Allido Records
Allido Records is a record label and production company. The company was started by DJ and producer Mark Ronson and Rich Kleiman, a television, internet and music businessman. The label got its name "Allido" from the Stevie Wonder song "All I Do". Rapper Saigon was the first artist signed to Allido Records, but left soon after, and is now signed to Just Blaze's Fort Knox Entertainment. In conjunction with Clive Davis’ J Records, Allido signed Chicago-based rapper Rhymefest, who is best known as the co-writer for Kanye West's "Jesus Walks". Rhymefest's first album , under Allido, was released July 11, 2006, under the title of "Blue Collar". Allido has also signed Australian-born soul singer Daniel Merriweather. Other projects in the works from Ronson and Kleiman are the soundtrack to Gap's latest ad campaign as well as Jay-Z's movie, "Fade to Black". Allido's most recent signing is Washington, D.C. hip hop artist Wale. The label was distributed by J Records prior to J's dissolution in 2011, in which Allido became an independent label.