COMMON Can I Borrow A Dollar? 25th Anniversary Edition KEY SELLING POINTS • First official reissue in 20+ years, first time on 2XLP vinyl • Includes bonus 7” featuring the rare B-side “Can-I-Bust” and the instrumental for the single “Breaker 1/9” • The album was entirely produced by No I.D. (then called Immenslope) and The Twilite Tone, with additional production by The Beatnuts DESCRIPTION ARTIST: Common While hip-hop was experiencing a creative revolution in the late 1980s TITLE: Can I Borrow A Dollar? 25th Anniversary Edition and early 1990s, the genre was still somewhat restricted geographically, CATALOG: L-NSD813 primarily dominated by New York City and Los Angeles. Acclaimed LABEL: Nature Sounds artist Common was among the first successful rappers from elsewhere, GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap BARCODE: 822720781317 officially putting Chicago on the hip-hop map with this debut album Can FORMAT: 2XLP + 7" I Borrow A Dollar?. Released in 1992, the album is a vintage boom-bap HOME MARKET: Chicago, Illinois masterpiece, with famed producer No I.D. behind the boards on 12 of RELEASE: 4/21/2018 (RSD) 13 tracks. It also marks the beginning of a storied career, as Common LIST PRICE: $34.98 / RF would go on to release three gold albums, create classics with the likes of J Dilla and Kanye West, win multiple Grammys and even an Academy TRACKLISTING Award, and land several major roles as an actor. Long out-of-print, Can I Borrow A Dollar? is now back on 2LP vinyl while supplies last. This 25th LP anniversary edition also includes a bonus 7” featuring the rare B-side 1. A Penny For My Thoughts “Can-I-Bust” and the instrumental for the single “Breaker 1/9”. 2. Charms Alarm 3. Take It EZ 4. Heidi Hoe 5. Breaker 1/9 6. Two Scoops Of Raisins 7. No Defense 8. Blows To The Temple 9. Just In The Nick Of Rhyme 10. Tricks Up My Sleeve 11. Puppy Chow 12. Soul By The Pound 13. Pitchin’ Pennies 7” 1. Can-I-Bust (Bonus) 2. Breaker 1/9 Instrumental (Bonus) PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM THE RUGGED NUGGETS X SMOKE DZA X FLY ANAKIN X BLU Head Above Water ALLOTMENTS WILL BE NECESSARY KEY SELLING POINTS • First of its kind double-label record release from Colemine Records (Funk/Soul) and Coalmine Records (Hip-Hop), whereas the A-Side serves as the source material for the flip side • First retail guest feature from Smoke DZA since his acclaimed 2017 collaborative release, ‘Don’t Smoke Rock,’ produced entirely by Pete Rock • Double-sided insert designed by Joe Buck; painter and graphic designer most notably known for creating the ‘De La Soul is Dead’ and ‘Saturdays’ album artwork • Limited edition release, manufactured exclusively for Record Store 2018. This title will not be repressed DESCRIPTION ARTIST: The Rugged Nuggets x Smoke DZA x Fly Anakin x To celebrate Record Store Day 2018, Ohio-based Funk/Soul label Blu Colemine Records, and the Brooklyn-based indie Hip-Hop label TITLE: Head Above Water Coalmine Records, have teamed up for a limited-edition 7-inch release, CATALOG: F-CM078 “Head Above Water.” The double label venture boasts a new Soul jazz groove from the LA-based Funk/Soul collective, The Rugged Nuggets, LABEL: Coalmine Records backed with a reinterpretation of the track, flipped by Coalmine’s go-to GENRE: Hip-Hop/Rap producer, Small Professor, which features blistering verses from Smoke BARCODE: 659123103015 DZA, Fly Anakin and Blu, with cuts by the incomparable DJ Revolution. FORMAT: 7” Side A, as referenced on the Blue Note-flipped donuts as “COLE SIDE,” HOME MARKET: Various effortlessly demonstrates why the The Rugged Nuggets are the newest RELEASE: 4/21/2018 (RSD) collective to carry the torch of instrumental music. Emerging from the LIST PRICE: $10.98 / CI tight-knit Los Angeles Funk/Soul community, the 7-piece live band deliver a sound on “Head Above Water” that’s as inspired, realized and refreshing as the city landscape and culture that the musicians reside within. TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) Side B, as noted on the buoy-themed donut as “COAL SIDE,” represents A: Cole Side a coast-to-coast Hip-Hop flight as DZA kicks things off by putting on for his hometown of Harlem in a major way. His verse is pure braggadocio- The Rugged Nuggets - Head Above Water tinged flames and brimming with bars, among them his NY Jets- referencing closing line of “I’m Broadway Joe with my mink on drag.” B: Coal Side After Rev shreds the first hook chock full of quotables from Mos Def, Nas, Smoke DZA, Fly Anakin & Blu - Head Above Water M.O.P., 50 Cent, AZ and more, Mutant Academy’s Fly Anakin picks up right where DZA left off and delivers a relentless stream of rhymes. The VA native continues the stylish boasts when he spits, “They got a warrant for my style,” amidst a flurry of raps that demand repeated listens. That same sentiment applies to Blu’s verse, which ends “Head Above Water” with thoughtful lyrics. The Los Angeles stalwart waxes poetic about trying to make enough bread to raise his daughter and “teach her how to bodyslam Sgt. Slaughter”—the perfect blend of wisdom and bravado that’s made Blu a legend. This sure to be collector’s item, which boasts a double-sided insert designed by Joe Buck, is now available exclusively for Record Store Day. Both the music and partnership embody the spirit of RSD, which emanates feelings of community and soul over the bullshit…cause we’re all just tryin’ to rise up and keep our heads above water. PROUDLY DISTRIBUTED BY FAT BEATS DISTRIBUTION | 8920 ETON AVE. CANOGA PARK, CA 91304 | DISTRIBUTION.FATBEATS.COM BERNARD PURDIE & FRIENDS Cool Down • Bernard is teaming up with Brian Jay (Pimps of Joytime) & Pete Shand (New Mastersounds) to bring a collection of original material touching in soul, jazz and funk • Featuring Ivan Neville on keys and vocals and special guest appearances by Cyril Neville (The Meters), Anthony Cole (Nat King Cole’s great grandson) and Mayteana Morales (Pimps of Joytime) DESCRIPTION Self-proclaimed the “Most Recorded Drummer in History,” Bernard “Pretty” Purdie is an American musical treasure. One of few artists who’s shaped the rhythm of American music for more than half a century, Purdie returns to the spotlight with an original collection of 10 compositions for his first solo studio album in nearly ARTIST: Bernard Purdie & Friends a decade, Cool Down. Set for national release on Record Store Day 2018, Cool Down features the legendary Bernard Purdie alongside modern funk, soul and jazz TITLE: Cool Down masterminds Ivan Neville, Pete Shand, and Brian J. Special guests include three CATALOG: L-SRR002 inimitable vocalists Cyril Neville, Anthony Cole, and Mayteana Morales. LABEL: Sugar Road Records Ranked among the “Top 20 Drummers of All Time” by Rolling Stone Magazine and GENRE: Funk/Jazz inducted into Modern Drummer’s “Hall of Fame,” Purdie’s idiosyncratic drum work can be heard on a staggering number of classic albums produced by artists such BARCODE: 659123091718 as The Beatles, James Brown, Nina Simone, B.B. King, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Hall & Oates, and Steely Dan. His drum patterns, a unique merger of urbane FORMAT: LP swagger and loose Southern funk, have all but defined early hip-hop. Of his many solo recordings, his debut as a leader Soul Drums (1968) and Soul Is…Pretty HOME MARKET: Elkton, Maryland Purdie (1972) are highly sought-after treasure troves of beats long sampled by RELEASE: 4/21/2018 (RSD) DJs and hip-hop producers. Purdie’s extensive list of accolades includes serving for five years as Aretha Franklin’s musical director, and being the drummer for the LIST PRICE: $19.98 / CR Broadway revival of Hair in 2009. CASE QTY: 50/25 Enter the Cool Down recording sessions at Brooklyn’s Vibromonk Studios to hear the leading-edge gospel music of today. No separate recording rooms, no drum TRACKLISTING (Click Tracks In Blue To Preview Audio) isolation, no headphones, just pure musicianship at its finest. “Bernard Purdie likes things mid-tempo,” says Pete Shand (The New Mastersounds), co-producer of Cool Down along with Brian J. He continues, “There’s nowhere to hide within the groove and Purdie wants that openness to live on its own. Seeing him come alive in the 1. Elevate sessions was truly amazing. The simple fact that he can still get back into that head 2. Cool Down space and bring us back to how he’s always thrown it down on so many famous albums, his legacy is still being forged by new original music.” 3. Shand Stand Cool Down is representative of the fact that at the age of 76, Bernard Purdie 4. Money Bags remains a prominent fixture on the contemporary music scene. Purdie’s deep sonic library to cull drum tones and patterns from, Cool Down takes the metropolitan 5. Deep In Love Feat. Mayteana Morales sounds of East Coast funk and intermingles it with New Orleans rhythms. At the heart of songs “Cool Down”, “Elevate,” and “Keep On” are grooves that fans of The 6. Frank Funk Meters and Funkadelic would come to expect Purdie to record with his fresh new band. The early ‘70s-esque standout single “Deep In Love” featuring Brooklyn’s 7. Better Man Feat. Anothony Cole own Mayteana Morales is destined to become an instant classic. Filled with retro emotion, the synchronicity and mid-tempo progression is the perfect soundscape 8.