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| | Label: | FatBeats Records |
| Website: | http://www.fatbeats.com |
| Info: | Fat Beats, Inc. is the brainchild of Joseph Abajian (DJ,
B-Boy, and producer, DJ Jab), with Ryan Sikorski in the
Amsterdam operation and founded in July 14, 1994.
Store concept
The store is completely dedicated to the hip hop fan with
hard to get albums, be it on vinyl or CDs. The retail
activities also include the records of their own label Fat
Beats.
Basement
Fat Beats first opened it's doors as a small, retail store
in a basement location at 323 East 9th Street in
Manhattan's East Village, New York.
Locations
Since then Fat Beats Retail has two locations in the United
States in New York City and Los Angeles. Plus one in Europe,
Amsterdam, the capital city of The Netherlands.
Distribution
Fat Beats Distribution is an international independent
distribution company specializing in vinyl.
Alliance
Record labels that have worked closely with Fat Beats
include ABB Records, Battle Axe Recordings, DITC, D&D
Recordings, Fondle'Em Records, Stones Throw, Audio Research
and Guesswyld to name a few.
Newly formed alliances with companies such as Loud, Tommy
Boy, Interscope, Caroline and Koch Entertainment shows the
progress that this company has made.
Artists
Fat Beats has worked with a series of artists; distributing
and marketing a continuous flow of some of the most
successful young artists in hip hop.
Artists affiliated with Fat Beats include D.I.T.C. (Showbiz,
AG, Diamond, Lord Finesse, Big L., Buckwild, O.C. and Fat
Joe), Atmosphere, J-Zone, Jurassic 5, Mos Def, Pharoahe
Monch, Dilated Peoples, Bumpy Knuckles, Afu-Ra, Reflection
Eternal, Non-Phixion, El The Sensei, Kool Keith, Indelibles
(Company Flow, The Juggaknots, and J-Treds), The
X-Ecutioners, Roc Raida, Diezzle Don and Redman plus many
others. |
| Country: | United States |
| Releases: | A few random releases on this label...
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|  Glue - Catch as Catch Can
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|  Glue - Catch As Catch Can Remixes
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|  Glue - Catch As Catch Can Instrumentals
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|  Glue - A Lot To Say (single)
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