HiPNOTT Records
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| Founded | 2009 |
| Founder | Kevin Nottingham |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | EMPIRE Distribution |
| Genre | Hip-Hop |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Official website | www.hipnottrecords.com |
HiPNOTT Records is a Washington, D.C.-based independent hip-hop record label founded by hip-hop blogger Kevin Nottingham of KevinNottingham.com. Founded in 2009, the label has worked with a wide range of artists such as Tanya Morgan, The Regiment, Substantial, Gods’Illa, Jermiside, Cymarshall Law, Spectac & Amiri, MarQ Spekt, P.SO the Earth Tone King, MidaZ the BEAST, junclassic, and many more.
HiPNOTT Records was founded in 2009 by hip-hop blogger Kevin Nottingham. During the music industry's "blog era" of the late 2000s, KevinNottingham.com rose in popularity as a site for independent hip-hop artists. In 2009, approached by Matt Diamond of Coalmine Records for distribution, Nottingham formed the label HiPNOTT Records.
The label's first official release was the digital single "Don't Act Like I Never Told You" by Atlanta producer/emcee Nobody Famous This led to the first album release Order Up! Volume 3: Chicken & Waffles by Nobody Famous.
In 2010, the label released its mixtape series HiPNOTT Records 2010 Takeover, presented by HipHopDX and DJ Booth. The 2 mixtape series included tracks from HiPNOTT artists K. Sparks, Spectac & Amiri, Cymarshall Law, Trav Williams, Has-Lo, Ravin Sorvino, as well as tracks from industry cohorts Kyle Lucas, Wax, Truck North, Chaundon, Mach Five, Emilio Rojas, and many more. The mixtapes, mixed by DJ Mark-1, featured shout outs from the likes of Statik Selektah, Talib Kweli, Phonte of Little Brother and Foreign Exchange, and many others.
Following the mixtape, HiPNOTT Records released one album a month during the beginning of 2010. Starting with Cymarshall Law's The Creator's Kid EP in January, K. Sparks' A Day In The Life in February, and followed by albums from Spectac & Amiri, Jermiside & Danny Diggs, Everliven Sound and E Reece. Rounding out 2010, HiPNOTT Records released the debut solo album from producer Amiri, The Recipe.
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