Day By Day Entertainment is an independent

Independent record label

An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...

 hip hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 record label

Record label

In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 and record distribution company, based in New York City

New York City

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. It was started in 1999 by MC MF Grimm before his 3-year incarceration starting in 2000 http://www.villagevoice.com/2006-10-31/music/private-enemy/. This label specializes primarily in Hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

http://www.daybydayent.com/.

After a brief hiatus, Day by Day Entertainment was relaunched August 24, 2009.

Part of the significance of the label's being a taste-maker of underground hip-hop music is its release of the unprecedented "The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera]] (2002) (with Metal Face Records), which is MF Grimm's 3-disc volume of tracks recorded within 24 hours of going to prison: The release was critically well-received by established music critics.http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/5256-the-downfall-of-ibliys-a-ghetto-opera/

Artists

• 9th Scientist
• B-Will & Infinit EVOL
• Jams DaBoombox
• MF Grimm
• Twiz the Beat Pro

Former Artists

• Binkis Recs
• Block McCloud
• Cryptic One
• Dub-L
• DNAE
  DnaE
  DnaE, the gene product of dnaE, is the catalytic α subunit of DNA polymerase III....
  
  
• Cadence
• Chops
• Count Bass D
  Count Bass D
  Dwight Conroy Farrell , better known by the stage name Count Bass D, is an American rapper, record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Nashville, Tennessee...
  
  
• Lightheaded
• John Doe
• Krohme
  Krohme
  Krohme is an American hip hop MC and producer, noted for his work with Kool G Rap, Obie Trice, MF Grimm, Atari Blitzkrieg, Ron Artest, MC Serch, Hell-Razah, Sean Price, Ras Kass, C-Rayz Walz and more...
  
  
• Megalon (officially with X-Ray's Mindbenda Recordings)
• Mudville
  Mudville (band)
  Mudville is a Brooklyn, NY-based band and artist collective whose sound, a hybrid of Downtempo, Electronica, Memphis-style Soul and Jazz was dubbed, "post-Trip hop" by John Donohue of The New Yorker...
  
   (officially with Slurry Records)
• Prophetix (officially with Asylum Entertainment)
• Rodan
• Serengeti
  Serengeti (rapper)
  Serengeti, real name David Cohn, is a hip-hop artist from Chicago. His music is a sharp departure from most mainstream hip-hop, which he considers "depressing" and always consists of "the same redundant ideas." Serengeti's music includes numerous references to Chicago culture often done in...
  
  
• Stronghold

Discography

B-Will & Infinit EVOL

• The Professor & The Mutant (with Complex Sound Design) (2004)

Binkis Recs

• The Reign Begins (2002)

Block McCloud

• Spittin' Image (2006)

Cadence

• The Minds Of The Children (2003)

Chops

• Food For Naught (2003)

Count Bass D

Count Bass D

Dwight Conroy Farrell , better known by the stage name Count Bass D, is an American rapper, record producer and multi-instrumentalist from Nashville, Tennessee...

• Dwight Spitz
  Dwight Spitz
  Dwight Spitz is an album by American hip hop artist and multi-instrumentalist Count Bass D, his second full-length studio album. It was released on August 30, 2002 on High Times.-Overview:...
  
  (2002) (with High Times & Metal Face Records)

Cryptic One

• The Anti-Mobius Strip Theory (2004)

Dub-L

• Day Of The Mega Beast (2004)

Jeff Spec

• Dark City (2002)

John Doe

• Meet John Doe (2003)

Kongcrete

• Gorilla Warfare (2003) (with Mindbenda Recordings)

Lightheaded

• Pure Thoughts

Megalon

• A Penny For Your Thoughts (2004) (courtesy of Mindbenda Recordings)

MF Grimm

• The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera
  The Downfall of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera
  The Downfall Of Ibliys: A Ghetto Opera is the full-length debut album by Manhattan, New York rapper MF Grimm, released on January 12, 2002 on his own independent label Day By Day Entertainment....
  
  (2002) (with Metal Face Records)
• The Best of MF (2003) (with MF DOOM
  MF Doom
  Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...
  
  )
• Digital Tears: E-Mail From Purgatory
  Digital Tears: E-mail from Purgatory
  Digital Tears: E-Mail from Purgatory is a 2004 album by Manhattan, New York rap artist MF Grimm, going by the name of GM Grimm.-Track listing:# "Intro"# "All Y'All"# "Stable"# "Dr...
  
  (2004) (as Jet-Jaguar)
• Special Herbs and Spices Vol. 1 (2004) (with MF DOOM
  MF Doom
  Daniel Dumile is a hip hop artist who has taken on several stage names in his career, most notably MF DOOM, where the "MF" stands for metal face, and for tracks he has produced, metal fingers...
  
  )
• Scars and Memories
  Scars and Memories
  Scars & Memories is the fourth full-length album by Manhattan, New York rapper MF Grimm, released in 2005 via his own Day by Day Entertainment label. While most of the tracks were written during the early 1990s, the original song reels were stolen, forcing Grimm to re-record many, if not all of...
  
   (2005)
• American Hunger
  American Hunger
  American Hunger is a triple album released on CD. It was released in 2006 by Manhattan, New York rap artist MF Grimm. It is also the first triple album in hip-hop history...
  
   (2006)
• MF Grimm & Stricknine present...The Order Of The Baker: Gingerbread Man Mixtape (2007) (with Toaster Entertainment)
• The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man
  The Hunt for the Gingerbread Man
  The Hunt For The Gingerbread Man is a concept album by Manhattan, New York rapper MF Grimm that follows a variation of the children's tale The Gingerbread Man. According to the album, the Gingerbread Man escaped from the fox by making him throw up...
  
  (2007) (with Class A Records)
• Story (2009)
• You Only Live Twice
  You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel
  You Only Live Twice: The Audio Graphic Novel is a hip hop album by Manhattan, New York rapper MF Grimm released on June 8, 2010. It is entirely produced by Twiz the Beat Pro...
  
   (2010)
• Supreme Excellence (2010)

Monsta Island Czars

Monsta Island Czars

Monsta Island Czars is a hip-hop group based in New York City, New York, USA most notable for members MF Grimm and former member MF DOOM.-History:...

• Escape from Monsta Island!
  Escape from Monsta Island!
  Escape from Monsta Island! is the first full-length album released by the Monsta Island Czars, notably featuring Daniel Dumile under his King Geedorah/King Ghidra alias.This album is very highly regarded among underground hip-hop fans...
  
  (2003) (with Metal Face Records)

Mudville

Mudville (band)

Mudville is a Brooklyn, NY-based band and artist collective whose sound, a hybrid of Downtempo, Electronica, Memphis-style Soul and Jazz was dubbed, "post-Trip hop" by John Donohue of The New Yorker...

• The Glory of Man is not in Vouge (2005) (with Slurry Music & Rock Day By Day)

Prophetix

• High Risk (2002) (with Asylum Entertainment)

Rob Swift

Rob Swift

Rob Swift is an American hip hop DJ and turntablist. Swift is a former member of the turntablist group The X-Ecutioners as of late 2005 and as of 2006; with Mike Patton’s project Peeping Tom.-Early life:...

• Who Sampled This?
  Who Sampled This?
  Who Sampled This? is the sixth album by turntablist, Rob Swift. The album was released on November 1, 2003 for Day By Day Entertainment and was produced by Rob Swift, MF Grimm and Dr. Butcher...
  
  (2003)

Rodan

• Theophany: The Book of Elevations (2004)

Serengeti

Serengeti (rapper)

Serengeti, real name David Cohn, is a hip-hop artist from Chicago. His music is a sharp departure from most mainstream hip-hop, which he considers "depressing" and always consists of "the same redundant ideas." Serengeti's music includes numerous references to Chicago culture often done in...

• Gasoline Rainbows
  Gasoline Rainbows
  Gasoline Rainbows is a compilation album made by Sophia Bush and Austin Nichols to benefit the Gulf Coast of the United States from the 2010 BP Oil Spill...
  
  

Stronghold

• Stronghold Mixtape, Vol. 2 (2004)