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Rap-a-Lot Records
Founded1986
FounderJames Prince
Distributor(s)Fontana Distribution
GenreHip hop, Southern rap
Country of originUnited States
LocationHouston, Texas
Official websitewww.rapalotrecords.com

Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label that was created in 1986. Sublabels include Smoke-a-Lot Records. The label was founded by James Prince in the mid-1980s and, with its most famous act the Geto Boys, put the South on the hip hop map. Since then, it has maintained its success and focus on gangsta and southern rap. It was distributed through the 1990s by the EMI labels Priority Records (1991–1994) and Virgin Records (1994–2000). During the 2000s, it was distributed by WEA's Asylum Records. It was referenced by The Notorious B.I.G. on the song "Flava in Ya Ear (Remix)" when he said, "I'm not from Houston, but I Rap-a-Lot." At the end of the Devin the Dude song "What a Job" featuring Snoop Dogg, Snoop congratulates the record company by saying, "J. Prince, Jas Prince, Rap-a-Lot, still on top, 2007." Geto Boys was the labels first nationally popular act, while Devin the Dude, whom The New York Times called "a brilliant oddball with a spaced-out flow,"[1] and whose contract ended in 2008, was, for 15 years, the label's longest-running act.

J. Prince Jr., the son of J. Prince, has a label distributed by Rap-a-Lot called Southern Empire Entertainment.[2]

J. Prince's younger son Jas Prince also was responsible for discovering Young Money/Ca$h Money recording artist Drake and holds the artist in a Rap-a-Lot management contract. With also Jesus Perez jr taking over the music with mixing mastering in the recording studio upcoming.

On May 18, 2010, Rap-a-Lot Records announced that it recently signed a distribution deal with Fontana Distribution.

Discography

1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
  • Z-Ro - Heroin
  • Bun B - Trill O.G.
  • Pimp C - The Naked Soul Of Sweet Jones
  • Various Artists - Sex, Money, & Drugs
  • Various Artists - Street Life
  • Various Artists - Swagger Check
  • Various Artists - Crazy & Psychotic Vol. 1
  • Various Artists - Number 1 Streets Hits
  • Various Artists - Gangstas And Hustlers
  • Various Artists - Greatest Features
2011
2012
Upcoming Releases

References

  1. ^ The New York Times > Arts > Music > A Visitor's Guide to the Houston Sound
  2. ^ MySpace.com - J Prince Jr of Rap-A-Lot Records/Southern Empire - HOUSTON, Texas - www.myspace.com/jprincejr
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