Doggy Style Records
{{Short description|American record label}}
{{more citations needed|date=March 2014}}
{{Infobox record label
| image = Doggystyle logo 2.jpg
| parent =
| founded = {{start date and age|1995|7|6}} (as Dogghouse Records)
| founder = Snoop Dogg
| status = Active
| distributor = Empire Distribution
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|R&B}}
| country = United States
| location = Diamond Bar, California
| name =
}}
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
{{Expand section|2000s history|date=January 2011}}
On July 6, 1995, Doggy Style Records, Inc. was registered with the California Secretary of State as business entity number C1923139.{{cite web |url=https://businessfilings.sos.ca.gov/frmDetail.asp?CorpID=01923139|title=California Secretary of State Business Search - Business Entities - Business Programs|access-date=November 7, 2010}} 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 {{convert|5000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} 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.{{cite news |title=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. |first=Cheo Hodari |last=Coker |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |department=Calendar |date=August 12, 1996 |page=1 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-12-ca-33515-story.html |access-date=November 7, 2010}}
Roster
= Current artists =
class="wikitable" |
Act
! Years on ! Releases |
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Snoop Dogg
|style="text-align:center;"|Owner |style="text-align:center;"|16 |
Soopafly
|style="text-align:center;"|1995-present |style="text-align:center;"| |
Tha Eastsidaz
|style="text-align:center;"|1999-2005 |style="text-align:center;"|3 |
Twinz
|style="text-align:center;"|1999-present |style ="text-align:center"| |
E-White
|style="text-align:"|2001-present |style="text-align:"| |
Warren G
|style="text-align:"|2001-present |style="text-align:"| |
LaToiya Williams
|style="text-align:"|2001-present |style="text-align:"| |
Kurupt
|style="text-align:"|2001-present |="text-align:"| |
Lady of Rage
|style="text-align:"|2002-present |style="text-align:"| |
RBX
|style="text-align:"|2002-present |style="text-align:"| |
Lil' 1/2 Dead
|style="text-align:"|2002-present |style="text-align:"| |
Daz Dillinger
|style="text-align:"|2003-present |style="text-align:"| |
=Former artists=
class="wikitable" |
Act
! Years on ! Releases |
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LBC Crew
|style="text-align:center;"|1995–1997 |style="text-align:center;"|– |
Swoop G{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2UH6XDeWZ4&pp=ygUec3dvb3AgZyBmdWxsIGludGVydmlldyBib21iMXN0|title=Swoop G Full-Length Interview - Snoop Dogg Beef, Suge Knight Scuffle, Death Row Records and More!|publisher=bomb1st|date=October 7, 2022|accessdate=April 8, 2024}}
|style="text-align:center;"|1995 |style="text-align:center;"|– |
Charlie Wilson
|style="text-align:center;"|1996 |style="text-align:center;"|– |
Doggy's Angels
|style="text-align:center;"|2000–2002 |style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Bad Azz
|style="text-align:center;"|2000–2002 |style="text-align:center;"|1 |
213
|style="text-align:center;"|2002–2011 |style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Tha Dogg Pound
|style="text-align:center;"|2005–2007 |style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Dubb Union
|style="text-align:center;"|2006–2008 |style="text-align:center;"|1 |
Discography
=Studio albums=
{{main|Doggy Style Records discography}}
class="wikitable sortable" |
Artist
!Album !class="unsortable"|Details |
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Tha Eastsidaz
|Snoop Dogg Presents: Tha Eastsidaz |
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Doggy's Angels
|
|
Tha Eastsidaz
|Duces 'n Trayz: The Old Fashioned Way |
|
Bad Azz
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
213
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|R&G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece |
|
Tha Dogg Pound
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|Bush |
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|
|
Snoop Dogg
|From tha Streets 2 tha Suites |
|
Snoop Dogg
|Snoop Dogg Presents Algorithm |
|
=Compilation albums=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Artist
!Album !class="unsortable"|Details |
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Various Artists
|
|
Various Artists
|
|
Various Artists
|Snoop Dogg Presents... Doggy Style Allstars Vol. 1 |
|
Various Artists
|Bigg Snoop Dogg Presents... Welcome to tha Chuuch: Da Album |
|
References
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