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Jeff Jank is the designer of a great deal of the album covers on the Stones Throw label. Its subsidiary ''Now-Again Records'', ran by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt, specializes in funk and soul re-issues. |
Jeff Jank is the designer of a great deal of the album covers on the Stones Throw label. Its subsidiary ''Now-Again Records'', ran by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt, specializes in funk and soul re-issues. |
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On September 30, 2009, the LA Weekly chose Stones Throw as best L.A. Record Label and put two Stones throw albums in their 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s list (Quasimoto's The Unseen and J Dilla's Donuts). |
On September 30, 2009, the LA Weekly chose Stones Throw as best L.A. Record Label and put two Stones throw albums in their 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s list (Quasimoto's The Unseen and J Dilla's Donuts). |
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=== Copyright Infringement === |
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Madlib and Stones Throw Records have not acknowledged the original artists behind Madlib Medicine Show: No. 2 - Flight to Brazil. No track list is available on the record company's website and there has been no offered compensation for the original artists. They mix CD is currently available for $13.99 on the Stones Throw Records Online Store. <ref>http://www.stonesthrow.com/store/mixtape/madlib/madlib-medicine-show-no-2</ref> |
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Revision as of 02:23, 11 May 2010
| Stones Throw Records | |
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| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Chris Manak |
| Distributor(s) | Independent |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, United States |
| Official website | Official website |
Stones Throw Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Los Angeles, California. It was started in 1996 by DJ/Producer Peanut Butter Wolf in part to release the music he made with Charizma who was killed at the age of 20.
Stones Throw is home to Madlib and many of his projects: Madvillain, Jaylib, Yesterdays New Quintet, Quasimoto, and Lootpack. Other notable artists on the roster include Dam-Funk, Mayer Hawthorne, Guilty Simpson, Strong Arm Steady, Gary Wilson, MF DOOM, J Dilla , Aloe Blacc, J Rocc, Arabian Prince, Baron Zen, Koushik and James Pants. J Dilla's final album during his lifetime, Donuts, was released by Stones Throw in February 2006. They also released a solo album by the progressive rock guitarist Omar Rodriguez-Lopez called Old Money.
Stones Throw has also collaborated on compilation albums called Chrome Children for the Adult Swim network and B-Boy Zombie Wars for video game maker 2K Sports.
Jeff Jank is the designer of a great deal of the album covers on the Stones Throw label. Its subsidiary Now-Again Records, ran by Eothen "Egon" Alapatt, specializes in funk and soul re-issues.
On September 30, 2009, the LA Weekly chose Stones Throw as best L.A. Record Label and put two Stones throw albums in their 10 Best L.A. Albums of the ’00s list (Quasimoto's The Unseen and J Dilla's Donuts).
Copyright Infringement
Madlib and Stones Throw Records have not acknowledged the original artists behind Madlib Medicine Show: No. 2 - Flight to Brazil. No track list is available on the record company's website and there has been no offered compensation for the original artists. They mix CD is currently available for $13.99 on the Stones Throw Records Online Store. [1]