Barely Breaking Even
BBE Records (Barely Breaking Even) | |
---|---|
Founded | 1996 |
Founder | Pete Adarkwah, Ben Jolly |
Status | Active |
Distributor(s) | Studio !K7[1] |
Genre | Hip hop, Neo-soul, Breakbeat |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | London, England |
Official website |
bbemusic |
Barely Breaking Even (BBE) is a British record label started by two DJs, Peter Adarkwah and Ben Jolly. The name BBE comes from The Universal Robot Band's 1982 track `Barely Breaking Even'. It has two sublabels: Deep Funk, and Urban Theory. BBE is also notable for its Beat Generation Series of LPs.[2]
Current/former artists
- Al Kent
- Bara Bröst
- BlackCoffee[3]
- Bombay Monkey
- DJ Bootsie
- D'Nell
- Dalindèo
- Dark Room Notes
- Dynas
- Funky DL
- J Dilla
- DJ Jazzy Jeff
- George Levin
- George Pajon
- John Morales
- Julien Dyne
- Keb Darge
- Keith Harris
- Kenny 'Dope' Gonzales
- Lady Daisey
- Little Louie Vega
- Masters at Work
- Mike City
- More Like Trees
- Mr Thing
- Nick van Gelder
- Notes to self
- Osunlade
- Pete Rock
- Phantogram
- Printz Board
- Proviant Audio
- Robert Strauss
- Roy Ayers
- Shawn Lee
- Slakah the Beatchild
- DJ Spinna
- Spoek Mathambo
- Tim Izo
- TY
- DJ Vadim
- Paul Weller
- will.i.am
Discography
Albums
- 1999: Keb Darge - Funk Spectrum: Real Funk For Real People
- 2003: Pete Rock - Lost & Found: Hip Hop Underground Soul Classics
- 2004: The Foreign Exchange - Connected
- 2005: Ski Oakenfull - Rising Son
- 2005: D'Nell - 1st Magic
- 2005: Symbolyc One & Illmind - The Art Of Onemind
- 2006: Shawn Lee - Soul Visa
- 2006: Nicolay - Here
- 2009: Notes to Self - A Shot in the Dark
- 2010: Ty - Special Kind of Fool
- 2010: Bara Bröst - Elephancycle
- 2010: Spoek Mathambo - Mshini Wam
- 2012: Newban - Newban and Newban 2
- 2014: Shawn Lee - Golden Age Against The Machine
- 2015: Dalindèo - Kallio
- 2016: Dalindèo - Slavic Souls
- 2017 Mike City - The Feel Good Agenda, Vol. 1
Beat Generation Series
- 2001: J Dilla - Welcome 2 Detroit
- 2001: Pete Rock - Petestrumentals
- 2001: will.i.am - Lost Change
- 2001: Marley Marl - Re-Entry
- 2002: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent
- 2002: King Britt - Adventures In Lo-Fi
- 2003: Larry Gold - Presents Don Cello And Friends
- 2003: DJ Spinna - Here To There
- 2004: The Beat Generation Sampler
- 2006: J Dilla - The Shining
- 2007: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Return Of The Magnificent
- 2008: Madlib - WLIB AM: King of the Wigflip
References
- ↑ "About Us". k7.com. K7. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ↑ Black, Georgia (25 September 2014). "Eleven SA music acts making waves overseas". mg.co.za. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
- ↑ Grugier, Maxence (26 February 2014). "Le label BBE Records fête le hip hop des origines". premiere.fr. Retrieved 29 November 2014.
External links
This article is issued from
Wikipedia.
The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike.
Additional terms may apply for the media files.