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
- Slakah the Beatchild
- Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales
- Little Louie Vega
- Masters at Work
- Keb Darge
- DJ Vadim
- Notes to self
- DJ Jazzy Jeff
- J Dilla
- Roy Ayres
- John Morales
- 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
- 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
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
- 2007: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return Of The Magnificent
- 2008: Madlib - WLIB AM: King Of The Wigflip