YASIIN BEY: The Ecstatic LP (Reissue)
STONE MONKEY
30/07/2026
It’s been an uneven musical career for Yasiin Bey a.k.a. the artist formerly known as Mos Def. There was the early promise of Black Star
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THE NEW MASTERSOUNDS: Be Yourself (Vinyl LP + 45) Re-release
STONE MONKEY
24/04/2020
Maybe a funk revival twenty years after funk first became displaced or absorbed by disco and early hip-hop was on the cards but who would
DEF JEF: Just A Poet With Soul (2012) Expanded edition
STONE MONKEY
22/09/2012
Yo – Def Jef’s back. Well – re-released anyway. Just A Poet With Soul was the NYC born rapper’s debut at the tail end of
KOOL G RAP & DJ POLO: ‘Road To The Riches’ & ‘Wanted: Dead Or Alive’
STONE MONKEY
16/09/2012
[RATING: 5] Holy shitfire! Classic hip-hop doesn’t come much heavier than Kool G Rap and DJ Polo, and their output doesn’t come much heavier than
TONE LOC: Loc-ed After Dark (Expanded edition) (2012)
STONE MONKEY
12/09/2012
[RATING: 5] Let me see now – gravelly-so-laid-back-it’s-horizontal delivery? The immortal lyrics “So I gave some to my dog when he began to beg/ Then
THE PHARCYDE: Bizarre Ride II The Pharcyde (Expanded Edition) (2012)
STONE MONKEY
11/07/2012
[RATING: 5] According to the PR this is Kanye West’s “favorite album of all time.” But don’t let hamster-cheeks’ seal of approval put you off,
BOCA 45: Lafayette Partytime (2011)
STONE MONKEY
14/11/2011
Lafayette Partytime from Bristolian beatmaker Boca 45 gets a seven inch re-release to mark the imminent digital re-release of his Pitch Sounds LP. Boca 45