YNR 001: JEHST - Premonitions EP

"A lot of chump chimps are sitting there compactly thinking they're gods gift to the microphone but don't really know how high the creativity level is right now. This is how high. The way emceeing is currently connecting with spirituality is almost frightening in its mystery. 'Life imitating art' featuring lexis, is an awesome spine electrifying relentless ebb of higher learning lyricism."
Hip Hop Connection

"A cinematic sounding ep saturated in earth quaking beats...the young emcee’s lyrics drop time bombs in the ears of listeners ready to explode long after the listening experience has taken place."****
Hip Hop Connection

YNR 002: NMONIC - Voice Mail EP

"Nmonic is steering British hip hop away from yankocentric xeroxes into an exhilarating unknown"
Wax

"Original and compelling as Nmonic has one of those voices you’ll have trouble forgetting"
Knowledge

YNR 003: TOMMY EVANS - Time Capsule EP

"Thoughtful tracks exhaust concepts in an awesome display of confidence"*****
Hip Hop record of the month
Knowledge


"The quiet one who sits in the corner and drops a ton of knowledge on you. a nice debut"****
www.ukhh.com

YNR 004: EVIL ED - The Tournament EP

" As hefty as the quivering thighs of a Sunderland single mum and just as much fun to get lost in...finally something I want to keep"****
Hip Hop Connection


"A multiflavoured EP that could be contender in the best release of the year."
ukhh.com

YNR 005: TOMMY EVANS - Four Elements EP

"A quantum leap...a little piece of perfection"*****
Muzik (Hip Hop record of the month)


"Its safe to say you need this in your life"
Blues and Soul

YNR 006: CEE-WHY - Water Torture b/w The Great Escape

"Fuckin’ love YNR...Superb."****
DJ


"Raw and nasty beats courtesy of Cee-Why...with Jehst and Tommy Evans providing the lyric's the whole thing is bruising."
Muzik

YNR 007: TOMMY EVANS - Four Horsemen b/w Not Nice

"Tommy drops his most accomplished single yet. 4 Horsemen is one of the baddest posse cuts from the UK this year...the kind of track that is moving the scene into the next level."
Hip Hop record of the month
Knowledge

"Tommy shines bright on "Not Nice" as well. I think he's nice with his actually."
Hip Hop Connection

YNR 008: JEHST- Alcoholic Author b/w Nightbreed

"More dark and memorable introspection from one of the UK's finest."
Big Daddy

"Jehst's a unique character and spits with authority...an essential purchase."
Knowledge

YNR 009: KLASHNEKOFF - Daggo Mentality b/w Jankrowville

"Either genius or evil or just evil genius. Go figure."
****
DJ Magazine

YNR 010: TOMMY EVANS - Me/You b/w Silent Mobius

"The most heartfelt track ever recorded."
4.5/5
Undercover


"Some of Tommy's finest work. An epiphany for my ears."
Knowledge

YNR 011: USMAAN - Stay Focussed b/w Who Want It

"A fantastic debut."****
DJ Magazine

YNR 012: VARIOUS - Party Animals

"YNR have really set the pace over the last 3 years and this release just proves it. One of YNRs finest
moments, again."
Grand Slam

"One of the busiest labels in UK hip hop
drops another gem for pure Brit-rap fans."
International DJ

YNR 013: VARIOUS - Young N Restless Vol.1 (CD)

"One of the most consistent labels in the country YNR remind everyone of their pedigree with this unstoppable compilation."
Big Smoke

"YNR put out no fucking around straight up hip hop of a high calibre ...This humble reviewer is totally on their jocks."****
Hip Hop Connection

YNR 014: THE SUNDRAGON - The Path b/w Watching

"This record delivers everything it promises and any self-respecting head is advised to go seek it out."
Big Smoke

YNR 015: TOMMY EVANS - Who Am I? (Turbulent Times)/Insomniac/Mourning Skies

"Wonderful stuff, as ever, from YNR."****
DJ Magazine

"Another great ambassador for the UK scene...funnier and deeper than most of the competition."
Knowledge

YNR 016: TOMMY EVANS - The Turbulent Times of... (CD)

"Its one helluva back catalogue... a fine showcase of Tommyís talents that makes the mouth water in anticipation for his official LP." 8/10
Undercover

"This is something heavy!!!"
Unity

"Definitely worth experiencing the turbulent life of Tommy Evans."
Knowledge

YNR 017: TOMMY EVANS - Another Hit b/w Revolutions

"Another Hit is a strong track... on this evidence the LP will be worth a look too."
Undercover

"A head bouncing thug anthem... Another Revolutionary Hit."
Blues & Soul

YNR 018: TOMMY EVANS - New Years Revolutions Double LP/CD

"NYR should at last give The Streets some much needed competition."
Rocksound

"An impressive, politicised debut."
The Observer Music Monthly

"A gallant attempt to shift UK Hip Hop to a new politicised level."
Q Magazine

"It's only when you hear an emcee saying something that you realise just how many are saying absolutely nothing."
Blues & Soul

"How hip hop should be."
Knowledge

YNR 019: ASAVIOUR -The Homecoming b/w Money in The Bank (Remix)

"Single of the month has to be Asaviour's The Homecoming backed with the amazing Money In The Bank Remix produced by Jehst"
Single of the month
Hip Hop Connection

"The Homecoming is one of the most confident tracks i've ever heard from YNR...Asaviour sounds like a star already for the duration of The Homecoming and thatís all that matters."****
DJ Magazine


"Asaviour's flow is slick like Rick!...One of YNR's best 12"s to date without doubt."
www.scenariorecords.com

YNR 020: TOMMY EVANS Remain Forever (feat. Neneh Cherry) b/w Portrait (feat. Martina Topley-Bird)

Coming Soon...

YNR 021: BILLY BRIMSTONE - Keep it live 7

"This one tracker is a weeded out Stone Age funk 7-inch gem. Mr. Brimstone keeps it live with a good blend of a dope beats and high grade rhyming. Could there be an Album coming? Iím not waiting in my cave, Iím going down the village to find out." 7/10
Big Smoke

YNR 022: SIR SMURF LIL Outside b/w City Night Life

"Really incredible lyrics and Jehstís stumble-assed backwards beats suit the strangeness/surrealism perfectly."****
DJ Magazine

"He has his own sound going on, which puts him in good stead for the Myalpha long-player thatís on its way. Once again YNR are keeping things moving with another alternative release, creating a gust of fresh air about the scene. Production throughout this 12 is handled by Jehst, and heís done a mighty fine job, ensuring this sucker bangs in all the right places."
Undercover

YNR 023/CD: SIR SMURF LIL Myalpha Double LP/CD

“…as promised the album ‘Myalpha’ is a work of genius. There’s a raw energy that permeates through the record and you’re aware that every verse is painstakingly analysed before Smurf spits his rhyme. At the same time it’s a fluid album built around a central narrative. He’s street smart but not negative, has a great flow and is one of the freshest emcees around. Production is mainly left in the capable hands of Jehst although LG and Apa-Tight take a track each. As the year-end gets closer ‘Myalpha’ is going to be a tough album to beat.”
HHC

“His tactic of soaking a bunch of fragmented missives on modern society in complex imagery makes this a truly enriching listen – by the end, we find him dreaming of escaping the metropolis on a “guardian starship”. Melancholic, yes, but who thought that could sound so dope?”****
HHC

“Smurf’s words are direct, each track strong in its delivery and immediate in its impact. Arise, Sir Smurf.”****
Touch

“On this debut album he performs the same verbal acrobatics as on previous singles lke ‘Outside’, pulling off track after track in a fresh and stimulating way. The soundtrack, created predominantly by Jehst (but also LG and Apa-Tight), is correspondingly bright and buoyant, and also surprisingly soulful. A genuine breath of fresh air.”
DJ Magazine

“He’s an incredibly versatile MC and “Myalpha” is a fine blueprint for this talent.”
Blues & Soul

“In a modern rap world that discourages emcees from experimenting with the art of lyricism, Smurf’s cryptic, broken language and multi-layered meanings are a joy to listen to. Forget The Da Vinci Code, it’s Sir Smurf Lil’s code that you really want to try and crack.”
Blues & Soul

YNR 024: SIR SMURF LIL Timothy b/w Ghetto Graduate

"On Timothy Sir Smurf Lil rips intriguingly ambivalent rhymes over an LG backdrop an odd mix of medieval folk psaltery, bumping heavy beats and squelchy swathes of bubble-dub synth. Essential. On the flip, Ghetto Graduate, Jehst pulls jazz out of the club and down the alleys, until it belches and gurgles with the combined filth of a whole cityís weekend wastage. Fantastic stuff."****
Single of the month
DJ Magazine

"Ghetto Graduate, a hard-hitting but brilliantly-written account of the difference between inner city friction and real misery. Timothy shows a similar lyrical acumen, Smurf reproaching himself for failing a friend who fell to drugs over LG's stipped-back drums. A reminder that great rappers come with both style and content."****
Touch

YNR 025: JEHST Dynamite Sound b/w Psychedelic Phlegm 12

"As always, Jehst brings his trademark multi-syllabic flow and intricate, imaginative metaphors on an uptempo joint bound to sound nice in either the club or your smoky front room relaxing with your mates...another slice of superior UK Hip Hop that keeps Jehst one of the UK's flagship MCs."****
Blues & Soul

YNR PROOCD1: THE COLONY Bootprints and Fistmarks: The Mixtape

"Cross collaboration with members of the NYC underground such as Killah Priest, Poison Pen, Shabaam Sahdeeq, Immortal Technique, not to mention the whole Colony crew and special guests."
Editors Choice
Big Smoke

YNR 029: LG presents - The Mission b/w What Would Happen?

"Truly astonishing stuff from LG - this is probably the psychedelic highlight of an ever-intriguing career. The blend of twinkling Rhodes, drone strings and twisted jazzbo-bass comes on like that precise moment (round about 'East Of The River Nile', I reckon) where Augustus Pablo started sounding like Can. Jehst & Micall Parknsun drop suberb verbals, as does Kashmere on the flip through the smoker's delight 'What Would Happen?'. Utterly fucking awesome." *****
Hip Hop Record Of The Month
DJ

YNR 030: KASHMERE - Raiders Of The Lost Archives

"If there's an ever-present danger on 'Raiders...' - well, other than Beelzebub, brain-burrowing metal centipedes and "devilish whippersnappers hitting grannies with the drop-kicks", that is - it's the threat of all the shadowy stuff eclipsing its author's obvious skill. Thankfully, tracks like 'Centre Of The Sun' (which features Jehst on both the boards and in the booth) temper things, and pearlers like "emcees get rearranged like Mr Potato Head" prove that Kash knows his way around a more grounded one-liner, even if his decision to reference gum-punishing Man United gaffer Alex Ferguson while describing his sexual prowess arguably won't have the girls hurrying for a cold shower. Still, it's the fact that he'd taunt his rivals with the barb "your brain works mad typically" that best summarises the appeal of this accomplished sophomore set." ****
Album Of The Month
Hip Hop Connection