Chopper City Records

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Chopper City Records
Choppercity.jpg
Parent company Warner Music Group
Founded 2001
Founder Christopher N. Dorsey
Distributor(s) Atlantic Records
Genre Hip hop/R&B/Southern Rap
Country of origin United States
Official Website http://www.choppercitymusic.com

Chopper City Records is a record company founded by CEO Christopher "B.G." Dorsey and Co-CEO Carol Dorsey in Metairie, Louisiana.

Dorsey, signed an independent deal for his Chopper City Records with Koch Records in 2003.[1] After Hurricane Katrina, Chopper City Records had relocated to Detroit, Michigan but later relocated back to Louisiana in Destrehan. B.G. and the roster completed their contracts with Koch in 2007 and B.G. signed a solo deal with Atlantic Records. B.G. recently changed the labels name to Chopper City Music. In an interview Kid Domo of ConerBlockBoyz said he plans to release his own mixtape called "Dreams of A Kid" in December.

Contents

[edit] Current roster

  • B.G.
  • Gar
  • Chopper City Guerrilla Gang

[edit] Former artists

magnolia marcelo

[edit] Releases

Information
B.G. - Livin' Legend
  • Released: February 25, 2003
  • Chart positions: #21 U.S.
  • Single: Hottest of the Hot
        Keep It Gangsta
B.G. - Life After Cash Money
  • Released: July 27, 2004
  • Chart positions: #22 U.S.
  • Singles: I Want It
B.G. - The Heart of Tha Streetz, Vol. 1
  • Released: May 24, 2005
  • Chart positions: #21 U.S.
  • Singles: Where Da At
B.G. - The Heart of tha Streetz, Vol. 2 (I Am What I Am)
  • Released: March 21, 2006
  • Chart positions: #6 U.S.
  • Singles: Move Around
B.G. and the Chopper City Boyz - We Got This
  • Released: February 27, 2007
  • Chart positions: #21 U.S.
  • Singles: Make 'Em Mad
B.G. and the Chopper City Boyz - Life in the Concrete Jungle
  • Released: September 16, 2008
  • Chart positions:
  • Singles: Bubblegum
B.G. - Too Hood 2 Be Hollywood[2] 
         Ya Heard Me 
         My Hood
         Back to the Money

[edit] Upcoming releases

  • B.G. - HollyHood (2010)
  • ConerBlockBoyz - Welcome To Chopper City

[edit] Unreleased Albums

  • Hakim - Street Poetry (only the Promo was released in 2003)
  • Gar - All Or Nothing
  • Snipe - Tha Take Ova
  • Wood - Unhidden Talent
  • Chopper City Records - The Compilation (Vol. 1)
  • Kid Domo - Dreams of A Kid

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Soren Baker (December 30, 2002). B.G. Kicks Drugs, Doesn't Need Baby's Birdfeed To Make Livin' Legend. MTV. Accessed November 13, 2007.
  2. ^ http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002QK00WA


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