Dirtee Stank; Dizzee Rascal.Dizzee Rascal has his own record label called Dirtee Stank, however both of his albums have been produced and released by XL Recordings. Dirtee Stank has a MySpace page that suggests that the label is bringing many different genres together such as indie, majors and the street in order to reach all audiences.
After XL Recordings released Dizzee’s first two albums, the song “Dance Wiv Me” featuring Calvin Harris, was released by Dirtee Stank. Other songs such as, bonkers, holiday were then released by the label and his latest album “Tongue n Cheek” were also released by the label.
There are other artists registered to the label, these are; Newham Generals and Smurfie Syco.
XL Recordings is an independent British record label, and was launched by Tim Palmer, Nick Halkes and Richard Russell. This was done with Beggars Banquet Records in 1989. This was because they wanted to release their rave and dance music. The label has now grown as one of the most commercially successful record label in the UK.
XL Recordings has many successful artists signed to them such as;
- The Prodigy
- Peaches
- M.I.A
- Giggs
- Friendly Fires
- Dizzee Rascal
- Basement Jaxx
- Adele
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