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Jive Records (later stylized as JIVE Records) was a British-American independent record label founded by Clive Calder in 1981 as a subsidiary of the Zomba Group. In the US , the label had offices in New York City and Chicago .
In 1981 Calder and Simon formed their first record label Jive, and Calder began to create a name for Jive as an important outlet for hip hop and rap music with the help of new hire Barry Weiss. [3] [4] Jive's success was followed by Silvertone Records in 1988 and countless others throughout the nineties. [5]
Jive Label Group is a music group which formed half of the RCA/Jive Label Group, a division of Sony Music Entertainment. Jive Label Group was founded in 2004 as Zomba Label Group by BMG, their parent company at the time. In January 2009. BMG sold their half of the Sony BMG merger to Sony and Zomba Label Group was rebranded to the current Jive ...
During Shaquille O’Neal’s ascent to professional basketball legend status, he was also a rapper with a multimillion-dollar record deal. In the 1990s, the four-time NBA championship ring holder ...
The duo was a great success for Jive, helping make rap music more accessible. Jive continued to support rap artists into the nineties, with the aforementioned groups and the signing of new acts. KRS-One, the primary force behind Boogie Down Productions, released a string of solo albums with Jive beginning with Return of the Boom Bap in 1993. [15]
We both were Jive Records artists at the time, but Jive just did not want any parts of that album and we couldn’t figure out why." [4] He continued: "[This was around the time] Redman and Method Man [did Blackout!]. Jive just did not want that album to come out. I almost did an album with Lil Jon back when he was on TVT and Jive turned that ...
This is a list of artists who have once recorded for Jive Records. Listed in parentheses are names of Jive-affiliated labels, if applicable, under which the artist recorded. Contents:
On October 7, 2011, labels such as J Records and Arista were sold to Sony's Flagship Label, and all artists were merged to sign to RCA Records and other affiliated Sony Music Labels. Therefore, Smith was merged to sign to RCA in 2011; she signed with Interscope. In July 2011, Smith, as Matisse, released a medley of Rihanna songs on YouTube. [7]