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Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records was founded in 1939 & has since established itself as the most respected & longest running Jazz label in the world, tracing the entire history of the music from Early Jazz thru Bebop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, Fusion, to the vibrant sounds being created by the most prominent stars & cutting-edge innovators of today. Blue Note's catalog is one of the most sampled in hip-hop. Blue Note recordings were foundational in tracks released from pioneers like A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg and NWA and continue to be used in hip-hop today with artists like Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Drake, Nas and A$AP Rocky. Blue Note's catalog also include seminal albums that blur the lines between jazz and hip-hop from artists like Madlib, Robert Glasper, DOMi & JD BECK, Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes and Makaya McCraven.
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Jazz Meets Hip Hop
Blue Note Records Holiday Collections: Jazz Meets Hip Hop
Explore all the ways jazz & hip-hop have intersected on Blue Note records from Madlib’s invasion of our catalog to Robert Glasper’s “J Dillalude” & his genre-bending “Black Radio” albums.
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Blue Note's Most Sampled
Blue Note Records Holiday Collections: Blue Note's Most Sampled
Hip-hop stars like A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, J Dilla, Beatie Boys, Kendrick Lamar, A$AP Rocky, Drake & Eminem have mined Blue Note’s rich catalog for inspiration. Explore the records most sampled by your favorite artists.
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Blue Note's Jazz Classics
Blue Note Records Holiday Collections: Blue Note's Jazz Classics
The greatest hits of Blue Note Records: The Finest in Jazz Since 1939
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Blue Note Records
Blue Note Records was founded in 1939 & has since established itself as the most respected & longest running Jazz label in the world, tracing the entire history of the music from Early Jazz thru Bebop, Hard Bop, Post-Bop, Soul Jazz, Avant-Garde, Fusion, to the vibrant sounds being created by the most prominent stars & cutting-edge innovators of today. Blue Note's catalog is one of the most sampled in hip-hop. Blue Note recordings were foundational in tracks released from pioneers like A Tribe Called Quest, J Dilla, Beastie Boys, Ice-T, Snoop Dogg and NWA and continue to be used in hip-hop today with artists like Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Drake, Nas and A$AP Rocky. Blue Note's catalog also include seminal albums that blur the lines between jazz and hip-hop from artists like Madlib, Robert Glasper, DOMi & JD BECK, Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes and Makaya McCraven.
