When Team 220 rings the dinner bell, Boston gets in line. A monstrous collective, Team 220 Records, LLC has conquered Beantown's urban atlas since Paul Pierce was a rookie. As far as independent rap labels go, that's some serious shelf life.
Originally billed as Team 220 Fam (short for "second to none"), the crew was born in 2000 when Boston renaissance talent Big Red linked with local rap entrepreneur Quentin Lewis and promising MC and businessman Jimmy Cash. Unlike alliances that put their local ideals and petty egos first, the Fam assembled a squad packed with lethal talents from near and far. Boston was the locale, but the MCs and producers came from hip-hop Meccas nationwide. The sound was unified, but hardly melted into the generic...
