record label

A record label specializes in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats.

Major record labels don't care about putting out 'great music'. They only care about making money. That's why they normally focus on signing artists who are eye candy (ie good looks, sexy, good dance moves, dresses nice etc..)

Even though most record labels are out of touch with what most music fans want, they convince their artists that they are in touch with what music fans want. That's why most artists end up being hated by the same music fans who used to love them.

Record labels love to prey on naive artists (who don't know a lot about the music business) because they're easier to milk for everything that they're worth.

Record labels (and their middlemen)usually bribe radio stations to play their artist's songs (i.e. payola).

Most record labels are very corrupt.

If you sign with a major record label without knowing anything about the music business, you're gonna get screwed.

Sometimes it's better to sign with an "independent" record label.

record label by United Against Payola August 22, 2006

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Record Label Syndrome

The act of theoretically spending your money before you've made the product.

Singer - "Dude, when our album sells 4 million copies, I'm gonna buy a boat, the music video is gonna have explosions and a Lil' Wayne verse and..."

Producer - "Have you started writing the songs?"

Singer - "Nope!"

Producer - "You have Record Label Syndrome"

Record Label Syndrome by Phrainck91 May 3, 2010

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pseudo-record label

A record label that isn't registered but still somewhat exists
Examples: Flex Entertainment, Billion Dollar Records, 10X Entertainment

That isn't a fake label, it's a pseudo-record label

pseudo-record label by zicari101 October 2, 2020

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WSDMGC73’s Record Label

WSDMGC73 releases are credited under “8429551 Records DK,” which is not an actual record label but DistroKid’s generic auto-generated imprint for user uploads. It provides no contracts, no promotion, no A&R, no budget, and no professional backing. Any artist using DistroKid receives a similar placeholder tag. This means WSDMGC73 is fully self-uploaded, unsigned, and unsupported—consistent with their non-organic streaming patterns and the absence of real industry or street-level presence.

“ WSDMGC73’s Record Label is just themselves hyping themselves — the same way their ‘fans,’ ‘collective,’ and ‘hype man’ are the same three people behind every upload: Lady Dlow, Lil Dlow, and 30kTorry.”—South-LA local

WSDMGC73’s Record Label by FremontHighClassOf’09 December 10, 2025

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record labels

the hellish creation that is destroying music.
www.realmusiccrusaders.com

record labels can go screw me because they are destroying music.

record labels by aaron and pat April 16, 2005

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funiosity

The art of being peculiar, but in an amusing fashion.

"Wow, look at that dog running on three legs"
- "Yeah, that sure is a funiosity"

funiosity by Supersonic Stevie November 23, 2007

Word of the Day on July 25, 2026

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Toe Rag

A toe rag was originally a foot wrapping used, since mediaeval times up until the mid-nineteenth century, to protect the foot from chafing by boots or shoes. As these were, quite literally, rags they weren’t usually washed, and so with use they became very smelly until they were thrown away. Because of the similarity in smell, toe rag also became the name applied to dried, salted cod or other things with a strong, unpleasant, fishy smell. It didn’t take that long before the name was applied to someone who was an obnoxious, unpleasant OIC.

1 “Socks! Those aren’t socks you smelly git, they’re toe rags!”
2 “What have you been cooking? Smells like toe rag!”
3 “I can smell ‘er fanny from ‘ere, proper toe rag.”
4 That Heale Malcolm is a right toe rag.

Toe Rag by AKACroatalin November 29, 2016

Word of the Day on July 24, 2026

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