Antra Records

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Antra Records is an independent record label by West Coast hip hop artist and one half of Tha Dogg Pound, Kurupt. He released three moderately successful albums. Kuruption!, Kurupt's debut album was released in 1998 and has sold over 400,000 copies. It featured singles such as "We Can Freak It" and "Ask Yourself A Question" with fellow former Death Row Records artist Dr. Dre. The album featured appearances from N.O.R.E., Dr. Dre, Tray Deee, and others. Tha Streetz Iz a Mutha was released in 1999 and went Gold by selling over 500,000 copies despite being released the same day as Dr. Dre's 2001 (album). It featured singles "Who Ride Wit Us" with Daz Dillinger, "Girls All Pause" with Nate Dogg and his brother Roscoe (rapper), and "Trylogy". It also featured appearances from Daz Dillinger, Snoop Dogg, Warren G, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Xzibit, and others. Finally, he released Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey in 2001, which featured appearances from Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Nate Dogg, MC Ren, DJ Quik, and more. It sold over 300,000 copies. Kurupt would not release another album on the label due to him back to Death Row in 2002.