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 released the Beat Generation series of LPs.
Current/former artists
Audrey Powne BlackCoffee 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
External links BBE Music
Karizma BBE sampler Label Focus: BBE Music