| Big Dada | |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Founder | Will Ashon |
| Genre | Hip Hop |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Location | London |
| Official Website | http://www.bigdada.com |
Big Dada is the Hip Hop imprint of London-based independent record label, Ninja Tune. It is best known for being the home of prominent British hip hop artist Roots Manuva. It was started by reputed hip hop journalist Will Ashon in February 1997. The label's first release was Misanthropic's 12", Alpha Prhyme, a collaboration between Luke Vibert and Juice Aleem.They have been the subject of some controversy due to allegations from artists that they demand hefty fees for all transactions.
Big Dada is not exclusively a label for British acts - their roster has also featured contributions from American hip hop artists including Saul Williams, Mike Ladd (Infesticons / Majesticons) and Daniel Dumile (MF Doom, King Geedorah), and French hip hop artists, TTC.
On 8 September 2009 Big Dada artist Speech Debelle won the 2009 Barclaycard Mercury Prize for her debut album 'Speech Therapy', however the artist split from the label less than two months later because sales of her debut album, Speech Therapy, "suffered because of poor distribution by Big Dada records." [1]
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Artists
- Antipop Consortium
- Bigg Jus / NMS
- Busdriver
- Cadence Weapon
- cLOUDDEAD
- Diplo
- Gamma
- Infesticons
- Infinite Livez
- K-the-I???
- King Geedorah
- Lotek HiFi
- Majesticons
- New Flesh For Old
- Part 2
- Roots Manuva
- Shadowless Presents...
- Spank Rock
- Speech Debelle (Split on 24 November[1])
- TTC
- Thunderheist
- Two Fingers
- Ty
- Wiley
Big Dada Compilations
- Black Whole Styles (1998)
- Well Deep: Ten Years of Big Dada Recordings (2007)
See also
References
External links
- Official site
- Ping Pong Promotion agency of Big Dada in France.
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