Up Above Records Explained

Up Above Records
Founder:	Papadoug Kato, KeyKool, DJ Rhettmatic
Genre:	Hip hop
Country:	U.S.
Location:	Long Beach, California

Up Above Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Long Beach, California, co-founded in 1995 by Doug "Papadoug" Kato and The Visionaries member KeyKool, along with DJ Rhettmatic and Beat Junkies. The label's first release was a 12" single, KeyKool & Rhettmatic's "Can U Hear It". The single's B-side, "E=MC5" featuring Ras Kass, Meen Green, Voodoo, and Visionaries member LMNO, was deemed "an underground classic" by Source Magazine (Feb. '96).

Artists

Blend Crafters (DJ Numark & Pomo): Self-Titled (2004)
Kev Brown: I Do What I Do (2005)
Declaime: Conversations with Dudley (2004)
DJ Rhettmatic: Exclusive Collection (2004)
Kim Hill (soul singer): Surrender to My Sunflower (2000)^[1]
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic: Kozmonautz (1995)
LMNO: This EP Reminds Me of '93 (2004), Economic Food Chain Music (2004), Leave My Name Out (re-issue) (2005), P's & Q's (2005)
LMNO & Kev Brown: Selective Hearing (2008)
LMNO & Yann Kesz: Devilish Dandruff With Holy Shampoo (2009)
Sleep (of Oldominion): Christopher (2005)
SonGodSuns (a.k.a. 2Mex): Over the Counter Culture (2005)
Supernatural: S.P.I.T. (Spiritual Poetry Ignites Thought) (2005)
Visionaries: Galleries (1997-8), Sophomore Jinx (2000), Pangaea (2004), We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting for) (2006)
Writer's Block: En Route (re-issue) (2004)