Suave House Records

Suave House Records
Parent company	Suave House Records
Founded	1990
Founder	Tony Draper
Distributor(s)	Suave House Records (US) E1 Entertainment (Non-US)
Genre	Hip hop, R&B, Down South, Gangsta
Country of origin	United States
Location	Houston, Texas
Official Website	The Legendary Suave House

Suave House Records, better known as The Legendary Suave House, is a record label located in Houston, Texas founded by Tony Draper. In April 2008, Suave House signed a joint venture deal with Koch (Crosley, 2008). The label's first release under the partnership was an Eightball & MJG Greatest Hits album titled We Are the South. The label plans on releasing upcoming albums from Jiggolo and Gillie Da Kid (Crosley, 2008).

In 2007, Suave House Records also released an album from Def Jam's recording artist Rick Ross (rapper) titled Rise to Power. The album was composed of older songs from Rick Ross during his time at Suave House. Some tracks were remixed and produced by current Suave House's producer Jiggolo ('Crosley. 2007').

Suave House Records recording artist/producer Jiggolo (Jigg) is feature on Ice Cube's single "I Rep That West" from his upcoming album "I Am the West". Jiggolo also produced the track ('Paine, 2010').

Suave House Records today

In a March 2006 interview with XXL, Suave House CEO Tony Draper was asked about the vision of Suave House:

Why do you think Suave House II can compete in this day and age?

"Because I believe that half of the niggas that you see out right now got their game from me. When Suave was doing their thing there was no Cash Money or No Limit. I respect what they’ve done. But a lot of niggas ain’t real because they ain’t paying respect. I knew the movement was big, my shit was solid. Because the only one thing that consumers know is that they love the product. They don’t know that there is a nigga that’s making them make songs like that. I was a family type nigga, we used to sit in the house making the shit from scratch. When the code was violated, that’s when the music started changing (XXL Staff Member, 2006).

Current artists

• Jiggolo
• T-Mix
• X.O. Dat Boy X
• Carmen San Diego
• Marly DuMarz
• Breezy
• Sixx Mann
• Emily Bell
• K-Ci & Jo Jo
• OG Pitt

Current labels

• Draper Inc. Records
• Re-Up Gang Records
• Lench Mob Records
• Draper Management Group
• Mo-Suave-A Productions Company
• The Indie Way
• Royal Reign, LLC
• Black Militia Entertainment
• RPH Entertainment

Former artists

• 8Ball & MJG
• Tela
• South Circle (Mr. Mike and Thorough)
• Mr. Mike
• Crime Boss
• The Fedz
• Jazze Pha
• Nola
• Young Twan
• Psycho Drama
• Nuckle Heads
• Ill Hill Billies
• Rick Ross
• Noah
• Gillie Da Kid
• Coo Coo Cal
• One Gud Cide
• Mr. Sche
• Baby S
• Big Duke
• Big Gee
• At-Large
• Big Mike
• Foulmouf
• Young Quon
• The R.O.G.

Former labels

• 8Wayz Entertainment
• Block Entertainment
• Infinite 45 Recordings
• Scarred 4 Life Entertainment

See also

• List of record labels

References

• Koch Records, Suave Records Ink Partnership
• XXLmag.com - » Suave House
• Suave House Records Returns with Jigg, Ice Cube Cosigns
• New Rick Ross Album Coming, But Not On Def Jam

External links

• The Legendary Suave House Official Website
• Suave House 2 Myspace
• The Legendary Suave House Twitter Page