Access Newsletter 4-24-08

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Lots of great stuff to talk about this week and a huge list of much
needed restocks!

Upcoming in-stores!!!

This Saturday, please join us in welcoming Santa Cruz's Rise Of The
Revolution for an In-store performance! ROTR consists of, The
Prophet (emcee), eSik (singer), DJ 11:11, and featuring Nima Fadavi
on organ, as well as the rest of their live crew, which may not all
fit into our tiny store but would still be worth it to meet the
bunch! So mark your calendars and be sure to check out one of Santa
Cruz's finest on deck! Peep the album...
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13851

Thursday May 1 @ 5:30 PM meet the legendary KURTIS BLOW and PERCEE P!
Also buy tickets at Access for their Urban Underground show the same
night at the Static Lounge, 634 Broadway in downtown San Diego.


Have the writing bug in you? If you're registered with our forums,
you can now write your own reviews!
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Check out track listings and sound clips at www.accesshiphop.com


NEW GRAF BOOK:

Banksy - Wall and Piece Book
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15475


FREE VISIONARIES POSTER
The large, double-sided Visionaries "We Are The Ones (We've Been
Waiting For)" poster, with the photo mosaic on the back! Get it free
if you BOTH order over $30 (before tax and shipping) AND include
anything from Up Above in your order.


FEATURED ITEM OF THE WEEK:

Atmosphere - When Life Gives You Lemons You Paint That Shit Gold
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13955 (standard edition)
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15231 (DELUXE w/DVD & book)
It's finally here! The 6th official full length studio album from
Atmosphere! Over the years Slug and Ant's sound has attracted fans
by the hundreds of thousands and as they quickly came to rise as one
of the most well known indie hip hop groups this decade. Evolving
their sound and taking their act on the road has aged and matured
the artists and helped mold their style. Slug's brilliant wordplay
and Ant's unique production have taken on many different forms and
continue to attract new listeners with heartfelt stories,
retrospective ballads, and that straight up chill shit. Some of us
can say we remember them way back when, others are closet listeners,
and the rest are hypnotized by their charismatic aura. I can
definitely imagine how much fun they are having now, even if it goes
as far as making an album all the newbies might not understand, as
this one has darker content, experimental grooves and a lack of
catchy refrains. This isn't pop people, this isn't emo-rap...this is
the kind of platform that hip hop needs to slap the MTV generation
upside the head, and if that takes two blue collar white guys from
Minneapolis to do it then by all means...Hats off even goes out to
the fans, whom I truly believe this album was intended for. So open
your ears, there's probably a song about you on there.

NEW RELEASES:

Wild Pitch Re-issues:
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?label=Wild+Pitch+Recordings
Whoa! I haven't seen hard copies of some of these albums in years!
Except in my personal collection of course... Hard-to-find and now
reissued Wild Pitch classics including Gang Starr's No More Mr. Nice
Guy, The Coup's Kill My Landlord, Main Source's Breaking Atoms,
Chill Rob G, The UMC's and more! Take a look...

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Ayatollah - Louder CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13046
Lacing beats since the mid 90's and slowly surfacing as New York
City's best kept secret, Queens bred producer Ayatollah drops his
third instrumental album in less than two years following Now
Playing. Having made tracks on both sides of the industry for a wide
range of mainstream and underground heavyweights including Ghostface
Killah, Rakim, Mos Def, Guru, Vast Aire, R.A. The Rugged Man, G-unit
rappers and much much more, keeping it traditional while still
remaining relevant is the key to Ayatollah's success and the respect
he receives. Drawing heavily upon his signature funk, soul and jazz
sound, the once silent, behind-the-scenes producer can now play it
"Louder" than ever!

Biggie - Acapellas v.10 12" EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15466
Simply put...a collection of sought after acapellas from the late
great Notorious B.I.G! GO!

CRAC (Blu & Ta'Raach) - The Piece Talks CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15194
Rumors have it that a little known emcee by the name of Blu was
becoming increasingly impatient with Sound In Color, the label
responsible for releasing Below the Heavens with Exile, which had a
single out almost a year and a half before the drop date. As the
politics of what was happening behind the scenes still remain a
mystery, after much delay the Blu & Exile album arrived to sea of
critical acclaim and was one of the most talked about hip hop
releases of 2007! But in the time it took for all of that to finally
come together, Blu was already seeking out another label with an all
new project, a collaboration with Detroit mc/producer Ta'Raach!
C.R.A.C Knuckles is the first in what we hope will be a long line of
many more releases to come.

Dagha - The Divorce CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15344
Boston mc Dagha (who appeared on Edan's Beauty and the Beat) drops a
concept album about a depressing subject with production from DJ
Real on Lewis Recordings. A bit of a departure from his last
release, Object In Motion, Dagha takes on a confessional narrative
(similar to Nicolay and Kay's Timeline) with a funky head nodding
boom-bap production to back it up. This could be the years biggest
sleeper so far!

DJ Bobby Evans - Delicious Vinyl: 20 Years CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15464
Celebrating 20 years of hip hop ingenuity from the legendary
Delicious Vinyl, DJ Bobby Evans breaks a trusty time machine and a
few dusty records for an impressive 52 track trip back! Featuring
tracks and newly realized and rediscovered remixes, originals and
alternate versions of songs by Masta Ace, Young MC, The Pharcyde,
Def Jef and more!

DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist - The Hard Sell #2: Encore CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15260
New extended version of The Hard Sell mega mix! Officially this is
chapter 3 in the Freeze and Product Placement saga, done all-live on
8 turntables, 4 mixers and a few guitar pedals, and using only 45's.
This is turntable innovation at its finest from two masters who take
it on like a precise pair of ninja assassins, cutting, scratching
and mixing rare jams in one improvised take! That is both balls-y
and hardcore!

Jason the Argonaut - Seeds v.4 CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15264
Part 4 in Jason the Argonaut's ever popular Seeds series! The
Disflex6 emcee and producer takes a back seat to mixing and
compiling an extensive selection of original breaks, samples and
instrumentals. Dope!

Jay Z - American Wonder (remixes) 12" EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15524
You guessed it...another semi-unofficial collection of American
Gangster remixes this time by 9th Wonder. It is still unclear if he
approved of this release or not...we're still not sure...hush hush.

Lyrics Born - Everywhere At Once CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14903
The first studio album and official follow up in the five years that
have passed since Later That Day. Long known for his innovative
collaborations and soulful vocals, Lyrics Born is always raising the
bar with new concepts and song crafting uncommon in today's hip hop.
Incorporating elements of funk, pop and R&B, Everywhere At Once
indeed feels like a genre-less approach and done with the intent on
being intoxicatingly catchy.

Motive (Demigodz) - Mo-llinium CD+DVD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15467
Emerging from deep within the ranks of the Demigodz camp, Motive
brings on real street-wise lyrics and a hardcore approach after
having appeared on many of his fellow members past releases! The
Take Over Begins, is a 24 track official mix album featuring
original production from Apathy and Chum the Skrilla Guerilla, with
appearances by Celph Titled, Southpaw Jones, Emilio Lopez and more!
The DVD content on the release includes behind the scenes footage
and music videos for some of the tracks contained on the mixtape.

Portishead - Machine Gun 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15453
HOLY CRAP! Limited edition one-sided vinyl and all new single off
the upcoming re-union album Third, from Portishead! This is exactly
how I imagined their come-back sound would be...dark but faster and
a little more electronic with one of the craziest beats I've heard
in a long time - and who better to hear something this refreshing
from than the P! Absolutely amazing!

Prodigy - HNIC v.2 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15439
The sequel to 2000's Head Nigga In Charge, HNIC 2 will mark
Prodigy's last musical endeavor for around three years as he serves
a prison sentence for a gun related charge. Returning to his darker,
grittier persona with beats by Sid Roams, Alchemist and Havoc, fans
will be happy to hear the Mobb Deep member in a more fitting
element, with guest appearances from Havoc, Big Noyd, Un Pacino and
Twin Gambino. Gangsta!

Uncut Raw - First Toke CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15095
Producer Selfish and emcee Fluent make up Uncut Raw, and upon
listening to First Toke, all you find yourself doing is trying to
make comparisons to Madvillain or Siah and Yeshua, but after repeat
plays it's hard to place these guys up against somebody else because
they stand alone as a powerful duo not be reckoned with! Raw lyrics
and pure uncut unadulterated hip hop from beginning to end make this
2007 release yet another in the strongest of the "most slept on"
category! That makes two for this week's newsletter, and I beg you
not to miss the ones you've never heard of and take the risk at the
cost of falling in love with it. HEAT!

A Tribe Called Quest - Best of ATCQ (import) CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15304
A "best of" collection properly served up for the Tribe! A great
introduction for newcomers and a great gift idea. Personally I love
best of collections like this, because I just don't have the time to
compile them myself. A choice selection of classic cuts!

Bless 619 - Diego Rivera CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15526
Emerging from one of the toughest areas in greater San Diego known
as National City, Bless 619 comes from a broken upbringing surviving
only with love and restraint growing up with both the fear and
temptations of the streets. Bless found music when some of his peers
felt forced to join gangs and a life of crime. Taking the tragedy of
loss and poverty to his raps and a deep influence of his Mexican-
American roots for the soulful and heartbreakingly honest Diego
Rivera.

Blunt - Inner City Merchant CD EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15523
Underground Chicago MC Blunt drops his solo EP debut!

Ape9 and Spoken Intellekt - Conquistar El Miedo CD EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15488
Emerging from the mountainous state of Colorado, James Chavez
(Ape9.) and Johnny Childress (Spoken Intellekt) are no newcomers to
the music scene. Both have been actively involved in the local hip-
hop pockets of Colorado Springs and Fort Collins since 1998. As part
of the now defunct crews Archetypes and Idiolectic Conception,
Childress released two locally acclaimed albums (Ethos and Deep
Rest). Chavez released his own solo album "Smile Now, Cry Inside
Later" in 2006, which featured Ceschi and David Ramos of Toca fame.
Between the two emcees they have opened up for the likes of Zion I,
Astronautilus, Matre of the League, K-the-I??, Swollen Members, DJ
Q-bert, Binary Star, Jedi Mind Tricks, Oldominion, Grand Buffet,
Typical Cats, Saul Williams and more.. Spoken Intellekt and Ape9.
utilize both of their cultural backgrounds (Black/Hispanic/Navajo/
Japanese) and musical influences to shape their sound into something
truly unique.

M-Double-A-L - Table Manners CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15505
Slept on MC with a sound that compliments both the old school and
new and a member of San Diego's very own Fresh Committee! This short
but sweet 5 track EP from smooth and jazzy to lo-fi and retro,
there's a little something for everybody on this one.

Paul Nice - Fresh To Def CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15473
Another Nice gem of a mix! Fresh to Def takes this shit back...way
back! Early 80's b-boy ready raps! With beatboxing, electro beats
and primitive drum machine techniques that became the stepping
stones to hip hop as it is now. Over 70 minutes of old school
rarities and classics from the likes of The Fearless Four, Davy DMX,
Afrika Bammbaata & The Soul Sonic Force, Cold Crush Brothers and
more!

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RESTOCKS:
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/restocks.php

2Mex CDRs & vinyl
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=2Mex

2Mex & Busdriver - Live CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=7298

Hieroglyphics Imperium restocks!
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?label=Hieroglyphics+Imperium

Astonish - From Now Until Forever CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15082

Chainsmokers - Chainsmokers CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10316

Circus & Friends - Ganstahz Fo Gawd CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=3699

Cunninlynguists - A Piece of Strange (Ltd.) 2xCD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10359

Deeskee CDs
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=Deeskee

Educated Consumers - Write Hear CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15395

Inoe One & Sach - Name Science CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=12665

Jel vs. 2Mex - Diypartisan 10" Single
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=4196

Longevity - Game Manual 9.0 CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=8167

Mindclouders - Fake it Until You Make it CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=3084

NoCanDo CDRs
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=NoCanDo

Portishead CDs (self-titled and Dummy)
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=Portishead

Raekwon - Only Built 4 Cuban Linx CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=6222

Sach - 7 Days to Engineer CDR EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=8793

Tommy V - Fresh Produce CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=3621

Verbal Kent - Fist Shaking CD / What Box CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=Verbal+Kent

Xololanxinxo - Tapes From a Stolen Car CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=676

Akuma & Factor - Dawn of a New Era CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10633

Awol One & Factor - Only Death Can Kill You LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14818

Ben.e.Factor - With Pain Comes Pleasure CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15528

CMA - All Over CD/Overall CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=7406
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=282

The Gaff & Factor - The Trip Beyond CD [$11.95]
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15527

Impraktical - Impraktical CD [$8.95]
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=4759

Kay the Aquanaut - Spinning Blue Planet CD [$11.95]
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15535

Maleko - Walking Time Bombs 7" Single [$7.50]
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=6880

Paranoid Castle (Kirby D) - One Way Ticket CD EP [$11.95]
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=6896

A Tribe Called Quest - Check the Rhime (UK) 12"/The Jam EP 12" EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15482
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15393

Boogie Down Productions - Black Cop 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15471

Bootsy Collins - Stretchin' Out In ... LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15487

Buck 65 - Kennedy Killed the Hat 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15485

Celph Titled - The Gatalog 4xCD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=12609

Chaka Kahn - Feel For You 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15469

Charles Wright - Rhythm and Poetry LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15493

Charles Wright & 103rd St Rhythm Band - You're So Beautiful LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15492

De La Soul - Breakadawn 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=685

Digable Planets - The Rebirth of Slick 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=714

Diplo - I Like Turtles Mix CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14765

DJ Jazzy Jeff - Live from Nowhere CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13117

DJ Shadow - This Time 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15483

DJ Tonk - DJ Tonk 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13724

Eligh - Chronik 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=149

Existereo - Rhyme Time 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=7130

Gang Starr - Mass Appeal 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=817

Glue - Sunset Lodge CD EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10177

Grand Puba - 360 (What Goes Around) 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14666

Luniz - I Got 5 On It 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=8910

Mary J Blige - What's The 411 Rmx 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15474

Mr. Dibbs - Ugly & Proud v.3 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=6395

Organized Konfusion - Stress 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=9162

Pete Rock - Black Album Remix 12" EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=7574

Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II the... 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=2280

Pharcyde - Drop Remix 12"/Labcabin Remixes 12" EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13444
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=8414

Saber - Mad Society Book
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14670

Showbiz & AG - Runaway Slave (import) CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=12699

Talib Kweli - Fly That Knot 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11324

Teeko - My Sound Station CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=12640

Third Sight - Symbionese Liberation CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10288

Tone Loc - Funky Cold Medina 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14370

Various Artists - Behind the Beat Book
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11393

Warren G - Regulate- G Funk Era (UK) 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15486

Watts 103rd St Rhythm Band LP's:
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?artist=Watts+103rd+St+RhythmBand

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Z-Trip & DJ P - Uneasy Listening Pt. 1 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=3462

Amon Tobin - Kitchen Sink Remixes 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14884

Atmosphere - Cats Van Bags 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=5939

Bigg Jus - Black Mamba Serums 2.0 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=5127

Blackalicious - A2G CD EP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=412

Bronx River Parkway - La Valla 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=12048

Brother Ali - Room with a View 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=5169

Charizma & PBW - Big Shots LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=6420

Copywrite - Holier Than Thou 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=2562

Daedelus - Invention LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=5184

DJ Flare - Hee Haw Breaks LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=9028

DJ Shadow - Endtroducing CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=1120

Dose One - Skeleton Repellent CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14368

Erykah Badu - New AmErykah Part One CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15064

Freestyle Fellowship - Innercity Griots CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=390

GZA & Ras Kass - Lyrical Swords 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11253

J Dilla (Jay Dee) - Donuts 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14884

Jel - Soft Money LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10821

Josh Martinez - Buck Up Princess CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=6299

Large Pro - Beatz vol. 1 CD/Beatz vol. 2 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11848
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14469

Large Pro - Beatz vol. 2 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14470

Madlib - Invasion 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=3251

Mystik Journeymen - Magic CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=3077

Odd Nosdam - Level Live Wires LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13908

One Be Lo - Sonogram CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=9060

Onry Ozzborn - In Between CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10636

Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II... CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=673

Prefuse 73 - Hideyaface 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=8961

Q-Bert - Breaktionary Vol. 1 LP/Vol. 2 LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10890
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11069

Raekwon/El Michels Affair - The PJ's ... From Afar 12"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=13024

The Roots - Don't Feel Right 12"/Game Theory 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11893
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=12121

Sage Francis - Road Tested CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=10659

Slum Village - Fantastic vol. 1 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=5837

Sole - Desert Eagle Vol.1 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=15222

Solesides - Greatest Bumps 4LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=534

Styles Of Beyond - 2000 Fold CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=9207

Subtle - Yell & Ice CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14204

Turntablist - Super Duck Breaks LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=1051

Various Artists - Eastern Conf All Stars 3 CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=4164

Various Artists - Obsession CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14889

Why? - Alopecia CD
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14516

Wu-Tang Clan - Legend of the Wu-Tang 2LP
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=8411

Anti Citizens - Tunnel Visionaries CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14308

Left Handed Scientists - Kill Your Computer CDR
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14307

Tenshun - Riots 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=14601

Tenshun & Myself - Number 2 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=5872

Tenshun & Myself - Number 3 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=9000

Tenshun & Myself - Number 4 7"
http://www.accesshiphop.com/store/?itemid=11427