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Founded | July 6, 1995 | (as Dogghouse Records)
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Founder | Snoop Dogg |
Status | Active |
Distributor(s) | Empire Distribution |
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Country of origin | United States |
Location | Diamond Bar, California |
Doggy Style Records (formerly known as Dogghouse Records) is an American record label founded by the rapper Snoop Dogg in 1995. It is named after Snoop Dogg's debut album, Doggystyle (1993).
The record label started out as a subsidiary of Death Row Records.
History
[edit]On July 6, 1995, Doggy Style Records, Inc. was registered with the California Secretary of State as business entity number C1923139.[1] After Snoop Dogg was acquitted of murder charges on February 20, 1996, he, his wife, their son and their kennel of 20 pit bulls moved into a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) home in the hills of Claremont, California and by August 1996, Doggy Style Records, a subsidiary of Death Row Records, signed The Gap Band's Charlie Wilson as one of the record label's first artists.[2]
Roster
[edit]Current artists
[edit]Act | Years on the label |
Releases under the label |
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Snoop Dogg | Owner 1995–present |
16 |
Tha Eastsidaz | 1999-2005 2014–present |
3 |
Former artists
[edit]Act | Years on the label |
Releases under the label |
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LBC Crew | 1995–1997 | – |
Swoop G[3] | 1995 | – |
Charlie Wilson | 1996 | – |
Doggy's Angels | 2000–2002 | 1 |
Bad Azz | 2000–2002 | 1 |
213 | 2002–2011 | 1 |
Tha Dogg Pound | 2005–2007 | 1 |
Dubb Union | 2006–2008 | 1 |
Discography
[edit]Studio albums
[edit]Artist | Album | Details |
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Tha Eastsidaz | Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz |
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Snoop Dogg | Tha Last Meal |
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Doggy's Angels | Pleezbaleevit! |
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Tha Eastsidaz | Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way |
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Bad Azz | Personal Business |
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Snoop Dogg | Paid tha Cost to Be da Boss |
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213 | The Hard Way |
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Snoop Dogg | R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece |
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Tha Dogg Pound | Cali Iz Active |
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Snoop Dogg | Tha Blue Carpet Treatment |
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Snoop Dogg | Ego Trippin' |
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Snoop Dogg | Malice n Wonderland |
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Snoop Dogg | Doggumentary |
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Snoop Dogg | Bush |
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Snoop Dogg | Coolaid |
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Snoop Dogg | Neva Left |
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Snoop Dogg | I Wanna Thank Me |
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Snoop Dogg | From tha Streets 2 tha Suites |
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Snoop Dogg | Snoop Dogg Presents Algorithm |
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Compilation albums
[edit]Artist | Album | Details |
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Various Artists | Bones |
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Various Artists | The Wash |
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Various Artists | Snoop Dogg Presents... Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1 |
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Various Artists | Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents... Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album |
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References
[edit]- ^ "California Secretary of State Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs". Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ Coker, Cheo Hodari (August 12, 1996). "Trying to Get His Bite Back. Snoop Doggy Dogg has a new lease on life after his acquittal on murder charges. Still, some things will never change". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 1. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ "Swoop G Full-Length Interview - Snoop Dogg Beef, Suge Knight Scuffle, Death Row Records and More!". bomb1st. October 7, 2022. Retrieved April 8, 2024.