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{{Short description|British independent music label}}
{{distinguish|Music Life}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2013}}
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{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
At first the label licensed new rap music from US production company Powerplay for the first compilation album 'Def Beats 1' but as an addition to the US material Harris produced an extra track, under his own 'Music of Life Productions' recorded in London by the label's A&R man Derek Boland. 'Rock the Beat' by Derek B<ref>{{cite journal|author=Schramm, Paul|date=27 August 1988|title=Music of Life special: Part Four: Simon Harris|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/17/british-rapper-derek-b-dies|title=British Rapper Derek B Dies at 44=Sean Michaels|first=Guardian|date=17 November 2008|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2009-11-17}}</ref> created a demand for British [[hip-hop]] and the demo tapes started to arrive, Music of Life signed the best artists instead of licensing more US material and Harris would produce many new songs featuring artists including M.C Duke, The [[Demon Boyz]]<ref>{{cite journal|author=Dine, Simon|date=27 July 1987|title=Kings of UK Rap|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=35}}</ref> (Million Dan), Thrashpack, Asher D and [[Daddy Freddy]],<ref>Hesmondhalgh, David and Caspar Melville. "Urban Breakbeat Culture: Repercussions of Hip-Hop in the United Kingdom." In Global Noise: Rap and Hip-Hop Outside the USA, 86-110. Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2001.</ref> CJ Macintosh & Einstein, She Rockers ([[Betty Boo]]), [[Hijack_(group)|Hijack]] and many more.▼
| name = Music of Life
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| image = MOL Logo 2024.svg
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| parent = [[Music Manager]] (owner)
| founded = 1986
| founder = {{hlist|Simon Harris|DJ Froggy}}
| status = Inactive
| distributor = Music Manager
| genre = [[UK rap]]
| country = United Kingdom
| location =
| url = {{URL|music-of-life.webflow.io}}
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'''Music of Life''' is a British independent [[hip hop music|hip hop]] and [[dance music]] label formed in 1986 by [[DJ Froggy|Froggy]] and [[Simon Harris (musician)|Simon Harris]], managed by Chris France.<ref name="brithop">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4455862.stm |title=BBC News website: Is UK on Verge of Brithop boom |first=Ian |last=Youngs |date=21 November 2005 |accessdate=1 November 2006}}</ref>
Many of these recordings broke ground and are still considered to be highly innovative, the first reggae/hip-hop combination (Asher D & Daddy Freddy's 'Ragamuffin Hip Hop) and [[Derek B]]'s album would be licensed to US label 'Profile' ([[Run DMC]]), Hijack would be signed to [[Ice-T]]'s Rhyme syndicate label and many more. ''[[Music Week]]'' wrote that Music of Life was "the most successful hip hop label in the UK right now", in 1988.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Schramm, Paul|date=27 August 1988|title=Music of Life special: Part One: Music of Life – the Label|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=22}}</ref> ''[[Record Mirror]]'' identified Music of Life as one of the few hip hop labels "to believe in home grown talent".<ref>{{cite journal|author=McCoulson, Paul|date=24 December 1988|title=Christmas Rapping|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|page=11}}</ref> In 1989, ''Studio Week'' magazine called Music of Life "the foremost rap label in this country at the moment."<ref>{{cite journal|author=Jeffries, Tim|date=4 January 1989|title=Hot labels and remixers|magazine=Studio Week|page=6}}</ref>▼
▲At first, the label licensed new rap music from US production company Powerplay for the first compilation album ''Def Beats 1'', but as an addition to the US material, Harris produced an extra track
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The label's founder, Harris, is credited with producing a series of breakbeat albums, comprising 12 volumes of ''Beats, Breaks & Scratches''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=the breakbeat store - the ultimate breakbeats, loops, scratches and samples |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020906002535fw_/http://www.musicoflife.com/beatsbreaks.htm |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref> Collaborations with prominent artists such as [[Norman Cook]] (Fatboy Slim), [[Paul Oakenfold]], [[Afrika Bambaataa]], and [[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]] have resulted in the production and release of similar influential albums, all of which formed an integral part of the Music of Life catalogue.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beats,Breaks & Scratches - The Breakbeat Store |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020906000039fw_/http://www.musicoflife.com/ncookcd.htm |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Beats,Breaks & Scratches - The Breakbeat Store |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020912020243fw_/http://www.musicoflife.com/oakenfoldcd.htm |access-date=2024-02-28 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref>
==Artists roster==
The Music of Life catalog includes songs from:
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▲*She Rockers (featuring *[[Betty Boo]])
*[[Daddy Freddy]]
*[[Asher D (rapper)|Asher D]]
*[[Tenor Fly]]
*[[Nitty Gritty]]
*[[Derek B]]
*[[
*[[Hardnoise]]
*[[Norman Cook]]
*[[Paul Oakenfold]]
*[[George Clinton (funk musician)|George Clinton]]
*[[Simon Harris (musician)|Simon Harris]] (label founder)
*[[Ambassadors of Funk]]▼
▲*Ambassadors of Funk
*[[Afrika Bambaataa]]
*[[Demon Boyz]]
*[[Professor Griff]]
*[[Clyde Stubblefield]]
*[[Overlord X]]
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== See also ==
* [[
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20021003075211/http://www.musicoflife.com Music of Life
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