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.

Current/former artists

 * 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
 * Roy Ayers
 * Shawn Lee
 * Slakah the Beatchild
 * DJ Spinna
 * Spoek Mathambo
 * TY (deceased)
 * DJ Vadim
 * Paul Weller
 * will.i.am

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

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