URBNET Records is an independent record label

Independent record label

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 based in Toronto

Toronto

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, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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. URBNET was formed by Darryl Rodway and Janusz Jarosinski in 1999 to provide distribution, marketing and promotional services to Hip Hop artists throughout Canada. URBNET was distributed by EMI Music Canada from 2002–2003, Outside Music

Outside Music

Outside Music is a Canadian record label and distributor, founded by Lloyd Nishimura in 1995. In 2007, it expanded to include an artist management division which counts Jill Barber, Matthew Barber, One Hundred Dollars and Sunparlour Players as management clients.Outside has released countless...

 from 2003–2006 and is presently distributed in Canada by Fontana Distribution

Fontana Distribution

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 (North), a subsidiary of Universal Music Canada.

Artists (past and present)

• The Carps
  The Carps
  The Carps are a Canadian rock music duo consisting of bassist Neil White and drummer Jahmal Tonge. They are signed to Toronto-based URBNET Records.-History:The band began its career in Scarborough, a borough of the city of Toronto, in 2005....
  
  
• Classified
  Classified (rapper)
  Luke Boyd , professionally known as Classified, is a Canadian rapper and producer from Enfield, Nova Scotia.-Career:...
  
  
• D-Sisive
  D-Sisive
  D-Sisive is the stage name of Derek Christoff, a prolific Canadian rapper, best known for his Juno Award-nominated EP The Book, his hit single "Nobody With A Notepad" and his 2009 Polaris Music Prize-nominated album Let the Children Die D-Sisive is the stage name of Derek Christoff, a prolific...
  
  
• Dirty Circus
  Dirty Circus
  Dirty Circus is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant and Mos Eisley of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo, Alive and Well,...
  
  
• DL Incognito
  DL Incognito
  Oliver Nestor, better known as DL Incognito is an underground Canadian hip hop producer and rapper from Ottawa, Ontario who started his career in 1998. The name 'DL Incognito' means Deliverying Lyrics on the Low. His 2004 album, Life's a Collection of Experiences, received a 2005 Juno nomination...
  
  
• Eternia
  Eternia (rapper)
  Eternia is a Canadian rapper.-Biography:Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Eternia released her first full-length album, It's Called Life in 2005. It was subsequently nominated for Rap Recording of the Year at the 2006 Juno Awards...
  
  
• Gee Wunder
• Grand Analog
  Grand Analog
  Grand Analog is a Canadian hip hop band, formed in 2006 and fronted by Odario Williams. The group was conceived as a project combining R&B, jazz, reggae and rock influences into a hip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics....
  
  
• Jay Bizzy
• J-Bru
• Kae Sun
  Kae Sun
  Kae Sun or Kwaku Darko-Mensah is a Ghanaian singer-songwriter based in Toronto,Canada. Kae Sun's music has hints of soul, folk, reggae and hip-hop creating a sound that is sometimes described as urban folk and sometimes as hip-hop. He recently released his debut full length LP Lion On A Leash, in...
  
  
• Mindbender
• Moka Only
  Moka Only
  Daniel Denton , known professionally as Moka Only, is a Canadian hip hop artist. Originally from Langford, British Columbia, near Victoria, he is now based in Vancouver. He was previously part of the hip hop group Swollen Members, and briefly a part of Len. His albums are released by Legendary...
  
  
• Mood Ruff
  Mood Ruff
  Mood Ruff was a conscious hip-hop group hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The group consisted of Odario, Spitz, Breakz, and ICQRI. Their final album I Do My Own Stunts, which was released in 2005, contained their first hit, "Rocketship".-History:...
  
  
• Weston David
• OK Cobra
  OK Cobra
  OK Cobra is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of rapper Fritz tha Cat and producer Recordface . Childhood friends originally from London, Ontario, Fritz tha Cat and Recordface later reunited in Montreal, releasing their self-titled debut album in July 2006.The album quickly reached #1 on Charts...
  
  
• OPOPO
• Pigeon Hole
  Pigeon Hole (band)
  Pigeon Hole is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Colin "Dusty Melo" McCue and Lee "Marmalade" Napthine of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo,...
  
  
• Red Ants
• Trillionaire$
  Trillionaire$
  Trillionaire$ is a Canadian hip hop project, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant of the band Sweatshop Union and underground Vancouver hip hop musician Evil Ebenezer.They released their debut album, By Hook or by Crook, in 2010 on URBNET Records...
  
  
• Tripple M
• Tru-Paz
• The 20/20 Project
  The 20/20 Project
  The 20/20 Project is a Canadian hip hop trio from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group consists of three members: D-Squared, Idrees and DJ Unknown. They are of South Asian and Latin American descent...
  
  
• Wordburglar
  Wordburglar
  SJ the Wordburglar is a Canadian hip hop artist from Halifax, Nova Scotia, now based in Toronto. His style is best described as energetic and zany with an emphasis on wordplay and humour. He primarily works with his crews Backburner and Props Dept for all aspects of his music creation, including...
  
  

Catalogue

2002:

URBNET1001 - Mood Ruff - Antarctica Cold Cold World (EP)

URBNET1002 - Tru-Paz - R-Evolution

URBNET1003 - DL Incognito - A Sample and a Drum Machine

URBNET1004 - Various Artists - Underground Hip-Hop Vol.1

2003:

URBNET1006 - Classified - Trial & Error

URBNET1007 - Shadez - Thee Impossible

URBNET1008 - Pocket Dwellers - Lifecheck

URBNET1009 - Anonymous Twist - Through The Looking Glass

URBNET1010 - Various Artists - Underground Hip-Hop Vol.2

2004:

URBNET1011 - Offsides - Foul Language

URBNET1012 - Tru-Paz - State Of Emergency

URBNET1013 - Mindbender - Beautiful Mutant

URBNET1014 - DL Incognito - Life's A Collection Of Experiences

URBNET1015 - Classified - Boy-Cott-In The Industry

URBNET1016 - The Quartertones - Hidden In Plain Sight

URBNET1017 - Various Artists - Cock Dynamiks-Sensual Hip-Hop

2005:

URBNET1018 - Mood Ruff - I Do My Own Stunts

URBNET1019 - Various Artists - Underground Hip-Hop Vol.3

URBNET1020 - Mathematik - No Division

URBNET1021 - Eternia - It's Called Life

2006:

URBNET1022 - J Bizzy - The Ghost Of Jacob Marley

URBNET1023 - Various Artists - Underground Hip-Hop Vol.4

URBNET1024 - DL Incognito - Organic Music For A Digital World

URBNET1025 - OK Cobra - OK Cobra

URBNET1026 - Tumi & The Volume - Tumi & The Volume

URBNET1027 - Classified - Hitch Hikin' Music

URBNET1028 - Shadez - Every Dollar Counts

URBNET1029 - Spesh K - Media Coverage

URBNET1030 - Grand Analog - I'll Walk Alone (EP)

URBNET1031 - Tru-Paz - Dust Yourself Off (EP)

2007:

URBNET1032 - The Carps - The Young & Passionate Days...(EP)

URBNET1033 - Tru-Paz - Concrete Kings

URBNET1034 - Moka Only - Vermilion

URBNET1035 - J-Bru - Identity Crisis

URBNET1036 - Grand Analog - Calligraffiti

URBNET1037 - Rawluck - The Rawluck Product

URBNET1038 - Tru-Paz - State Of Emergency (Instrumentals)

URBNET1039 - DJ NaNa - The World Inside My Head Volume 2

URBNET1040 - Faculty - Phar From Home

URBNET1041 - Arabesque - Hang Your Heroes

URBNET1042 - Moka Only - Martian XMAS 2007

2008:

URBNET1043 - Tru-Paz - Country Road (Remix) (Single)

URBNET1044 - Gee Wunder - Street Knowledge (Mixed DJ Law)

URBNET1045 - Mindbender - Invisible Rhythm Showcase

URBNET1046 - Mindbender - Better Late Then Never Made (EP)

URBNET1047 - Red Ants - Omega Point

URBNET1048 - The Carps - Waves and Shambles (EP)

URBNET1050 - OPOPO - OPOPO (EP)

URBNET1051 - D-Sisive - The Book

URBNET1052 - DJ NaNa - The World Inside My Head Vol. 3

URBNET1053 - Moka Only - Clap Trap

URBNET1054 - Bare Beats and Modulok - Two Cities

URBNET1056 - D-Sisive - Like This (plus three)

URBNET1055 - Moka Only - Carrots and Eggs

URBNET1058 - Grand Analog - Touch Your Toes (EP)

URBNET1057 - Tru-Paz - The Young Nation (EP)

URBNET1059 - D-Sisive - Nobody With A Notepad (plus three)

2009

URBNET1060 - D-SISIVE - Die In Amsterdam

URBNET1061 - OPOPO - Is It

URBNET1062 - Grand Analog - Electric City (f/ Shad)

URBNET1063 - Grand Analog - Magnifico - Single

URBNET1064 - Grand Analog - Metropolis Is Burning

URBNET1065 - D-Sisive - Let The Children Die

URBNET1066 - OK Cobra - Delirium Tremens

URBNET1067 - Kae Sun - Lion On A Leash - Single

URBNET1068 - Kae Sun - Lion On A Leash (LP)

URBNET1069 - OPOPO - Night Drags

2010:

URBNET1070 - Wordburglar - Burgie's Basement

URBNET1071 - Rel!g!on - Revelationz I

URBNET1072 - Various Artists - Underground Hip-Hop Volume 5

URBNET1073 - Don Cash - Freshy Fresh (Deluxe Edition)

URBNET1074 - Circle Research - Gardiner Express

URBNET1075 - Mineshine - Gotta Feeling - Single

URBNET1076 - D-Sisive - Vaudeville

URBNET1077 - Sweatshop Union Presents: Dirty Circus - Alive And Well

URBNET1078 - Sweatshop Union Presents - Pigeon Hole – Age Like Astronauts

URBNET1079 - Sweatshop Union Presents - The Trillionaire$ - By Hook or by Crook (Evil Ebenezer & Metty The Dertmerchant)

URBNET1080 - Timbuktu - Stranger Danger

URBNET1081 - Len Bowen - Long Story Short (EP)

URBNET1083 - OPOPO - So Cute - Single

URBNET1084 - Moka Only - Martian XMAS 2008

URBNET1085 - Don Cash - Unbreakable

External links

• Official Label Website
• Official Label Podcast
• Official Label MySpace Profile
• Exclaim!: Label Life Feature: URBNET Records