Barely Breaking Even

BBE Records (Barely Breaking Even)
BBE Records (Barely Breaking Even)
Founded	1996
Founder	Pete Adarkwah, Ben Jolly
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Studio !K7
Genre	Hip hop, neo-soul, breakbeat, electronic
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London, England
Official website	bbemusic.com

Barely Breaking Even (BBE) is a British record label started by two DJs, Peter Adarkwah and Ben Jolly. The name BBE comes from The Universal Robot Band's 1982 track "Barely Breaking Even". It has two sublabels: Deep Funk, and Urban Theory. BBE is also notable for its Beat Generation series of LPs.^[2]

Current/former artists

Discography

Albums

1999: Keb Darge - Funk Spectrum: Real Funk for Real People
2003: Pete Rock - Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
2004: The Foreign Exchange - Connected
2004: Pete Rock - Soul Survivor II
2005: Ski Oakenfull - Rising Son
2005: Pete Rock - The Surviving Elements: From Soul Survivor II Sessions
2005: D'Nell - 1st Magic
2005: Symbolyc One & Illmind - The Art of Onemind
2006: Shawn Lee - Soul Visa
2006: Nicolay - Here
2009: Notes to Self - A Shot in the Dark
2010: Ty - Special Kind of Fool
2010: Bara Bröst - Elephancycle
2010: Spoek Mathambo - Mshini Wam
2012: Newban - Newban and Newban 2
2014: Shawn Lee - Golden Age Against the Machine
2015: Dalindèo - Kallio
2016: Dalindèo - Slavic Souls
2017: Mike City - The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1

Beat Generation series

2001: J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit
2001: Pete Rock - Petestrumentals
2001: will.i.am - Lost Change
2001: Marley Marl - Re-Entry
2002: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent
2002: King Britt - Adventures in Lo-Fi
2003: Larry Gold - Presents Don Cello and Friends
2003: DJ Spinna - Here to There
2004: The Beat Generation Sampler
2006: J Dilla - The Shining
2007: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return of the Magnificent
2008: Madlib - WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip

References

^ "About Us". k7.com. K7. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
^ Black, Georgia (25 September 2014). "Eleven SA music acts making waves overseas". mg.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
^ Grugier, Maxence (26 February 2014). "Le label BBE Records fête le hip hop des origines". premiere.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

External links

BBE Music
Barely Breaking Even discography at Discogs
Karizma BBE sampler
Label Focus: BBE Music

[1] "About Us". k7.com. K7. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.

[2] Black, Georgia (25 September 2014). "Eleven SA music acts making waves overseas". mg.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

[3] Grugier, Maxence (26 February 2014). "Le label BBE Records fête le hip hop des origines". premiere.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

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