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| image = Rhymesayerslogo.jpg
| image = Rhymesayerslogo.jpg
| founded = {{start date|1995}}
| founded = {{start date|1995}}
| founder = {{plainlist|
| founder = Sean Daley ([[Slug (rapper)|Slug]])<br />Anthony Davis ([[Ant (producer)|Ant]])<br />Musab Saad ([[Sab the Artist]])<br />Brent Sayers (Siddiq)
* Sean Daley ([[Slug (rapper)|Slug]])
* Anthony Davis ([[Ant (producer)|Ant]])
* Musab Saad ([[Sab the Artist]])
* Brent Sayers (Siddiq)
}}
| distributor = [[Warner Music Group]]
| distributor = [[Warner Music Group]]
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| genre = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| country = U.S.
| country = U.S.
| location = Minneapolis, Minnesota
| location = [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]
| website = {{URL|www.rhymesayers.com}}
| website = {{URL|www.rhymesayers.com}}
| parent = [[Talk:Rhymesayers Entertainment#Rhymesayers Pictures|Rhymesayers Pictures]] ([[Viacom (original)|Viacom]]) (1995-2006)
}}
}}
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'''Rhymesayers Entertainment''' (sometimes abbreviated '''RSE'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/rhymesayers-at-20-how-the-best-roster-in-hip-hop-was-built-7870787|title=Rhymesayers at 20: How the best roster in hip-hop was built|work=[[City Pages]]|first=Chaz|last=Kangas|date=December 2, 2015|accessdate=June 30, 2019}}</ref>) is an American independent hip hop record label based in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/6785841/rhymesayers-entertainment-survived-20-years-indie-label|title=How Rhymesayers Entertainment Survived 20 Years As An Indie Label|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Dan|last=Rhys|date=December 4, 2015|accessdate=June 30, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sxsw.com/music/news/2015/rhymesayers-label-founders-discuss-20-years-success-sxsw-music-2015|title=Rhymesayers Label Founders to Discuss 20 Years of Success at SXSW Music 2015|work=[[SXSW]]|first=Rory|last=Burbeck|date=February 4, 2015|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> It was co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley ([[Slug (rapper)|Slug]]), Anthony Davis ([[Ant (producer)|Ant]]), Musab Saad ([[Sab the Artist]]) and Brent Sayers (Siddiq).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/shawnsetaro/2015/11/30/rhymesayers-20-an-oral-history/|title=Rhymesayers At 20: An Oral History|work=[[Forbes]]|first=Shawn|last=Setaro|date=November 30, 2015|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> Beginning in 2008, Rhymesayers Entertainment sponsors the annual [[Soundset Music Festival]], a popular attraction that takes place over Memorial Day weekend in Minneapolis.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citypages.com/music/how-rhymesayers-set-up-the-soundset-festival-6757365|title=How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset Festival|work=[[City Pages]]|first=Reed|last=Fischer|date=May 23, 2012|accessdate=June 30, 2019}}</ref>
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[[File:2013-0314-FifthElement-Rhymesayers.jpg|thumb|right|Rhymesayers Entertainment is headquartered in the same building as its music store, Fifth Element, in Uptown, Minneapolis.]]

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'''Rhymesayers Entertainment''' (sometimes abbreviated '''RSE''') is an American [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] independent [[record label]] based in [[Minneapolis]], Minnesota.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sxsw.com/music/news/2015/rhymesayers-label-founders-discuss-20-years-success-sxsw-music-2015|title=Rhymesayers Label Founders to Discuss 20 Years of Success at SXSW Music 2015|work=SXSW|first=Rory|last=Burbeck|date=February 4, 2015|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> It was co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley ([[Slug (rapper)|Slug]]), Anthony Davis ([[Ant (producer)|Ant]]), Musab Saad ([[Sab the Artist]]) and Brent Sayers (Siddiq).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/shawnsetaro/2015/11/30/rhymesayers-20-an-oral-history/|title=Rhymesayers At 20: An Oral History|work=Forbes|first=Shawn|last=Setaro|date=November 30, 2015|accessdate=January 6, 2016}}</ref> Beginning in 2008, Rhymesayers Entertainment sponsors the annual [[Soundset Music Festival]], a popular attraction that takes place over Memorial Day weekend in Minneapolis.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://soundsetfestival.com|title=Soundset 2017|newspaper=Soundset 2015|access-date=2017-02-03}}</ref>


==Current roster==
==Current roster==
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[[File:2013-0314-FifthElement-Rhymesayers.jpg|thumb|right|Rhymesayers Entertainment is headquartered in the same building as its music store, Fifth Element, in Uptown, Minneapolis.]]
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* [[Aesop Rock]]
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* [[Malibu Ken]] ([[Tobacco]] and Aesop Rock)
* [[Malibu Ken]] ([[Tobacco]] and Aesop Rock)
* [[Micranots]] (I Self Devine and DJ Kool Akiem)
* [[Micranots]] (I Self Devine and DJ Kool Akiem)
* [[MInk]] (Musab and Ink Well)
* Mink (Musab and Ink Well)
* [[Nikki Jean]]
* [[Nikki Jean]]
* [[Prof (rapper)|Prof]]
* [[Prof (rapper)|Prof]]
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* Blueprint - "So Alive" (2011)
* Blueprint - "So Alive" (2011)


:{{small|''Releases taken from official website.''}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rhymesayers.com/releases|title=Rhymesayers releases|work=Rhymesayers Entertainment|accessdate=September 12, 2018}}</ref>
:{{small|''Releases taken from official website.''}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rhymesayers.com/releases|title=Releases|work=Rhymesayers Entertainment|accessdate=September 12, 2018}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 12:44, 30 June 2019

Rhymesayers Entertainment
Founded1995 (1995)
Founder
Distributor(s)Warner Music Group
GenreHip hop
Country of originU.S.
LocationMinneapolis, Minnesota
Official websitewww.rhymesayers.com

Rhymesayers Entertainment (sometimes abbreviated RSE[1]) is an American independent hip hop record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2][3] It was co-founded in 1995 by Sean Daley (Slug), Anthony Davis (Ant), Musab Saad (Sab the Artist) and Brent Sayers (Siddiq).[4] Beginning in 2008, Rhymesayers Entertainment sponsors the annual Soundset Music Festival, a popular attraction that takes place over Memorial Day weekend in Minneapolis.[5]

Current roster

Rhymesayers Entertainment is headquartered in the same building as its music store, Fifth Element, in Uptown, Minneapolis.

Artists currently promoted include[6]

Archived artists include

Artists formerly signed to the label include

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

  • Headshots - Vol. 1: WBBOY Sessions (1995)
  • Headshots - Vol. 2: Arrogance (1996)
  • Headshots - Vol. 3: Compensation (1996)
  • Headshots - Vol. 4: History (1996)
  • Headshots - Vol. 5: Effort (1997)
  • Headshots - Vol. 6: Industrial Warfare (1997)
  • Headshots - Vol. 7: Se7en (1999)
  • Atmosphere - Lucy Ford: The Atmosphere EP's (2001)
  • Mr. Dibbs - Sucker Punch Breaks Volume One (2002)
  • Mr. Dibbs - Dead World Reborn (2012)

Mixtapes

  • Atmosphere - Strictly Leakage (2007)
  • I Self Devine - LA State of Mind (2012)
  • I Self Devine - The Upliftment Struggle (2012)
  • I Self Devine - Reports from the Field: In the Trenches (2012)
  • I Self Devine - The Shining Path (2012)
  • Dem Atlas - MF Dem (2016)

EPs

Singles

  • Musab - "Actin' Rich" (2000)
  • Eyedea & Abilities - "Pushing Buttons" (2000)
  • Eyedea & Abilities - "Blindly Firing" (2001)
  • Atmosphere - "Modern Man's Hustle" (2002)
  • Atmosphere - "GodLovesUgly" (2002)
  • Monsta Island Czars - "Escape" (2002)
  • Mr. Dibbs - "Outreach 5" (2002)
  • Atmosphere - "Trying to Find a Balance" (2003)
  • Brother Ali - "Room with a View" (2003)
  • Micranots - "Glorious" b/w "Heat" (2003)
  • Semi.Official - "Crime" (2003)
  • Atmosphere - "National Disgrace" (2004)
  • Eyedea & Abilities - "Now" (2004)
  • MF Doom - "Hoe Cakes" b/w "Potholders" (2004)
  • Atmosphere - "Watch Out" b/w "Smart Went Crazy" (2005)
  • Blueprint - "Boombox" (2005)
  • Boom Bap Project - "Rock the Spot" (2005)
  • Felt - "Dirty Girl" (2005)
  • Grayskul - "Prom Quiz" (2005)
  • I Self Devine - "Ice Cold" (2005)
  • P.O.S - "P.O.S Is Ruining My Life" (2005)
  • Atmosphere - "Say Hey There" (2006)
  • P.O.S - "Bleeding Hearts Club" (2006)
  • Soul Position - "Hand-Me-Downs" b/w "Blame It on the Jager" (2006)
  • Brother Ali - "Truth Is" b/w "Freedom Ain't Free" (2007)
  • Grayskul - "Scarecrow" (2007)
  • Mac Lethal - "Make-Out Bandit" b/w "Pound That Beer" (2007)
  • Atmosphere - "You" (2008)
  • Atmosphere - "Shoulda Known" (2008)
  • Jake One - "The Truth" (2008)
  • Blueprint - "So Alive" (2011)
Releases taken from official website.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kangas, Chaz (December 2, 2015). "Rhymesayers at 20: How the best roster in hip-hop was built". City Pages. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  2. ^ Rhys, Dan (December 4, 2015). "How Rhymesayers Entertainment Survived 20 Years As An Indie Label". Billboard. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  3. ^ Burbeck, Rory (February 4, 2015). "Rhymesayers Label Founders to Discuss 20 Years of Success at SXSW Music 2015". SXSW. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  4. ^ Setaro, Shawn (November 30, 2015). "Rhymesayers At 20: An Oral History". Forbes. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  5. ^ Fischer, Reed (May 23, 2012). "How Rhymesayers set up the Soundset Festival". City Pages. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
  6. ^ "Artists". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  7. ^ "Releases". Rhymesayers Entertainment. Retrieved September 12, 2018.

Further reading

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