Tommy Boy Records is a record label started in 1981 by Tom Silverman after borrowing $5000 from his parents. It was an outgrowth of his Disco News bi-weekly publication (later entitled Dance Music Report), which spanned 14 years total beginning in September, 1978. In 1985 Warner Bros. Records bought 50% from his label, but he bought those shares back in 1996.In 1995 a joint venture Penalty Records was created with Neil Levine, but it was absorbed by Tommy Boy in 1999. Tommy Gospel Records was launched recently. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... This article is about the year. ... Warner Bros. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Penalty Records was started in 1995 as a joint venture between Tom Silverman (from Tommy Boy Records) and Neil Levine. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Tommy Gospel Records is a gospel subsidiary of Tommy Boy Records See also List of record labels Categories: Record labels | Stub ...

Tommy Boy Artists

• Afrika Bambaataa
• Biz Markie
• De La Soul
• Digital Underground
• Everlast / House of Pain
• Fannypack
• Handsome Boy Modeling School
• Information Society
• Jonzun Crew
• Junior Vasquez
• Dr Vej
• K7
• Kristine W
• Masters At Work
• Queen Latifah (early rap work, later she moved to Motown, and now Verve)
• Prince Paul
• Sneaker Pimps
• Stetsasonic
• Naughty By Nature

The list includes both current and former Tommy Boy recording artists. Afrika Bambaataa (born April 10 or October 4, 1957 or 1960, though his birthdate is hotly debated; he himself refuses to comment on his age) is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who in the late 1970s, was instrumental in the early development of hip hop. ... Playing an electronic keyboard Biz Markie (born Marcel Hall April 8, 1964 in Harlem, New York) is an African American East Coast hip hop artist best known for humorous singles like Just a Friend. Markies career began in the early 1980s as a performer, then a human beatbox for... De La Soul is a massively influential hip hop group, hailing from Amityville, Long Island, New York. ... Digital Underground is an alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California, known for outrageous costumes and live shows, their musics humorous tone and an endless parade of identities for member Shock G, whose Humpty Hump proved especially memorable after the hit 1990 (see 1990 in music) The Humpty Dance... Everlast (born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, New York) is a popular, Grammy winning 1990s musician, known for alternating between rap and rock. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... FannyPack are a rap/pop group that consist of singers/rappers Jessibel Suthiwong, Cat Hartwell and Belinda Lovell along with producers/DJs Matt Goias (AKA Big Black Matt) and Fancy, all from New York City. ... Dan The Automator (left) & Prince Paul Handsome Boy Modeling School is a hip-hop collaboration between Dan the Automator and Prince Paul, producer of influential rap trio De La Soul. ... An information society is one which the creation, distribution and manipulation of information is becoming a significant economic and cultural activity. ... Jonzun Crew was a seminal electro group, led by Michael Jonzun and featuring his brothers Maurice Starr and Soni Jonzun. ... Junior Vasquez is a famous New York club DJ and remixer/producer. ... K7 has several uses: Short term for Cassette K7 is the name of a freestyle singer, formerly of the group TKA Codename for a generation of AMD CPUs, including the Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron, and certain very early Semprons A German electronic music record label based in Berlin, Studio !K7... Kristine W (Kristine Weitz) (b. ... Masters At Work is the house music production and remix team of Kenny Dope Gonzales and Little Louie Vega. ... Prince Paul (born Paul Huston) is a legendary DJ and hip hop producer. ... Sneaker Pimps is a British electro band, best known for their first album Becoming X, released in 1996 and particularly its singles 6 Underground, Spin Spin Sugar and Tesko Suicide. The bands founding members were Chris Corner and Liam Howe (both ex-DJs), who then recruited Kelli Dayton (formerly... Stetsasonic was an American hip hop group formed in 1981 (see 1981 in music) in Brooklyn. ... Naughty by Nature is a US hip hop group that at the time of its formation in 1991, consisted of the MCs Treach, Vinnie and the DJ Kay Gee - the group formed in East Orange, New Jersey, referred to as Illtown in the 1980s. ...

Tommy Boy albums with various artists

• Jock series
  • Jock Jams album series
  • Jock Rock album series
  • Slam Jams

The so-called Jock series albums is a superseries of sports music albums that was started by Tommy Boy records circa 1994. ... Jock Jams is an album series from Tommy Boy records from the mid 1990s that mainly consisted of classic 80s and 90s dance music. ... Jock Rock is the predecessor of all the other sub-series media of the Jock collection by Tommy Boy Records. ... Slam Jams is a spinoff of the Jock series albums by Tommy Boy records abeit omission of Jock in the name. ...

See also

• List of record labels