Swishahouse

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Swishahouse
Founded 1998
Founder(s) DJ Michael "5000" Watts
Distributing label Asylum Records
Genre(s) Screwed & Chopped, Southern Rap
Country of origin United States
Official Website http://www.swishahouse.biz

Swishahouse is a Houston, Texas based independent, southern rap record label started by DJ Michael "5000" Watts in the early 1990s. Its name was coined by former member Lil' Mario. The name derives from Swisher Sweets. Acres Homes/Homestead/North Houston is where many of the current/former artists hail.

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[edit] History

Slim Thug and Chamillionaire are also rappers who gained fame with the Swishahouse label but have gone on to form their own labels (Boss Hogg Outlawz and Chamillitary, respectively), however the former has maintaned affiliations with Swishahouse as a crew.

With the help of OG Ron C, Swishahouse started in the late 1990s in north Houston as a response to the popularity of screwed and chopped music from Houston's south side. Hip-hop fans on the north side wanted to hear their local artists on slowed-down releases. Before he came along, many from north Houston longed for their own sound they could listen to, which at the time, they didn't. Anyone from north Houston was looked down upon if they were listening to music from DJ Screw or south Houston, hense, how Swishahouse slowly began to take form. Due to the volatile Northside/Southside Houston beef, many Northside fans of screw music couldn't listen to Chopped & Screwed. Swishahouse began distributing popular mixtape series such as The Day Hell Broke Loose and Fuck Action (which featured chopped and screwed versions of R&B songs). The huge independent sales of their mixtapes led them to create the motto "Major Without a Major Deal".

Thanks to the success of "Still Tippin'" (a song that was originally featured on The Day Hell Broke Loose 2 in 2003), Swishahouse was able to sign a deal with Asylum Records to gain national distribution. In addition to chopping and screwing Swishahouse's releases, Michael Watts has been commissioned to screw and chop several rap albums such as the Lil Jon's Crunk Juice, Juvenile's "Juve The Great", Dem Franchize Boyz's On Top of Our Game, and Lil Wayne's Tha Carter & Tha Carter II and more.

He is also been heavily criticized in the past by some Houston rappers for not acknowledging the talent of DJ Screw, even to the point of admitting that he did not like the chopped and screwed style until he himself was convinced to start doing so.

Mike Jones became the first artist to release a major label album with Who Is Mike Jones?, which was released in April 2005 and went on to sell over a million copies. Jones is planning a follow up album, tentatively titled The American Dream, which is slated for release on May 8, 2007. Paul Wall's major label debut, The People's Champ, landed at the top of the Billboard charts at the time of its August release.

During late 2005, Mike Jones left Swishahouse, allegedly after a dispute over money with owner Michael Watts. Jones fired his Swishahouse manager T. Farris and is now managed by Rap-A-Lot Records. However, contracts dictate that Jones still owes albums to Swishahouse, and recently Jones got back on good terms with Swishahouse to distribute Ice Age.

Swishahouse finally released it's long anticipated compilation album The Day Hell Broke Loose 3 on October 17th, 2006. It is sold in stores in two different formats: The normal version, which has a red cover, and the Swishahouse Remix (Screwed & Chopped), which has an icy blue cover.

[edit] Mixtape Catalog

[edit] Most Recent

  • Ain't No 401K for a Hustler (2007)
  • In the Game for Life 2K7 (2007)
  • Final Chapter 2K6 (2006)
  • All Freestyles 6 (2006)
  • Playing the Game With No Rules/Straight to the Room 5 (2006)
  • Before Da Kappa 2K6 (2006)
  • Posted Up at the All-Star (2006)
  • Paper Chase 05 (2005)

[edit] Older

  • Final Chapter 2K5 (2005)
  • Final Chapter 2K4 (2004)
  • Rolling Strapped 2K4 (2004)
  • Full-Time Hustler (2004)
  • Before Da Kappa 2K4 (2004)
  • Final Chapter 2K3 (2003)
  • Before Da Kappa 2K2 (2002)

[edit] Artists Roster

[edit] Current Artists

[edit] Former Artists

[edit] Swishahouse links

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