Barely Breaking Even (BBE) is a British

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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.

Current/former artists

* Audrey Powne * BlackCoffee * Bombay Monkey * Dark Room Notes *

J Dilla James Dewitt Yancey (February 7, 1974 – February 10, 2006), better known by the stage names J Dilla and Jay Dee, was an American record producer, composer and rapper. He emerged from the mid-1990s underground hip hop scene in Detroit, Michiga ...

(deceased) * DJ Jazzy Jeff * George Pajon * Keb Darge * Keith Harris * Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales * Lady Daisey *

Little Louie Vega Luis Ferdinand Vega Jr. (born June 12, 1965), as known as "Little Louie" Vega, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer of Puerto Ricans in the United States, Puerto Rican ancestry. He is one half of the Masters at Work musical production ...

* Masters at Work * Mike City * Mr Thing *

Pete Rock Peter O. Phillips (born June 21, 1970), better known by his stage name Pete Rock, is an American record producer, DJ and rapping, rapper. He is widely recognized as one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time, and is often mentioned along ...

Phantogram Phantogram may refer to: *Phantogram (band) Phantogram is an American music duo from Greenwich (town), New York, Greenwich, New York (state), New York, formed in 2007 and consisting of multi-instrumentalists and vocalists Sarah Barthel and Josh ...

* Printz Board * Rim Kwaku Obeng *

Roy Ayers Roy Edward Ayers Jr. (September 10, 1940 – March 4, 2025) was an American vibraphonist, record producer, and composer. Ayers began his career as a post-bop jazz artist, releasing several studio albums with Atlantic Records, before his tenure ...

* Shawn Lee * Slakah the Beatchild * DJ Spinna * Spoek Mathambo * TY (deceased) * DJ Vadim *

Paul Weller John William Weller (born 25 May 1958), better known as Paul Weller, is an English singer-songwriter and musician. Weller achieved fame in the late 1970s as the guitarist and principal singer and songwriter of the rock band the Jam, alongside ...

* will.i.am

Discography

Albums

*1999: Keb Darge – ''Funk Spectrum: Real Funk for Real People'' *2003:

– '' Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics'' *2004: The Foreign Exchange – '' Connected'' *2004:

– '' Soul Survivor II'' *2005: Ski Oakenfull – ''Rising Son'' *2005:

– '' 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'' *2021: Billy Bang – '' Lucky Man: Music from the Film'' *2024: Audrey Powne – ''From the Fire''

''Beat Generation'' series

*2001:

– '' Welcome 2 Detroit'' *2001:

– '' Petestrumentals'' *2001: will.i.am – '' Lost Change'' *2001:

Marley Marl Marlon Lu'Ree Williams (born September 30, 1962), better known by his stage name Marley Marl, is an American DJ, record producer, rapper and record label founder, primarily operating in hip hop music. Marlon grew up in Queensbridge Houses, Queen ...

– '' Re–Entry'' *2002: DJ Jazzy Jeff – '' The Magnificent'' *2002:

King Britt King Britt (born 1968) is an American record producer, composer, performer, educator, and DJ and record producer from Philadelphia. Britt is known for his eclectic mix of electronic, house, disco, techno, rave, experimental music, and other gen ...

– ''Adventures in Lo–Fi'' *2003: Larry Gold – ''Presents Don Cello and Friends'' *2003: DJ Spinna – '' Here to There'' *2004: ''The Beat Generation Sampler'' *2006:

– '' The Shining'' *2007: DJ Jazzy Jeff – '' The Return of the Magnificent'' *2008:

Madlib Otis Lee Jackson Jr. (born October 24, 1973), known professionally as Madlib, is an American record producer, DJ, multi-instrumentalist, and rapper. Critically acclaimed for his eclectic, music sample, sample-heavy production style, he is rega ...

– '' WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip''

References

External links

BBE Music
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