Rap-A-Lot Records

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Rap-A-Lot
Parent company	Sony Music Entertainment
Founded	1986; 35 years ago (1986)[1]
Founder	James Prince
Distributor(s)	RED Distribution
Genre	Southern hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	Houston, Texas, U.S, Bogota, Colombia

Rap-A-Lot is a hip hop record label founded by James Prince in 1986.^[2] Smoke-a-Lot Records is a subsidiary.

Rap-A-Lot was first distributed by A&M Records with the release of Raheem's 1988 debut The Vigilante.^[3] The label was distributed through the 1990s by EMI's Priority Records (1991–1994), Noo Trybe Records (1994-1998), and Virgin Records (1998–2002). In the 2000s, it was distributed by Asylum Records and then Fontana Distribution.

The label's most popular acts were The Geto Boys and Devin the Dude, whom The New York Times called "a brilliant oddball with a spaced-out flow."^[4]

On August 22, 2013, Rap-A-Lot announced a distribution deal with RED Distribution. Artists on its roster include Z-Ro and Bun B.^[5]

Current artists[]

• Bun B
• YBN Nahmir
• Young Lyric
• HoneyKomb Brazy
• Mosa
• YBN Almighty Jay
• Cordae
• Rich Potna

Discography[]

1980s[]

1987

• Ghetto Boys - Car Freak
• Ghetto Boys - You Ain't Nothing / I Run This
• 2 Bad Brothers

1988

• Raheem - The Vigilante
• Ghetto Boys - Making Trouble
• Royal Flush - Uh Oh!
• Def IV - Nice and Hard

1989

• Geto Boys - Grip It! On That Other Level
• Willie D - Controversy

1990s[]

1990

• Choice -
• Geto Boys - The Geto Boys

1991

• O.G. Style - I Know How to Play 'Em
• Big Mike & 3-2 - Convicts
• Geto Boys - We Can't Be Stopped
• Scarface - Mr. Scarface Is Back

1992

• The Terrorists -
• Too Much Trouble - Bringing Hell on Earth
• Ganksta N-I-P -The South Park Psycho
• Choice -
• Big Mello - Bone Hard Zaggin'
• Prince Johnny C - It's Been a Long Rhyme Coming
• Raheem - The Invincible
• Rap-a-Lot's Underground Masters - Rap-A-Lot's Underground Masters
• Bushwick Bill - Little Big Man
• Willie D - I'm Goin' Out Lika Soldier
• Geto Boys - Uncut Dope: Geto Boys' Best
• Seagram - The Dark Roads

1993

• Geto Boys - Till Death Do Us Part
• 5th Ward Boyz - Ghetto Dope
• Ganksta N-I-P - Psychic Thoughts
• Too Much Trouble - Player's Choice
• Scarface - The World Is Yours
• DMG - Rigormortiz

1994

• 2Low - Funky Lil Brotha
• 5th Ward Boyz - Gangsta Funk
• Odd Squad - Fadanuf Fa Erybody!!
• Trinity Garden Cartel - Don't Blame It on da Music
• Tim Smooth - Straight Up Drivin' Em
• Blac Monks - Secrets of the Hidden Temple
• Seagram - Reality Check
• Big Mello - Wegonefunkwichamind
• Big Mike - Somethin' Serious
• Scarface - The Diary

1995

• CJ Mac - True Game
• 5th Ward Juvenilez - Deadly Groundz
• Bushwick Bill - Phantom of the Rapra
• Poppa LQ - Your Entertainment, My Reality
• Menace Clan - Da Hood
• 5th Ward Boyz - Rated G

1996

• 3-2 - The Wicked Buddah Baby
• The Almighty RSO - Doomsday: Forever RSO
• Geto Boys - The Resurrection
• Do or Die - Picture This
• Facemob - The Other Side of the Law
• Ganksta N-I-P - Psychotic Genius
• Various artists - 10th Anniversary

1997

• Scarface - The Untouchable
• Big Mike - Still Serious
• Ghetto Twiinz - In That Water
• Seagram - Souls on Ice
• Too Much Trouble - Too Much Weight
• 5th Ward Boyz - Usual Suspects

1998

• Scarface - My Homies
• Devin the Dude - The Dude
• Do or Die - Headz or Tailz
• Geto Boys - Da Good Da Bad & Da Ugly
• Ghetto Twiinz - No Pain No Gain
• Blac Monks - No Mercy
• A-G-2-A-Ke - Mil Ticket
• Tela - Now or Never
• Johnny P - The Next
• Ganksta N-I-P - Interview with a Killa
• Yukmouth - Thugged Out: The Albulation
• Big Mike - Hard to Hit

1999

• 5th Ward Boyz - Keep It Poppin'
• J Prince Presents R.N.D.S.

2000s[]

2000

• Scarface - The Last of a Dying Breed
• Do or Die - Victory
• Tela - The World Ain't Enuff
• Willie D - Loved by Few, Hated by Many

2001

• Dorasel - Unleash the Beast
• Yukmouth - Thug Lord: The New Testament
• Ghetto Twiinz - Got It on My Mind
• Snypaz - Livin' in the Scope

2002

• Devin the Dude - Just Tryin' ta Live
• Outlawz - Neva Surrenda
• Hussein Fatal - Fatal
• Luniz - Silver & Black
• Big Syke - Big Syke
• Do or Die - Back 2 the Game
• Tela - Double Dose
• Scarface - Greatest Hits
• Yukmouth - United Ghettos of America
• Geto Boys - Greatest Hits
• Project Playaz - The Return
• Facemob - Silence
• Snypaz - Snypaz

2003

• Scarface - Balls & My Word
• Yukmouth - Godzilla
• Slim Thug & Lil' Keke - The Big Unit
• DMG - Black Roulette
• Do or Die - Pimpin' Ain't Dead
• Dirty - Love Us or Hate Us
• Criminal Manne - Neighborhood Dope Manne
• Do or Die - Greatest Hits

2004

• Devin the Dude - To Tha X-Treme
• Thug Lordz - In Thugz We Trust
• Z-Ro - The Life of Joseph W. McVey
• Various artists - The Day After Hell Broke Loose
• UTP - The Beginning of the End
• 5th Ward Boyz - Greatest Hits
• Yukmouth - United Ghettos of America Vol. 2
• UTP - Nolia Clap

2005

• Lil' Flip & Z-Ro - Kings of the South
• Geto Boys - The Foundation
• Z-Ro - Let the Truth Be Told
• Pimp C - Sweet James Jones Stories
• Bun B - Trill
• Dirty - Hood Stories

2006

• Belo Zero - The Truth
• Do or Die - Get That Paper
• Z-Ro - I'm Still Livin'
• Pimp C - Pimpalation
• Scarface - My Homies Part 2
• Trae - Restless
• Partners-N-Crime - Club Bangaz
• Trilltown Mafia - It Goes Without Sayin

2007

• Trae - Life Goes On
• Devin the Dude - Waitin' to Inhale
• Z-Ro - Power
• Scarface - Made
• Dirty - The Art of Storytelling
• UTP - Back Like We Left Something

2008

• Yukmouth - Million Dollar Mouthpiece
• Scarface - The Best of Scarface
• Devin the Dude - Greatest Hits
• Yukmouth - Greatest Hits
• Bun B - II Trill
• Pimp C - Greatest Hits
• Geto Boys - Best of the Geto Boys
• ABN - It Is What It Is
• Geto Boys/Scarface - Best Of Geto Boys & Scarface
• Z-Ro - Crack
• Various Artists - Rap-A-Lot's Greatest Hits
• Devin the Dude - Hi Life
• Trae - The Beginning
• Various Artists - Rap-A-Lot Street Classics Vol. 1
• Scarface - Emeritus

2009

• Z-Ro - Greatest Hits
• Scarface - Greatest Features
• Damm D - Never Forget Loyalty (N.F.L.)
• Z-Ro - Cocaine

2010s[]

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

• Pimp C - Still Pimping
• Z-Ro - Meth

2012

• Z-Ro - Angel Dust
• Juvenile - Rejuvenation

2013

• Bun B - Trill OG: The Epilogue

2014

• Juvenile - The Fundamentals

References[]

External links[]

• Rap-A-Lot Record's discography on discogs.com