Dented Records

{{Short description|British record label}}

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{{Infobox record label

| name = Dented Records

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| founded = 2003

| founder = Foreign Beggars{{cite web |title=Eatbrain - Foreign Beggars |url=https://eatbrain.net/foreign-beggars |website=eatbrain.net |language=en}}

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| country = UK

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Dented Records is a record label headquartered in the United Kingdom, and best known as the home to critically acclaimed{{Cite web|url=https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/foreign-beggars|title=Foreign Beggars|website=Ents2.com|accessdate=31 August 2020}} hip-hop act Foreign Beggars and Focused Few.{{cite news |title=Remembering Ebow 'Metropolis' Graham, trailblazing UK rapper and master of polemical verse |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ebow-graham-metropolis-death-rapper-mc-foreign-beggars-hip-hop-dubstep-age-cause-a9486911.html |work=The Independent |date=7 May 2020 |language=en}}

Dented Records record label was established in 2003 by Foreign Beggars as a vehicle to release their own material.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The label saw the release of their first single "Where did the Sun Go" ft. Dark Circle (Jazz Fudge) and Tommy Evans establish the name and the brand.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Foreign Beggars soon released their second single "Seasons Beatings" featuring Task Force and their debut album "Asylum Speakers" featured prominent UK rappers and several international artists, and was quoted by DJ Magazine as the Best Unsung UK Hip Hop album of all time.{{cite news |title=From Open Mics to International Acclaim, Hip Hop Trio Foreign Beggars Are Defying Genres and Smashing Expectations |url=https://www.phoenixmag.co.uk/article/from-open-mics-to-international-acclaim-hip-hop-trio-foreign-beggars-are-defying-genres-and-smashing-expectations/ |work=PHOENIX Magazine}}