Payday Records is a New York-based hiphop label that was launched in 1992 by Patrick Moxey. The label began in association with
FFRR
FFRR Records (sometimes credited as Full Frequency Range Recordings) is a dance music label previously run and founded by English DJ Pete Tong. Originally the dance music label of London Records, FFRR is currently a sublabel of Parlophone ...
/
London Records
London Recordings (or London Records and London Music Stream) is a British record label that marketed records in the United States, Canada, and Latin America for Decca Records from 1947 to 1980 before becoming semi-independent. The London nam ...
, and released in the UK and Europe via London/
PolyGram Records
PolyGram N.V. was a multinational entertainment company and major music record label formerly based in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1962 as the Grammophon-Philips Group by Dutch corporation Philips and German corporation Siemens, to be ...
. Artists launched via Payday Records include
Jeru the Damaja
Kendrick Jeru Davis (born February 14, 1972), known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper and record producer. He is known for his 1993 single " Come Clean" from his debut album, '' The Sun Rises in the East'', ranked as one of the 100 grea ...
,
Jay Z
Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and founder of Manhattan-based conglomerate talent and entertainment agency Roc Nation. He is regarded as one o ...
,
Mos Def
Yasiin Bey (; born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), previously and more commonly known by his stage name Mos Def (), is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and actor. His hip hop career began in 1994, alongside his siblings in the s ...
(via his first group
U.T.D.),
Showbiz & A.G.,
WC and the Madd Circle
WC and the Maad Circle was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California that consisted of WC, Big Gee, Coolio and DJ Crazy Toones.
History
MAAD stands for ''Minority Alliance of Anti-Discrimination''. Following the dissolution of Low ...
. Other associated productions include the works of
DJ Premier
Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop du ...
and Guru of
.
The label officially relaunched on November 2, 2017, with "Our Streets," a record by DJ Premier and A$AP Ferg.
They have also released
Pell
Pell is a surname shared by several notable people, listed below
* Axel Rudi Pell (born 1960), German heavy metal guitar player and member of Steeler and founder of his own eponymous band
* Charles Pell (1874–1936), American college football co ...
's girasoul EP.
Payday Records’ 2017-present catalog is distributed by
Ultra Records
Ultra Records is an American record label formed in New York City in 1995 by former PolyGram and Virgin Records executive Patrick Moxey. As of December 23, 2012, Ultra entered a global partnership with Sony Music, giving its artists access to ...
.
Music videos
Payday has worked with world renowned graffiti artists, photographers, and video makers- including Haze, Nick Quested, Andrew Dosumnu among others- to produce visual content for its releases.
Current artists
*
DJ Premier
Christopher Edward Martin (born March 21, 1966), known professionally as DJ Premier (also known as Preemo), is an American record producer and DJ. He is considered one of the greatest hip hop producers of all time. He was half of the hip hop du ...
* OJ Da Juiceman
*
Pell
Pell is a surname shared by several notable people, listed below
* Axel Rudi Pell (born 1960), German heavy metal guitar player and member of Steeler and founder of his own eponymous band
* Charles Pell (1874–1936), American college football co ...
* Gloss Gang
* BBY GOYARD
* RetcH
* Slimesito
* BlumBros
* Ishawna
Former artists
*
1st Down
1st Down was a Detroit hip-hop group consisting of Jay Dee and Phat Kat.
The duo signed to Payday Records in 1995, and released one 12", "A Day Wit' The Homies", before disbanding as a group, due to label trouble. They once again reunited for Ph ...
* Big Red
*
Big Shug
* DJ Crystl
*
*
Group Home
A group home, congregate living facility, or care home (the latter especially in British English and Australian English) is a residence model of medical care for those with complex health needs. Traditionally, the model has been used for childre ...
*
Jay-Z
*
Jeru the Damaja
Kendrick Jeru Davis (born February 14, 1972), known as Jeru the Damaja, is an American rapper and record producer. He is known for his 1993 single " Come Clean" from his debut album, '' The Sun Rises in the East'', ranked as one of the 100 grea ...
*
Junior Tucker
Leslie Tucker, known as Junior Tucker (born 1966 in Trenchtown, Kingston, Jamaica), is a Jamaican reggae singer, who started his career in secular music but who now sings Christian music. His hits included "Happy" and his own composition, "Don' ...
*
Kaliphz
Kaliphz were a British hip hop group, formed in Rochdale by 2-Phaan (real name Mush Khan) and Jabba da Hype (real name Jabbar Khan). They began as part of the breakdance, breakdancing scene in the early 1980s before branching out into spoken wor ...
*
M-Beat
* Mass 187
* Motif
*
O.C.
*
Radamiz
* Raazda Rukkuz
* Screechy Dan
*
Showbiz and A.G.
* Spax
*
Urban Species
*
Urban Thermo Dynamics
*
The Watts Prophets
*
WC
*
WC and the Maad Circle
WC and the Maad Circle was an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California that consisted of WC, Big Gee, Coolio and DJ Crazy Toones.
History
MAAD stands for ''Minority Alliance of Anti-Discrimination''. Following the dissolution of Low ...
Discography Full Payday Records discography.
References
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Record labels established in 1992
Hip hop record labels