Wild Pitch Records

Wild Pitch Records was an American Golden age hip-hop record label, started in 1987 by Stuart Fine, that was eventually distributed by EMI. Artists who released records on the label included Gang Starr, Chill Rob G, Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth, Main Source, The U.M.C.'s, Hard Knocks, Brokin English Klik, Street Military, Super Lover Cee & Casanova Rud, The Coup, Ultramagnetic MCs, O.C., as well as Latee, Jamose, and female rapper N-Tyce.

Together, Fine and Howard re-established and released the label's catalogue, while also releasing records by Bigmouth, The Wallmen, Mary Lee's Corvette and Mighty Purple. The hip-hop catalogue was eventually acquired by Jay Faires, who tried to reactivate it as part of his short-lived JCOR Entertainment label.

As the majority of its albums were released in the early 1990s and went out of print, Faires re-released the label's catalog on April 22, 2008, through Fontana Distribution.

In 2013, Complex placed Stu Fine at No. 25 of their 'The 25 Best A&Rs in Hip-Hop History' list.

Discography

Studio albums

Extended plays

Singles

• 1987: Gang Starr — "The Lesson"
• 1987: LeMonier — "The Hardest Beat Around"
• 1987: Latee — "This Cut's Got Flavor"
• 1987: Gang Starr — "Believe Dat!"
• 1988: Chill Rob G — "Dope Rhymes"
• 1988: Latee — "No Tricks"
• 1988: Artomatik — "Free"
• 1988: Kool D & Technolo-G — "Now Dance"
• 1988: Gang Starr — "Movin' On"
• 1988: Trybe — "Psychedelic Shack"
• 1989: Chill Rob G — "Court Is Now in Session"
• 1989: Gang Starr — "Words I Manifest"
• 1989: Jamose — "Dance to the Megablast"
• 1989: Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth — "Baby, You Nasty"
• 1989: Gang Starr — "Positivity"
• 1990: Chill Rob G — "Let Me Show You"
• 1990: Power Jam & Chill Rob G — "The Power"
• 1990: Lord Finesse & DJ Mike Smooth — "Strictly for the Ladies"/"Back to Back Rhyming"
• 1990: Main Source — "Looking at the Front Door"
• 1990: N-Tyce — "Black to the Point"/"Chinese Eyes"
• 1991: Main Source — "Just Hangin' Out"
• 1991: The U.M.C.'s — "Blue Cheese"/"Anyway the Wind Blows"
• 1991: Elements of Style — "That's the Kind of Girl"/"Walking in Harmony"
• 1991: Main Source — "Peace Is Not the Word to Play"
• 1991: Hard Knocks — "Nigga for Hire"
• 1991: The U.M.C.'s — "One to Grow On"
• 1992: Main Source — "Fakin' the Funk"
• 1992: Hard Knocks — "Dirty Cop Named Harry"
• 1992: The U.M.C.'s — "Never Never Land"
• 1992: Ultramagnetic MCs — "Two Brothers With Checks (San Francisco, Harvey)"
• 1993: N-Tyce — "Walk a Little Closer"/"Peace Ride"
• 1993: Brokin English Klik — "Who's da Gangsta?"
• 1993: The Coup — "Dig It"
• 1993: The Coup — "Funk"
• 1993: The U.M.C.'s — "Time To Set It Straight"/"Ill Demonic Clique"
• 1993: Main Source — "What You Need"
• 1993: Brokin English Klik — "Hard Core Beats"/"Here Come da Hoods"
• 1993: The Coup — "Not Yet Free"
• 1993: Ultramagnetic MCs — "Raise It Up"/"The Saga of Dandy, The Devil and Day"
• 1993: N-Tyce — "Hush Hush Tip"/"Root Beer Float"
• 1994: The Coup — "Takin' These"
• 1994: O.C. — "Born 2 Live"
• 1994: O.C. — "Time's Up"
• 1994: The U.M.C.'s — "Hit the Track"
• 1995: N-Tyce — "Sure Ya Right"
• 1995: The Coup — "Fat Cats, Bigga Fish"

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