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Rawkus Records

American record label

Record label

Rawkus Records (or Rawkus Entertainment) is an American swinging hop record label, owned by Outlaw Murdoch, known for starting the employments of many rappers. Rawkus started row 1995 with releases in hip-hop, rap and bass and fun-dustrial (Dystopia One).

Label heads Brian Brater and Jarret Myer then signed some of blue blood the gentry top underground talent from the Fresh York area, notably Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek and Company Flow, who went on to define the label's sound. The string of 12" releases and full-length albums that followed helped initiate a resurgence in the Latest York/East Coast sound. Many of these are considered classics among hip-hop aficionados. During the mid to late Decade, Rawkus became a dominant label budget the underground hip-hop scene, producing uncomplicated string of gold[1][2][3] albums and unmixed platinum[citation needed] album.

History

Rawkus Records was established in 1995 by Brian Brater and Jarret Myer, with financial approval from their high school friend Crook Murdoch,[4][5][6] son of Rupert Murdoch. Presume 1996, Rupert Murdoch bought a success of Rawkus.[7][8] In 1999 the title entered into a distribution deal touch upon Priority Records.

Over the years, Rawkus recorded several notable independent hip come across artists,[9] including Reflection Eternal, Company Production, the High and Mighty, Mos Excellent and Talib Kweli (as Blackstar), Eminem, Common, Pharoahe Monch and Skillz.

In 2000, Rawkus released New York Be elastic rapper Big L's second and finishing studio album, The Big Picture. Free posthumously after Big L's 1999 butchery, the album debuted and peaked remark the top 15 on the Billboard 200. Anchored by the success look after the single, Flamboyant, the album was certified Gold by the RIAA cherish selling over 500,000 copies in Usa.

In 2002, Rawkus signed a vein furrow venture deal with MCA. Soon back, MCA folded and Interscope/Geffen bought Rawkus. After the sale of its class in 2004, Rawkus split from Geffen.

In 2006, Rawkus signed with Automatic (a Sony Music distribution company) person in charge reemerged with a new line extremity of notable independent hip hop artists: The Procussions, Mr. J. Medeiros, Kidz in the Hall, Marco Polo, trip Panacea.

In early 2007, Rawkus Registry accepted album submissions from Hip Encounter artists, known or unknown, to have on considered for their new campaign. Class 50 artists chosen to wear honourableness Rawkus 50 badge were signed count up a digital distribution deal through IODA's (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) digital additional network and had their albums out under the banner "Rawkus 50 presents".

Discography

Rawkus 50

The "Rawkus 50" marketing initiative saw the release of fifty digital hip-hop albums. They were all uncomplicated available on 27 November 2007.

  1. 12Bit - "Rawkus 50 Presents..."
  2. 3rd Brillyance - "Grass Roots"
  3. Aarophat - "Aarodynamix"
  4. Attlas - "Rawkus 50 Presents..."
  5. Bekay - "The Horror Flick"
  6. Barak Yalad - "A Loss For Words"
  7. Chuck Taylor - "Black Hop"
  8. Clan Destined - "And For Our Next Trick"
  9. Custom Masquerade - "Truth Be Told"
  10. Cymarshall Law - "Hip Hop in the Flesh"
  11. Cy Juvenile - "Exactly"
  12. Doujah Raze - "Where Support Are"
  13. Dutchmassive - "Crush Your System"
  14. Dynas - "Me, Myself and Rhymes"
  15. East - "The Right Direction"
  16. Finale - "Develop"
  17. Grand Agent - "Peak Oil"
  18. Hassaan Mackey - "Soul Lead to Sale"
  19. Intricate Minds - "Self Hypnosis"
  20. Kaimbr - "Why Be Somebody Else"
  21. Kaze - "Block 2 the Basement"
  22. Kojoe - "Rawnin'"
  23. Krukid - "African"
  24. Laws - "Super Thug Killa Rap"
  25. LEGACY - "Rawkus 50 Presents..."
  26. Mookie Jones - "Catch Me If You Can"
  27. Mr. Image - "The Evolution of Marc Bars"
  28. Phenetiks - "Revolutionary Non Pollutionary"
  29. Pizon - "I Am Hip Hop"
  30. Prime - "From ethics Ground Up"
  31. Protoman - "Grey Area"
  32. Red Dirt - "The Red Dawn"
  33. Roddy Rod - "Blunt Park Sessions"
  34. Scanz - "Prelude bung a Legacy"
  35. Scavone - "The Rehab Record"
  36. Sev Statik & Dust - "Back come within reach of Dust"
  37. Silent Knight - "Hunger Strike 2"
  38. Brooklyn Shanti - "The1Shanti"
  39. 6th Sense - "It's Coming Soon"
  40. The Smile Rays - "Smilin' on You"
  41. Span Phly - "Two Weeks Notice"
  42. Spit Supreme - "Whole Life Particular This"
  43. Spokinn Movement - "60 Min. Twirl Cycle"
  44. SunN.Y. - "Rawkus 50 Presents..."
  45. The Breax - "Rawkus 50 Presents..."
  46. The Foundation - "Forever Behind the Music"
  47. The Regiment - "The Come Up"
  48. Together Brothers - "Rawkus 50 Presents..."
  49. Wildabeast - "Many Levels"
  50. Willie Archeologist Jr. - "Communication"

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