{{Short description|British record label}} {{multiple issues| {{More footnotes needed|date=January 2011}} {{COI|date=July 2017}} }} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox record label | name = Dented Records | image = | image_bg = | parent = | founded = 2003 | founder = [[Foreign Beggars]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Eatbrain - Foreign Beggars |url=https://eatbrain.net/foreign-beggars |website=eatbrain.net |language=en}}</ref> | status = Active | distributor = | genre = | country = UK }}
'''Dented Records''' is a [[record label]] headquartered in the [[United Kingdom]], and best known as the home to critically acclaimed<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/foreign-beggars|title=Foreign Beggars|website=Ents2.com|accessdate=31 August 2020}}</ref> hip-hop act [[Foreign Beggars]] and Focused Few.<ref>{{cite news |title=Remembering Ebow 'Metropolis' Graham, trailblazing UK rapper and master of polemical verse |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/ebow-graham-metropolis-death-rapper-mc-foreign-beggars-hip-hop-dubstep-age-cause-a9486911.html |work=The Independent |date=7 May 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
Dented Records [[record label]] was established in 2003 by Foreign Beggars as a vehicle to release their own material.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} The label saw the release of their first single "Where did the Sun Go" ft. Dark Circle (Jazz Fudge) and Tommy Evans establish the name and the brand.{{citation needed|date=July 2017}} Foreign Beggars soon released their second single "''Seasons Beatings''" featuring Task Force and their debut album "''Asylum Speakers''" featured prominent UK rappers and several international artists, and was quoted by [[DJ Mag]]azine as the Best Unsung UK Hip Hop album of all time.<ref>{{cite news |title=From Open Mics to International Acclaim, Hip Hop Trio Foreign Beggars Are Defying Genres and Smashing Expectations |url=https://www.phoenixmag.co.uk/article/from-open-mics-to-international-acclaim-hip-hop-trio-foreign-beggars-are-defying-genres-and-smashing-expectations/ |work=PHOENIX Magazine}}</ref>
==Artists == * [[Foreign Beggars]] * [[Dubbledge]] * [[Stig of the Dump (rapper)|Stig of the Dump]] * Dr. Syntax * [[Medison]] * [[Ed Skrein]]
==See also== * [[List of record labels]]
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.dentedrecords.com Dented Records website] *[http://www.discogs.com/label/Dented Dented Records] at [[Discogs]]
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