Reservoir Acquires Legendary Independent Hip-Hop and Electronic Label Tommy Boy Music
04 June 2021 - 10:00PM
Reservoir has acquired legendary independent Hip-Hop and Electronic
record label Tommy Boy Music. The deal comprises 6,000+ masters
including Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise,” House of Pain’s “Jump
Around,” and Afrika Bambaataa & The Soulsonic Force’s “Planet
Rock”.
Tommy Boy Music helped to launch the careers of Hip-Hop icons
such as Queen Latifah, Coolio, De La Soul, Naughty By Nature,
Afrika Bambaataa, Digital Underground, House of Pain, and Force
MDs, among many others. It introduced EDM to mainstream audiences
through releases by LFO, Coldcut, and 808 State, while helping to
establish the Latin Freestyle and Latin Hip-Hop genres with
releases by TKA, K7, and Information Society. Tommy Boy Music also
includes the catalogs of Amherst Records, Harlem Music, and Halwill
Music, which hold masters and publishing rights for a diverse
collection of ‘70s Soul, Disco, and Jazz artists including The
Stylistics, Van McCoy, and Glenn Medeiros.
Tommy Boy Music joins Chrysalis Records, augmenting Reservoir’s
recorded music division and building on the company’s commitment to
upholding legacies and supporting great independent music.
Reservoir will continue to market the catalog under the Tommy Boy
label out of Reservoir’s New York City headquarters with A&R
and Creative led by Reservoir EVP Faith Newman and international
marketing and distribution driven by Reservoir’s Chrysalis Records
team in London.
This news comes following the announcement that Reservoir has
entered into an agreement with Roth CH Acquisition II Co. (Nasdaq:
ROCC), a special purpose acquisition company, taking the first step
toward becoming a publicly traded company listed on the Nasdaq.
ABOUT RESERVOIR
Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City
and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, and
Abu Dhabi. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, the
company has grown to represent over 130,000 copyrights and 30,000
master recordings with titles dating as far back as 1900, and
hundreds of #1 releases worldwide. Reservoir holds a regular Top 10
U.S. Market Share according to Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly,
was twice named Publisher of the Year by Music Business Worldwide’s
The A&R Awards, and won Independent Publisher of the Year at
the 2020 Music Week Awards.
Its publishing catalog includes historic pieces written and
performed by greats like Billy Strayhorn, Hoagy Carmichael, and
John Denver; the contemporary-classic catalogs of Sheryl Crow and
Phantogram; and current award-winning hits performed by the likes
of Lady Gaga, Camila Cabello, Bruno Mars, Cardi B and more. The
company’s roster of active writers and producers includes the
award-winning James Fauntleroy, Ali Tamposi, and Jamie Hartman,
plus popular performing artists 2 Chainz, A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie,
and Migos’ Offset and Takeoff.
Reservoir’s collection of film music includes rights to scores
created by award-winning composer-producer Hans Zimmer, as heard in
the motion pictures The Lion King, the Pirates of the Caribbean
series, Gladiator, The Dark Knight Trilogy, and over 150 other
titles.
The company also represents a multitude of recorded music
through Chrysalis Records and Philly Groove Records and manages
artists through its ventures with Blue Raincoat Music and Big Life
Management.
www.reservoir-media.com
Media Contact
Reservoir
Suzy Arrabito
Director, Marketing & Communications
sa@reservoir-media.com
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