Rap Albums released on not very Rap Labels

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All Natural's Second Nature on Thrill Jockey
The Shinin's Director's Cut EP on K Records
Anti-Pop Consortium's Arrhythmia on Warp
Beans on Warp as well.

Name me more I say!

― Andrzej B. (Andrzej B.), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Matador to thread

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:04 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and that House of Pain single on Sub Pop

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

K-Os' Exit reissue on Astralwerks

― Nate Patrin (Nate Patrin), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Alert ILM arbiters of race and class! God forbid a "non-rap" label release something "rap!"

(and pre-emption: I'll use as many !!!!!s as I damn well please)

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:06 (twenty-two years ago)

and vice versa, indeed

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

LFO on Tommy Boy for example.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:09 (twenty-two years ago)

it took me awhile to get used to the Max Martin acts being on the same label I always associated with with A Tribe Called Quest and Boogie Down Productions

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

"the bridge is over (bye bye bye)"

― jess (dubplatestyle), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 04:24 (twenty-two years ago)

who said anything about this necessarily being bad, hstencil?

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:16 (twenty-two years ago)

he's kinda wound up tonight

― James Blount (James Blount), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Matos, my new policy is "Pre-Emptive Strike," just like our country's. SHOCK AND AWE!

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:22 (twenty-two years ago)

haha "our country"

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:31 (twenty-two years ago)

well you got me there, Matos.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:38 (twenty-two years ago)

but I didn't get you "up there" in your heart!

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

"deep in my heart there's a house big enough to hold just about all of you"

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:42 (twenty-two years ago)

not on the crush thread there isn't!

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Non Phixion were signed to Matador for quite some time.

― James Finley, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Some really early hip hop (i.e. jess irritants) originally had to be released on a reggae label (Clappers Music) because no one else dared or knew what to do with it.

― donut bitch (donut), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 05:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Dee Dee Ramone Standing in the Spotlight on Sire!!

"I'm the cut creator; the master of rap.
When I walk down the street homeboys tip their hats.
They stand there amazed, they say 'There he is!
The #1 rapper in all of show-biz!'"

"No one can beat me at my game.
I’m badder than def, Dee Dee King is my name."

I think it's absolutely atrocious that I enjoy Standing in the Spotlight a hell of a lot more than about 95% of all the "real" rap music I've heard.

― Evan (Evan), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 06:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Black Moon on Nervous - but maybe the label had a rap department.

― Etienne (Etienne), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 06:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Slayer on Def Jam

― Siegbran (eofor), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 06:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Under non-rap acts on rap labels:

Fishbone's Chim Chim's Badass Revenge (released on Rawkus Records)

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:23 (twenty-two years ago)

This one's for Stencil: that King G and the J Krew CD on Automatic Wreckords.

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:53 (twenty-two years ago)

heh heh, that's not rap.

di390, have you heard it, btw? I've got it. Actually, the "No Parking On the Dance Floor/Freak-a-zoid/[Slint song from Tweez whose title I've forgotten]" cover medley is pretty good.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:54 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh, that doesn't count? Yeah, I have it too--somewhere. I haven't listened to it in almost a decade, though. I should dig it out so we can blast it Zaireeka-style.

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 12:57 (twenty-two years ago)

hahahaha, Ben will kill us!

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

unrelated/related:

!!! to be released by warp (touch & go on US side).
strange.

― ben sterling (frozen in time), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

!!! to be released by warp

Seriously? Weird.

― die9o (dhadis), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Shady/Aftermath. it's run by a rich white guy!

― Al (sitcom), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:17 (twenty-two years ago)

K released a bunch of rap albums a few years back.

― mike a (mike a), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:37 (twenty-two years ago)

it's run by a rich white guy!

uh, so have been a number of rap labels throughout history!

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 13:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Get outta here!
/mock incredulousness

― buttch (Oops), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 14:46 (twenty-two years ago)

yeah, crazy isn't it?

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 14:55 (twenty-two years ago)

i love it that Khia and Steve Earle are on the same label (Artemis records).

― Nik (Nik), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

that !!! single (a-side anyway) is fucking amazing.

― M Matos (M Matos), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 19:07 (twenty-two years ago)

GI Joe Killaz on Alien8.

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 23 April 2003 19:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Busta Rhymes on Elektra.

― hstencil, Wednesday, 23 April 2003 19:17 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

lil jon and co on TVT, tho it makes total sense when you think about it

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:04 (twenty-one years ago)

that's what i ws going to say!! bt why does it make sense? is tvt atl or are they both just punkrock

btw hey juiceboxxx! i saw your show once!

― peter $.., Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:14 (twenty-one years ago)

there are tons of rap groups on tvt, what are you talking about?

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

but it's like, when did they start signing rap/what do they mainly sign. i saw a popup menu of all their artists once and there weren't that many rappers.

― peter $.., Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:16 (twenty-one years ago)

213, Chyna Whyte, Pitbull, Lil Jon, Mic Geronimo, Snoop + the eastsidaz, Ying Yang Twins, Jacki-O, DJ Hurricane, etc. etc. etc.

http://www.tvtrecords.com/artists/browse/

― djdee2005 (djdee2005), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:21 (twenty-one years ago)

im pretty sure tvt started as an industrial label, and i think a decent amount of people still probably consider it to be one. lil jon's beats are pretty industrial to these ears.

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:23 (twenty-one years ago)

chyna wheazy
i love her track on that cd remix/dvd video combo Chyna Whyte - What They Want (feat. Ying Yang Twins)
ITS GREAT.

― peter $.., Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:24 (twenty-one years ago)

i just found out that tvt acquired wax trax in 92. ive always thought of it to be pretty industrial, at least from old label samplers i have.

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Tuesday, 21 September 2004 00:25 (twenty-one years ago)

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