Rap-A-Lot Records

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Rap-A-Lot Records
Founding: 1986
Founder: James Smith
Distribution: Asylum Records
Genre: Hip hop
Founding country: United States
Website: http://www.rapalotrecords.com/

Rap-A-Lot Records is an American hip-hop label based in Houston , Texas.

history

It was founded by James Smith (also known as J Prince) in the mid-80s and has focused on gangsta rap from the very beginning .

The label is considered a pioneer of Houston rap and has made artists such as the Geto Boys (with members Scarface , Bushwick Bill, Willie D), Ganksta NIP and the 5th Ward Boyz known. Other well-known artists were Yukmouth , Menace Clan from California and Do or Die from Chicago. At the moment, Devin the Dude is among others under contract.

Discography (selection)

1980s

  • 1988 Making Trouble (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1988 Nice And Hard (Def IV - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1988 Uh Oh! - Suckers Come To War; Why? To Die! (Royal Flush - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1989 Grip It! On That Other Level (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1989 Controversy (Willie Dee - Rap-A-Lot Records)

1990s

  • 1990 The Geto Boys (Geto Boys - Def American Recordings / Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1990 The Big Payback (Choice - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1991 We Can't Be Stopped (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1991 Mr. Scarface Is Back (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1991 Always Bizness, Never Personal (Terror Strikes - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1991 Convicts (Convicts - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1991 I Know How To Play 'Em! (OG Style - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1992 Little Big Man (Bushwick Bill - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1992 Stick-N-Move (Choice - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1992 I'm Goin 'Out Lika Soldier (' Willie D - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1992 It's Been A Long Rhyme Coming (Prince Johnny C - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1992 The South Park Psycho (Ganksta NIP - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1992 The Invincible (Raheem - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1992 Bone Hard Productions presents: Bone Hard Zaggin (Big Mello - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1992 Bringing Hell On Earth (Too Much Trouble - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 The World Is Yours (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1993 Ghetto Dope (5th Ward Boyz - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 Player's Choice (Too Much Trouble - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 Til Death Do Us Part (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 Rigormortiz (DMG - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 The Dark Roads (Seagram - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 Funky Lil Brotha (2 Low - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1993 Psychic Thoughts (Ganksta NIP - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1994 Somethin 'Serious (Big Mike - Rap-A-Lot Records / Priority Records)
  • 1994 Reality Check (Seagram - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1994 Gangsta Funk (5th Ward Boyz - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1994 The Diary (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1994 Wegonefunkwichamind (Big Mello - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1994 Straight Up Drivin 'Em (Tim Smooth - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1994 Don't Blame It On Da Music (Trinity Garden Cartel - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)
  • 1994 Fadanuf Fa Erybody !! (Odd Squad - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1995 Rated G (5th Ward Boyz - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 Secrets Of The Hidden Temple (Blac Monks - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 Your Entertainment, My Reality (Poppa LQ - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 Phantom of the Rapra (Bushwick Bill - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 True Game (Mad CJ Mac - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 Deadly Groundz (5th Ward Juvenilez - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1995 Da Hood (Menace Clan - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1996 The Resurrection (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1996 The Wicked Buddah Baby (3-2 - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1996 Doomsday: Forever RSO (The Almighty RSO - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1997 Still Serious (Big Mike - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1997 Usual Suspects (5th Ward Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Circle Management)
  • 1997 The Untouchable (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1997 In that Water (Ghetto Twiinz - Rap-A-Lot Records / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1997 Too Much Weight (Too Much Trouble - Rap-A-Lot / Noo Trybe Records)
  • 1998 The Dude (Devin The Dude - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 My Homies (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 Thugged Out: The Albulation (Yukmouth - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 Headz or Tailz (Do or Die - Rap-A-Lot / Neighborhood Watch Records)
  • 1998 The Next (Johnny P - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 Da Good, Da Bad & Da Ugly (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 Mil-Ticket (AG-2-A-KE - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 Now or Never (Tela - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 Interview With A Killa (Ganksta NIP - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 No Mercy (Blac Monks - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 1998 No Pain No Gain (Ghetto Twiinz - Rap-A-Lot / Upper Level Records)
  • 1999 Hard to Hit (Big Mike - Rap-A-Lot / Priority Records)

2000s

  • 2000 The Last Of A Dying Breed (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2000 Victory (Do or Die - Rap-A-Lot Records / Virgin Records America, Inc)
  • 2000 The World ain't enough (Tela - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2001 Got It On My Mind (Ghetto Twiinz - Rap-A-Lot / Upper Level Records)
  • 2001 Thug Lord: The New Testament (Rap-A-Lot / Smoke-A-Lot Records)
  • 2001 Big Syke Daddy ( Big Syke - Rap-A-Lot Records / D3 Entertainment)
  • 2002 Just Tryin 'Ta Live (Devin The Dude - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2002 Big Syke (Big Syke - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2002 Neva Surrenda (The Rap-A-Lot Session) (The Outlawz - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2002 United Ghettos Of America (Rap-A-Lot / Smoke-A-Lot Records)
  • 2003 Fatal (Fatal - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2003 Black Roulette (DMG - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2003 Godzilla (Yukmouth - Rap-A-Lot / Smoke-A-Lot Records)
  • 2003 Pimpin ain't Dead (Do or Die - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2004 United Ghettos Of America Vol. 2 (Rap-A-Lot / Smoke-A-Lot Records)
  • 2004 Greatest Hits - Screwed & Chopped (5th Ward Boyz - Rap-A-Lot 4 Life)
  • 2004 To Tha X-Treme (Devin The Dude - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2005 The Foundation (Geto Boys - Rap-A-Lot / Asylum Records)
  • 2005 Let The Truth Be Told (Z-Ro - Rap-A-Lot / Asylum Records)
  • 2005 Trill (Bun B - Rap-A-Lot / Asylum Records)
  • 2006 My Homies, Pt 2 (Scarface - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2006 Get that Paper (Do or Die - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2006 I'm Still Livin ' (Z-Ro - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2006 Restless (Trae - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2006 Pimpalation (Pimp C - Rap-A-Lot Records)
  • 2007 Waitin 'To Inhale (Devin The Dude - Rap-A-Lot 4 Life / Asylum Records)

Artist

Current

Former

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