Uptown Records
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Oct 30, 2026
DJ Butter RockHOST
Rock.
DJ Butter RockHOST
R.P. to the late, great Andre Harrell, Uptown Records.
DJ Butter RockHOST
You know what? I started thinking about it.
DJ Butter RockHOST
Bill Watson's got a brand new Rolls Royce.
Doc JHOST
Soulful, heartfelt, slow jam.
Doc JHOST
Originally appearing on Jodeci's debut album, Forever My Lady, released on 5-28-91 via Uptown Records and MCA.
Doc JHOST
Before becoming its fourth single on March 10th, which is close to her birthday, by the way.
Doc JHOST
1992.
YesterdayPANELIST
She got released from QC.
YesterdayPANELIST
And then she went on to sign with the new Uptown Records, the relaunch of Uptown Records.
TahoeHOST
Okay.
TahoeHOST
So they said, I heard that she was putting this album out herself.
JDPANELIST
So it's her shit.
JDPANELIST
It's her shit.
JDPANELIST
Yeah, because it says Young Miami and then it says Uptown Records.
Vonnie BGUEST
Project is
DJ Butter RockHOST
Rockefeller started in 94.
DJ Butter RockHOST
Puffy was already with Andre Arreola, Averster Records and Uptown Records, all right? So Puffy already had new...
DJ Butter RockHOST
Puffy was moving out there.
DJ Butter RockHOST
So...
DJ EnvyHOST
Certified.
DJ EnvyHOST
Generation Now, Uptown Records.
DJ EnvyHOST
Drop a bomb.
DJ EnvyHOST
Congratulations.
Dani MercyHOST
They signed TLC, Tony Braxton, Usher, Outkast, and Pink.
Dani MercyHOST
In 1994, after Diddy was fired from Uptown Records, he, with the help of Arista Records, created Bad Boy Records.
Dani MercyHOST
This was a 50-50 venture between Arista and Diddy.
Dani MercyHOST
They signed artists like Notorious B.I.G., Faith Evans, Mase, and eventually Diddy also started creating music.
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Dani MercyHOST
And that was his goal.
Dani MercyHOST
His goal was always to be famous, to be at the top.
Dani MercyHOST
But that's also how he moved up in Uptown Records the way he did.
Dani MercyHOST
Suge said that Diddy and Snoop Dogg were close, like way too close for it to be comfortable, suggesting that they were sexually involved.
Yung MiamiGUEST
Now,
Fly Guy DCHOST
this project is being released through Yung Miami, LLC, and Uptown Records.
Fly Guy DCHOST
What does that mean? Are you still contractually to QC?
Yung MiamiGUEST
Now I'm out of that deal.
Adam BanksHOST
Now, Mary J. Blige, one of the most successful female rappers of all time, started off as a backup singer when she was just 18 years old.
Adam BanksHOST
She used to sing backup vocals for Uptown Records.
Adam BanksHOST
One of her famous artist that she sang backups for was rapper Father MC.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
They knock up on that phone.
Adam BanksHOST
She received early recording credit for singing on Father MC's 1990 song, I'll Do For You.
Adam BanksHOST
She continued developing her vocal style while working within the Uptown Records environment, which, uh, ultimately landed her a solo career.
speaker_5SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Get laid in white.
Adam BanksHOST
She went from working behind other performers to helping reshape the sound of contemporary R&B.
Rich PriceHOST
He was given the name Puff because when he was a kid, he'd huff and puff when he'd throw temper tantrums.
Rich PriceHOST
He went to Howard University, but left after the second year and became an intern at Uptown Records.
Rich PriceHOST
Discovered artists like Mary J. Blige, among others, and when he was fired from Uptown Records in 1993, he started Bad Boy Records, and of course, signed Christopher Wallace, AKA-
Clint BiermanHOST
Biggie
Rich PriceHOST
...
Montell JordanGUEST
She's like, do you know who Andre Harrell is? I'm like, I have no idea who Andre Harrell is.
Montell JordanGUEST
She's like, you remember Josie, Mary J. Blige, Heavy D, Father MC, Uptown Records, this or that.
Montell JordanGUEST
And I was like, oh, okay, yeah, that's what's up, and this or that.
Montell JordanGUEST
And then we went, and she was like, no, no, no, no, no.
Montell JordanGUEST
And that's when I realized that it was Andre Harrell.
Montell JordanGUEST
Wow.
Montell JordanGUEST
Uptown Records.
Montell JordanGUEST
You know, anybody you want to think of that can.
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