Atlanta Artists
Origin	Atlanta , Georgia / USA
Genres	Funk / R&B
Occupations	Record label by founder/producer : Larry Blackmon
Years active	1983 - 1991
Labels	Division of Polygram Records
Former members
Cameo / 1983 - 1988 Ca$hflow / 1986 + 1989 Barbara Mitchell / 1986

Atlanta Artists was a sub-label of Polygram Records founded by Larry Blackmon of the group Cameo.

[edit] Origins

After Cameo's 7th album, Knights of the Sound Table (1981), Blackmon reduced the group from 10 members to a 5-member unit. This change was made due to the economics of the music industry at that time. Blackmon relocated the group from New York to Atlanta, Georgia.

With their core of five members, they released the album Alligator Woman, a fusion of funk, new wave and a synthesizer-driven sound (compared to their previous albums which had more horn arrangements).

[edit] Atlanta Artists history

The album Style followed in 1983 as the first release for Atlanta Artists. This release continued their new musical direction by adding electronic drums to their production. This new sound was a blueprint for their following albums.

The funkgroup Ca$hflow and solo artist Barbara Mitchell (formerly in the female group High Inergy) signed and released for the label, while Larry produced also artists on other labels:

• Tomi Jenkins - 1989 / Elektra
• Bobby Brown - 1986 / MCA
• The Reddings - 1985 / Polydor
• George Howard - 1990 / GRP

During Cameo's popular concert tours in the UK around the mid 1980s, Ca$hflow traveled along with them as a supporting act.

Polygram ended the distribution of Atlanta Artists releases around 1991, with the last few productions as a combination with Mercury Records.

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