• Source: Top Notch

      • Top Notch may refer to:

      TopNotch, a Dutch record label
      Top-Notch Magazine, an American pulp magazine of adventure fiction that existed between 1910 and 1937
      Top Notch (New York), an elevation in Herkimer County, New York
      Top Notch Peak, a summit in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US
      "Top Notch", a song by American rapper Lil Boosie on the 2009 album Superbad: The Return of Boosie Bad Azz
      "Top Notch", a song by American indie rock band Manchester Orchestra on the 2014 album Cope
      "Top Notch", a 2022 song by City Girls
      a variety of green beans


      See also


      Top (disambiguation)
      Notch (disambiguation)

    • Source: TopNotch

      • TopNotch is a Dutch record label specializing in hip-hop. The label was founded in 1995, and is run by Vincent Patty. After some commercial success (with rap acts such as De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, The Opposites, Def Rhymz, Postmen, and Extince) it became allied with Virgin EMI Records, and since 2004 has a marketing and distribution deal with PIAS Entertainment Group. It has expanded into Dutch-language music by singer-songwriters such as Lucky Fonz III, and in 2009 signed a distribution and marketing agreement with Universal Music Group. Still praised in 2009 as "the brand for high-quality Dutch hip-hop", it sought to expand into other musical genres.


      History


      Founder Kees de Koning is a former music journalist and manager of Anouk. He is credited with "putting Dutch hip-hop on the map" with TopNotch, signing acts such as De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, Extince, and The Opposites. Initially the label, which released music that didn't automatically receive radio play, used platforms such as YouTube and Hyves to get attention for its artists, and added Instagram and Vine. TopNotch also collaborates in marketing with companies such as the brewery Bavaria and insurance company Centraal Beheer; for the latter, it made a video featuring Anouk, watched over 2 million times by August 2013. After achieving commercial success with Def Rhymz, Postmen, and Extince, the label acquired a reputation such that Virgin EMI Records hired de Koning as A&R and label manager in 2000. Success with Raymzter and Opgezwolle notwithstanding, de Koning's contract was not renewed after four years, and the label was in danger of folding. In 2004, PIAS Entertainment Group signed a distribution and marketing deal with TopNotch, saving the label. The first releases after the restructuring were by VSOP, Duvel Duvel, and Kubus. In 2009, the label make a distribution and marketing agreement with Universal Music Group (owners of Virgin EMI) and signed a non-hip-hop act, gabber punk band Aux Raus.
      Their fifteenth anniversary, in 2010, was celebrated with a two-day festival in the Melkweg. That same year the label signed Lucky Fonz III, a Dutch-language singer, in a more comprehensive effort to expand beyond hip-hop which also included signing Surinamese singer Damaru; de Koning had personally pursued the artist, whose monthly performances in the TV show De Wereld Draait Door he admired. Their biggest commercial success to date is Gers Pardoel, whose "Ik neem je mee" is referred to as the most successful Dutch song ever; the song's video had 15 million views by 15 August 2013, a Dutch record.
      De Koning started another company in 2006, Good Life, with Jerry Leembruggen and Ruben Fernhout (founders of The Partysquad and owners of the production company F & L Entertainment). Good Life aimed to produce more pop-oriented, rhythm and blues artists (such as Wudstik) through record deals and events.


      Artists




      = Current artists

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      Appa
      Adje
      Cho
      Damaru
      Extince
      Gers Pardoel
      Jack Parow
      Lange Frans
      Lefties Soul Connection
      Lil' Kleine
      Lucky Fonz III
      The Opposites
      Salah Edin
      Typhoon
      U-Niq
      Tourist LeMC


      = Artists produced together with Magnetron Music

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      De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig


      = Former artists

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      Ronnie Flex
      Bilal Wahib
      Cilvaringz
      Def Rhymz
      K-Liber
      Kempi
      Opgezwolle
      Postmen
      Raymzter
      Robert Lee
      Joost Klein


      References




      = Footnotes

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      = Reference footnotes

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      External links


      Home page (Dutch)

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