Allido Records is a record label and production company. The company was started by DJ and producer Mark Ronson, and Rich Kleiman, a television, internet and music businessman. Rapper Saigon was the first artist signed to Allido Records, but left soon after, and is now signed to Just Blaze's Fort Knox Entertainment. In conjunction with Clive Davis’ J Records, Allido signed Chicago-based rapper Rhymefest, who is best known as the co-writer for Kanye West's Jesus Walks. Rhymefest's first album, under Allido, was released July 11, 2006, under the title of "Blue Collar". Allido has also signed Australian-born soul singer Daniel Merriweather. Other projects in the works from Ronson and Kleiman are the soundtrack to Gap's latest ad campaign as well as Jay-Z's movie, Fade to Black. Allido's most recent signing is Washington, DC hip hop artist Wale. In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Mark Ronson (born 4 September 1975)[1] is the bastardised version of what is now called a English music producer, cover-artist and co-founder of Allido Records. ... Brian Daniel Carenard (born June 1, 1977), better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper. ... Justin Smith (born in Paterson, New Jersey on January 14, 1978), better known as Just Blaze, is an American hip hop music producer. ... Label that was created by urban music producer Just Blaze. ... Clive Jay Davis (born April 4, 1932) is a Grammy Award winning record producer and a leading music industry executive. ... J Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG, and is distributed through the RCA Records Group. ... For other uses, see Chicago (disambiguation). ... Che Smith, known by the stage name of Rhymefest, is an American hip hop artist (born January 1, 1977) from the South side of Chicago in Jeffrey Manor whose first official album, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006. ... money maker, lose yourself , sumtin esle ... Kanye Omari West (pronounced /kÉ‘njÉ›j/) (born June 8, 1977) is an American record producer and rapper who rose to fame in the mid 2000s. ... Jesus Walks was the third single from Kanye Wests debut album The College Dropout. ... is the 192nd day of the year (193rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A blue-collar worker is a working class employee who performs manual or technical labor, such as in a factory or in technical maintenance trades, in contrast to a white-collar worker, who does non-manual work generally at a desk. ... Daniel Merriweather (born c. ... Gap, Incorporated (NYSE: GPS) is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco, California and founded in 1969 by Donald Fisher and Doris Fisher. ... Jay-Z (aka the Jigga, HOV and Hova, born Shawn Carter on December 4, 1970 in Brooklyn, New York) is an African American rapper/hip hop artist and record label executive; one of the most popular and successful rappers of the late 1990s and early 2000s. ... Fade to Black is a 2004 documentary about the career of US rapper Jay-Z. Filmed around the time of the Black Album, the movie also featues many of rap musics other famous names. ... Wale Wale, (pronounced wah-lay, born September 21, 1983), is a Washington, DC hip hop artist who has recently gained national and international attention for his mixture of hip hop and go-go music. ...

the label is distributed by J Records and since April 11, 2008 Interscope. J Records is an American record label, owned and operated by Sony BMG, and is distributed through the RCA Records Group. ... is the 101st day of the year (102nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... Interscope Records is a record label currently owned by the Universal Music Group. ...

Artists on Allido

• Domino
• Daniel Merriweather
• Rhymefest
• Wale

Domino is a pop/rock band from New York City. ... Daniel Merriweather (born c. ... Che Smith, known by the stage name of Rhymefest, is an American hip hop artist (born January 1, 1977) from the South side of Chicago in Jeffrey Manor whose first official album, Blue Collar, was released on July 11, 2006. ... Wale Wale, (pronounced wah-lay, born September 21, 1983), is a Washington, DC hip hop artist who has recently gained national and international attention for his mixture of hip hop and go-go music. ...

Former Artists on Allido

• Saigon

Brian Daniel Carenard (born June 1, 1977), better known by his stage name Saigon, is an American rapper. ...

See also

• List of record labels

This is a list of record labels. ...

External links

• Official site