So here is some stuff about Lo-Fi Hip Hop. It’s not new.

Just because something is new to you, doesn’t mean that it is new. Other monikers this ‘genre’ has gone by is Downtempo, Instrumental Hip Hop, and just plain ole Lo-Fi to name a few.

No offense to newer artists like Kaytranada or Sango. Such well established artists such as Mark Farina, King Britt, Nightmares On Wax, and J Boogie has paraded sounds of this type for decades. Yet, there is a growing number of people who are talking this style of performance and production as if it just climbed out of primordial soup.

So on this throwback Thursday, I am re-introducing you to some of that older Lo-Fi. This mix of mine, A Song About Life, from the mid-2000s includes some great tunes by Morcheeba, DJ Shadow, and was compiled all from vinyl.

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