Asylum Records
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| Asylum Records | |||
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| Parent company | Warner Music Group | ||
| Founded | 1971 | ||
| Founder(s) | David Geffen | ||
| Distributing label | Warner Bros. and Atlantic Records (In the US), WEA (Outside the US) | ||
| Genre(s) | HipHop | ||
| Country | US | ||
| Web address | http://asylumrecords.com/ | ||
Asylum Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group that, today, specifically deals in HipHop music.
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Company history
Image:Asylumlogo1.jpg Asylum was founded in 1971 by David Geffen, and operated as a rock label. The next year, it was acquired by Warner Communications and merged with Elektra Records to become "Elektra/Asylum Records." David Geffen remained in charge of the company until 1975, when he resigned as director and retired, due to health problems.
Elekta/Asylum Records was renamed Elektra Entertainment in 1989, while 'Asylum Records' broke off into a subsidiary label underneath. In 1992, Asylum was reformatted into a semi-successful country music label based out of Nashville, still operated by Elektra. As the 1990s progressed, the company eventually went into hibernation.
After being dormant for several years, the Asylum label was revived in 2004. The new Asylum Records is an urban music-based label that is independently managed through Warner Music Group, with some of its acts released in conjuction with Warner Brothers Records and others through Atlantic Records.
Artists
- Trae
- Partners-N-Crime
- Hot Wright
- Paul Wall
- Mike Jones
- Potzee
- Bun B
- D4L
- Lil Boosie
- Webbie
- Geto Boys
- Lil Wyte
- Cam'Ron
- Juvenille
- Frayser Boy
- Z-Ro
- Oowee
- Scarface
- DukeDaGod
- Potzee
- Kiotti
- Trae
- KLC
- Pimp C
- Webbie
- UGK