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Prince Po - The Slickness
Long-since forgotten by all but die-hard, old-school hip-hop heads, Prince Po has re-emerged with a comeback record that straddles leftfield cool, anti-bling righteousness and beats you can that make you wanna bounce.»
anticon - label sampler: 1999-2004
The mooted anticon label sampler is finally here. Get your indie hip-hop kicks, get informed, get educated, get wise to eight whiteboys who set up camp in Oakland and vowed not go away until people heard them out.»
Murs - 3:16 - The 9th Edition
Meet Murs. He hates anticon, loves his independece and on his sophomore effort for Def Jux retains a perspective that, for better or worse, it utterly unique.»
Various - Def Jux Presents III
Indie hip-hop label Def Jux return with talent that isn't just off the beaten path, it's jumping out of bushes and waving knives to your neck. That's another way of saying their latest compilation is really good and you should check it out...»
Fu Manchu - No One Rides For Free / Daredevil (re-issues)
They sung about girls, cars, getting wasted and not much else. These two key re-issues celebrate the slacker-icon cool of Fu Manchu before they cut their hair and it all went a bit Sampson-shaped.»
cLOUDDEAD - Ten
Oddball Anticon trio return with their first (and last?) 'proper' album. It's an off-kilter, subversive take on hip-hop with some beat-ridden beatnik indie thrown into the mix somewhere-or-other.»