Ministry of Sound’s gonna take 'em back! And, if you can kick it, we've got the ultimate hazy-lazy summer day soundtrack to give you that laid back, Venice Beach, car-cruising feeling with this brand new 2CD compilation of the very best Chilled Hip Hop. Get ready to feed the mind & soul with a curated, laidback selection of the Hip-Hop classics that you know and love. Featuring 40 of the biggest rhymers in rap, enjoy pure escapism as we kick it with the O.Gs of the scene Wu-Tang Clan, Cypress Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, and Eric B & Rakim - followed up by the next generation of urban legends including Jay Z, Outkast, LL Cool J and Ludacris. And not to be missed, the current cool kids of hip hop are covered with Childish Gambino, Joey Bada$$ & The Weeknd all reppin’ a downtempo beat. So… Throw your hands in the air, if you’s a true playa… With Chilled Hip Hop, from Ministry of Sound..
From Blizzard to Budokan, this is the most extensive and revealing collection marking the incredible career of one of rock's living legends. 50 tracks with 15 previously unreleased tracks including 10 newly recorded covers of some of Ozzy's favorite and most influential songs. Also includes 13 collaborations between Ozzy and artists ranging from Motorhead and Black Sabbath to DMX and Wu-Tang! Special deluxe packaging includes a 60 page full color book with rare photos, memorabilia plus liner notes and track by track annotation written by Ozzy himself! Epic. 2005.
In the late 1950s, the Doo Wop era began in a small subway arcade shop located beneath the Walgreen's Drug Store at Broadway and 42nd Street in New York City. Jerry Greene, a young teenager from Brooklyn, would travel to Times Square in search of records he heard on the Alan Freed radio show. One of his favorite stops was a costume jewelry store that strangely enough, also sold records - twenty for a dollar.