Barely Breaking Even

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]

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

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 – 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

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. . k7.com. K7. Archived from the original on 23 December 2017. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
2. Black, Georgia (25 September 2014). . 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