Album covers of non-jazz music inspired by the Blue Note Records label

A short-lived but influential style of hardcore boom bap originating from NYC that was popular during the early 90s with a particularly sharp spike in popularity in 1993. Fell out of style shortly ...

DJ Premier of course needs no introduction, a pioneer of boom bap and a key figure in the East Coast renaissance period of the golden age of hip hop. But while often pigeonholed as a traditionalist, ...

bunch of 'groundbreaking', notable and hidden gem alternative / left-field / abstract / experimental / avant-garde hip hop albums imo (under gradual construction) added some artists' ...

interesting fusions of (alternative-ish) hip hop and (avant-garde-ish) jazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRtgU4fzUZ0