Allido Records is a record label and production company co-founded by British DJ Mark Ronson and his manager, media executive Rich Kleiman in 2004 as an imprint of Sony BMG.^[1] The label's name is derived from Stevie Wonder's 1980 song "All I Do".^[2][3]

Rapper Saigon was the first artist to sign with the label, but left in favor of 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 2004 single Jesus Walks. He released his debut album, Blue Collar for the label in July 2006. In 2007, Ronson and Kleiman signed Washington, D.C.-based rapper Wale to a contract which entered a joint venture with Interscope Records in April of the following year. In 2008, the label signed Australian-born soul singer Daniel Merriweather.^[4]

The label was an imprint of J Records from 2004 until its dissolution in 2011, after which Allido became an independent label.

Artists

• Daniel Merriweather
• The Rumblestrips
• Surreal
• Mark Ronson
• Wale

See also

• List of record labels

References