Enjoy Records was a record label owned and operated by Bobby Robinson from 1962 (archived) through the mid-1980s, and was run out of his record shop at 125th Street and 8th Ave. in Harlem. Starting with blues, R&B, and rock and roll, the label recorded many of the original old-school hip hop groups and MCs, including Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, the Funky 4+1, Spoonie Gee, and the Treacherous Three, beginning in 1979.Larkin, Colin (1999) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Dance Music, Virgin Books, , p. 110 The label closed down in 1987, although Robinson's shop remained open.
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