Up Above Records

Infobox record label
name = Up Above Records
parent =
founded = 1995
founder = Papadoug Kato
KeyKool
DJ Rhettmatic
defunct =
distributor = Independent
genre = Hip hop
country = United States
location = Long Beach, United States
url = [http://www.upabove.com/ www.upabove.com]

Up Above Records independent hip hop record label based in Long Beach, California, United States, co-founded in 1995 by Doug "Papadoug" Kato and Visionaries member KeyKool, along with DJ Rhettmatic Visionaries, Beat Junkies). The label's first release was a 12" single, Key-Kool & Rhettmatic's "Can U Hear It." The single's b-side "E=MC5" featuring Ras Kass, Meen Green, Voodoo, and Visionaries member LMNO, was deemed "an underground classic" by Source Magazine (Feb. '96).

Up Above Records has built a reputation as vinyl specialists releasing 12" singles including the late great Jay Dee's hip-hop classic "F**k the Police," as well as distributing vinyl releases for Jurassic 5, Legendary Music, and other distinguished artists such as Kool G Rap, The Beatnuts, Tony Touch, Dilated Peoples, DJ Spinna, Sadat X, to name a few.

Up Above Records has also released 4 highly successful albums by the Visionaries, along with numerous albums from artists such as: LMNO, Writer's Block, SonGodSuns (aka 2Mex), Blendcrafters (DJ Numark & Pomo), Supernatural, Declaime, Kev Brown, Sleep of Oldominion.

Artists

* Key-Kool & Rhettmatic
* Visionaries
* LMNO
* Writer's Block (Zen & Dannu)
* SonGodSuns aka 2Mex
* Sleep of Oldominion
* Blend Crafters
* Declaime
* Kev Brown
* Supernatural
* Camile Velasco

Vinyl Distribution

* Jurassic 5 (vinyl distribution)
* "Legendary Music" (vinyl distribution)
* "Angeles Records" (vinyl distribution)

Releases

* Key-Kool & Rhettmatic: "Kozmonautz" (1995)
* Visionaries: "Galleries" (1997-8),"Sophomore Jinx" (2000), "Pangaea" (2004), "We Are The Ones (We've Been Wating For)" (2006)
* LMNO: "This EP Reminds Me of '93" (2004), "Economic Food Chain Music" (2004), "Leave My Name Out (re-issue)" (2005), "P's & Q's" (2005)
* Writer's Block: " [en route] (re-issue)] " (2004)
* DJ Rhettmatic: "Exclusive Collection" (2004)
* Blend Crafters (DJ Numark & Pomo): "Self-Titled" (2004)
* SonGodSuns (aka 2Mex): "Over the Counter Culture" (2005)
* Declaime: "Conversations with Dudley" (2004)
* Sleep (of Oldominion): "Christopher" (2005)
* Kev Brown: "I Do What I Do" (2005)
* Supernatural: "S.P.I.T. (Spiritual Poetry Ignites Thought)" (2005)
* Compilation Albums: "Carving A New Standard" (2006)

See also

*List of record labels

External links

* [http://www.upabove.com/ Official Website]