, 2019 on Backwoodz Studioz. The first single, “Kiss the Cook” teams him with his old partner in crime, Aesop Rock. The album also features Open Mike Eagle, Armand Hammer (ELUCID & billy woods), Homeboy Sandman, Breezly Brewin, TREE, Vic Spencer, Hemlock Ernst, and MarQ Spekt, amongst others.  Backwoodz has some packages up for pre-order.

Aesop Rock + Tobacco are Malibu Ken. New album out on RSE on January 18, 2019. The first two singles (with videos by Rob Shaw):

Pre-order “Malibu Ken” now: https://rse.lnk.to/MalibuKen
Bundle your pre-order with limited/exclusive Malibu Ken merch: http://bit.ly/MalibuKenFE

Here are our recommended dates for placing your order for arrival by December 21, 2018.  This is the last regular business day for delivery before the Christmas holiday.

For International Orders: Place orders by December 4, 2018.  
Please factor in transit time and Customs delays.

For U.S. Orders: Place orders by December 14, 2018.
Please factor in transit time and weather delays.

These dates are for reference purposes only and are NOT a guarantee of arrival times.

Package theft occurs in every neighborhood.  Please ship your package to a secure location where someone will be able to receive and/or sign for it.

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“This is a soulful city…this is an R&B city” – Ron Trent

Just finished watching the first episode of the great new series from Wax Poetics called Soul City.  This episode focuses on the South Side of Chicago, hometown of writer Ronnie Reese.  He interviews Todd Mayfield, the son of Curtis Mayfield and author of Traveling Soul. They discuss the pioneering indie labels of Curtis Mayfield, music ownership, as well as his devastating injury.    Reese then links with house legend Ron Trent who chronicles his career as a DJ and producer.  As a bonus, Reese also visits a Crate Diggers/Discogs record swap with both Mayfield and Trent to do a little digging.

via Wax Poetics

Expect beats, rhymes, and metal as Czarface controlled by Inspectah Deck and 7L & Esoteric team up with everyone’s favorite villain, MF DOOM. Beats from the Czar-Keys with guest appearances from Open Mike Eagle and Jedi Mind Tricks’ Vinnie Paz.  Listen today on iTunes or Spotify.

We got word that Pam the Funkstress passed away this morning, and we are just overwhelmed.  We met Pam many years ago while she was the DJ for The Coup.  Not only super talented on the 1’s and 2’s,  she was an accomplished chef, radio mix DJ on KBLX, and of course “Purple Pam”, the DJ for Prince.  And above all, just a really cool person.  She was the ultimate Turntable Queen, and she is going to be missed.  Her mother had started a GoFundMe to help her family with medical bills when she was hospitalized last month, which will now probably help with final arrangements.  You can donate here.  Rest in paradise, Queen.