Renowned crate diggers and musical mavericks BBE are celebrating 15 years of treating dusty fingers this autumn. Given the label's hip-hop roots, it's perhaps fitting that this well-deserved anniversary collection should take the form of an old skool hip-hop mixtape. The man at the controls is recent label signing Chris Read, who does his best to keep the party going by cramming in 45 tracks across two entertaining discs. Alongside hip-hop bangers from Jay Dee, DJ Vadim, Pete Rock, DJ Jazzy Jeff and CL Smooth, Read finds time to squeeze in modern soul (Ty), disco revivalism (Million Dollar Orchestra, Larry Gold), jazz-funk (Roy Ayers), broken beat, nu-jazz, drum and bass and loads more besides. Happy birthday BBE!

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