Brown Bag Allstars pay tribute to their old place of employment, Fat Beats. As ex-record shop owners ourselves, this struck a chord with us as well. Directed & Filmed By Robert Adam Mayer.

New poison from G. Rap’s Riches, Royalty, Respect, in stores now.

As shown above, Celph Titled and Buckwild will be releasing a double vinyl instrumental album for their seminal 2010 LP, Nineteen-Ninety-Now, May 10th via Fat Beats. Celph tells us that they also have a new EP in the works called Nineteen-Ninety-More, which will include three non-album tracks, as well as unreleased cuts from the original [cont.]

Fat Beats founder Joe Abajian explains how Fat Beats will live on in the aftermath of it’s retail stores closing. The new venture will exist as a “pop-up shop”, a monthly event which will section off a piece of their Brooklyn warehouse for customers to come in and purchase product. “FB BK will be reminiscent [cont.]

A host of artists speak on Fat Beats on their last day in NYC. Quotes from Ras Kass, Sadat X, Razel, Dom Pachino, DJ JS-1, and more.

Collection of videos sending off Fat Beats NYC to the hip-hop heavens on 9/4/2010. Performances by DJ Premier, Just Blaze, A.G., Pack FM, J-Live, Masta Ace, and more. R.I.P. Fat Beats.

Canadian-born DJ A-Trak puts on a Montreal Expo on the turntables during his segment of the Fat Beats farewell performance series in the NYC store.

After 16 years, Fat Beats has announced the closing of the legendary label’s two remaining retail locations in New York and Los Angeles. Fat Beats will celebrate the legacies of the stores, which are scheduled to close in early September (New York: September 4th, Los Angeles: September 18th) by throwing a series of blow-out sales [cont.]

It’s been a long time coming, but they’ve finally got it all wrapped up. The final art, tracklist and street date for Q-Unique’s Between Heaven and Hell dropping September 7th on Fat Beats Records TRACK LISTING: 1) Paradise & The Abyss Intro 2) Listening Problem 3) Crack Era (cuts by DJ Presto One) 4) Mr. [cont.]

Real shit right here….. Talib rocks stages, stadiums, and intimate in stores at real record shops. Revolutions Per Minute in stores now.