Knee Deep Records (also known as Kneedeep Records) was a

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independent record label, specializing in hip hop music. Based in

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, Knee Deep was originally a home recording studio. The label was founded in 1995 by

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Day and rapper

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. The label's first 12" single—"Father Time" by

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/ref> In 1996, the label released

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's first single, " Naughty Dread", which received a Juno Award nomination for Best Rap Recording in 1997; Choclair won the award for his EP, '' What It Takes''. After the label was shut down in the early 2000s, Day and Choclair founded Greenhouse Music in 2003.

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