Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy Entertainment is an American independent record label and multimedia brand founded in 1981 by Tom Silverman. The label is credited with helping and launching the music careers of Queen Latifah, Afrika Bambaataa, Stetsasonic, Digital Underground, Coolio, De La Soul, House of Pain, Naughty By Nature, and Force MDs. Tommy Boy is also credited with introducing genres such as EDM, Latin freestyle, and Latin hip hop to mainstream audiences in America.
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== Links To Peel ==
Peel is not known to have played Tommy Boy's landmark breakthrough record, 'Planet Rock' by Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force, which was released in 1982, but he did give airtime to numerous other releases on the label, particularly those of De La Soul, Queen Latifah, Paris and Stetsasonic, reflecting his continuing interest in Hip Hop into the 1990s.
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Before playing the Tommy Boy release 'The Payoff Mix' by Double Dee & Steinski in the 1987 Peeling Back The Years series, he described what he enjoyed about it:
"With hip-hop, there are so many elements brought into play and brought in from such random points - I mean, like just sampled speech and sampled rhythms and sampled bits of guitar and so on. I mean, there’s just so much going on there’s almost too much happening in a lot of the records, where you have to listen to them quite carefully, quite a lot, in order to identify everything that’s going on."
The first Tommy Boy release known to have been played by Peel was 'No Sell Out', credited to black activist Malcolm X, which marked one of the first uses of sample-based composition in popular music. The record was put together by drummer Keith LeBlanc, who subsequently featured regularly on the DJ's shows as part of Tackhead and other projects of UK dub producer Adrian Sherwood.
== Plays ==
(Plays by Peel of releases on Tommy Boy, excluding those listed on artist pages for De La Soul, Queen Latifah and Paris.)
;1984
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*31 January 1984: Malcolm X: No Sell Out (12")
*11 February 1984 (BFBS): Malcolm X: No Sell Out (12")
*19 August 1984 (BFBS): Special Request: Take It To The Max (7")
*19 August 1984 (BFBS): Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown: Unity (Pt. 2 - Because It's Coming) (12" EP - Unity)
*02 September 1984 (BFBS): Afrika Bambaataa & James Brown: Unity (Pt. 2 - Because It's Coming) (12" EP - Unity)
*06 September 1984: James Brown & Afrika Bambaataa: Unity (Pt. 3 - Nuclear Wild Style) (12")
;1985
*05 June 1985: Double Dee & Steinski: The Payoff Mix (Mastermix Of G.L.O.B.E. And Whiz Kid's: "Play That Beat Mr. D.J.") (12" - Lesson 1,2 & 3)
*10 June 1985: Double Dee & Steinski: Lesson 2 (James Brown Mix) (12" - Lesson 1,2 & 3) 
;1986
*29 January 1986: Stetsasonic: Just Say Stet (12")
;1987
*16 February 1987: Stetsasonic: Bust That Groove (LP - On Fire)
*18 February 1987: Stetsasonic: 4 Ever My Beat (LP - On Fire)
*23 February 1987: Stetsasonic: My Rhyme (LP - On Fire)
*24 February 1987: Stetsasonic: Rock De La Stet (LP - On Fire)
*12 August 1987: Fresh Gordon: Feeling James ()
*17 August 1987: Fresh Gordon: Feelin' James (12")
*24 August 1987: Fresh Gordon: Feelin' James (Short Version) (12")
*Peeling Back The Years (1987-10-24): Double Dee & Steinski: The Payoff Mix (12” single)
*25 November 1987: Stetsasonic Featuring The Reverend Jesse Jackson With Olatunji And The Drums Of Passion: A.F.R.I.C.A. (12")
*25 November 1987: Tackhead: Free South Africa (12" - A.F.R.I.C.A.)
*30 November 1987: Stetsasonic Featuring The Reverend Jesse Jackson With Olatunji And The Drums Of Passion: A.F.R.I.C.A. (shared 12" with Tackhead - A.F.R.I.C.A.)
*08 December 1987: Stetsasonic Featuring The Reverend Jesse Jackson With Olatunji And The Drums Of Passion: A.F.R.I.C.A. (12")
*18 December 1987 (Radio Bremen): Stetsasonic Featuring The Reverend Jesse Jackson With Olatunji And The Drums Of Passion: A.F.R.I.C.A. (12")
;1988
*22 June 1988: Stetsasonic: In Full Gear (LP - In Full Gear)
*27 June 1988: Stetsasonic: Talkin' All That Jazz (LP - In Full Gear)
*27 June 1988: Stetsasonic: Rollin' Wit Rush (LP - In Full Gear)
*04 July 1988: Stetsasonic: DBC Let The Music Play (LP - In Full Gear)
*05 July 1988: Stetsasonic: Pen And Paper (LP - In Full Gear)
*25 July 1988: Stetsasonic: Rollin' Wit Rush (album - In Full Gear)
*12 September 1988: 4-Ever Fresh: I Got A Good Thang (Vocal) (12" - I Got A Good Thang / Urban Sound Surgeon)
*14 September 1988: 4-Ever Fresh: Urban Sound Surgeon (12" - I Got A Good Thang / Urban Sound Surgeon)
;1989
*20 April 1989 (Rockradio): Black By Demand: In The Mist Of	Funk (12" - Dearly Beloved)
*11 October 1989: Black By Demand: In The Mist Of Funk (12"	- Dearly Beloved) 		
*19 October 1989: Black By Demand: In The Mist Of Funk (12"	- Dearly Beloved)
*30 October 1989: Black By Demand: In The Mist Of Funk (Vocal) (12" - Dearly Beloved)
*31 October 1989: Black By Demand: In The Mist Of Funk (Vocal) (12" - Dearly Beloved)
;1990
*26 April 1990: Black By Demand: In The Mist Of Funk (Vocal) (12" - Dearly Beloved)
*09 August 1990: G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid: Play That Beat Mr. DJ (12")
*09 August 1990: Jonzun Crew: Pac Jam (Look Out For The OVC) (12")
*13 August 1990: Afrika Bambaataa & The Soul Sonic Force: Renegades Of Funk () 
*15 August 1990: Stetsasonic: Just Say Stet (12")
*13 September 1990: Phase N' Rhythm: Swollen Pockets (12")
*26 September 1990: Phase N' Rhythm: Swollen Pockets (12" - Swollen Pockets / Hook-N Sling)
*20 October 1990: Freshco & Miz: We Don't Play (12")
*27 October 1990: Freshco & Miz: We Don't Play (12")
;1991
*10 February 1991: Stetsasonic: Uda Man (album - Blood, Sweat & No Tears)
*10 February 1991: Stetsasonic: Go Brooklyn Three (album - Blood, Sweat & No Tears)
*16 February 1991: Stetsasonic: Speaking Of A Girl Named Suzy (album - Blood, Sweat & No Tears)
*06 April 1991: Stetsasonic: Uda Man (LP - Blood, Sweat & No Tears)
;1994
*04 March 1994: Whooliganz: Put Your Handz Up (12 inch)
;1998
*29 April 1998: Purity: Bullet For Words (12 inch )
*29 April 1998: Purity: Pheromone (12 inch – Bullet For Words )
*12 May 1998: Purity: Adrenalin (EP - Adrenalin)
;2001
*15 February 2001: D.I.T.C.: Way Of Life (CD - D.I.T.C.)
== Links ==
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*Discogs
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