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.

Aliases (2)

Sean Combs ×3
Andre Harrell ×2

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 →
countryOfHeadquarters	United States →
distributedBy	MCA Records →
employed	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 → Sean Combs →
parentCompany	MCA Records →
stateOfHeadquarters	New York →
status	defunct →
workedAt	Uptown Records →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Christopher George Latore Wallace → Mary J. Blige → P. Diddy → The Notorious B.I.G. →	recordLabel
Sean Combs →	workedAt