Uptown Records

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R&B record label hip hop record label music executive record label record producer

Uptown Records was an influential New York–based hip hop and R&B label that helped launch the careers of major 1990s artists and shaped the sound of urban contemporary music.

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Label Occurrences
Uptown Records canonical 20

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B record label ⓘ
hip hop record label ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
music executive ⓘ
record label ⓘ
record producer ⓘ
activeInPeriod 1990s ⓘ
late 1980s ⓘ
associatedWith Bad Boy Records ⓘ
MCA Records ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
cityOfHeadquarters New York City ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countryOfHeadquarters United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
distributedBy MCA Records ⓘ
employed P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form: Sean Combs
era Golden age of hip hop ⓘ
foundedBy Andre Harrell ⓘ
genre R&B ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
new jack swing ⓘ
urban contemporary ⓘ
helpedLaunchCareerOf Al B. Sure! ⓘ
Father MC ⓘ
Guy ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz ⓘ
Jodeci ⓘ
Mary J. Blige ⓘ
influencedGenre hip hop soul ⓘ
urban contemporary R&B ⓘ
knownFor founding Uptown Records ⓘ
pioneering the fusion of hip hop and R&B ⓘ
shaping 1990s urban contemporary music ⓘ
location New York City ⓘ
notableArtist Al B. Sure! ⓘ
Father MC ⓘ
Guy ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz ⓘ
Jodeci ⓘ
Mary J. Blige ⓘ
notableExecutive Andre Harrell ⓘ
P. Diddy ⓘ
surface form: Sean Combs
parentCompany MCA Records ⓘ
stateOfHeadquarters New York ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
workedAt Uptown Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Notorious B.I.G. → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
P. Diddy → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Christopher George Latore Wallace → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Uptown Records → workedAt → Uptown Records self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sean Combs
Mary J. Blige → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Party and Bullshit → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Jodeci → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Father MC → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Heavy D & the Boyz → associatedAct → Uptown Records ⓘ
Andre Harrell → founded → Uptown Records ⓘ
Andre Harrell → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Guy → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
Guy – Groove Me → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
subject surface form: Groove Me
album "What’s the 411?" → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
subject surface form: What's the 411?
album "My Life" → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
subject surface form: My Life
album "Share My World" → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
subject surface form: Share My World
"What’s the 411?" → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ
subject surface form: What’s the 411?
song "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By" → label → Uptown Records ⓘ
subject surface form: "I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By"
Lost Boyz → recordLabel → Uptown Records ⓘ