WEB Entertainment
{{Short description|Detroit-based record label}}
{{infobox record label
| image = WEB Entertainment Logo.jpg
| founder = Bass Brothers
| founded = {{start date and age|1992}}
| defunct = {{end date and age|2013}}
| status = Defunct
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|power pop}}
| country = United States
| location = Detroit, Michigan
| name = WEB Entertainment
}}
WEB Entertainment was a Detroit-based record label run by the Bass Brothers. It is best known for producing both of Eminem's independent albums, Infinite and the Slim Shady EP, before he signed to Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records.{{Cite web|url=http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/people-got-the-power/Content?oid=2193595|title=People got the power|last=staff|first=Metro Times music|website=Detroit Metro Times|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-date=2017-02-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081700/http://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/people-got-the-power/Content?oid=2193595|url-status=live}}
WEB Entertainment has been credited on each one of Eminem's major-label albums up to The Marshall Mathers LP 2, and the Bass Brothers have continued to produce and co-produce most of his tracks up to The Eminem Show.{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/22082-Web-Entertainment|title=Web Entertainment|website=Discogs|access-date=2017-02-10|archive-date=2016-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160427073138/https://www.discogs.com/label/22082-Web-Entertainment|url-status=live}}
Detroit-based horrorcore artist King Gordy released his debut album titled The Entity, via WEB Entertainment in 2003. In that same year, power-pop band The Romantics released their 61/49.
In 2010, WEB Entertainment released an EP by Detroit deaf rapper Sean Forbes called "I'm Deaf" in 2010 with a music video also called "I'm Deaf" which has received national praise from Mitch Albom in Parade Magazine.
Artists
= Former =
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Act
!Years on !Releases |
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Eminem
|1992—2013 | style="text-align:center;"|10 |
King Gordy
|2001—2003 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
The Romantics
| style="text-align:center;"|2003—2004 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Sean Forbes
| style="text-align:center;"|2010—2012 | style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Discography
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!Artist !Album !class="unsortable"|Details |
rowspan="5"|Eminem
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Slim Shady EP
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The Slim Shady LP (released with Aftermath) |
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The Marshall Mathers LP (released with Aftermath) |
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The Eminem Show (released with Shady and Aftermath) |
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King Gordy
|
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The Romantics
|
|
rowspan="4"|Eminem
|Encore |
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Curtain Call: The Hits (released with Shady and Aftermath) |
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Relapse (released with Shady and Aftermath) |
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Recovery (released with Shady and Aftermath) |
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Sean Forbes
|Perfect Imperfection |
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Eminem
|The Marshall Mathers LP 2 |
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See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.webentertainmentrecords.com/ Official website]
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Category:American record labels
Category:Hip-hop record labels
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