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Interscope Records
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded 1990
Founder Jimmy Iovine
Ted Field
Tom Whalley
Distributing label Interscope-Geffen-A&M (US)
Polydor Records (UK)
Genre Various
Country of origin United States
Location Santa Monica, California
Official website http://interscope.com/

Interscope Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operates as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group. Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. James Iovine, better known as Jimmy Iovine (born March 11 1952 is a Music producer, Entrepreneur and Chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M Ted Field" was born Frederick W Field in Chicago Illinois Interscope-Geffen-A&M is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Polydor Records is a Record label currently headquartered in the UK, and is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Interscope-Geffen-A&M is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group.

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History

Beginnings

Interscope was formed in 1990 by Jimmy Iovine, Ted Field, and Tom Whalley with financial support from Atlantic Records (which owned a 50% stock in the label). James Iovine, better known as Jimmy Iovine (born March 11 1952 is a Music producer, Entrepreneur and Chairman of Interscope-Geffen-A&M Ted Field" was born Frederick W Field in Chicago Illinois Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock Upon its creation, it was initially distributed by Atlantic Records' subsidiary East West Records America. East West Records is an American Record label, owned by Warner Music Group, and operates under WMG's Independent Label Group.

The label's first release was Latin-rapper Gerardo, who scored a top 5, gold hit with "Rico Suave" in the spring of 1991. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Gerardo (born Gerardo Mejía on April 16, 1965) is a rapper and singer who later became a recording industry executive More early success came later in the year when the label released the debut album from Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, which went platinum in early 1992. Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch was a Hip-hop group led by Mark Wahlberg. During this time, Interscope also signed rapper Tupac Shakur, Primus, No Doubt and Nine Inch Nails. Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper Primus is an American rock band currently composed of singer and bassist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde, and No Doubt is a rock band from Anaheim California, United States founded in 1986 They also released Bad4Good's album, Refugee in 1992, yet it was a commercial flop. Bad4Good was a heavy metal band formed in 1991 by Guitarist Steve Vai. Refugee is the first and only album by Bad4Good, a quartet of teenagers that included Brooks Wackerman and Danny Cooksey, released on

Death Row Records

Death Row Records
Death Row Records

Though Interscope seemed to be on a roll with its first few releases, the label was faced with criticism for manufacturing what was considered cookie-cutter hip-hop that many did not take seriously. Hip hop music, also referred to as rap music, is a Music genre typically consisting of a rhythmic vocal style called rap which is accompanied with That changed when, in 1992, Iovine financially assisted Suge Knight and Dr. Dre in the creation of Death Row Records, and arranged for Interscope to distribute its records. Marion Hugh Knight Jr, better known as Suge Knight, is an Entrepreneur in the Hip hop music industry and co-founder and CEO of Death Andre Romelle Young (born February 18 1965 primarily known by his stage name Dr Death Row Records was a Record label that was founded in 1991 by Dr The arrangement hit paydirt when Death Row and Interscope released The Chronic, the solo debut album from rapper/producer Dr. Dre. The Chronic is the Debut album of Hip hop producer and rapper Dr Andre Romelle Young (born February 18 1965 primarily known by his stage name Dr The album was distributed by Priority Records and released in December, became a seminal hit into the new year, eventually going triple platinum, and introduced the world to an up and coming Snoop Dogg—whose own debut album Doggystyle was released in late 1993 and became a monstrous success as well. Priority Records is an American based Record label, owned and operated by EMI, and has made a name for itself dealing primarily in Hip hop music Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr (born October 20 1971 His mother nicknamed him " Snoopy " as a child because of the way he dressed and because of his love of Doggystyle is the 1993 debut album by American West Coast hip hop artist Snoop Doggy Dogg, released by Death Row Records.

Following the success of Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, Death Row and Interscope became powerful labels in the industry, both collectively and respectively. With this acclaim, however, came criticism from various sources over the gangsta rap image that was being perpetuated. For the Ice T album see Gangsta Rap (album. Gangsta rap is a term originated by the mainstream media to describe a certain subgenre Feeling the heat from activist groups, Time Warner (Interscope's parent company) refused to distribute Death Row's next release, Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound, which was originally scheduled for release in June 1995. Time Warner Inc ( is the world's largest media and entertainment conglomerate, headquartered in New York City. Dogg Food is the debut album by the Tha Dogg Pound. Its controversial lyrics were the subject of Shareholder protest (the album was supposed to be Tha Dogg Pound, also known as DPG (Dogg Pound Gangstaz is a rap group made up of Kurupt and Daz Dillinger. The album was subsequently pushed back, while Death Row and Interscope made an outside deal with Priority Records to distribute that album upon its release. Priority Records is an American based Record label, owned and operated by EMI, and has made a name for itself dealing primarily in Hip hop music

The controversy swirling around Death Row and Interscope made Time Warner's shareholders nervous, so much so that in late 1995, the company sold all of its stake in Interscope Records to MCA Music Entertainment (later renamed Universal Music Group). MCA Inc (or Music Corporation of America) was an American Corporation in the music and television businesses Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. Not wanting to take on the scrutiny that plagued Time Warner, MCA too initially refused to distribute many of Interscope's Death Row releases; including All Eyez on Me, the much anticipated forthcoming Death Row debut album by Tupac Shakur. All Eyez on Me is the fifth studio album and a Double album by U Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper This forced Death Row and Interscope to strike a deal with Island Records to distribute that particular album outside of its home base. Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica.

Death Row began to collapse in 1996 following the death of Tupac Shakur, the incarceration of Knight, and departure of Dr. Incarceration is the detention of a person in Jail or Prison. Dre. In August of 1997, Interscope (under pressure from Universal Music Group) made the decision to sell off all of its share in the label. However, they continue to join forces when it comes to releasing posthumous albums by Shakur with Amaru Entertainment. Amaru Entertainment was founded by Tupac Shakur 's mother Afeni Shakur, in early 1997 to handle the release of the unreleased material Tupac Shakur

Today

Though Interscope initially made a name for itself as a label dealing heavily in hip-hop and urban music, by the mid 1990s, its range began to expand and, subsequently, the company would eventually experience success with artists in all genres, for example, the Industrial Rock artist Nine Inch Nails (Nothing Records). Industrial rock is a Musical genre that fuses Industrial music and Punk rock. Nothing Records was an American Record label, specializing in Industrial rock and Electronic music, founded by Trent Reznor (of Following UMG's acquisition of PolyGram (also the owners of Island Records) in 1998, Geffen Records and A&M Records were merged into Interscope—making it the extremely powerful and leading unit at UMG that it is today. PolyGram was the name from 1972 of the Major label recording company started by Philips as a holding company for its music interests in 1945 Island Records is a Record label that was founded by British record producers in Jamaica. Geffen Records is an American Record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label A&M Records is an American Record label owned by Universal Music Group which operates through the Interscope-Geffen-A&M division In 2005, Interscope launched a new imprint, Cherrytree Records for emerging artists, beginning with Oakland, CA's The Lovemakers. Cherrytree Records is an imprint of Interscope Records founded in 2005 by Martin Kierszenbaum. Oakland (ˈoʊklənd founded in 1852 is the eighth-largest city in the U The Lovemakers are an Electropop band from Oakland California. In May 2007, Interscope announced a joint-venture partnership with Justin Timberlake to create a new recording label called Tennman Records. Justin Randall Timberlake (born January 31 1981 He has English ancestry although he has also claimed some American Indian ancestry probably through unconfirmed Tennman Records is an American Record label created as a joint venture between Justin Timberlake and Interscope Records. The label has grown from a vanity label under Atlantic Records, to one of the world's largest labels with 312 artists signed and growing. Atlantic Records ( Atlantic Recording Corporation) is an American Record label best known for its many recordings of Rhythm & blues, Rock [1]

Artists

Main article: List of current Interscope Records artists
Main article: List of former Interscope Records artists

Labels under Interscope

Main article: Universal Music Group

Criticism

Rapper Ice Cube has criticized Interscope for their use of Tupac Shakur's music in his song "Child Support", he raps the lines "Keep your dumb ass out of that casket/'cause Interscope will spend your money/They don't give a fuck/About a dead rapper/Nigga, they'll chop it up. This is a list of artists who currently record for Interscope Records. This is a list of former artists who have recorded for Interscope Records. Universal Music Group (UMG is the largest Business group and family of Record labels in the Recording industry. O'Shea Jackson (born June 15 1969 better known by his Stage name Ice Cube, is an American Actor, Screenwriter, producer, and Tupac Amaru Shakur (June 16 1971 &mdash September 13 1996 also known by his Stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper "[2]

Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor has also criticized Interscope for charging way too much money for his album "Year Zero" in Australia. Trent Reznor (born Michael Trent Reznor on May 17 1965 is an American Musician, singer producer, and Multi-instrumentalist. When he asked why it was so much, they replied "Your type of fans will pay anything to get your music". Nine Inch Nails is now an unsigned band.

Salaried artists

At the SXSW conference in 2006, Interscope lawyer Darryl Franklin said during a panel discussion, that the contract with the group The Pussycat Dolls is unique in that its members are actually salaried employees of the record label and, by design, completely interchangeable. South by Southwest ( SXSW) is a set of interactive, Film, and Music festivals and conferences that take place Pussycat Dolls is an American pop Girl group, and dance ensemble founded by choreographer Robin Antin in 1995 This means that in addition to CD sales, the label also controls merchandise, web sites and all other commercial aspects of the group and their income, excluding songwriting.

See also

References

  1. ^ press release
  2. ^ Ice Cube – Child Support Lyrics. This is a list of notable Record labels Due to the large number of entries the list has been divided by the first character of the label's name See also LyricsDomain. Accessed March 25, 2008. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common

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