Hip-Hop / R&B CDs

Despite what these people might tell you about Home Brew being burdens on society, or advocates for drug dependency, you gotta respect the integrity of their independence and the diligence of their work effort.. In the last year they've been involved in three 5 star releases (At Peace, Max Marx, ...

David Dallas begins The Rose Tint turning over a new leaf, stating there'll be "no more sitting round, wishing things were different round here."And so the tone is set for the South Auckland rapper's sophomore album (nominated for NZ Music Award Album Of The Year, Best Urban/Hip Hop Album and Best M...

This 4 disc collection of all the Great New Zealand Songbooks takes place over the previous releases and combines all the classic kiwi songs plus some bonus tracks... Simply a must for any kiwi music fan or kiwi music lover home and abroad.

 Absolute Epoch’ is the second and final studio album from Red Eye Society. It’s honest, hard-hitting, hip-hop laced in their native Onehunga slang and relayed over sinister production. This is what makes ‘Absolute Epoch’ one of the best hip-hop albums to ever surface ...

What Doesn't Kill Me’ features beats from NYC-based producer Emile (Ice Cube, Ghostface, Kid Cudi) and up and coming Australian duo Unknown and Lewis One (a.k.a. Twice As Nice). Guest vocal spots come from Sid's Smashproof partners Tyree, Deach, MTC's new signing Kayo, as well as pop superstar...

The release of J’s debut album Young Love in July 2009 took the charts by storm, in it’s first week it debuted at No.5 on the official charts and spent the next four weeks in the Top 10. Two Top 5 singles from the album ‘Ghetto Flower’ & ‘Stand with You’ ha...

It's already been a rollercoaster ride for Nesian Mystik. Aside from enjoying huge sales and radio success with their singles, the group collected the best hip-hop /r'n'b video award at the 2002 Juice TV Music Awards, "Best Urban Group" and "The Peoples Choice Award" at the 2003 ...

MAI FM has done it again - selecting the absolute **best** songs for **your** summer! Their 2010 collection was hot, but this year summer will be even hotter! This next instalment in the successful Mai Summer Jams series always feature the hottest R&B hits of today! Including: Bruno Mars, ...

Legendary and multi-award winning Drum & Bass/Dubstep DJ/Producer BULLETPROOF releases his new single ‘Dub Me Crazy’ featuring the stunning Jessie G out today. The track is an onslaught of bass that would satisfy all true Dubstep fans, it has already been picked as the 2011/2012 summer anthem. Click...

Arguably best known for his DJing prowess, which recently saw him traveling, all expenses paid, to Paris, to represent New Zealand in the Red Bull World Thre3style championships, Scratch 22 is a man on the move. As co-founder of Auckland’s notorious ‘The ARC’ collective, and the ho...

When we last caught up with the intrepid inter-galactical pop visionaries KIDZ IN SPACE it was some time ago. The trio of Josh Fountain, Ashley Hughes and Matt Neshat landed on earth in early 2009 after a chance encounter somewhere beyond the edge of this galaxy, and after discovery a mutual interes...

In anticipation of Stan’s upcoming nationwide dates, Sony present the New Zealand Tour edition of ‘From The Inside Out’ The CD features 4 bonus audio tracks, including the single version of ‘Homesick’, the Israel remix of ‘Choose You’, and an acoustic ver...

One of New Zealand's most in demand Hip Hop & RnB producers and multi-instrumentalist John Chong Nee releases his sophomore album Chong Nee & Friends and as the title suggests features many of his friends as guests; Pieter T and A.K.A Brown to name a couple! With production credits over t...

A sultry voice with razor sharp wit and a stage show to match, Ladi6 is New Zealand’s leading hip-hop soul artist and in her own right, an emerging international star. Ladi6’s career - beginning with seminal all-girl crew Sheelahroc - is embossed with industry awards, considered criti...

Life, Love & Lessons is the debut album from the hottest new name in the NZ R&B scene, Pieter T. This self-produced album is not just a beautifully crafted R&B album, it’s a journey of the senses filled with universal truths - each song tells of old flames, hasty actions, good time...

Benny Tones is a Wellington based producer, DJ and Audio Engineer.He is the official Sound Tech for future soul band Electric Wire Hustle and has also set up his own professional audio engineering facility in Wellington - Organik Muzik Workz - ww.omw.co.nz where he has recorded and engineered for ar...

Renowned producer and lightning-fast turntablist P-Money has raised the stakes once again with his highly anticipated third studio album Everything, set for release on Monday 3 May.   By extending his team of collaborators, consolidating his production skills, and sidestepping genre boxes, Ever...

EMI are releasing the long awaited sophomore Tommy Ill album ‘New Hat And A Haircut’ on 2 April. “I am so stoked that we are finally putting this album out. James, Buck, Kelvin and I have been working on it for pretty much our whole lives and now that it’s coming out we will have to find new things ...

APOLOGY ACCEPTED, the sophomore album from Derty Sesh, one of New Zealand Hip Hop’s most controversial rappers, is about to drop on Monday, February 20th. As an artist who always tries to push the limits, Derty Sesh found himself at the centre of a media storm due to the controversial video for ...

Finding the perfect weighting between depth and frivolity, rap and pop, madness and effortless cool, PNC brings his signature fluid flow, catchy style and charismatic writing for a varied, and of course, ‘balanced’ album.   From the menacing ‘Murderer’ to the merry &...

Sitting in the control room of Vertical Studios, Rapture - aka Brad Dring - finds himself filling the demanding roles of rapper, engineer and artist as he masterminds the brand new album, I Believe. Seven months in production, but over six years in the making, I Believe explodes from the stage and t...

This duo's combination of masterful lyrical ability and superbly crafted beats makes for some of the most intelligent and vital hip-hop music to arise from these shores. David Dallas (aka Con Psy) and producer 41 (Nick Maclaren) are the two man team known as Frontline. In addition to their own mu...

FAR FROM HOME, the anticipated debut album from Illegal Musik recording artist K.One (aka Kaleb Vitale), is confirmed for release on 10 October 2011. In little over a year, the enigmatic K.One has graced the NZ Charts with four hit singles The Masterton MC has risen from relative obscurity to ...

The hottest Hip Hop and R&B hits of today! Including: Rihanna, Chris Brown, Bruno Mars, Flo Rida, Young Sid, Usher, Tinie Tempah and many more…

The hottest R&B hits of today! Including: B.O.B, Jason Derulo, J.Williams & Dane Rumble, Iyaz, David Guetta, Justin Bieber, Rihanna, Travie Mccoy and many more…

DJ Sir-Vere celebrates the ten year anniversary of the Major Flavours mix CD series, with the release of MAJOR FLAVOURS 2011. With sales in excess of 250,000 units in New Zealand and Australia over the last decade - Major Flavours is the biggest hip-hop and RnB mix compilation series in Aotearoa his...

The next instalment in the successful Mai Street Jams series of the hottest R&B hits of today! Including: T.I., Bruno Mars, B.O.B, Jason Derulo, Katy Perry, Usher, Stan Walker, Sean Kingston, Will.i.am and many more… Tracklisting: 1. KATY PERRY - California Gurls [Feat. Snoop Dogg] ...

 Derty Sesh is New Zealand Hiphop’s brightest new star. Not only does the young rhyme protégé rap with ferocity and extensive wordplay akin to his contemporary heavy weights, he also produces his own beats, has a great work ethic, and produced his own debut album, right thro...

Dane Rumble has toured non stop over the '09/'10 summer, building his fanbase and a fierce repertoire of songs - 11 of which have made it on to his debut solo album: The Experiment. “I want to write songs that in 20 years time I’ll be proud of. I want to be able to say, ‘Hey, ...

David Dallas was formally known as Con Psy and was one half of Frontline. Something Awesome is his debut solo album, released on Dirty Records.

It's been just under a year since the young lover J Williams burst onto the music scene capturing the hearts of fans with his debut single "Blow your Mind"... Now he's ready to take New Zealand's soundscape by storm, unleashing his style and flavour to contemporary R&B and popular music with his deb...

Smashproof first burst onto the scene in 2005 with the explosive Juse-produced ‘Ride Til' I Die’, which quickly infected clubs across New Zealand and Australia. Now ‘Brother’, the amazing first single off their forthcoming album The Weekend, has hit #1on the NZ music charts! ...

After attending the Split Enz Vector Arena concert in March 2008, Murray Thom (the creator behind this unique project), turned to his son and said that they had just heard the "The Great New Zealand Songbook". That was the birth of a project, which from the outset, encapsulated more than j...

Scribe is now New Zealand icon who truly blew the doors wide open for Hip Hop with his debut release ‘The Crusader’, and became an international success story. The recipient of numerous NZ Music Awards, breaking records (the longest running Kiwi #1 hit on the Singles Chart ever with S...

Young Sid, the charismatic member of Smashproof along with Tyree and Deach, presents with this album, an intrepid journey into the world of modern-day South Auckland, a world where there are no rules except survival by any means necessary. With an outstanding work ethic and dedication to perfect...

Fresh Taite prize winner! Now available on vinyl in time for NZ Music Month 2011.  A sultry voice with razor sharp wit and a stage show to match, Ladi6 is New Zealand’s leading hip-hop soul artist and in her own right, an emerging international star. Ladi6’s career - beginning wi...

Nesian Mystik’s 99 A.D will be released on 26 July 2010.  The band’s fourth album in a lineage of chart toppers, 99 A.D is jam-packed with the Nesians’ trademark Polynesian sound mixed with hip-hop and smooth R&B.      You can’t help but be warmed ...

Organikismness aka Harry Bretherton is known by many as one of New Zealand’s most diverse and prolific drum ‘n’ bass producers/DJs. Starting out in Nelson 6 years ago Organikismness has since sounded its deep and raw hybrid sound of drum n bass and dubstep throughout New ...

For over a decade, the name Bulletproof has stood for nothing less than the very best in the futuristic “Neurofunk” style of dance floor drum & bass. A relentless passion & devotion to Drum & Bass has established Bulletproof as one of New Zealand’s leading D&B DJ&rs...

Click on the DAWNRAID brand on the right to check out all other titles. BROTHA D & THE DAWN RAID FAMILY VOL 2 is a compilation of all new music from the priority acts for the Dawn Raid Label in 2010. The dynamic new album features a mix of Hip Hop , R&B, & Reggae and features the summer Top 20 sm...