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}} '''Illegal Art''' is a [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] [[record label]] that was started in 1998. The label gained immediate notoriety from legal threats surrounding ''[[Deconstructing Beck]]'', a compilation made exclusively from sampling [[Beck]]'s music.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gatt.org/lawletters.html |title=A letter from the recording industry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831232101/http://www.gatt.org/lawletters.html |archive-date=2015-08-31 |url-status=dead |accessdate = 2020-03-04}}</ref> This was followed by two other theme-based compilations, ''Extracted Celluloid'' and ''Commercial Ad Hoc''. 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 (musician)|Girl Talk]] (Gregg Gillis), who in 2006 released his third album, ''[[Night Ripper]]'', to critical acclaim on the label, earning a [[Wired (magazine)|''Wired'' magazine]] Rave Award a year later.<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/9208-night-ripper/ Pitchfork review of Night Ripper]</ref><ref>{{cite news | last = Watercutter | first = Angela | title = The 2007 Rave Awards | publisher = Wired Magazine, April 24, 2007 | url = https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/multimedia/2007/04/ss_raves?slide=10 | accessdate = 2008-08-15 | date=April 24, 2007}}</ref> | |||