Artist Quote by Jacob Latimore

I had every major label in the world - I mean, any label that dealt with rap music wanted to sign me. I ended…

— E-40

Well, I was doing platinum albums back-to-back with Jive when they were the hottest hip-hop label. There was a time when Jive made a…

— Too Short

I was talking to different labels: Columbia, RCA , Epic. I decided not to sign with Epic even after L.A. Reid offered me a…

— Rich the Kid

Jive is a good label, but they're R&B'ed out.

— Prodigy

When RCA dropped me from the label, I didn't really care about making records for another label, because I didn't have any say in…

— Porter Wagoner

I think the 360 deals are what stands out to me, first and foremost. I never would have dreamed that record labels would be…

— Jay DeMarcus

Basically, Jive is used to acts like R.Kelly, Britney Spears, N'Sync, Justin Timberlake. They're used to the big R'n'B acts selling top, top records…

— Mobb Deep

I got signed to RCA when I was so young and made seven albums with them, plus a greatest hits album.

— Sara Evans

I'm not interested in gigs unless I really want to do them. I walked away from music in 1997, and then there was a…

— Pete Burns

I remember when I signed with Kedar Entertainment through Universal Records. It was my first record deal and it's the one I still have…

— Erykah Badu

I don't know what they had against collabos. I have no idea, but I look back on it and a lot of Jive artists…

— Too Short

The record business is an oxymoron. In the 1960s, there was an upside to selling plastic discs so labels took the risk - they…

— Tom Silverman