Dawn Raid Entertainment is a major record label, based in Papatoetoe in Auckland, New Zealand and has signed many New Zealand hip-hop and RnB artists such as Savage, Ill Semantics and The Deceptikonz. The label is currently second to Dirty Records in sales of New Zealand hip hop. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Photo of Papatoetoes Old Railway Station - a local landmark Papatoetoe is a suburb of Manukau City, one of the four cities that make up the Auckland conurbation in northern New Zealand. ... The Auckland Metropolitan Area, or Greater Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest urban area in New Zealand. ... Hip-Hop music is a style of popular music. ... Rhythm and blues (or R & B) is a musical marketing term introduced in the United States in the late 1940s by Billboard magazine. ... Savage is the stage name of New Zealand rapper Demetrius Savelio, who is well known in New Zealand as a member of hip hop music group Deceptikonz, his vocals on Scribes song, Not Many - The Remix and his own successful solo career. ... The Decepticonz were a ska-punk band performing in the early 90s with a large following in the Washington, DC/Northern VA area. ...

History

Dawn Raid Entertainment officially started in 1999 which was the year their first album was recorded. However, in 1996 Brotha D and YDNA met for the first time and Dawn Raid became their brainchild which started coming into fruition in 1997. 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The initial idea behind Brother D and YDNA's creation of Dawn Raid was to record undiscovered artists from their home town of South Auckland, and to expose these artists to the public, building them into local and international stars. Dawn Raid felt at the time that none of the other major music labels catered to the discovery and nurturing of talented artists and the founders saw a niche in the market that they could develop upon. South Auckland is a common name for a part of Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Musicians signed, or previously signed, to Dawn Raid

Hip-Hop

• Deceptikonz
• Mareko
• Savage
• Alphrisk
• Ill Semantics
• DJCXL
• R.E.S.
• Brother D
• K.A.O.S

The Decepticonz were a ska-punk band performing in the early 90s with a large following in the Washington, DC/Northern VA area. ... Savage is the stage name of New Zealand rapper Demetrius Savelio, who is well known in New Zealand as a member of hip hop music group Deceptikonz, his vocals on Scribes song, Not Many - The Remix and his own successful solo career. ...

RnB

• Adeaze
• Aaradhna

Aaradhana (Aaradhna) Patel (born: December 1983), is a New Zealand hip-hop artist under the music label Dawn Raid. ...

Releases

The following is a list of albums and singles released under the Dawn Raid label.

Albums

The first album released under Dawn Raid was a compilation titled "Southside Story" which was released in April 2000 and featured, at the time, undiscovered artists such as Ill Semantics, 4 Corners, Native Sons, K.A.O.S., Adeaze, Live Live and the co-founder of Dawn Raid, Brotha D. For other uses, see April (disambiguation). ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Native Sons is the sixth studio, and final studio album a (7th release) by singer/songwriter duo Loggins and Messina, released in early 1976 (see 1976 in music). ...

• Southside Story (April 2000) (compilation)
• Southside Story 2: International (May 2001) (compilation)
• Deceptikonz - Elimination (March 2002)
• Ill Semantics - Theory Of Meaning (November 2002)
• Mareko - Mareko Is The Future - Dawn Raid Mix Tape (May 2003) (EP)
• Blood On The Barbeque Mixtape (EP)
• Mareko - White Sunday (July 2003)
• Mareko featuring Inspectah Deck - 12" Street Rap (December 2003) (EP)
• Adeaze - Always and For Real (May 2004)
• R.E.S - Red Eye Society (October 2004 (Clientele Records)
• Alphrisk - The Best Kept Secret (October 2004) (Clientele Records)
• Savage - Moonshine (April 2005)
• DJ Peter Gunz & Tikelz - Street Dreams (January 2006)
• Sione's Wedding (March 2006) (soundtrack)
• Aaradhna - I Love You (May 2006)

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Singles

• Ill Semantics - Watching You/Highway (April 2003)
• Mareko - Mareko (Here To Stay) (August 2003)
• Adeaze - A Life With You (October 2003)
• Mareko featuring the Deceptikonz - Stop, Drop and Roll (November 2003)
• Adeaze - How Deep Is Your Love (March 2004)
• Dawn Raid All-Stars - Hook Up (May 2004
• Adeaze featuring Aaradhna- Getting Stronger (August 2004)
• Savage - Swing (January 2005)
• Alphrisk featuring Adeaze - Sunshine (January 2005)
• Savage - Moonshine (April 2005)
• Savage featuring Aaradhna - They Don't Know (October 2005)
• Aaradhna - Down Time (January 2006)
• Tha Feelstyle featuring Mareko, Flowz, Manuel Bundy & Lapi Mariner - I Do Believe (Tha Remix) (January 2006)
• Aaradhna - Shake (April 2006)

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Sponsorship

In May 2004, Dawn Raid became a sponsor for the Telecom subsidirary company, Boost Mobile and released a single Hook Up featuring the prominent as well as unknown talent of Dawn Raid Entertainment. Currently, Hook Up is still the theme for Boost Mobile with some of their signed musicians doing voiceovers for the ads. Look up May in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Telecom has a number of different meanings, including: Telecom, a shortening of the word telecommunication. ... Boost Mobile is a brand of mobile phone launched in Australia in 2000 and in New Zealand in 2001 that is marketed to the teenager and young adult demographic. ... The ambiguous phrase hook-up is American vernacular English which can mean a myriad of different things. ...

Beach Day Out

In 2004, Dawn Raid sponsored a summer music festival with not only many of their own musicians but other New Zealand musicians to do an annual beach-city tour of New Zealand. Some major ports of call were Mt. Maunganui and Gisborne. 48May, Scribe and The D4 were among some of the acts that played that were not signed under Dawn Raid. 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Gisborne is the name of a unitary authority (in this case, a region and district) in New Zealand. ... Jon Austin (vocals, guitar), CaptainHook (guitar, vocals), Jarod Brown (drums, vocals) and Shannon Brown (bass, vocals) were friends well before 48May. ... Scribe is the stage name of New Zealand rapper Malo Luafutu. ... The D4 is a rock band from Auckland, New Zealand. ...

Other avenues

Dawn Raid has also branched into other avenues which include streetwear, graphics, promotional prints and a community trust.

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External links

• Official site