Established in 2003, Record Kicks is a Milan based independent record label & music publishing with over 300 releases under the belt. We’re home to Calibro 35, Hannah Williams, Tanika Charles, The Tibbs, The Diasonics, Marta Ren; The Groovelvets… and many more. Side by side with similar imprints like Daptone, Big Crown or Colemine Records and under its motto “The explosive sound from Today’s scene”, Record Kicks has proudly been representing the contemporary funk & soul scene from day one. Its catalogue has been source of inspiration to many Rap superstars that sampled Record Kicks releases during the years. Starting with Jay-Z, thanks to whom the label received a Grammy nomination in 2017 for his use of Hannah Williams & The Affirmations’ “Late Nights And Heartbreak” as backdrop for his “4:44” album title-track, and proceeding with Dr Dre, who sampled “I consigliori” by Calibro 35 on the track “One Shot One Kill feat Snoop Dogg” on his famed “Compton” album, and Tyler the Creator, who sampled Hannah Williams on his single “Ziplog”.