Dope House Records
| Dope House Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| Founder | Carlos Coy (South Park Mexican), Arthur Coy, Jr. |
| Distributor(s) | Independently Distributed[citation needed] |
| Genre | Underground Rap |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Houston, TX |
Dope House Records is an independent record company based in Houston, Texas.[1] It primarily releases all hardcore and Underground Southern hip hop.
History
Dope House Records was founded in 1995 by Carlos Coy (a.k.a. South Park Mexican) who released his debut album Hillwood that same year. By 1997, Dope House Records, (having signed artist's Rasheed, Low-G, and Pimpstress) started working on SPM's second album "Hustle Town". Dope House released SPM's second album in March, 1998, that same year. Baby Beesh (now Baby Bash), joined the roster and they started to work on the next Dope House album "Power Moves: The Table" it was released on December 22, 1998. By 1999 Dope House Records was big and had eleven artists signed under them and all off them working on their debut albums, only available to record stores in Majority of the works released under the Playaz Lifestyle label are the Southern US region and online retail outlets. However for a time in early 2000 Dope House teamed up with Universal Records to gain some commercial success.[2] In 2000 and 2001 Dope House Records won the Houston Press Music Award for Best Local Label. To this day, over 30 albums have been released under the Dope House label.
From 2001 on, chopped and screwed versions of the songs in the Dope House archives were released on 5 "Screwston" compilation albums.
It currently competes with rival independent label Swishahouse, however in 2006, both record companies teamed up to released SPM's 9th album When Devils Strike in normal and Chopped & Screwed (by Michael 5000 Watts) versions.
On September 30, 2015 the South Park Mexican album "The Son of Norma", was released. This was SPM's eleventh album and his third release while being in jail.
Members
- 24/7 Hustlers (Guero, Lil D & Smoke Dogg)
- Ayana Mack
- Baby Bash
- Carolyn Rodriguez
- Coast
- Filero
- Grimm
- Juan Gotti
- Happy Perez
- Hillwood Hustlaz (Dum Dum, Lil E & Lil Papa)
- Low G
- Lone Star Ridaz
- Lucky Luciano
- Marilyn Rylander
- Major Riley
- Monster
- Pimpstress
- Powda
- Rasheed
- Russell Lee
- Shadow Ramirez
- Skrilla
- South Park Mexican
- Quota Key
- Uchie
Discography
- 1995
- 1998
- 1999
- South Park Mexican - Latin Throne
- South Park Mexican - The 3rd Wish: To Rock the World
- 2000
- Lone Star Ridaz - Lone Star Ridaz
- Lone Star Ridaz - Lone Star Ridaz (Skrewed & Chopped)
- Major Riley - The Untold Story
- Rasheed - Let The Games Begin
- South Park Mexican - The Purity Album
- South Park Mexican - Time Is Money
- Various Artists - Latin Throne 2
- 24/7 Hustlers - Walkin' on Water (Unreleased)
- Hillwood Hustlaz - Wheel Watchers (Unreleased)
- Low-G - Black Jack: No Love, No Peace (Unreleased)
- Pimpstress - Most Valuable Player (Unreleased)
- 2001
- Baby Beesh - Savage Dreams
- Grimm - Before My Time
- Lone Star Ridaz - Wanted
- Lone Star Ridaz - Wanted (Chopped & Screwed)
- South Park Mexican - Never Change
- Various Artists - Screwston Vol. I: The Day Houston Died
- Various Artists - Screwston Vol. II: Pink Soda
- 2002
- Baby Beesh - Get Wiggy!
- Baby Beesh - On Tha Cool
- Juan Gotti - No Sett Trippin
- Lone Star Ridaz - 40 Dayz/40 Nightz
- Lone Star Ridaz - Rules & Regulations (Unreleased)
- Low-G & Rasheed - Wet Black
- South Park Mexican - Reveille Park
- Twin Beredaz - Twin Beredaz
- Various Artists - Screwston Vol. III: Stuck in da Mud
- Various Artists - Screwston Vol. IV: Screwologist
- Various Artists - Screwston Vol. V: Purple Rain
- Various Artists - Screwston Vol. VI: The World That Screw Build
- 2003
- Baby Beesh - The Ultimate Cartel
- Grimm - The Brown Recluse
- Juan Gotti - El Mas Locote Mix
- Lucky Luciano - You Already Know
- South Park Mexican - Hillwood & Hustle Town (Screwed & Chopped)
- South Park Mexican - Reveille Park (Screwed & Chopped)
- 2004
- Baby Bash - Ménage à Trois
- South Park Mexican - The 3rd Wish: To Rock the World (Screwed & Chopped)
- 2005
- Lucky Luciano - The 4th Wish: To Sprinkle the World (Unreleased)
- Rasheed - 21st Century
- South Park Mexican - Power Moves: The Table (Screwed & Chopped)
- Twin Beredaz - Twin Beredaz 2: Coast & Quota (Unreleased)
- 2006
- 2007
- South Park Mexican - Tha Purity Album II (Unreleased)
- 2008
- 2009
- South Park Mexican - The Last Chair Violinist: Slowed n' Throwed (Unreleased)
- 2011
- Various Artists - Dope City: Purest in the Game
- 2014
- TBA
- South Park Mexican - Visionary
Videography
- Mary-Go-Round
- Latin Throne
- Latin Throne 2
References
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External links
- Dope House Records - Official website
- Dopespace (Account is needed to enter the mainsite)
- Dope House Records Twitter
- Dope House Instagram
- ↑ Lomax, John Nova. "South Park Monster." Houston Press. Thursday June 6, 2002. 5. Retrieved on February 6, 2011. "On a hot July day two years ago, the deputy constable from Precinct 1 pulled up yet again to the fortresslike Dope House Records headquarters on Center Street."
- ↑ Houston Press - "South Park Monster" (page 3)
