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From '3 Feet High & Rising' to 'AOI: Bionix'

Iconic Hip Hop label Tommy Boy Records has reportedly been acquired by music-rights company Reservoir for a whopping $100 million.

Update 06/05/2021 1:14pm:

Skip to main content Currently Reading De La Soul's Music Will Be Coming 'Back to the Fans' - and Streaming Services - New Label Owner Pledges Jem Aswad, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail With 1989’s “Three Feet High and Rising,” the Long Island rap trio De La Soul created one of the truly groundbreaking albums in hip-hop history, bringing a happy, psychedelic, flower-bedecked vibe — dubbed “the D.A.I.S.Y. Age” — to a genre that had largely been musically and lyrically aggressive and/or self-aggrandizing up to that point. With songs like “Me Myself and I,” “Say No Go,” �...

Reservoir acquires legendary hip hop indie Tommy Boy Reservoir has acquired legendary indie Hip-Hop and Electronic record label Tommy Boy. The deal encompasses more than 6,000 Tommy Boy masters including Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” House of Pain’s “Jump Around,” and Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force’s “Planet Rock”. Founded by industry icon Tom Silverman, the fiercely independent label launched the careers of Queen Latifah, Coolio, De La Soul, Naughty By Nature, Afrika Bambaataa, Digital Underground, House of Pain, Force MDs, and more. It was also a pioneer in EDM ...