About
Actually appears as "[b]Profile[/b]" only. May also appear as "Profile Records Ltd" on some UK releases. Profile was one of the earliest hip-hop labels which also released disco, dance, and electro records. The label was founded in New York City in 1981 by Steve Plotnicki and Cory Robbins. Over the years Profile acquired many smaller record labels under their Profile Associated Labels umbrella imprint. Releases on Profile Associated usually occur in a label's later releases and catalog numbers on these releases start with PAL. Promotion for the label was handled in the 1980s by Manny Bella (urban) and Claudia Cuseta (dance). Cory Robbins left the label in 1995 and founded Robbins Entertainment. Steve Plotnicki remained with the label unti he decided to sell it in 1997. After a fierce bidding war between Tommy Boy Music and BMG's Arista Records, the latter won, and what was in print at the time was reissued with new BMG catalog numbers. Some new product was released since then, but it was eventually shut down by its new parent and its artists became Arista artists, but were eventually dropped by the label anyway. The offices that it occupied were once those of Koch Records. Also known as just Profile. For companies, see Profile Records Ltd. (UK) or Profile Records, Inc. (US)
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Sub-labels
Sm:)e Communications
Sm:)e Communications, short for [l388018], the company behind the [l=Sm:)e] label, was Profile Records’ electronica-oriented subsidiary. [l=Sm:)e] was originally planned to be called [url=http://...
Invasion Recordings
[a401770] club/dance label Originally manufactured & distributed by: Profile Records,Inc. 740 Broadway New York N.Y. 10003
Orphan Records
USA Connected to [l=Orphan Records Inc.]
City Street Records
These label was Manufactured and Distributed by Profile Records, 740 Broadway, N.Y., N.Y. 10003
Park Place Records
New York label from the late 1980s.
Another Planet Records (2)
American label formed in 1994.
Sea Bright Records
Twinn Records
Blue Chip Records (2)
BlueChip Records was founded by Ron Rogers. It was a producer driven label with a small roster including Cory Daye, Minerva, MC Tony Tee & Sammy Sam. Cory Robbins' Profile Records and Rogers dev...
Rock Hotel Records
Short lived sublabel of [l=Profile Records], based in New York that was helmed by [a299559] who promoted hardcore and metal live at New York venues including The Ritz. The label signed a developmen...
Mr. Magic's Rap Attack
A series of hip hop compilations named for on [l=Profile Records].
TNT Records Inc.
US Label originally manufactured and distributed by [l=Allegiance] Records, this label eventually was acquired by [l=Profile Records], under their [b]Profile Associated Labels[/b] imprint.
Contact
1981 to 1984: 250 W. 57th St. New York, NY 10107 USA 1984 to 1986: 1775 Broadway New York, NY 10019 USA (Contact info now obsolete) 1986 to 1998: 740 Broadway New York, NY 10003 USA (Contact info now obsolete) 1998 to 2004: 250 W. 57th St. Ste. 1201 New York, NY 10019 USA 2004–present: c/o RCA Records Sony Music Entertainment 25 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10010 USA