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Tommy Boy Records is an American independent [1] [2] record label and multimedia brand founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman.The label is credited with helping and launching the music careers of Queen Latifah, Amber, Afrika Bambaataa, Stetsasonic, Digital Underground, Coolio, De La Soul, House of Pain, Naughty By Nature, and Force MDs.
Hailing from Upper Manhattan, TKA would sing at local sweet sixteen parties in the East Harlem neighborhood known as "El Barrio" in 1984. Kayel ran across the offices of Tommy Boy records and met and invited Record producer and manager Joey Gardner, to attend a performance at st Francis de Sales, Gardner was impressed with the trio, and helped them to get signed with Tommy Boy Records.
He then most notably launched the Tommy Boy Records label in 1981 as its founder and CEO. Many hip-hop artists have accused Silverman and the Tommy Boy label of exploitative business practices and "unfair and unbalanced terms", [ 4 ] such as Maseo of De La Soul, [ 5 ] GZA of the Wu-Tang clan (on the track "Labels" [ 6 ] ), and the Gravediggaz ...
In late 1996, Big L was dropped from Columbia mainly because of a dispute with the label over artistic differences and he signed with D.I.T.C. to Tommy Boy Records. [25] [26] He stated, "I was there with a bunch of strangers that didn't really know my music." [27] In 1997, he started working on his second studio album, The Big Picture. [28]
Monica Lynch (born Chicago, Illinois) [1] is a music business executive, record producer, and former President of hip-hop/dance music label Tommy Boy Records. [2] She has hosted radio programs on free-form WFMU since 1997, [3] and worked as an A&R consultant for Queen Latifah and Martina McBride.
He is signed with Tommy Boy Records. In 1993, K7 released the album, Swing Batta Swing , which featured three singles that reached pop radio : "Zunga Zeng" (produced by Frankie Cutlass ), "Hi-De-Ho" (also notably on The Mask film soundtrack), and K7's biggest hit , " Come Baby Come ", which reached No. 18 on the Billboard Hot 100 , and No. 3 on ...
After the sale of the Tommy Boy Records' catalog of master tapes to Warner Bros. Records and its metamorphosis to a dance music label in 2002, [11] Everlast was without a label, but in 2003 he signed with Island/Def Jam. His fourth solo album, White Trash Beautiful (2004), was subsequently released after almost a four-year hiatus.
The following is a list of albums released by record label Tommy Boy Records. 1980s. 1983 Jonzun Crew ... Various artists - Tommy Boy: Greatest Beats [3] 1986