{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Asfalt Records | image = Asfalt Records logo.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = <!-- WP:ALT text describing the image --> | caption = <!-- a caption for the image --> | parent = <!-- parent company, such as "Warner Music Group" --> | founded = {{start date|1998}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Asfalt Records Marcin Grabski - 00-893 Warszawa|url=http://swietnafirma.pl/nFirma.aspx?id=102175&s=a1ne53g&n=asfalt-records-marcin-grabski|accessdate=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304070432/http://swietnafirma.pl/nFirma.aspx?id=102175&s=a1ne53g&n=asfalt-records-marcin-grabski|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> | founder = Marcin "Tytus” Grabski | fate = <!-- explain the reason of the closing--> | defunct = <!-- year the label dissolved, such as {{end date|1990}} --> | status = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" --> | distributor = Warner Music Poland | genre = Hip-hop | country = {{Flag|Poland}} | location = Warsaw, Poland | url = {{URL|http://www.asfalt.pl/}} }} '''Asfalt Records''' is a Polish independent record label specialized in hip-hop music. It was founded in 1998 by Marcin "Tytus" Grabski.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Patryk Gałuszka|author2=Katarzyna Korzeniewska|author3=Katarzyna M. Wyrzykowska|author4=Aleksandra Jagiełło-Skupińska|title=Rynek fonograficzny w Polsce 2011/2012 |date=2013|publisher=Instytut Muzyki i Tańca Polskie Centrum Informacji Muzycznej POLMIC / Związek Kompozytorów Polskich|location=Warsaw|page=134|url=http://imit.org.pl/uploads/materials/files/Raport%20-%20Rynek%20fonograficzny.pdf|accessdate=18 September 2015}}</ref> In July 1998, Asfalt Records signed a three-year distribution deal with Sony Music Entertainment Poland. The first album released by Asfalt Records was the debut of Polish group OMP ''Wilanów... zobacz różnicę'', which was released on December 16, 1998. Afterwards, two groups, RHX and Płomień 81 joined the label. In June 1999, the label released a 12" single ''Otzafszetu/Oempe'', which was most likely to be the first hip-hop record released in such format.<ref>{{cite web|title=RPP: Wywiad z Jano OMP (Olimpu Muzyczna Plejada)!: Impreza: Rap Portal|url=http://ovh.rapportal.pl/interviews/rpp-wywiad-z-jano-omp-olimpu-muzyczna-plejada/18250|accessdate=18 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920074011/http://ovh.rapportal.pl/interviews/rpp-wywiad-z-jano-omp-olimpu-muzyczna-plejada/18250|archive-date=20 September 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> In February 2001, Grabski founded a sub-label Teeto Records that was supposed to release hip-hop-related records.
In April 2007, album ''HollyŁódź'' by O.S.T.R. was certified as gold record. It was the first Asfalt's record, which reached that status.<ref>{{cite web|title=O.S.T.R., Klubowa.PL|url=http://www.hip-hop.klubowa.pl/artysta,155,1,O_S_T_R.html|accessdate=18 September 2015|archive-date=16 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016235237/http://www.hip-hop.klubowa.pl/artysta,155,1,O_S_T_R.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first platinum record was also O.S.T.R.'s album ''Tylko dla dorosłych'', released in 2010.
So far, Asfalt Records has released albums for artists such as O.S.T.R., Medium, The Jonesz, Patr00, Ortega Cartel, Killing Skills, Flirtini, Zorak 3000, Sztigar Bonko, Rasmentalism, DJ Haem, Noon, The Returners, POE, Envee, Afront, Bassisters Orchestra, Emade, Tworzywo Sztuczne, Tabasko, Łona, Onar, Taco Hemingway, Inespe, Fisz and O$ka.
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Category:Hip-hop record labels Category:Polish independent record labels Category:Record labels established in 1998