Editing Priority Records (section)

{{Short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
|name    = Priority Records
|image     = Logo of Priority Records.png
|parent    = [[Universal Music Group]]
|founded   = {{start date and age|1985}}
|founder   = {{hlist|[[Bryan Turner (businessman)|Bryan Turner]]|Mark Cerami|Steve Drath}}
|status    = Active
|distributor= [[Interscope Capitol Labels Group]]
|genre     = Various, with a focus on [[Hip hop music|hip hop]]
|country   = United States
|location  = 6430 Sunset Boulevard, [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
|website  = {{URL|priorityrecords.com}}
}}

'''Priority Records''' is an American [[distribution company]] and [[record label]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/label/ce7a2977-c7dd-4695-97e0-5e72572bf0d3|title=Priority Records - MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/7841134/capitol-music-group-relaunches-priority-records|title=Capitol Music Group Relaunches Priority Records as an Indie-Leaning Distributor: Exclusive|work=Billboard|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> known for artists including [[N.W.A]], [[Ice Cube]], [[MC Ren]], [[Eazy-E]], [[Master P]], [[Snoop Dogg]], [[Yasiin Bey|Mos Def]], [[Silkk the Shocker]], [[Jay-Z]], [[Paris (rapper)|Paris]], [[Mack 10]], [[504 Boyz]], [[Brotha Lynch Hung]], [[C-Murder]], [[Mia X]], [[Westside Connection]], and [[Ice-T]].<ref name=":0" /> It also distributed hip hop record labels including [[Death Row Records]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/26/business/rap-empire-unraveling-as-stars-flee.html|title=Rap Empire Unraveling As Stars Flee|last=Strauss|first=Neil|date=1998|work=The New York Times|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-tupacdeathrow21aug2197-story.html|title=Death Row Records looking to leave ally Interscope|last=Philips|first=Chuck|website=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> [[Hoo-Bangin' Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/label/9495b92b-a3ce-4b1a-a1cb-9e4fdda21c05|title=Hoo Bangin' Records - MusicBrainz|website=musicbrainz.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ballerstatus.com/2011/02/17/mack-10-re-launches-hoo-bangin-records-signs-xzibit/|title=Mack 10 Re-Launches Hoo Bangin' Records, Signs Xzibit|date=2011-02-17|work=BallerStatus.com|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref> [[No Limit Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://idobi.com/news/no-limit-records-ends-its-sixyear-distribution-deal-with-priority-records/|title=No Limit Records Ends Its Six-Year Distribution Deal With Priority Records|website=idobi.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> [[Posthuman Records]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/marilyn-manson-276-1394272|title=MANSON LAUNCHES NEW POSTHUMAN LABEL - NME|date=2000-04-12|work=NME|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Rap-A-Lot Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/1996/12/23/story4.html|title=Rapper 2 Low settles with Rap-A-Lot studio|website=Bizjournals.com|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hypebeast.com/2017/4/supreme-rap-a-lot-records-10-facts|title=What Is Rap-A-Lot Records?|work=HYPEBEAST|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> [[Rawkus Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://musicbrainz.org/release-group/06a2cba6-a077-3273-8add-e3845a391b4a|title=Release group "Internal Affairs" by Pharoahe Monch - MusicBrainz|website=Musicbrainz.org|language=en|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ambrosiaforheads.com/2015/05/do-remember-rawkus-records-soundbombing-2-album-audio/|title=Do Remember: Rawkus Records' Soundbombing 2 Album (Audio)|date=2015-05-14|work=Ambrosia For Heads|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref> [[Roc-A-Fella Records]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stopthebreaks.com/independent-case-studies/how-jay-z-went-from-independent-to-major-label-boss/|title=How JAY Z Went From Independent to Major Label Boss – Stop The Breaks {{!}} Independent Music Grind|website=Stopthebreaks.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> [[Ruthless Records]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.30077/title.tupac-ruthless-records-priority-records-set-to-be-honored-at-indie-entertainment-summit-conference-hip-hop-honors#|title=Tupac, Ruthless Records, Priority Records Set To Be Honored At Indie Entertainment Summit Conference & Hip Hop Honors|work=HipHopDX|access-date=2018-04-30|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1044602/ruthless-records|title=Ruthless Records|work=Billboard|access-date=2018-04-30}}</ref> [[Duck Down Records]], and [[Wu-Tang Records]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sjsMBAAAQBAJ&q=%22priority+records%22+%22+wu-tang+Records%22&pg=PA194|title=THE SUNEZ CRATES: 2013 PREMIEREHIPHOP.COM Book|last=Sunez|date=2014-07-22|publisher=Edward Sunez Rodriguez for Moon Soul Books|isbn=9780990584704|language=en}}</ref> According to ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'', "few record labels were as important to the rise of [[West Coast hip hop]] as Priority Records".<ref name="billboard2017"/>