Ruff Ryder's Entertainment

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Ruff Ryder's Entertainment was a hip-hop and rap music label and management company . It was founded in 1988 by Chivon Dean and her brothers Waah and Dee in Brooklyn , New York . In 2010 the label was dissolved.

history

Ruff Ryders Entertainment started out as a pure management company. After the rapper DMX was signed by Def Jam Records in the late 1990s, a record company was founded under the leadership of Interscope Records . In addition to DMX and the Ruff Ryders, the winner of Bet's 106 Park & ​​Freestyle Battle Jin is under contract with Ruff Ryders Entertainment.

The company's individual artists include T. different labels and distributors. Ruff Ryders members also founded their own labels, such as D-Block Records (founded by Jadakiss , Styles P. & Sheek Louch ), Bloodline Records (founded by DMX ) and Full Surface (founded by Swizz Beatz ).

Discography

Chart placements
(preliminary)
Explanation of the data
Albums
Ryde or Die Vol. 1
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 05/15/1999 (37 weeks)
Ryde or Die Vol. 2
  DE 56 07/17/2000 (5 weeks)
  UK 91 07/15/2000 (1 week)
  US 2 07/22/2000 (17 weeks)
Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In the "R" We Trust
  DE 29 02/11/2002 (7 weeks)
  US 34 05/01/2002 (13 weeks)
Ryde or Die Vol. 4: The Redemption
  US 40 08/13/2005 (... Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / provisional where.)

Albums

Ruff Ryders:

  • 1999: Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 1
  • 2000: Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 2
  • 2001: Ruff Ryders Ryde or Die Vol. 3: In The R We Trust
  • 2005: Ruff Ryde's Ryde or Die Vol. 4: Redemption
  • 2011: Ruff Ryder's Past Present Future

DMX :

  • 1998: It's Dark And Hell Is Hot
  • 1998: Flesh Of My Flesh, Blood Of My Blood
  • 1999: And Then There Was X
  • 2001: The Great Depression
  • 2002: The DMX Files (Greatest Hits)
  • 2003: Grand Champ
  • 2006: Year of the Dog ... Again
  • 2007: The Definition of X: Pick of the Litter (Greatest Hits)

Drag-On :

  • 2000: Opposite of H20
  • 2004: Hell and Back
  • 2007: Hood Environment

Eve :

  • 1999: First Lady
  • 2001: Scorpion
  • 2002: Eve-Olution

Jadakiss :

  • 2001: Kiss Tha Game Goodbye
  • 2004: Kiss of Death
  • 2009: The Last Kiss
  • 2011: Hold You Down

Styles P .:

  • 2002: A Gangster and a Gentleman
  • 2006: Time Is Money
  • 2007: The Ghost Sessions

Sheek Louch

  • 2003: Walk Witt Me
  • 2005: After Taxes
  • 2008: Silverback Gorilla

The LOX:

  • 2001: We Are The Streets

Jin:

  • 2004: The Rest is History

Yung Wun:

  • 2004: The Dirtiest Thirstiest

Swizz Beatz

  • 2002: Presents GHETTO Stories
  • 2007: One Man Band Man

Cassidy

  • 2007: BARS The Barry Adrian Reese Story

Mix tapes

  • The Redemption Vol. 1
  • The Redemption Vol. 2
  • The Redemption Vol. 3
  • We In Here - Official Ruff Ryder Mixtape

Artist

Producers

Some internal producers work for Ruff Ryders Entertainment, who always produce the majority of the albums and tracks. These are Swizz Beatz , Neo Da Matrix, PK aka P. Killer Trackz, Elite, Devine Bars, DJ Shok, Black Key, Mahogany, Tuneheadz and Dame Grease (aka Damon Blackman).

Current artists

Former artist

Web links

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  1. Chart sources: DE UK