User talk:Tuffcityrecords

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 * Hello, thank you for the notice, we will submit proporsed changes to the talk page. Tuffcityrecords (talk) 20:22, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * ==History==
 * For 15 years prior to the creation of Tuff City, Aaron Fuchs was a widely published journalist with criticism published in Rolling Stone, The Village Voice, and Creem, as well as a three year stint at Cash Box from 1978-1980 as both a reporter and east coast editor.
 * Formed in 1981, Tuff City was one of the earliest hip hop labels, with Fuchs quitting his job as a journalist to run the label. Except for one year (1982-1983) when partnered with CBS Associated Records, Tuff City has functioned entirely as an independent label, putting out groundbreaking releases by Spoonie Gee, Davy DMX, and The Cold Crush Brothers. The Crush's recording of "Punk Rock Rap" and "Fresh, Wild, Fly, and Bold" made it into the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip Hop Box Set released in 2021. The label pioneered the release of albums of breakbeats—the building blocks for others to use in their recordings. Fuchs also bought the rights to earlier recordings that were sampled by others, bringing money into the label via licensing costs.
 * In late 1980s and early 1990s Tuff City saw a transition from recording hip hop pioneers to newer acts such as recordings by ANTTEX, Lakim Shabazz, Mark the 45 King, and YZ. In the mid-1990s, Tuff City expanded its reissue program and launched the Ol' Skool Flava sub-label for reissues of classic hip hop material. Another sub-label, Night Train International, was established to re-release Academy, Lucky Four, and Magic Touch blues and rhythm and blues music. Works of Professor Longhair, James Booker, Tuts Washington, and Lenny LaCour, among others, have been released by the label. In subsequent years the label began reissue projects in soul with Soul-Tay-Shus Records, funk with Funky Delicacies, and New York Latin music with Andale Records.
 * Today, Fuchs and Tuff City are smelling the roses, having attained iconic status. The label was deemed "crucial" in the development of hip-hop by The New York Times. Tuffcityrecords (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Today, Fuchs and Tuff City are smelling the roses, having attained iconic status. The label was deemed "crucial" in the development of hip-hop by The New York Times. Tuffcityrecords (talk) 20:28, 23 June 2022 (UTC)

June 2022
As previously advised, your edits give the impression you have a financial stake in promoting a topic, but you have not complied with Wikipedia's mandatory paid editing disclosure requirements. You were asked to cease editing until you responded by either stating that you are not being directly or indirectly compensated for your edits, or by complying with the mandatory requirements under the Wikimedia Terms of Use that you disclose your employer, client and affiliation. Again, you can post such a disclosure on your user page at User:Tuffcityrecords, and the template Paid can be used for this purpose – e.g. in the form:. Please respond before making any other edits to Wikipedia. -- VViking Talk Edits 20:14, 23 June 2022 (UTC)