We’re pleased to present, Remineded: A Collection of Old and New Remixes. Offering a new spin to our decade deep history, Remineded is both a reflection of some more notable cuts taken from our catalog, while also providing a taste of what’s to come. The ten track compilation boasts remixes from Hip-Hop’s most coveted acts, including Q-Borough’s emcee, and famed Golden Era producer, Large Professor, D.I.T.C.’s Diamond D, Spanish heavyweights Cookin’ Soul (Nipsey Hustle, Don Cannon, Smif-n-Wessun), Australia’s Grammy nominated M-Phazes (Eminem, Kimbra, Logic, Sean Price) and Brown Bag All Stars’ rapper and producer, The Audible Doctor, amongst others.

Creating a bouncy, sinister rendition to Blu’s 2012 released single “Kiss the Sky,” originally produced by M-Phazes, Large Professor manages to transform Blu’s bars into a destructive force of nature. Whereas the original had the Australian beat smith providing a more inspirational and soulful vibe, Xtra P’s version flips the script entirely by showcasing just how deadly he is with an MPC, while DJ Revolution shreds a classic Method Man quotable into oblivion. Large Professor’s remix of “Kiss The Sky” will be featured on Coalmine Records’ forthcoming remix compilation, Remineded: A Collection of Old & New Remixes.

In celebration of our decennary run, we’re pleased to unearth our highly anticipated compilation LP, Unearthed, mixed by the extraordinary DJ Revolution. Unearthed, epitomizes our commitment to delivering quality Hip-Hop, equipped with a tracklist that serves as a who’s who of today’s independent Hip-Hop scene, packed with features from both veteran and burgeoning emcees such as Pharoahe Monch, Kool G Rap, Large Professor, The Artifacts, Blu, Sean Price, Billy Danze (of M.O.P.), Big Noyd, Skillz, Guilty Simpson, Rah Digga, Maffew Ragazino, El Da Sensei and Fashawn, among others. Can You Dig It?

In promotion of our 10 year anniversary compilation album Unearthed, which is set for a May 13th, 2014 release date, we’re pleased to present the project’s lead single “Get Down,” featuring Pharoahe Monch. The track is produced by Australia’s Award Winning M-Phazes, and features scratches courtesy of DJ Revolution of The World Famous Wake Up Show. “Get Down” is now available for download through all major digital retailers, and is also available on 45 as a limited edition Record Store Day exclusive.

Land Of The Crooks is a collaborative EP from Brooklyn’s Sean Price and Australia’s Aria Award-winning producer M-Phazes. The project consists of four original tracks, featuring Roc Marciano, Billy Danze (of M.O.P.), Maffew Ragazino, Loudmouf Choir, and DJ Babu, in addition to the Small Professor Remix of “Murdah Type Thinkin,” featuring a guest verse from Guilty Simpson. The EP includes all of the instrumental passes, as well as a “Crookapella,” which consists of various scratch stems taken from the EP, in addition to the isolated drums, sound effects and acapella of the “Land of the Crooks” single. *This CD is part of a double disc set which includes Guilty Simpson & Small Professor’s Highway Robbery album.

After releasing several mixtapes, singles and videos, Brooklyn spitter One Dae is pleased to release his long awaited debut album Daes & Times through his newly formed Daelight imprint, via Coalmine Records. The album enlists an impressive roster of guest features that includes Evidence (of Dilated Peoples), Sean Price, C-Rayz Walz and Statik Selektah, and boasts production from boom-bap specialist Marco Polo, Australia’s M-Phazes, and the legendary Domingo (KRS-One, Fat Joe, Big Pun, Kool G Rap), among others.

“Land of the Crooks” is an anthemic Brooklyn banger featuring Kings County heavyweight emcees’ Sean Price and Billy Danze (of M.O.P.), along with the borough’s buzzworthy spit kicker, Maffew Ragazino. Scratches come courtesy of the turntablist himself, DJ Babu, who cuts up Jeru the Damaja’s quotable “Live in the land of crooks, yes Brooklyn’s the borough,” as originally featured on “D. Original.” Production on “Land of the Crooks” is handled by Australia’s M-Phazes. “Land of the Crooks” is set to be featured on Coalmine Records forthcoming label compilation, Unearthed, which is set for a January 2014 release date.

L.A. spit kicker Blu and VA’s super producer Nottz Raw are pleased to release their collaborative extended play release, Gods In The Spirit. Consisting of six tracks and featuring guest appearances from ANTHM, Homeboy Sandman, Sene, Johaz, Aloe Blacc, Co$$, Versis & Scienze, Definite Mass and Rashad, GITS is now available through all major digital retailers, for just $4.99.

Detroit’s heavyweight emcee Guilty Simpson and Philly beat smith Small Professor are pleased to present their collaborative effort, Highway Robbery. Weighing in at ten tracks, the project places you in a seemingly post apocalyptic Detroit where the mentality is feast or famine. Highway Robbery plays as one long narrative of Guilty’s day-to-day survival in Detroit’s concrete jungle, all set to the tone of Small Professor’s foreboding, percussion heavy production. Featuring guest appearances from Detroit’s Boldy James, AG (of D.I.T.C.), Elucid, Castle (Mello Music Group), with both Statik Selektah and DJ Revolution handling the Technic 1200s, Highway Robbery is now available through all major digital retailers.
 

Swedish producer/deejay duo Create & Devastate present the Most Confident EP, which is now available! Featuring Wildchild, MED, and Mykill Miers, the eight track extended play release also boasts remixes from Swedish producers Freddie Cruger and Max I Million. Original and remix instrumental passes included. Stay tuned for Coalmine’s forthcoming Unearthed compilation album, which will feature the main version of “Most Confident.”

As Coalmine Records gets closer to the 2nd Quarter release of their long awaited compilation, Unearthed, the Brooklyn indie drops the project’s next single, “Naturally Born,” which features Q-Borough mic veterans Big Noyd, Large Professor and Kool G Rap. Produced by the legendary Queens-based beatsmith Ayatollah, the soundscape is rooted in a Golden Era motif that boasts a scratch chorus courtesy of DJ Dutchmaster, who blends quotables from other Queens County icons such as Run-D.M.C., Nas, N.O.R.E., Royal Flush and Prodigy.

New Jeru rap veteran Rah Digga joins forces with Australia’s go-to producer M-Phazes for the Maxi-Single “Never Back Down.” The project consists of two versions, the previously leaked remix featuring Nitty Scott, MC as well as the original mix, featuring Fresno’s Fashawn and Beantown’s REKS, which is also set to appear on Coalmine’s forthcoming compilation LP Unearthed. The Never Back Down EP is bundled for sale with both the main and clean edit passes of both versions, along with the instrumental and acapella of the original version, all for just $2.99.

Beantown beatsmith G-Squared (formerly of the Kreators) orchestrates the single “One For The Money,” which boasts verses from Royce da 5’9″, Skillz and Diamond D. Entrenched in a classic soundscape that couples G-Squared’s anthemic use of strings and cuts, this single represents the first time that all three Hip-Hop icons have collaborated on the same track, and the results are nothing short of what you would expect. “One For The Money” is set to appear on Coalmine Records highly anticipated compilation album Unearthed, which is scheduled for an early second quarter release, 2013.

Apathy and long time collaborator Celph Titled join forces once again, this time for the Ayatollah produced “School For Scoundrels.” Joining the alliance is DJ Dutchmaster who provides the intro, scratch hook and outro cuts. Although originally recorded in ’07, “School For Scoundrels” will also appear on the highly anticipated Coalmine Records’ compilation album Unearthed, which is scheduled for an early second quarter release, 2013. Unearthed will feature guest appearances from the likes of Pharoahe Monch, Royce da 5’9″, Blu, Large Professor, Kool G Rap, Sean Price, Rock (of Heltah Skeltah) Artifacts, Diamond D, Skillz, Torae and more.

Blu drops his latest single “Kiss The Sky.” The M-Phazes produced soulful banger includes a hook courtesy of Mela Machinko and cuts by DJ Dutchmaster.

Rock a/k/a The Rockness Monstah of the famed hip-hop duo Heltah Skeltah delivers his single “Drop ‘Em”, taken from Coalmine Records forthcoming compilation album, Unearthed. At just 74 BPMs, this low-tempo banger boasts production from Seattle’s BeanOne (of Dyme Def) and features cuts, provided by DJ DP ONE of the Turntable Anihilists.

Legendary hip-hop group Artifacts celebrate their official resurrection with “Easter,” the groups first official retail release under the Artifacts name in over fifteen years. Produced by The Away Team’s Khrysis and featuring cuts from DJ Dutchmaster, there is not doubt that the Artifacts are “Back to life…”

Coming off the heels of his remix producer album Phazed Out (mixed by DJ Rhettmatic), ARIA Award winning producer M-Phazes offers the ‘Untagged/No DJ’ album version bonus track “Holdin’ It Down”, featuring industry upcomer Emilio Rojas and burgeoning R&B/Soul singer-songwriter Rich Rivera, available for individual download. The single, which was previously only made available as an ‘album only’ download, showcases M-Phazes signature use of soulful melodies and loose smacking drums, coupled with Emilio’s sincere rhymes about staying true to his identity through the trials and tribulations of his success as an artist.

Coalmine Records is pleased to offer the Untagged/No DJ version of Phazed Out, produced entirely by Australia’s Aria award winning M-Phazes. This iTunes-only release serves as a collectible alternative to the inaugural, February 14th mixtape-edition, which is mixed by DJ Rhettmatic of the World Famous Beat Junkies. This version is accompanied with an ‘album only’ bonus track of “Holdin’ It Down”, featuring Emilio Rojas and soul singer, Rich Rivera.

Australia’s top rank producer M-Phazes presents Phazed Out, a compilation of select singles from Coalmine’s catalog, remixed by the Gold Coast beatsmith and blended to a seamless perfection by the World Famous Beat Junkie, Rhettmatic. The album includes features from Saigon, Inspectah Deck, Bekay, Big Noyd, Phil The Agony, Termanology, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Chubb Rock, Sadat X, Heltah Skeltah, CL Smooth, Skyzoo, Masta Ace, Brown Bag AllStars, El Da Sensei, Mela Machinko, J-Live and more.

M-Phazes drops the first official single for his remix album Phazed Out, with a remix of Coalmine’s inaugural single “The Raw”, which features Saigon, Inspectah Deck and Bekay and includes an updated scratch chorus provided by DJ Boogie Blind (X-ecutioners, Pharoahe Monch).

As part of our ongoing five-year anniversary campaign, we’re pleased to release our latest digital single titled “Real Talk” from heavyweight spitter, Torae. “Real Talk” is produced by underground beatsmith Young Cee, who has crafted tracks for the likes of Scarface, Little Brother, Edo G, Special Teamz and Krumbsnatcha, among others.

Legendary Rah Digga lends her craft to the Rich Kidd produced “Made MC”, as featured on the current episode of MTV Made, where the Jersey veteran “shows you how to be an mc…”. Stay tuned Rah Digga’s forthcoming EP, dropping soon on Coalmine Records…details to follow.

After a year since the release of El Da Sensei’s acclaimed Global Takeover 2: Nu World LP, the Nu Jeru legend has returned with an extended play follow-up appropriately titled, The Nu World Remix EP, which is now available! This project contains five remixes to three of the tracks featured on GT2. The project boasts guests features from Sean Price, Bekay, Nutso, Soul Khan, Rah Digga and Tame One, marking the first time that El has reunited with his Artifact counterpart for a retail release in over a decade.  Producers tapped for this release include The Returners, Cimer Amor, Dukes Go Up, !llmind & M-Phazes.

Coalmine Records is proud to announce their charity campaign for the song “Beautiful”, whereby 100% of the net revenue will be donated to the American Cancer Society.  “Beautiful” enlists cameos from Big K.R.I.T., Talib Kweli, Outasight with a powerful hook, courtesy of Mela Machinko. The song is a triumphant and uplifting ode to survival and perseverance, composed by the multi ARIA award-winning M-Phazes. “Beautiful” also includes verbal testimonials from several cancer survivors that are included in both the song’s introduction and close. Please refer to either of the buy links and show your support.

As part of Coalmine Records five-year anniversary campaign, we’re pleased to release a remix of our sophomore vinyl 12-inch “Altitude”, featuring reknown freestyle king Supernatural, remixed by the burgeoning French producer, GMJ.

Former Rawkus Records recording artist and member of the late 90’s hip-hop collective Polyrhythm Addict’s Shabaam Sahdeeq, a/k/a S-Dub, presents the debut single “Something About You” off his forthcoming album Keepers Of The Lost Art.  “Something About You” boasts production from M-Phazes and features a hook from the talented up and coming singer/songwriter, Ces.

In celebration of Coalmine Records five-year anniversary, the Brooklyn-based indie presents their latest offering, Can You Dig It? This digital-only, full- length compilation contains 15 tracks of the label’s singles catalog, which spans the greater half of the past decade.  Can You Dig It? boasts an impressive song roster from artists signed to the boutique label in addition to a noteworthy line-up of guest features, such as El Da Sensei, Heltah Skeltah, Evidence, Saigon, Inspectah Deck, Bekay, Skyzoo, Supernatural, Big Noyd, Brown Bag AllStars, Torae, Custom Made & more!

As One Dae gears up for the release of his debut album Daes & Times, he gets his promotional campaign underway with the project’s first single, “Play By Play”, featuring Evidence (Dilated Peoples), which is produced by JBL the Titan and features a scratch hook from Coalmine’s own Dutchmaster. Daes & Times, which features an all-star cast of guest features and producers that includes Sean Price, Evidence, C-Rayz Walz, Bekay, Ayatollah, Marco Polo as well as Australia’s Aria award winning M-Phazes, is scheduled to drop in the fourth quarter of 2011.

Los Angeles hip-hop trio Bluff, Element and Sccobs, better known as Custom Made, link with Coalmine Records to drop Hi-Def as a digital-only release.  Hi-Def features production from THX, Abstrakt Soundz, Jayem, Animoss (Arch Druids), Terminall and guests Mac Lucci (Hustle Boyz/DPG), Woozy (Brothaz Bent), and the rest of the Custom Made collective.

Global Takeover 2: Nu World is the follow-up LP from El Da Sensei & The Returners 2008 acclaimed release, Global Takeover: The Beginning.  Former member of the renowned rap duo, The Artifacts & successful solo artist El Da Sensei, has once again reunited with the Polish  production team consisting of Lil & DJ Chwial, better known as The Returners. Nu World is a sequel that truly showcases the growth & fusion of artist, producer & DJ.  To boot, the album enlists an impressive all-star roster of features that include Treach (of Naughty By Nature), Sean Price, Rakaa Iriscience (of Dilated Peoples), Akrobatik, Bekay, John Robinson, Reks & Tiye Phoenix.  This album is for the hardcore fans wanting dirty loops and samples, scratch hooks & witty metaphors.

In promotion for El Da Sensei & The Returners sequel to their acclaimed Global Takeover LP, the New Jeruz/Polish trifecta drop their debut maxi-single in promotion for GT2: Nu World.  The album’s official lead single, “Knowledge Be The Key” finds Dilated People’s Rakaa Iriscience and the Artifact’s Sensei matching wits and dropping knowledge.  On “2 The Death”, El reminds you of his longevity in the game and that despite all the struggles, he’s still here, still relevant…to the death.

Hall of Justus affiliate Jozeemo drops some infectious bars over 14KTs neck breaker on “Adrenaline”.  This is the first single off Jozeemo’s forthcoming LP, True Identity “…let the adrenaline rush reign supreme”.

Chaundon, Carlitta Durand and M-Phazes make for a good combination on “Y’all Don’t Want It”, the lead single on Dunny’s long awaited No Excuses LP.  “Set the precedent with high level lyricism, kept heads turning like they need an exorcism”….c’mon, yall don’t want it!

Taking Nowhere, Somewhere is the debut LP from the Philadelphia beat-smith Cimer Amor.  Cimer, who represents one half of the CAEN Project, has been the boardsman behind several underground, indie smash singles over the years.  On Taking Nowhere, Somewhere, Cimer takes his sound to new heights and expresses a broad diversity and fusion of soundscapes.  From gritty boom-bap tracks like “You Know What It Is” featuring Sha Stimuli & King Magnetic to introspective songs like “Overtime” featuring Rockie Reyes to bouncy club records like “Chose Me” featuring the CAEN Project, Cimer delivers a producer compilation album that will put him in the rankings of producers to check for.

Philadelphia beat-smith Cimer Amor, reppin’ one half of the CAEN Project, drops his debut single “Another Classic”, off his long awaited producer compilation Taking Nowhere, Somewhere.   The track, which features Philly brethren Burke & Side Effect alongside King County’s Torae, puts Cimer’s boom-bap production skills on full blast.  For good measure, DJ Waxwork lays down some precise handy work…”it doesn’t matter what you say, or what you do” – classic!

The Brown Bag AllStars link up with Aussie producers M-Phazes and S.2 for The Down Under Remixes.  The first track enlists M-Phazes, who hooks up a smoothed out remix of “What It’s All About” for the malt liquor sipping’ septette.  S.2 follows-up with a hard-hitting remix of  “League of Intoxicated Gentlemen” that fuses a combination of horns, guitar riffs and smacking drums, creating the ideal backdrop for the BBAS crew to form “like a drunken Voltron”.

Fresh off the November 10th, 2009 release of Bekay’s critically acclaimed album Hunger Pains, Coalmine has assembled a four track remix EP that contains two remixes to each of the albums two singles, “I Am” feat. DJ Revolution (prod. by The Alchemist) and “Brooklyn Bridge,” featuring Masta Ace, produced by DJ Babu. Features include Dilated Peoples, Sha Stimuli, Push! Montana, with bonus beats courtesy of M-Phazes, and more.

Hunger Pains is the latest full length release from underground heavyweight Bekay.  The former 106 & Park contestant and Rawkus 50 alumni, delivers a project that  showcases the rare unification of an underground rapper with a major label sound scape.  Hunger Pains took several years to complete and enlists several noteworthy guest appearances and producers.  From hit maker J.R. Rotem’s cinematic production on “Visions”, to the legendary Masta Ace on the DJ Babu produced feel good summer anthem “Brooklyn Bridge”, to the smash single “I Am”, produced by The Alchemist, Hunger Pains is a major achievement that will solidify Bekay’s standing in the game as an artist dedicated to both the progression and preservation of this culture.

The Money EP is the follow-up extended play release from El Da Sensei & The Returners acclaimed Global Takeover album.  The EP boasts two new tracks, Aight Then! and Money (Part 2), which features Beneficence, Kaze & Torae.

The Horror Flick LP is the full length LP from Bekay, released as part of his affiliation with The Rawkus 50, an artist driven revolution comprised of the 50 next important hip-hop artists.  Horror Flick is loaded with complex imagery and clever wordplay over boom-bap style beats and razor sharp cuts.  The LP includes guest features from El-Gant, Mr. Met, One Dae and DJ Dutchmaster.  Production supplied by Shuko, Domingo, Arythmetic, Analogic, BeanOne, Detroit Red, M-Phazes and others.

“I Am” B/W “Brooklyn Bridge” is the debut maxi-single, released in promotion for Bekay’s long awaited Hunger Pains LP.  The Alchemist produced “I Am”, featuring DJ Revolution, showcases Bekay delivering nostalgic bars that reference everything and everyone from Lionel Richie to Kool Herc, to old school dance trends.  On the flip, Bekay links up with Juice Crew alum and fellow Brooklynite Masta Ace for the DJ Babu produced summer anthem,  ‘Brooklyn Bridge”.

Producers Small Professor and Cabes deliver their winning remixes from The Strung Out Remix Contest, presented by Skyzoo.  Small Pro cooks up an ambitious, soulful rendition, whereas Brazil’s Cabes delivers a sample-free, synth heavy alternative.  “Strung Out”, originally produced by Shuko, is featured on The Foundation,  which is produced entirely by the German beatsmith.

Brooklyn rapper One Dae spits some greezy bars over Marco Polo’s neck smacking production on BK All Dae, in promotion for his forthcoming album Daes & Times.

The Brown Tape is the debut full-length project from the Brown Bag AllStars (BBAS).  This elite seven man crew of hip-hop purists consist of The Audible Doctor (Emcee/Producer), J57, (Emcee/Producer), KONCEPT (Emcee), Soul Khan (Emcee), DJ E Holla, Deejay Element & DJ Goo.  This project is a testament of the groups amazing versatility; on tracks like “Undeniable”, BBAS come in swinging with a raw boom-bap sound and energy that’s been missing from the current state of hip hop, while on tracks like “It’s The And…”, the group showcase their ability to slow it down and get into deeper subject matter. Throughout The Brown Tape, BBAS manage to keep their sense of humor in tact while simultaneously never losing track of their deep-rooted hip-hop fundamentals.

“Super Good” boasts the lyrical prowess of the triple threat emcee J-Live over an uptempo b-boy break produced by veteran beat smith Domingo.  “Rested assured that it sounds true school like it should, courtesy of yours truly super good”.

“Microphone Doctor” B/W “Stand The Rain” is the debut Digi 12″ from Vermont’s BURNTmd and his new GTD imprint under Coalmine Records.  The Reef Ali produced “Microphone Doctor” is an aggressive head nodder while “Stand The Rain” offers insightful double timed rhymes courtesy of the good doctor and Akrobatik over Nastee’s hypnotic and nostalgic production.

Inspired by the 1980 Cult movie of the same title, The Midnight Madness Remix EP boasts six remixes of the original Shuko produced version, featured on The Foundation compilation.  The EP includes remixes from some of the most upcoming producers in the game, such as M-Phazes, J Clyde, Analogic, Dual Output, Slopfunkdust & the Audible Doctor (Brown Bag AllStars).

The Guestlist is a mixtape compilation assembled by the Massachusetts hip-hop consortium known as The Problemadditcts.  The mix, which is seamlessly blended by DJ Theory features a wide brush stroke of New England based artists and producers such as Blacastan, Krumbsnatcha, BURNTmd, Statik Selektah among others, in addition to several other iconic talent such as J-Dilla, Dead Prez, Masta Ace, El Da Sensei, Evidence, Khrysis and more.

The Foundation Reloaded is a bonus edition of Shuko’s acclaimed producer compilation, distributed exclusively for Amazon.  This deluxe version includes the bonus track “Ohh Well” from Bekay, in addition to an M-Phazes Remix of “Midnight Madness”, featuring Heltah Skeltah and DJ Revolution along with a Small Professor Remix of “Strung Out”, featuring Skyzoo.

Bean Town’s XL is back, this time with a two song maxi single. The Domingo produced A side, “Codes” tells you how things are done different in XL’s zipcode, while Queen’s own Juganot joins XL on the flipside “Violate”, produced by shuko with cuts courtesy of DJ Dutchmaster.  Both tracks are a prequel to XL’s long awaited album, Beast Coast.

The Foundation is a mixed discography of new, previously released and remixed hits produced entirely by German super producer, Shuko.  Hosted by the incredible rap team, Heltah Skeltah and mixed by DJ Dutchmaster, The Foundation includes guest appearances from many of today’s most iconic and celebrated hip-hop artists, such as Rakim, Papoose, Talib Kweli, Sean Price, Skyzoo, Jae Millz, Canibus,Torae, R.A. The Rugged Man and more.

As the lead single to the long awaited producer compilation The Foundation, produced entirely by Germany’s beatsmith Shuko, Coalmine releases this double A side maxi single as a teaser of what’s to come.  The first single, “Midnight Madness” features Ruck (Sean Price) and Rock of Da Incredible Rap Team, Heltah Skeltah alongside the bionic turntable skills of DJ Revolution while the second single “Do This” features lyrical heavyweights Canibus, Bekay and Chino XL over another Shuko produced banger that boasts DJ Vital & DJ Million on the Technic 1200s!

Hardtimes Record’s flagship artist Famoso joins forces with Coalmine for the M-Phazes remix of “Underground Railroad”, featuring Termanology, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Phantasm, Chubb Rock & Sadat X!

“Genesis” B/W “What You Need” is the debut single from The Problemaddicts, released through their Mystika Imprint deal with Coalmine.  The A side “Genesis” provides a history of celestial and human evolution in just under three minutes while the flip side enlists Jersey’s El Da Sensei for “What You Need”.

Armyfatique is a Dutch based production duo consisting of DJ Krylon & Lostsun.  Their debut producer compilation, The initiation continues down the path of the producer-branded albums that legends such as Pete Rock, DJ Muggs, Alchemist & DJ Babu have paved before.  The compilation contains 16 hard-hitting bangers that feature several of NYC’s most underrated, heavy hitters such as C-Rayz Walz, Bekay, Vordul Mega, Trife Da God, Maylay Sparks, Mr. Met (of Brooklyn Academy) and many more!

After dropping the successful mixtape It’s Not A Rumor with G-Unit’s DJ Whoo Kid, A. Pinks, the Queensbridge native joins forces with Coalmine Records for his latest single, “Held Me Down”, produced by Frequency.

El Da Sensei is back with his latest project, Global Takeover, produced exclusively by Poland’s elite production team consisting of Little & DJ Chwial, better known as “The Returners”. GT represents boom-bap hip-hop at its finest hour and includes features from Roc Marciano, Reef The Lost Cauze & more.

“Credibility” is the debut Digi 12″ from Coalmine’s Strong Arm Records imprint and their flagship artist XL.  “Credibility” pairs XL’s diabolical flow alongside the witty and wise street smarts of Sean Price, over an orchestral head-nodder produced by Germany’s, Shuko. On the flip, legendary beat smith Domingo “The Butcher” captures XL’s maddening flows on “The Butcher”

“Perfect Timing” features the legendary CL Smooth along with hip-hop’s next of kin, Skyzoo  over a soulful banger produced by Coalmine’s affiliate beat-smith M-Phazes, hailing from Australia.

The Horror Flick Remix EP is Bekay’s follow-up to his  acclaimed Rawkus 50 release, The Horror Flick LP, which was originally released on November 27th, 2007 and re-released through Coalmine Records on September 1st of 2009.  This ep includes remixes of three of the album’s more noteworthy tracks, remixed by M-Phazes, Domingo and Twice As Nice.

A-Sides From The Archives is a digital-only collection of A-Sides from Coalmine’s previously released vinyl catalog.  As an added bonus, we have included a sampler of singles from our upcoming releases – all mixed by the extraordinary Mick Boogie.

Coalmine releases yet another potent 12”, this time featuring the Mobb Deep affiliate Big Noyd.  The A side, “All Out”, pairs QB’s own Big Noyd with his west coast counterparts’ Phil the Agony and Krondon (of Strong Arm steady).  Coalmine reenlists both Shuko and Mista Sinista for this infectious street banger.  The flip side “How We Do” brings Noyd back to the Bridge.  This track unites Big Noyd with his Q-borough brethren, Trez over classic Ric Rude production.

“Where Brooklyn At?” B/W “Young” is Coalmine Records third 12” release, this time putting the spotlight on their flagship artist, Bekay.  The A side “Where Brooklyn At?” teams up Bekay with the late Old Dirty Bastard over an uptempo, feel-good party anthem produced by KONMAN Productions (Kanye West’s former production team).  The B side, “Young” pairs Bekay over the production talents of Shuko for a tale of Bekay’s shifty youth over Shuko’s boom bap drums and nostalgic sample play with Mista Sinista on the cross fader and 1200s.

“Altitude” B/W “1-2 Punch” is the second 12” release from Coalmine Records.  This time, Coalmine pairs up with freestyle heavyweight, Supernatural who lends his  off-the-top wordplay to help bring this project to life.  Coalmine enlists underground beat smith Marco Polo for an anthemic banger with “Altitude”.  On the flip, Supernat is paired with Seattle’s BeanOne who lays down an aggressive, drum-heavy battle track.

“The Raw” is Coalmine Records debut 12” single, released in April of 2005.  On “The Raw”, DJ Dutchmaster collaborates with Saigon, Inspectah Deck and Bekay over Street Orchestra’s bone chilling piano loop.  The B side reinvents the A side with a synth heavy, custom tailored remix, courtesy of !llmind.