Doggystyle Records

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Doggystyle Records (Dogghouse)
Parent company Universal Music Group
Founded 1995
Founder Calvin Broadus
Distributing label Universal Music Group
Genre West Coast hip hop
Gangsta rap
Country of origin U.S.
Location A&R Department: 1142 S. Diamond Bar Blvd. #504, Diamond Bar, CA 91765,
Official website Doggystyle Records official website

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. Much advertising was done by Snoop in interviews, as well as wearing "Dogghouse-branded" leather jackets and jewelry made in the shape of the Doggystyle Records logo. Finally it was independently 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: JT The Bigga Figga[1]
  • 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
  • Personal Assistant to CEO / Studio Manager: Darrin "Nomad" Jackson
  • Spokeswoman for Snoop Dogg and Doggystyle Records: Meredith O'Sullivan
  • Spokeswoman for Snoop Dogg and Geffen Records: Celena Aponte[2]
  • Management for website/accessories matters : Paid Inc.[3]
  • Accentuate PR for 4AllMyDoggs Fan Club: Julie Shepherd[3]
  • Publicist : Tracy Nguyen [4]

[edit] Artists

[edit] Roster

Artists who are currently signed include:

  • Niggarachi
  • Tiffany Foxx
  • Terrace Martin
  • Crystalle Hernandez - Geffen Records/Jive Records - Youngest artist to ever be signed to Jive Records. Niece of record Producer Pablo Hernandez, this 14-year-old has it in her blood to be successful in the music industry. Beginning voice lessons at age 6, Crystalle grew up around many semi-professional recording artists. She is also daughter of Charles Maurice Hernandez, former Geffen Records Corp. Owner. It will indeed be interesting to see where this young woman goes in her music career. Currently, she has been working on a record since 2006 and if things keep going at a steady pace, she hopes to release her first record in March 2009.
  • Delano
  • The Snoopadelics - The band is made up by Soopafly (producer/rapper), DJ Jam (Disc Jockey), Reo "Uncle" Varnardo (vocalist), Marlon Williams (guitar), RC Williams (keyboards), Quaze (percussion), D-Loc (drums) and Chooke (bass)
  • LaToiya Williams
  • Lady of Rage Technically she is signed to Boss Lady Ent., which is Snoop's wife's said-to-be-existing record label; she can be considered a joint venture.
  • Lil' 1/2 Dead
  • J. Black
  • Shon Don
  • Nine Inch Dix - A pimpish male-chauvinist R&B group, which Snoop Dogg is a part of and already recording their debut album Cumming Soon.
  • Azuré

[edit] Former artists

  • 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).
  • Kokane - aka Mr. Kane, previously recorded songs under Ruthless Records, which included diss songs towards Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, however he later became Snoop Dogg'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 Records.
  • 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 Dogg 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.
  • Vinnie Bernard - An artist and producer who appeared on Doggy Style allstars - Welcome to tha House vol.1 compilation and accompanied Snoop Dogg to the related tour[7]. He was linked with the label for a very short time.

[edit] Unofficial/affiliated 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.
  • 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 about 20 songs, making him the most employed artist in the label. They included the single "Signs", which was the first one where his name got credited and co-singing with Justin Timberlake aided him to get a major deal with Jive Records for his second album, which also featured Snoop Dogg.

[edit] Frequent guest producers

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ According to Snoop Dogg's official MySpace site [1]
  2. ^ http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/24/snoop.london.ap/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
  3. ^ a b Snoop Dogg Selects Paid Inc. Celebrity Services to Manage Official Fan Club, Web Site, Online Merchandise Sales
  4. ^ EURweb.com - Black Entertainment | Black News | Urban News | Hip Hop News
  5. ^ dubcnn.com // Butch Cassidy Interview (December 2006) // West Coast News Network //
  6. ^ dubcnn.com // Butch Cassidy Interview (December 2006) // West Coast News Network //
  7. ^ VH1.com : Snoop Dogg : Snoop Dogg and the Doggy-Style All-Stars: No Chronic Required - Rhapsody Music Downloads

[edit] Affiliated labels

[edit] Download

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

[edit] See also

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Snoop Dogg
Albums
Singles
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