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| B-Boy Records | |
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| Parent company | Phase One Network |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Jack Allen, William Kamarra, Ray Wilson |
| Distributor(s) | Traffic Entertainment |
| Genre | Hip hop |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | New York City, New York |
B-Boy Records was an American independent hip hop record label formed by Jack Allen and William Kamarra in 1986, and situated at 132nd Street and Cypress Avenue in the Bronx, New York City.[1] Its most notable signing was Boogie Down Productions, and it released Boogie Down Productions' first singles, "South Bronx" (1986) and "The Bridge is Over" (1987), and the group's landmark debut album, Criminal Minded (1987).[1] Other acts that recorded for the label included JVC Force, Cold Crush Brothers, Levi 167 and Jewel T.
The label's output was a mix of new names and old pioneers, and documents a period in which self-assertive lyrics begin to detail street life even as the music moved from hardcore drum-machine-based tracks to the horns and drum sounds of sampler-based hip hop. B-Boy Records folded in 1988, though Nate Patrin of Pitchfork Media reports that, "both Allen and Kamarra have set about reviving the B-Boy Records name independently of each other, and there seems to have been a number of bridges burned between the two men."[2]
- ^ a b Larkin, Colin, ed. (1998). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music (1st ed.). Virgin Books. p. 21. ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ Patrin, Nate (August 15, 2008). "Various Artists: B-Boy Records: The Masterworks". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved September 4, 2008.