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, produced by some of the world's most respected producers.

Current/former artists

• Spoek Mathambo
• More Like Trees
• Bara Bröst
• Slakah the Beatchild
• Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales
• Little Louie Vega
• Masters at Work
• will.i.am
• Funky DL
• Keb Darge
• DJ Vadim
• Notes to self
• Dark Room Notes
• DJ Jazzy Jeff
• J Dilla
• Roy Ayers
• Lady Daisey
• John Morales
• Proviant Audio
• DJ Spinna
• Al Kent
• Julien Dyne
• DJ Bootsie
• Robert Strauss
• Paul Weller
• Nick van Gelder
• Mr Thing
• George Levin
• Dynas
• Phantogram
• TY

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
• 2005: Ski Oakenfull - Rising Son
• 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

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

External links

• BBE Music
• Barely Breaking Even discography at Discogs
• Karizma BBE sampler
• Barely Breaking Even on Myspace