Barely Breaking Even Explained

BBE Records (Barely Breaking Even)
Founded:	1996
Founder:	Pete Adarkwah, Ben Jolly
Status:	Active
Distributor:	Studio !K7^[1]
Genre:	Hip hop, neo-soul, breakbeat, electronic
Country:	United Kingdom
Location:	London, England

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

• 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
• 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 –
• 2004: The Foreign Exchange – Connected
• 2004: Pete Rock – Soul Survivor II
• 2005: Ski Oakenfull – Rising Son
• 2005: Pete Rock –
• 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 –

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 –

External links

• BBE Music
  • Karizma BBE sampler
• Label Focus: BBE Music

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Us. k7.com. K7. 2017-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20171223104859/http://www.k7.com/about-us-2/. 23 December 2017. dead.
2. Web site: Eleven SA music acts making waves overseas . mg.co.za . 25 September 2014 . 29 November 2014 . Black, Georgia . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140304052307/http://fluctuat.premiere.fr/Musique/News/Le-label-BBE-Records-fete-le-hip-hop-des-origines-3958239 . 4 March 2014 . dmy .
3. Web site: Le label BBE Records fête le hip hop des origines . premiere.fr . 26 February 2014 . 29 November 2014 . Grugier, Maxence.