The Labels

A deck by Saoirse Patel · 4 cards

The independent empires that put NOLA on the map.

Cash Money Records

Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by brothers and record executives Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Baby" Williams. The label gained prominence in the late 1990s for having signed and released albums for New Orleans–based musical acts including B.G., Lil Wayne, Juvenile, and Hot Boys. It became an imprint of Universal Records, a division of Universal Music Group in March 1998, and remained so during its following iterations as Universal Motown and ultimately Republic Records. In the late 2000s, Cash Money signed and released projects for a number of prominent hip hop artists, including Drake and Nicki Minaj.

No Limit Records

No Limit Records is an American record company founded by Master P. The label's albums were distributed by Priority Records, Universal and Koch Records. The label included artists such as Snoop Dogg, Mercedes, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal, Mia X, Mac, C-Murder, Magic, Romeo Miller, Fiend, Kane & Abel, and Soulja Slim. Anthony Boswell, head of Bout It Bout It Management, served as the vice president of operations as well as head of management for the label. In the late nineties, No Limit Records enjoyed mainstream success with releases such as Master P's Ghetto D, T.R.U.'s Tru 2 da Game, and Snoop Dogg's Da Game Is to Be Sold, Not to Be Told.

Big Boy Records

Big Boy Records, also known as the Boot Camp Clicc, is an independent record label established in late 1992 by Charles "Big Boy" Temple, Robert "Big Rob" Shaw", and his producer Leroy "Precise" Edwards. In the early 1990s, the label was prominent in Southern hip hop music until the emergence of Master P's No Limit Records and Birdman's Cash Money Records later that decade.

Take Fo' Records

Take Fo' Records is an independent record label from New Orleans and the first to specialize in bounce music. The label, a subsidiary of Positive Black Talk, Inc., was founded in 1992 and operated by creative duo Earl J. Mackie and Henry F. Holden until 2005. The label's distributor, Big Easy Distributing, went out of business in the late 1990s.