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Up Above Records
Founded	1995 (1995)
Founder	Papadoug Kato, KeyKool, DJ Rhettmatic
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	U.S.
Location	Long Beach, California
Official website	upabove.com

Up Above Records is an independent hip hop record label based in Long Beach, California, co-founded in 1995 by Doug "Papadoug" Kato and The Visionaries member KeyKool, along with DJ Rhettmatic and Beat Junkies. The label's first release was a 12" single, KeyKool & Rhettmatic's "Can U Hear It". The single's B-side, "E=MC5" featuring Ras Kass, Meen Green, Voodoo, and Visionaries member LMNO, was deemed "an underground classic" by Source Magazine (Feb. '96).

Artists

Vinyl distribution

Blend Crafters (DJ Numark & Pomo): Self-Titled (2004)
Kev Brown: I Do What I Do (2005)
Declaime: Conversations with Dudley (2004)
DJ Rhettmatic: Exclusive Collection (2004)
Kim Hill (soul singer): Surrender to My Sunflower (2000)^[1]
Key-Kool & Rhettmatic: Kozmonautz (1995)
LMNO: This EP Reminds Me of '93 (2004), Economic Food Chain Music (2004), Leave My Name Out (re-issue) (2005), P's & Q's (2005)
LMNO & Kev Brown: Selective Hearing (2008)
LMNO & Yann Kesz: Devilish Dandruff With Holy Shampoo (2009)
Sleep (of Oldominion): Christopher (2005)
SonGodSuns (a.k.a. 2Mex): Over the Counter Culture (2005)
Supernatural: S.P.I.T. (Spiritual Poetry Ignites Thought) (2005)
Visionaries: Galleries (1997-8), Sophomore Jinx (2000), Pangaea (2004), We Are the Ones (We've Been Waiting for) (2006)
Writer's Block: En Route (re-issue) (2004)