Kendrick Lamar
Damn.

✈︎✈︎ US import ✈︎✈︎Five years on, Freddie has lost none of its impact. The fourth studio album from Freddie Gibbs dropped in a blizzard of hype and some slick marketing, but don't let that and the smooth figure he cuts on the cover fool you. This album is rough as hell where it counts, not least on the deadly, bass-loaded creep of 'Automatic' and the 03 Greedo-featuring 'Death Row'. Other notable guest spots include Gibbs' own daughter Irie Jane Gibbs and Cassie Jo Craig and production work from Kenny Beats, RichGains and Tony Seltzer alongside Gibbs himself. It's a masterclass in modern rap with plenty of thug swagger to get the subs in your truck rattling good n' proper, and if you missed the wax first time around you won't want to sleep on it now.

Originally released in 1991, PT House’s debut album ‘Big World’ signaled the arrival of a young Soweto rapper named Nelson Mohale (later better known as Dr House) on South Africa’s early house and kwaito scene. Teaming up with producer Danny Bridgens — an up-and-coming studio hand and session guitarist for the likes of Yvonne Chaka Chaka and Margino, also releasing as The Stone and Leroy Stone — the pair drew influence from US & UK hip-house contemporaries but were determined to give their sound a local flavour, as well as a positive vibe that looked forward to a brighter future. PT House’s four-track debut was a bold statement that still holds up today, reissued for the first time on Afrosynth Records.

No slowing down for the Be With crew as they delve into the back catalogue of counter culture skate hero Tommy Guerrero. Two of his early 2000s LP’s on the esteemed Mo Wax imprint get the reissue treatment, both containing a strange cosmic blend of blues, Midwestern funk and hip-hop in Guerrero’s own unique fashion. A Little Bit of Somethin’ has aged very nicely (unlike some other skate music from the time!) and both albums have been remastered and cut nice and loud for full listening pleasure.