{{short description|Canadian independent record label}} '''Peanuts & Corn''' is a Canadian [[independent record label]], releasing [[hip hop music|hip hop]] recordings since [[1994 in music|1994]].<ref>[http://exclaim.ca/articles/research.aspx?csid1=27 Breaking Bread with Peanuts & Corn]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', November 2001.</ref> They have also been a distributor of [[Canadian hip hop]] releases since 2002.
==History== Peanuts & Corn was founded in [[Brandon, Manitoba]], by Rod Bailey AKA [[Mcenroe (rapper)|mcenroe]].<ref>[http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-08-30/music/wishahouse/ Wishahouse: Great white Northerner never-weres make a mountain out of a prole hill] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524112618/http://www.villagevoice.com/2005-08-30/music/wishahouse/ |date=2011-05-24 }}. ''[[The Village Voice]]'', August 30, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/5521 Holy crap! Nuts and corn] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051114000428/http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/5521 |date=2005-11-14 }} ''Gauntlet'', March 24, 2005 by Nolan Lewis, University of Calgary. Archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20051114000428/http://gauntlet.ucalgary.ca/story/5521 the Wayback Machine].</ref> The first recording to be produced under the label was ''The Space EP'', created by mcenroe's band, [[Farm Fresh (band)|Farm Fresh]] in 1994.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130115184848/http://www.exclaim.ca/musicschool/labellife.aspx?csid1=73 "Label Life: Peanuts & Corn"]. ''Exclaim!'', Archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20110625162448/http://exclaim.ca/MusicSchool/LabelLife/peanuts_corn the Wayback Machine]</ref>
The label has since relocated first [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]], and later [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], where it is now based.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20050221203529/http://uptownmag.com/archive/feature/05jan06.htm "A Winter Harvest"]}}. ''Uptown'', Archived at the {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20090323221715/http://www.uptownmag.com/archive/feature/05jan06.htm Wayback Machine]}}</ref> One of the most actively involved artists at Peanuts & Corn has been [[Pip Skid]], who has also gone by the name of Wicked Nut.<ref>[https://nowtoronto.com/music/skid-makes-his-mark/ "Skid makes his mark"]. ''Now Magazine'', by Jason Richards, September 29, 2005.</ref>
By 2004 Peanuts & Corn, along with its sister company Breadwinner Music Group, was producing and releasing tracks and albums for a number of artists in the Canadian hip hop music scene,<ref>[https://archive.today/20120711141350/http://exclaim.ca/musicschool/labellife.aspx?csid1=73 Label Life: Peanuts & Corn]. ''[[Exclaim!]]'', September 2005.</ref><ref>[https://www.straight.com/article/breaking-out "Breaking Out"]. ''Georgia Strait'', by Martin Turenne on February 26th, 2004</ref> As of 2010 there had been about 40 releases on Peanuts & Corn, and more on affiliated and subsidiary labels throughout Canada and internationally.<ref>[http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2010/03/foultone-records-presents-pip-skid-psa-audio/ "Foultone Records Presents: Pip Skid [PSA + Audio]"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220164959/http://www.hiphopcanada.com/2010/03/foultone-records-presents-pip-skid-psa-audio/ |date=2016-12-20 }}. ''Hip Hop Canada'', Mar 12th, 2010</ref>
== Artists with releases on P&C == {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Mcenroe (rapper)|mcenroe]] * [[Pip Skid]]<ref>[https://exclaim.ca/music/article/pip_skid "Pip Skid Skid Row"]. ''Exclaim!'', By Thomas Quinlan. Apr 24, 2010</ref> * John Smith<ref>[http://de-bug.de/reviews/john-smith-pinkys-laundromat-peanuts-corn-29/ "John Smith – Pinky’s Laundromat (Peanuts & Corn / 29)"]. ''Debug'', 27.8.2004</ref> * [[Gruf the Druid]]<ref>[https://www.popmatters.com/gruf-hopeless-2495915041.html "Gruf: Hopeless"]. ''PopMatters'', By Lee Henderson. June 12, 2005</ref> * [[DJ Hunnicutt]] * [[Birdapres]]<ref>[http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/birdapres-nothing-cool-mcenroe "Birdapres Nothing Is Cool (with Mcenroe)"]. ''Tiny Mixtapes''</ref> * [[Yy (musician)|Yy]] * [[The Gallivanting Spoof]] * [[DJ Moves]] * [[Fermented Reptile]] (Gruf the Druid, and [[Wicked Nut]]) * [[Parklike Setting]] (DJ Hunnicutt, mcenroe, and John Smith) * [[Farm Fresh (band)|Farm Fresh]] (DJ Hunnicutt, mcenroe, and Wicked Nut)<ref>[http://stylusmagazine.ca/2014/10/09/nonstophiphop-dj-hunnicutt-reveals-winnipegs-rap-roots/ Peanuts & Corn Records"]. ''Stylus'', APRIL — MAY 2016 Issue . Harrison Samphir.</ref> * Break Bread (mcenroe, Pipi Skid, John Smith, Gruf, DJ Hunnicutt and Yy) }}
== P&C imprints and affiliations == {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| * [[Josh Martinez|Camobear Records]] * Clothes Horse Records * First Things First * Foultone Records * Frek Sho * Fried Chicken Productions * Futility Records * Goodnight Musics * Hand'Solo Records * Low Pressure Productions * Plague Language Records * Sound Barrier Recordings * Your Brother Records }}
== See also == * [[List of record labels]]
== References == {{reflist}}
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