Illegal Art

All three were co-released with Negativland's Seeland Records label and sponsored by RTMark. After these theme-based compilations, Illegal Art focused on artist releases. One of the most popular artists on the label is Girl Talk (Gregg Gillis), who in 2006 released his third album, Night Ripper, to critical acclaim on the label, earning a Wired magazine Rave Award a year later. Art also released the Steinski Retrospective, spanning his work from 1983 to 2006. It includes the legendary "Lessons", which have been described as "one of the most desirable and prized bootleg recordings in hip hop" (Antidote). It also contains a variety of other essential tracks, and his critically acclaimed Nothing to Fear: A Rough Mix, an hour-long mashup that was produced for Solid Steel/BBC London and hailed as "the closest to a masterpiece the genre has produced." As of 2024, Illegal Art's website states that the label has been on an "indefinite hiatus" since 2012.

• Name — Illegal Art • Founded — 1998 • Founder — Philo T. Farnsworth (pseudonym) • Status — Inactive • Genre — Mashup, electronic, dance, glitch, experimental, pop • Country — United States • Url — https: www.illegal-art.net/

• B'O'K • The Bran Flakes • Christopher Penrose • Girl Talk • Hot Troche • Junk Culture • Oh Astro • Økapi • P. Miles Bryson • People Like Us • Realistic • Steev Hise • Steinski • T.J. Miller • Touch People • Wobbly • Yea Big