Cue Records, located right off of Philly’s renown South Street on 4th, was not just a record shop with everything from hiphop, to dance to soul and funk (and even hardware and rentals!), but it was a cornerstone for Philly’s independent hiphop music scene. You could roll up in there on any given day and talk it up with amazing local artists and djs, as well as the record shop’s purveyors and owners (shouts to Stef and Botany 5000!!).

I mean, shit, for real, there’s a lot of history for me in that store. It was right across the street from Josh Wink’s 611 Records, not to mention a grip of other record stores around South Street. And it was next door to Fluid nightclub. It was just always popping around there.

After Bobbito’s Footworks Philadelphia store closed in ’99, Cue stepped into that role of the Philly bedrock meeting spot for indie hiphop — in arguably “indie hiphop’s” most prolific and vibrant time, globally speaking.

So thank you, Cue Records for 10 years of service in Philadelphia! You have undoubtedly affected hiphop and electronic music on a worldwide stage. One love!