Doggystyle Records

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Doggystyle Records
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded 2000
Founder(s) Snoop Dogg
Distributing label Koch Records
Genre(s) Hip hop
Country of Origin US
Location A&R Department : 1142 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. #504, Diamond Bar, CA 91765,
Website Official site of Doggystyle Records

Doggystyle Records (originally Dogghouse Records) is a record label founded by Snoop Dogg at the end of his self-described "servitude" at Master P's No Limit Records. The idea of an independent record label came up when Snoop left Death Row earlier than finishing his second album Tha Doggfather. Although completing it by himself and producing the tracks alone, the vision of his own label remained unrealised. Many advertising was done by Snoop in interviews as well as in his clothing style by wearing "Dogghouse-branded" leather jackets and jewelry made in the shape of the Doggystyle Records logo. Finally it was founded in late 1999/early 2000. It started as a place to house many artists that had ties with Snoop in the past but were not currently signed to a label, as well as some newcomers. However, Snoop only used the label for his own releases, and as a result many artists left. For a time, though, several former Death Row artists who collaborated with Snoop in the early '90s were signed to the label. Its main purpose is still to endorse all copyrights for the recorded song from then on.

Originally it was distributed through Universal Music Group, the main shareholder of Vivendi Universal SA that embraced MCA record label the one to release Doggystyle Records as its sub-agency with Snoop being the executive in August 2001. After this in October 2005 Snoop has formed a partnership with Koch Records in preparation for the release of Snoop Dogg Presents Welcome to tha Chuuch - Da Album, as well as other albums.

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[edit] Management

  • Executive Producer : Calvin Broadus
  • Vice President : Shante Broadus
  • Vice President of A&R (Artist and Repertoire) for Doggystyle Records : Ted Chung
  • Manager : Crosby Worthington Jr.
  • General manager of Doggy Style Records: Lupe Ceballos
  • Spokesman for Snoop Dogg and Doggystyle Records : Meredith O'Sullivan

[edit] Artists

Artists who are currently signed include:

  • Snoop Dogg - Founder of the company, filed the company while signed to No Limit mainly to keep himself and his solo materials independent. Later he invited many of the former Death Row Records contract-free inmates to the label as well as some Ruthless Records ex-members.
  • RBX - Being Snoop Dogg's cousin, he was with him from the start and featured on Snoop's early works, later cross-contributing for Aftermath Entertainment and Daddy V's GFL Records, and were presented on almost every Snoop Dogg produced album from then on. He was in the video of "Not Like It Was" and in Playboy's Snoop Dogg's Buckwild Bus Tour DVD. Recently he was on the Tha Dogg Pounds' reunion album Cali Iz Active.
  • [1]Niggarochi - Is the name Snoop Dogg himself goes by when he is a producer, he composed "Gotta find a way" from The Hard Way and a song titled after himself in the company mixtape Welcome 2 tha chuuch mixtape IX. - Run tell dat and "Bongo Instrumental" to Boss'n Up DVD as well as its theme song also. He was featured on The Blue Carpet Treatment in the song "Gangbanging 101". According to XXL it is the alias of a collective of him and Terrace Martin when appearing in producer credits.
  • DPGC - Daz has been signed a solo act to the label from the early 2002. After the Westside Conference Tha Dogg Pound agreed to reunite again and signed to the label in 2005. Daz and Kurupt this time joined by Snoop released a comeback album Cali Iz Active on June 27, 2006.
  • Tiffany Foxx - St. Louis native singer/rapper and a newfound protégé of Snoop Dogg, Tiffany Parham met Snoop during the video shoot for Ups & Downs, shortly after she was auditioned and recorded a song "Can't find my panties". She released a single and video called "Shake that shit" that reached minor radio airplay and thus low sales. Recently she started her own MySpace address.
  • Delano - Delano Cagnolatti, Jr. has appeared on only two tracks yet, one from the Malibu's Most Wanted soundtrack "Girls, girls" and "What's your fantasy" from Welcome 2 tha chuuch mixtape II. According to IMDb he starred in the reality series College Hill.
  • The Snoopadelics - A live acoustic band and Snoop Dogg's official concert crew. The band is made up by Soopafly (producer/rapper), DJ Jam (Disc Jockey), Uncle Reo (vocalist), Marlin (guitar), RC Williams (keyboards), Quaze (percussion), D-Loc (drums) and Chooke (bass). They are present at all Snoop on-stage acts, tour DVDs, in every episode of Doggy Fizzle Televizzle. They did recorded a song "Foolin' Yaself" from the mixtape Welcome 2 tha chuuch mixtape VIII - Preach tabarnacal. Uncle Reo has also appeared with Snoop in Gangstarr's The Ownerz. DJ Jam assisted on Dr. Dre - The Chronicle, though it's a compilation of pre-recorded material.
  • Lady of Rage - She recorded 8 songs for compilations and Snoop Dogg albums released by Doggystyle, one being a solo performance on Welcome to tha House. She was recently featured in Cali Iz Active. Her memorable collaborations with Snoop are "Afro Puffs" from the Death Row era and "Batman and Robin" from Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$, where the title refers to her real life name Robin Allen.
  • Lil' 1/2 Dead - Originally a member of 213, later a Death Row affiliate, he helped Snoop on several occasions, which can be found on many of the Welcome 2 tha chuuch mixtapes as well as on some G-Unit Radios, on Snoop Dogg's "Ballin" from Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$, and on one-one old unreleased track with the LBC Crew and DPG.
  • Butch Cassidy - Danny Means is an R&B singer who collaborated with many west side artists like The Eastsidaz, The Relativez, Kurupt, Xzibit, Ice Cube, Mack 10, Knoc-Turn'al and Mystikal. All of his two hit singles are by Snoop Dogg, these are "Lay Low" and "Loosin' Control". He was featured in the film Hollywood Homicide, for which he also performed the official music with Snoop Dogg. He was also on the soundtrack for Malibu's Most Wanted and Friday After Next.
  • Shon Don - Shon Dornae Brooks is guest singer who provided vocals in tracks such as "Ain't That Somethin" (D.P.G. Recordz), "The way these gangstas roll" (GFL Records). He later contributed in tracks on R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece, namely "Ups & Downs", "Fresh Pair Of Panties On" and "I'm Threw Witchu". He was a sound engineer in Snoop's latest album Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.
  • Westurn Union - A trio collective that consists of Damani, Bad Lucc and Soopafly. They've already recorded 15 songs for their upcoming album due to end of 2006. The single "I Don't Think So" has been leaked onto the internet throughout mixtapes and radio rips. They made their debut on the Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.
  • [2]The Warzone - Like Westurn Union, The Warzone is a project in which several artists are put together to make an album showing and helping westcoast unity. The Warzone consists of Snoop Dogg, Goldie Loc, MC Eiht and Kam. According to Goldie Loc, who spoke to westcoast rap news site www.dubcnn.com, the group has already recorded about 13 tracks and is looking for a distribution deal. They made their debut on Tha Blue Carpet Treatment.

[edit] Former artists

  • LBC Crew - Active between 1995-1997, consisted of Tray Deee, Techniec, Bad Azz, Lil' C-Style and South Sentrelle they debuted on A Thin Line Between Love and Hate soundtrack and were featured on the album Tha Doggfather. One of Snoop's first signed artists. Bad Azz also released a solo album years later. It hit the Billboard chart at the 59th spot. After the group split up Techniec remained signed as solo.
  • Tha Eastsidaz - Active between 2000-2004, with member Snoop Dogg who brought off Tray Deee from the Death Row camp and signed gang partner Goldie Loc from the Rollin' 20 Crips, this group released one platinum and gold albums respectively under the imprint. Tray Deee is currently in prison, while Goldie Loc released diss songs towards Snoop and 213. Goldie Loc is back at Snoop's side though by now and is involved in the The Warzone project.
  • Doggy's Angels - One of the first formation in the label, this female rap-R&B group included Big Chan (real name, Chan Graines), Coniyac (real name, Kim Proby), Kola (real name, Kola Marion). They released one album called Pleezbaleevit in 2000. Later they split up and filed a court issue against Doggystyle for indemnification for their unsettled divident of album sales.
  • Kokane - aka Mr. Kane, previously recorded songs under Ruthless Records, which included diss songs towards Snoop and Dr. Dre, however he later became Snoop's sidekick and had a long running back-up singing career and released one album. Even so he left the label because of his poor record sales. He later signed to Koch Records, but not with Doggystyle.
  • The Relativez - Former Death Row Records affiliates, known also as Young Soldiers, they are a duo of Big Wy and Sugar Booga. Prior to signing with Doggystyle they had cameos in Murder Was the Case (soundtrack), 2002 and in a Dr. Dre diss song from the Too Gangsta 4 Radio compilation. However after that they contracted with Snoop and released an album in 2002 entitled Snoop Dogg Presents : Relativez - The Takeover. Shortly they've left to Ball'R Records.
  • 213 - Childhood friends Nate Dogg, Snoop Dogg and Warren G released an album together under the name of their teenager rap trio. It was a joint venture for that one album and only the group was the part of Doggystyle but none of the members.
  • Mira Mira - née Mira Craig is Norwegian multi-gold singer who made her American solo debut on Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album, which was an attempt to introduce newly discovered artists by Snoop Dogg. She was the Newcomer of the year in 2005 in Norway and met Snoop Dogg during while performing on the same Quart Festival. The song "Dinner in Bed" is derived from her European-release album Mira Mira. The other track was recorded with Snoop and J. Black in London. Currently she is signed to Homemade Records, which is her own record company. It is uncertain whether she get an American record deal or not.
  • Mykestro - b. Michael Gilliam comes from South Central, he is the younger brother of producer Battlecat made his debut on Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album, which was an attempt to introduce newly discovered artists by Snoop Dogg. It is uncertain whether he is signed or not. He was also on the set of the video shoot for "Cali Iz Active". He's about to put out his debut album Just Due due to end of the year independently unless he will have received a contract offer by then. Recently he launched his own Myspace address.

[edit] Unofficial/affliated artists

  • James - James Fauntleroy made debut on Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album, which was an attempt to introduce newly discovered artists by Snoop Dogg. It is uncertain whether he is signed or not. Recently he launched his own Myspace address.
  • [3]DPG Unit - a unified supergroup put together of Daz, Snoop and Soopafly from Tha Dogg Pound and Lloyd Banks, Young Buck and 50 Cent from G-Unit. Originally the idea came up while touring together in the Rock The Mic Tour, where they recorded ten songs. One of them was later released that is "DPG-Unit" in Straight Outta Ca$hville. In the end the album project was shelved.
  • Uncle Charlie Wilson - is a member of the Gap Band, and was the companion of Snoop from the beginning of the Dogghouse productions with helping him out with several song on the Tha Doggfather and ceding Gap Band samples for the album. During the years he has worked with Snoop on 20 [4] songs, making him the most employed artist in the label. They included the single "Signs", which

[edit] Frequent guest producers

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ http://xxlmag.com/online/?p=5921
  2. ^ http://www.dubcnn.com/arc6-2006.html
  3. ^ http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1476910/20030814/snoop_dogg.jhtml?headlines=true
  4. ^ These songs are
    "Up Jump Tha Boogie" - Tha Doggfather
    "Groupie" - Tha Doggfather
    "Snoop's Upside Ya Head" - Tha Doggfather
    "Vapors" - Tha Doggfather
    "Snoop Bounce" - Tha Doggfather
    "Tha Doggfather" - Tha Doggfather
    "Off The Hook" - Gridlock'd Soundtrack
    "Ghetto Fabolous" - Ghetto Fabolous
    "Show Me Love" - Da Game is to be Sold not to be Told
    "Funkin' Till 2000 Comz" - Y2K - Funkin' Till 2000 Comz
    "Scandalous" - Y2K - Funkin' Till 2000 Comz
    "Beautiful" - Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
    "You Got What I Want" - Paid tha Cost to Be da Bo$$
    "Crip Hop" - G-Unit Radio pt.1
    "Beautiful (solo remix)" - Welcome 2 tha chuuch II.
    "Signs" - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece
    "Perfect" - R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta) The Masterpiece
    "Big Pimpin'" - Bridging The Gap
    "You Got Nerve" - Charlie, Last Name Wilson
    "Just Watchin'" - Death Row bootleg available on Dubcnn and Westcoast2k

[edit] Affiliated labels

[edit] Download

Cali Iz Active video footage from DubCNN includes backstage, filming, MTV interview

[edit] See also

Snoop Dogg
Albums | Singles | Videos | DVD/VHS | Full discography and filmography | Awards
In Groups
213 | Tha Dogg Pound | LBC Crew | N.W.A. | Tha Eastsidaz | DPG Unit | Warzone | Niggaracci


[edit] External links

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