1988 - PURPLE VINYL - KNXWLEDGE

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SKU	112094
Artist	KNXWLEDGE
Title	1988 - PURPLE VINYL
Label	STONES THROW
Catalog #	STH 409LP / 659457240967
Tag	Hip Hop
Release	W 14 - 2020
Format	Vinyl - USLP
€ 27,99	incl. VAT, excl. shipping

Tracks

Don't Be Afraid
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-01.mp3
[Bc] Tm's Not Promised
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-02.mp3
Do You
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-03.mp3
Thats Allwekando
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-04.mp3
Listen
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-05.mp3
Learn
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-06.mp3
Howtokope
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-07.mp3
With [reality]
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-08.mp3
Uonlygetone
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-09.mp3
Solivelife
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-10.mp3
Be Safe
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-11.mp3
Watchwhoukallyourhomie
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-12.mp3
Theykome&go
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-13.mp3
Don'tgottabe
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-14.mp3
Gangstallthetime
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-15.mp3
Believeme
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-16.mp3
Itkanbe [sonice]" (feat NxWorries (Anderson Paak & Knxwlege)
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-17.mp3
Makeuseofthetime
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-18.mp3
Makeitliveforever
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-19.mp3
Awomanslifeislove
KNXWLEDGE
https://objectstore.true.nl/rushhourrecords:files/tracks/s/sth_409lp_1988/sf767041-01-01-20.mp3

Description

Knxwledge has always been one of our favorite hiphop producers of the post-Dilla era. We all love his beat tapes here and ‘Hud Dreams’, his 2015 debut album for Stones Throw, is nothing short of a Rush Hour store classic.

Personally I may have taken it a bit too far with the Knxwledge love though - in the months after the Anderson Paak collabo NxWorries came out (an album that arguably features Paak’s best work to date and that’s saying something) I played it in the store so much I was repeatedly asked to please put on something else for god’s sake by my esteemed colleagues - something known here as the Quasimoto-effect. Apparently you can have too much of a good thing.
‘1988’ is only his second proper solo album for Stones Throw, but that doesn’t mean he’s been taking it easy recently. It’s been raining digital Knxwledge albums, EP’s and tracks on Bandcamp for years now, but he’s clearly been saving up some of his best beats for this one. ‘1988’ (the title referring to Knxw’s year of birth) still has the character of one of his many beat tapes, morphing 22 tracks into a thrilling 38 minute collage of slick grooves and blissed out loops borrowed from seventies symphonic soul, bouncy boogie, jazzy modern soul and syropy swingbeat, interspersed with clever samples and spot-on vocal appearances. Sultry and understatedly funky, it’s the perfect companion for comfy home listening - and we need way more of those right now (RO).