Priority Records

E75405

American record label record label

Priority Records is an American record label best known for pioneering and distributing influential West Coast hip hop acts such as N.W.A, Ice Cube, and Snoop Dogg.

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Label	Occurrences
Priority Records canonical	64

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American record label ⓘ record label ⓘ
associatedAct	Death Row Records ⓘ No Limit Records ⓘ Ruthless Records ⓘ
associatedLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
associatedRegion	West Coast of the United States ⓘ
businessModel	independent label (early years) ⓘ
businessStrategy	licensing and distributing albums from independent rap labels ⓘ
catalogType	compilation albums ⓘ studio albums ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributionChannel	major-label distribution for independent rap labels ⓘ
distributionFocus	rap and hip hop ⓘ
distributionRole	distributor for Death Row Records releases (early Snoop Dogg material) ⓘ distributor for Ruthless Records releases ⓘ
eraOfProminence	1990s ⓘ late 1980s ⓘ
genreFocus	West Coast hip hop ⓘ gangsta rap ⓘ hip hop ⓘ
impact	expanded commercial visibility of West Coast hip hop ⓘ helped bring gangsta rap to mainstream audiences ⓘ
industryRole	bridge between independent rap labels and major distribution ⓘ
languageOfReleases	English ⓘ
market	United States hip hop market ⓘ
notableArtist	Eazy-E ⓘ Ice Cube ⓘ Mack 10 ⓘ Master P ⓘ N.W.A ⓘ Snoop Dogg ⓘ WC ⓘ Westside Connection ⓘ
notableFor	distributing influential West Coast hip hop acts ⓘ pioneering West Coast hip hop ⓘ
notableRelease	AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted ⓘ surface form: AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted Doggystyle ⓘ Straight Outta Compton ⓘ
parentCompany	Capitol Records ⓘ EMI ⓘ
reputation	major force in 1990s West Coast hip hop ⓘ
roleInArtistCareers	launched or boosted careers of major West Coast rappers ⓘ
successorParentCompany	Universal Music Group ⓘ

Referenced by (64)

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

Snoop Dogg → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Westside Connection → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

West Coast hip hop → associatedRecordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Tha Last Meal → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Malice n Wonderland → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Doggumentary → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Beautiful → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

No Limit Top Dogg → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

No Limit Top Dogg → distributedBy → Priority Records ⓘ

Rawkus Records → distributedBy → Priority Records ⓘ

Reasonable Doubt → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Black on Both Sides → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Ms. Fat Booty → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Mathematics → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Umi Says → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

N.W.A → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Bryan Turner → founded → Priority Records ⓘ

Bryan Turner → associatedWith → Priority Records ⓘ

Eazy-E → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Golden Arms Redemption → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted → label → Priority Records ⓘ

Death Certificate → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Mack 10 → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

WC → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Bow Down → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Bow Down (1996) → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

The Gangsta, The Killa and The Dope Dealer → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Bow Down reached top 5 on the Billboard 200 → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

subject surface form: Bow Down

Capitol Music Group → subsidiary → Priority Records ⓘ

Capitol Music Group → hasDivision → Priority Records ⓘ

Ruthless Records → parentCompany → Priority Records ⓘ

Ruthless Records → distributor → Priority Records ⓘ

Just Dippin' → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Buck ’Em → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

G Bedtime Stories → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

My Heat Goes Boom → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Calvin Broadus → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

You Got What I Want → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Whatcha Gon Do → label → Priority Records ⓘ

Silkk the Shocker → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Mia X → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Lay Low → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Bring It On → associatedWithLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Set It Off → isOnLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Back Up Off Me → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

From tha Chuuuch to da Palace → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Paper'd Up → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ

Hourglass → recordLabel → Priority Records ⓘ