ninja tune

CinisterCee said:

huh? As a subsidery, uptown did some good shit. Remember the cat logo?

thesexofit said:

Wouldn't that be like a "boutique label"? hell yeah I know the cat logo

CinisterCee said:

Yeah it ain't an indie label but they still signed people up. I would love that logo as a big ole' poster on my wall.

Hammer had his own lil' subsidery. Bustit! records. At first, it was going ok. Remember one cause effect, special g, ho frat ho!.

thesexofit said:

Yknow, I liked Hammer circa 1990 and all I remember of "Bust It!" is ... that was Hammer's publishing company. A song like "U Can't Touch This" would be published by Bust It/Jobete Music.

U heard of blast corps? They were a ripoff of ice t's rap/heavy metal type group? I think one of the members of run dmc handled the production? I got that album somewhere?

thesexofit said:

ooooh maybe... I know I recently discovered a Run DMC production from around then. Might have been them. What label?

CinisterCee said:

My bad, I just dig up the vinyl, they were called hard corps "def before dishonor". Iam hearing it now. Ouch! credits as jam master jay as producer along with joe "the butcher" nicolo (who I have heard of from somewhere?)


Dropped in 1991 on interscope. Printed on recycled paper. "3 blind mice" is cool. But I prefer "cop killer".

John Waters was going to start his own indie label and call it Rimmer Records, but apparently he ran into some distribution problems, so he didn't...

Anxiety said:

He should've totally signed the Cycle Sluts From Hell.

GangstaFam said:

and the yeastie girls.

lilgish said:

and nickelback!

Anxiety said:

Umm...no.

That's where I draw the line.

i think being on Rimmer Records would be all too appropriate for them.

Anxiety said:

I wouldn't lick their ass with my dog's tongue.

I just realised that this label (and not side label like giant records being a subsidery of Warners) did a few records I liked (all in the space of about one year)

albums on SBK records

turtles (all 3)
Spunkadelic
Cool as ice
the guys next door
riff's first album
technotronic

Not many, but considering how this company only lasted about a couple of years, the label did some good dated shit for me.

Any indies u like?
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TVT Records
Rap-A-Lot Records

even if you would, i don't think your dog would agree to it.

Astralwerks ( before they went commercial)

T-Neck Records: The Isleys Brothers( dist by CBS not indie)

Atlanta Artists: Cameo ( dist by Polygram Not indie)

Luke Records: 2 Live Crew, H-Town ( Dist by Atlantic Not Indie)

A&M Records: Herb Alpert, Janet Jackson (dist by Universal Not indie)

Too many former (or current) indie labels to be namechecking!!!