About
US label Interscope Records was founded by film producer Ted Field (through Interscope Communications, Inc.) and record producer Jimmy Iovine in 1989 as a small alternative label. In 1990, Warner Music Group purchased a 50% stake in Interscope Records to market and distribute their music products through Atlantic Records, a division of Warner Music, which, at the time, was a part of Time Warner. In 1992, Marion "Suge" Knight's infamous "gangsta rap" label Death Row Records (2) joined the Interscope family. Death Row's first release was Dr. Dre's [i]The Chronic[/i] album in December of 1992. November 1993 would see the biggest release for Interscope/Death Row, as Snoop Dogg released his debut album, [i]Doggystyle[/i], which went on to sell 3 million copies within several months of release. In 1995, Warner Music Group (then known as WEA International) sold back its interest in Interscope Records. In 1996, MCA, Inc. (later to become Universal Music Group, the world's biggest record company) purchased Interscope Records and would see most of its future releases distributed through them. In August of 1997, Interscope had completely separated itself from the once highly successful Death Row Records (2), which had become independent briefly before signing a new distribution deal with Koch Records and ultimately going bankrupt. In 1998, PolyGram and MCA merged to create Universal Music Group. 1999 would see the merging of both A&M Records and Geffen Records into Interscope, creating the [b]Interscope Geffen A&M[/b] group. By 2004, Interscope had become one of UMG's most dominant labels, ousting its sister label Def Jam Recordings. Label Code: LC 06406 / LC 6406
Sub-labels
Billion Dollar Baby
US label founded by in 2017. Mainly focuses on Hip Hop artists. Also servers as a clothing brand. Name variants: Billion Dollar Baby Entertainment Billion Dollar Baby Ent.
Dignity Records (3)
Label Code: LC 05694 Dignity Records is an International record label & music publishing company based in Pakistan, owned by Aly Baig Studios. Founded in July, 2020 by Aly Baig, it differed from m...
Bichota Records LLC
American record company founded by [a4452209] in 2023.
Cole World, Inc.
American record company founded by [a750828] in 2009.
Interscope Vinyl Collective
Exclusive monthly vinyl subscription offered by Interscope Records.
Music Soup
Lil Monsters LLC
American record company founded by [a1103159] in 2011.
EST19XX, LLC
American record company founded by [a2545933] in 2011.
#JUSTAREGULARDAY
Worldwide net label. Originally a management company label owned by [a3253738]. Around 2021/2022 began partnering with [l2311].
Nothing Records
Nothing Records was founded in 1992 by () and then-manager, The label continued to grow through the 1990s, finding both commercial success ...
Aftermath Entertainment
Aftermath Entertainment is an American record label founded by [a50513]. It operates as a subsidiary of, and is distributed through, [l38404]'s [l2311]. Current acts include [a50513], [a38661], [a...
JCOR Entertainment
JCOR was founded by former Mammoth Records owner Jay Faires as a NYC-based company in 2001. It was distributed by the Interscope Records division of Universal Music Group. JCOR bought the rights to...
Flawless Records (2)
Flawless Records was a record label founded by [a108722] frontman [a108724] and in 1999, as a subsidiary of [l=Interscope Records] (itself a subsidiary of [l=Geffen Records]). Prio...
Trauma Records (2)
Los Angeles-based Trauma Records was an independent label that in 1993 signed a Joint Venture Agreement with [l=Interscope Records]—through 1999, Trauma was to sign and develop bands (such as [a=No...
MySpace Records
It was created as a joint venture between social media service MySpace and [l=Universal Music]'s subsidiary [l=Interscope Records] in 2005. The label was active for 15 years and was discontinued fo...
Ambush Reality
Ambush Reality is an independent record label started in July 2006 that currently only releases music by Enter Shikari. It is co-owned and run by the members of the band and their friends. On A...
Kickball Records
Kickball Records is a subsidiary record label of Interscope Records.
Konvict Muzik
Konvict Muzik is a record label founded by Melvin Brown and R&B singer [a229665].
Tiny Evil
Tiny Evil Records is a record label imprint run by Interscope Records executive Luke Wood. Its acts include AFI, Jimmy Eat World, Brand New and Nine Black Alps, among others.
N.E.E.T.
Record label founded by
Contact
[1999–] Interscope Records 2220 Colorado Avenue Santa Monica, CA 90404 USA E-Mail: feedback@igamail.com [1989–1998] Interscope Records 10900 Wilshire Blvd., Ste 1230 Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA