Rap-a-Lot Records

Rap-a-Lot Records
Rap-a-Lot Records
Rap-a-lot logo.jpg
Founded 1986
Founder James Prince
Distributor(s) Fontana Distribution
Genre Hip hop, Southern rap
Country of origin United States
Location Houston, Texas
Official Website www.rapalotrecords.com

Rap-a-Lot Records is a Houston hip hop record label. Rap-a-Lot 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 were 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/Universal Records recording artist Drake" and holds the artist in a Rap-a-Lot management contract.

Drake is also part of the Rap-A-Lot family as J.Prince himself confirmed saying "Let's Welcome Drake, the newest member of the family". But he is not signed as an artist.

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

Discography

1988
2 Bad Brothers
Geto Boys "Car Freaks"
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
  • Z-Ro - Greatest Hits
  • Scarface - Greatest Features
  • Damm D - Never Forget Loyalty (N.F.L.)
  • Z-Ro - Cocaine
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
Upcoming Releases
 Z-RO "Meth"

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