Barely Breaking Even

BBE Records (Barely Breaking Even)
Founded	1996
Founder	Pete Adarkwah, Ben Jolly
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Studio !K7 [1]
Genre	Hip hop, neo-soul, breakbeat, electronic
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	London, England
Official website	bbemusic.com

Barely Breaking Even (BBE) is a British record label 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. ^[2]

Current/former artists

• Audrey Powne
• BlackCoffee ^[3]
• Bombay Monkey
• Dark Room Notes
• J Dilla (deceased)
• DJ Jazzy Jeff
• George Pajon
• Keb Darge
• Keith Harris
• Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales
• Lady Daisey
• Little Louie Vega
• Masters at Work
• Mike City
• Mr Thing
• Pete Rock
• Phantogram
• Printz Board
• Rim Kwaku Obeng
• Roy Ayers
• Shawn Lee
• Slakah the Beatchild
• DJ Spinna
• Spoek Mathambo
• TY (deceased)
• DJ Vadim
• Paul Weller
• will.i.am

Discography

Albums

• 1999: Keb Darge – Funk Spectrum: Real Funk for Real People
• 2003: Pete Rock – Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
• 2004: The Foreign Exchange – Connected
• 2004: Pete Rock – Soul Survivor II
• 2005: Ski Oakenfull – Rising Son
• 2005: Pete Rock – 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: J Dilla – Welcome 2 Detroit
• 2001: Pete Rock – Petestrumentals
• 2001: will.i.am – Lost Change
• 2001: Marley Marl – Re–Entry
• 2002: DJ Jazzy Jeff – The Magnificent
• 2002: King Britt – Adventures in Lo–Fi
• 2003: Larry Gold – Presents Don Cello and Friends
• 2003: DJ Spinna – Here to There
• 2004: The Beat Generation Sampler
• 2006: J Dilla – The Shining
• 2007: DJ Jazzy Jeff – The Return of the Magnificent
• 2008: Madlib – WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip

References

1. "About Us". k7.com. K7. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
2. Black, Georgia (25 September 2014). "Eleven SA music acts making waves overseas". mg.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
3. Grugier, Maxence (26 February 2014). "Le label BBE Records fête le hip hop des origines". premiere.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2014.

External links

• BBE Music
• Barely Breaking Even discography at Discogs
• Karizma BBE sampler
• Label Focus: BBE Music