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style="background-color: LightBlue">Rawkus Records</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png/180px-Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png" decoding="async" width="180" height="116" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png/270px-Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png/360px-Rawkus_Entertainment_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="393" data-file-height="254" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1995</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Brian Brater<br /><a href="/wiki/Jarret_Myer" title="Jarret Myer">Jarret Myer</a><br /><a href="/wiki/James_Murdoch" title="James Murdoch">James Murdoch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Status</th><td class="infobox-data">Inactive</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Distributor(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Priority_Records" title="Priority Records">Priority Records</a> (1999–2002)<br /><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA Records</a> (2002–2003)<br /><a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen Records</a> (2004)<br /><a href="/wiki/RED_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="RED Distribution">RED Distribution</a> (2006–2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Hip_hop_music" title="Hip hop music">Hip hop</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label">New York City</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rawkus Records</b> was an American hip hop <a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">record label</a>, owned by James Murdoch, known for starting the careers of many rappers. Rawkus started in 1995 with releases in hip-hop, <a href="/wiki/Drum_and_bass" title="Drum and bass">drum and bass</a> and fun-dustrial (Dystopia One). </p><p>Label heads Brian Brater and <a href="/wiki/Jarret_Myer" title="Jarret Myer">Jarret Myer</a> then signed some of the top underground talent from the New York area, notably <a href="/wiki/Mos_Def" class="mw-redirect" title="Mos Def">Mos Def</a>, <a href="/wiki/Talib_Kweli" title="Talib Kweli">Talib Kweli</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hi-Tek" title="Hi-Tek">Hi-Tek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Company_Flow" title="Company Flow">Company Flow</a>, who went on to define the label's sound. The string of 12" releases and full-length albums that followed helped initiate a resurgence in the New York/<a href="/wiki/East_Coast_hip-hop" class="mw-redirect" title="East Coast hip-hop">East Coast sound</a>. Many of these are considered classics among hip-hop aficionados. During the mid to late 1990s, Rawkus became a dominant label in the underground hip-hop scene, producing a string of gold<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> albums and a platinum<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="not substantiated on RIAA.com by searching for Rawkus or any of the distributors listed in the infobox (currently Priority, MCA, Geffen and RED) (September 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> album. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rawkus_Records&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Rawkus Records was established in 1995 by Brian Brater and <a href="/wiki/Jarret_Myer" title="Jarret Myer">Jarret Myer</a>, with financial backing from their high school buddy <a href="/wiki/James_Murdoch_(media_executive)" class="mw-redirect" title="James Murdoch (media executive)">James Murdoch</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_Business,_2nd_ed_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_Business,_2nd_ed-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-guardian_profile_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guardian_profile-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> son of <a href="/wiki/Rupert_Murdoch" title="Rupert Murdoch">Rupert Murdoch</a>. In 1996, Rupert Murdoch bought a majority of Rawkus.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999 the label entered into a distribution deal with <a href="/wiki/Priority_Records" title="Priority Records">Priority Records</a>. </p><p>Over the years, Rawkus recorded several notable independent hip hop artists,<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> including <a href="/wiki/Reflection_Eternal" title="Reflection Eternal">Reflection Eternal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Company_Flow" title="Company Flow">Company Flow</a>, the <a href="/wiki/High_and_Mighty_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="High and Mighty (band)">High and Mighty</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mos_Def" class="mw-redirect" title="Mos Def">Mos Def</a> and <a href="/wiki/Talib_Kweli" title="Talib Kweli">Talib Kweli</a> (as <a href="/wiki/Black_Star_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Star (group)">Blackstar</a>), <a href="/wiki/Eminem" title="Eminem">Eminem</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_(rapper)" title="Common (rapper)">Common</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pharoahe_Monch" title="Pharoahe Monch">Pharoahe Monch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skillz_(rapper)" title="Skillz (rapper)">Skillz</a>. </p><p>In 2000, Rawkus released New York City rapper <a href="/wiki/Big_L" title="Big L">Big L</a>'s second and final studio album, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Picture_(Big_L_album)" title="The Big Picture (Big L album)">The Big Picture</a></i>. Released posthumously after Big L's 1999 murder, the album debuted and peaked in the top 15 on the <i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a></i>. Anchored by the success of the single, <i>Flamboyant</i>, the album was certified Gold by the <a href="/wiki/RIAA" class="mw-redirect" title="RIAA">RIAA</a> for selling over 500,000 copies in America. </p><p>In 2002, Rawkus signed a joint venture deal with <a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a>. Soon after, MCA folded and <a href="/wiki/Interscope_Records" title="Interscope Records">Interscope</a>/<a href="/wiki/Geffen_Records" title="Geffen Records">Geffen</a> bought Rawkus. After the sale of its catalog in 2004, Rawkus split from Geffen. </p><p>In 2006, Rawkus signed with <a href="/wiki/RED_Distribution" class="mw-redirect" title="RED Distribution">RED</a> (a <a href="/wiki/Sony_Music" title="Sony Music">Sony Music</a> distribution company) and reemerged with a new line up of notable independent hip hop artists: <a href="/wiki/The_Procussions" title="The Procussions">The Procussions</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mr._J._Medeiros" title="Mr. J. Medeiros">Mr. J. Medeiros</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kidz_in_the_Hall" title="Kidz in the Hall">Kidz in the Hall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(producer)" title="Marco Polo (producer)">Marco Polo</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Panacea_(group)" title="Panacea (group)">Panacea</a>. </p><p>In early 2007, Rawkus Records accepted album submissions from Hip Hop artists, known or unknown, to be considered for their new campaign. The 50 artists chosen to wear the Rawkus 50 badge were signed to a digital distribution deal through IODA's (Independent Online Distribution Alliance) digital distribution network and had their albums released under the banner "Rawkus 50 presents". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discography">Discography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rawkus_Records&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Discography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li>1997: <a href="/wiki/Company_Flow" title="Company Flow">Company Flow</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Funcrusher_Plus" title="Funcrusher Plus">Funcrusher Plus</a></i></li> <li>1997: <i><a href="/wiki/Soundbombing" title="Soundbombing">Soundbombing</a></i></li> <li>1998: <i><a href="/wiki/Lyricist_Lounge,_Volume_One" title="Lyricist Lounge, Volume One">Lyricist Lounge, Volume One</a></i></li> <li>1998: <a href="/wiki/Black_Star_(group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Star (group)">Black Star</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Mos_Def_and_Talib_Kweli_are_Black_Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star">Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star</a></i></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Company_Flow" title="Company Flow">Company Flow</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Johnny_from_the_Hospitul:_Breaks_%26_Instrumentals_Vol.1" title="Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1">Little Johnny from the Hospitul: Breaks & Instrumentals Vol.1</a></i></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/High_and_Mighty_(band)" class="mw-redirect" title="High and Mighty (band)">High & Mighty</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Home_Field_Advantage_(album)" title="Home Field Advantage (album)">Home Field Advantage</a></i></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Mos_Def" class="mw-redirect" title="Mos Def">Mos Def</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Black_on_Both_Sides" title="Black on Both Sides">Black on Both Sides</a></i></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/Pharoahe_Monch" title="Pharoahe Monch">Pharoahe Monch</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Internal_Affairs_(Pharoahe_Monch_album)" title="Internal Affairs (Pharoahe Monch album)">Internal Affairs</a></i></li> <li>1999: <a href="/wiki/DJ_Spinna" title="DJ Spinna">DJ Spinna</a> - <i>Heavy Beats Volume 1</i></li> <li>1999: <i><a href="/wiki/Soundbombing_II" title="Soundbombing II">Soundbombing II</a></i></li> <li>2000: <i><a href="/wiki/Lyricist_Lounge_2" title="Lyricist Lounge 2">Lyricist Lounge 2</a></i></li> <li>2000: <i><a href="/wiki/Hip_Hop_for_Respect" title="Hip Hop for Respect">Hip Hop for Respect</a></i></li> <li>2000: <i><a href="/wiki/Ego_Trip%27s_The_Big_Playback_-_The_Soundtrack_to_Ego_Trip%27s_Book_of_Rap_Lists" class="mw-redirect" title="Ego Trip's The Big Playback - The Soundtrack to Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists">Ego Trip's The Big Playback - The Soundtrack to Ego Trip's Book of Rap Lists</a></i></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Big_L" title="Big L">Big L</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Big_Picture_(Big_L_album)" title="The Big Picture (Big L album)">The Big Picture</a></i></li> <li>2000: <a href="/wiki/Talib_Kweli" title="Talib Kweli">Talib Kweli</a> & <a href="/wiki/Hi-Tek" title="Hi-Tek">Hi-Tek</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Train_of_Thought_(Reflection_Eternal_album)" title="Train of Thought (Reflection Eternal album)">Train of Thought</a></i></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Smut_Peddlers_(hip_hop_group)" class="mw-redirect" title="Smut Peddlers (hip hop group)">Smut Peddlers</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Porn_Again" title="Porn Again">Porn Again</a></i></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Hi-Tek" title="Hi-Tek">Hi-Tek</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Hi-Teknology" title="Hi-Teknology">Hi-Teknology</a></i></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Da_Beatminerz" title="Da Beatminerz">Da Beatminerz</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Brace_4_Impak" title="Brace 4 Impak">Brace 4 Impak</a></i></li> <li>2001: <a href="/wiki/Various_Artists" class="mw-redirect" title="Various Artists">Various Artists</a> - <i>Scratch Vol 1</i><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Mad_Skillz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mad Skillz">Mad Skillz</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/I_Ain%27t_Mad_No_More" title="I Ain't Mad No More">I Ain't Mad No More</a> (unreleased)</i></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Talib_Kweli" title="Talib Kweli">Talib Kweli</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Quality_(Talib_Kweli_album)" title="Quality (Talib Kweli album)">Quality</a></i></li> <li>2002: <a href="/wiki/Kool_G_Rap" title="Kool G Rap">Kool G Rap</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Giancana_Story" title="The Giancana Story">The Giancana Story</a></i></li> <li>2002: <i><a href="/wiki/Soundbombing_III" title="Soundbombing III">Soundbombing III</a></i></li> <li>2004: <a href="/wiki/Talib_Kweli" title="Talib Kweli">Talib Kweli</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/The_Beautiful_Struggle" title="The Beautiful Struggle">The Beautiful Struggle</a></i></li> <li>2005: <i><a href="/wiki/Best_of_Decade_I:_1995-2005" class="mw-redirect" title="Best of Decade I: 1995-2005">Best of Decade I: 1995-2005</a></i></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/The_Procussions" title="The Procussions">The Procussions</a> - <i>5 Sparrows for 2 Cents</i></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Kidz_in_the_Hall" title="Kidz in the Hall">Kidz in the Hall</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/School_Was_My_Hustle" title="School Was My Hustle">School Was My Hustle</a></i></li> <li>2006: <a href="/wiki/Panacea_(group)" title="Panacea (group)">Panacea</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Ink_Is_My_Drink" title="Ink Is My Drink">Ink Is My Drink</a></i></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Mr._J._Medeiros" title="Mr. J. Medeiros">Mr. J. Medeiros</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Of_gods_and_girls" class="mw-redirect" title="Of gods and girls">Of gods and girls</a></i></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Blue_Scholars" title="Blue Scholars">Blue Scholars</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Bayani_(album)" title="Bayani (album)">Bayani</a></i></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Marco_Polo_(producer)" title="Marco Polo (producer)">Marco Polo</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Port_Authority_(album)" title="Port Authority (album)">Port Authority</a></i></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Panacea_(group)" title="Panacea (group)">Panacea</a> - <i>The Scenic Route</i></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Sev_Statik" title="Sev Statik">Sev Statik</a> and <a href="/wiki/DJ_Dust" title="DJ Dust">DJ Dust</a> - <i><a href="/wiki/Back_to_Dust" title="Back to Dust">Back to Dust</a></i></li> <li>2007: Point Blank - <i>Don't Get Carried Away</i></li> <li>2007: <a href="/wiki/Hezekiah_(rapper)" title="Hezekiah (rapper)">Hezekiah</a> - <i>I Predict A Riot</i></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rawkus_50">Rawkus 50</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rawkus_Records&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Rawkus 50"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The "Rawkus 50" marketing campaign saw the release of fifty digital hip-hop albums. They were all made available on 27 November 2007. </p> <ol><li>12Bit - <i>"Rawkus 50 Presents..."</i></li> <li>3rd Brillyance - <i>"Grass Roots"</i></li> <li>Aarophat - <i>"Aarodynamix"</i></li> <li>Attlas - <i>"Rawkus 50 Presents..."</i></li> <li>Bekay - <i>"The Horror Flick"</i></li> <li>Barak Yalad - <i>"A Loss For Words"</i></li> <li>Chuck Taylor - <i>"Black Hop"</i></li> <li>Clan Destined - <i>"And For Our Next Trick"</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Custom_Made_(hip_hop_group)" title="Custom Made (hip hop group)">Custom Made</a> - <i>"Truth Be Told"</i></li> <li>Cymarshall Law - <i>"Hip Hop in the Flesh"</i></li> <li>Cy Young - <i>"Exactly"</i></li> <li>Doujah Raze - <i>"Where You Are"</i></li> <li>Dutchmassive - <i>"Crush Your System"</i></li> <li>Dynas - <i>"Me, Myself and Rhymes"</i></li> <li>East - <i>"The Right Direction"</i></li> <li>Finale - <i>"Develop"</i></li> <li>Grand Agent - <i>"Peak Oil"</i></li> <li>Hassaan Mackey - <i>"Soul For Sale"</i></li> <li>Intricate Minds - <i>"Self Hypnosis"</i></li> <li>Kaimbr - <i>"Why Be Somebody Else"</i></li> <li>Kaze - <i>"Block 2 the Basement"</i></li> <li>Kojoe - <i>"Rawnin'"</i></li> <li>Krukid - <i>"African"</i></li> <li>Laws - <i>"Super Thug Killa Rap"</i></li> <li>LEGACY - <i>"Rawkus 50 Presents..."</i></li> <li>Mookie Jones - <i>"Catch Me If You Can"</i></li> <li>Mr. Metaphor - <i>"The Evolution of Marc Bars"</i></li> <li>Phenetiks - <i>"Revolutionary Non Pollutionary"</i></li> <li>Pizon - <i>"I Am Hip Hop"</i></li> <li>Prime - <i>"From the Ground Up"</i></li> <li>Protoman - <i>"Grey Area"</i></li> <li>Red Clay - <i>"The Red Dawn"</i></li> <li>Roddy Rod - <i>"Blunt Park Sessions"</i></li> <li>Scanz - <i>"Prelude to a Legacy"</i></li> <li>Scavone - <i>"The Rehab Record"</i></li> <li>Sev Statik & Dust - <i>"Back to Dust"</i></li> <li>Silent Knight - <i>"Hunger Strike 2"</i></li> <li>Brooklyn Shanti - <i>"The1Shanti"</i></li> <li>6th Sense - <i>"It's Coming Soon"</i></li> <li>The Smile Rays - <i>"Smilin' on You"</i></li> <li>Span Phly - <i>"Two Weeks Notice"</i></li> <li>Spit Supreme - <i>"Whole Life For This"</i></li> <li>Spokinn Movement - <i>"60 Min. 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