Polo Grounds Music
{{Short description|American hip hop and R&B record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Polo Grounds Music
| image = Polo_Grounds_Music_Logo_2013-08-01_16-55.jpg
| image_size =
| parent = Sony Music
| founded = {{start date|2006}}
| founder = Bryan Leach
| distributor = RCA Records
| genre = {{hlist|Hip hop|R&B}}
| country = U.S.
| location = New York City, New York
| url = {{URL|www.pologroundsmusic.com}}
}}
Polo Grounds Music is a hip hop and R&B record label, distributed by Sony Music's RCA Records. Founded in 2006 by Bryan Leach, Polo Grounds Music is a full-service entertainment company with a focus in publishing, management, marketing and promotions.
History
= Foundation =
In 2006, Bryan Leach, a longtime native of Harlem, New York City, had formed a limited liability company called Polo Grounds Music, named after Polo Grounds Towers (the apartment complex where Leach grew up during his adolescence, which was built on the former site of the Polo Grounds stadium).{{Cite web |date=2018-07-27 |title=40 Under 40 - Bryan Leach |url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/awards/bryan-leach |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Crain's New York Business |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Watkins (@GrouchyGreg) |first=Grouchy Greg |date=2006-08-14 |title=Former TVT Exec Bryan Leach Launches Label, Appointed SVP At RCA |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/former-tvt-exec-bryan-leach-launches-label-appointed-svp-at-rca/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}
= Partnership with J and success =
After securing a joint venture partnership with Clive Davis' J Records, the label's first signee was Baton Rouge rapper Hurricane Chris, who in 2007, would give the label its first platinum hit single with "A Bay Bay".{{Cite web |title=Polo Grounds Extends Record-Breaking Joint Venture at RCA Records |url=http://sports.yahoo.com/news/polo-grounds-extends-record-breaking-joint-venture-rca-214105594.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=sports.yahoo.com |date=7 July 2014 |language=en-US}} It was followed up by the release of Chris' debut, 51/50 Ratchet, that November. Leach was also given an offer to become senior vice president of RCA Records, but he declined, choosing to be in charge of his own label fully.
In 2009, Polo Grounds signed Pitbull, following the bankruptcy and closure of his previous label, TVT Records; founder Bryan Leach had previously had involvement with TVT as he was the vice president of A&R since 1998 until 2005.{{Cite news |last=Leeds |first=Jeff |date=2008-02-20 |title=After a Judgment, Music Label Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/media/20music.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |issn=0362-4331}} Upon signing, he was granted his own imprint, Mr. 305, Inc.{{Cite magazine |last=Mitchell |first=Gail |date=2009-04-01 |title=Pitbull Brings Imprint to Polo Grounds/RCA Music Group |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/pitbull-brings-imprint-to-polo-groundsrca-music-group-1272382/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} That August, Pitbull released Pitbull Starring in Rebelution, which garnered its multi-platinum hit single, "Hotel Room Service", helping the album top the Billboard rap album chart.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} The song's success followed up two years later with the release of Planet Pit, and its singles, "Hey Baby (Drop It to the Floor)" and "Give Me Everything".{{Cite news |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |date=2011-06-22 |title=Rootless Rapper Finds His Rhythm |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/23/arts/music/pitbull-the-rapper-releases-planet-pit.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |issn=0362-4331}}
= RCA Records merger and continued path =
On October 7, 2011, J Records' parent company, Sony Music, completed the progress of merging its labels belonging to the RCA Music Group. J was included.{{Cite magazine|last=Perpetua|first=Matthew|date=2011-10-07|title=RCA Folds Arista, Jive and J Records|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rca-folds-arista-jive-and-j-records-236750/|access-date=2021-07-01|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}} With the merger and apparent absorption of J, Arista and Jive Records, Polo Grounds Music and the entirety of its roster (along with other labels and artists that were associated with J, Arista or Jive) were now deferred to release new music for RCA Records.{{Cite web |title=RCA Shuts Down Jive and Arista Records |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2011/10/rca-shuts-down-jive-and-arista-records |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Complex |language=en}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2011-10-07 |title=RCA to close Jive, Arista and J label imprints |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/blogs/pop-hiss/story/2011-10-07/rca-to-close-jive-arista-and-j-label-imprints |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=RCA Records Shuts Down Three Major Labels |url=https://www.bet.com/article/qj23tv/rca-records-shuts-down-three-major-labels |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=BET |language=en}}
Following the merger of J into RCA and Polo Grounds being moved to the new brand, the label continued its streak, beginning in January 2012 with the release of Yo Gotti's album, Live from the Kitchen. Unfortunately, the album underperformed after selling 16,000 copies in its first week.{{Cite web |last=Jacobs |first=Allen |date=2012-01-18 |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 1/15/2012 |url=http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.18344/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-15-2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150506141454/http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.18344/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-1-15-2012 |archive-date=2015-05-06 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=HipHopDX}} After the album's subpar performance, Yo Gotti was dropped from Polo Grounds.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
= ASAP Rocky takeover =
In August 2011, Harlem sensation ASAP Rocky had given up his life of crime to divulge into a rap persona. After previously releasing the music video for "Purple Swag",{{Cite web |date=2015-04-21 |title=Here's the Background Story on A$AP Rocky's "Purple Swag" |url=https://hypebeast.com/2015/4/heres-the-background-story-on-aap-rockys-debut-single-purple-swag |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Hypebeast}} Polo Grounds founder Leach was among other label executives cornering him with contractual offers, resulting in the two launching a close friendship.{{Cite web |title=ASAP Rocky gets a big record contract, playing Creators Project & Fader Fort, touring w/ Drake |url=https://www.brooklynvegan.com/asap-rocky-gets/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=BrooklynVegan |date=14 October 2011 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2011-10-14 |title=A$AP Rocky Signs With Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.17237/title.aap-rocky-signs-with-polo-grounds-musicrca-records |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}} That October, Rocky decided to join the Polo Grounds imprint while it was distributed under J Records, a few days before the label was folded into RCA. The deal wasn't made public until October 14.{{Cite web |date=2011-10-14 |title=ASAP Rocky Signs Record Deal With Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records |url=https://hiphopwired.com/121526/asap-rocky-signs-record-deal-with-polo-grounds-musicrca-records/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media {{!}} Hip-Hop Wired |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=ASAP Rocky Signs to a Major Label |url=https://www.thefader.com/2011/10/14/asap-rocky-signs-to-a-major-label |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The FADER |language=en}} The label acquired majority rights to distribute and reissue Rocky's "Purple Swag" single, which they did on October 24 through all digital platforms and radio networks.{{Cite magazine |last=Ramirez |first=Erika |date=2011-11-04 |title=A$AP Rocky Talks Upcoming Projects, $3 Million Deal & A$AP WorldWide Signings |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/aap-rocky-talks-upcoming-projects-3-million-deal-aap-worldwide-465312/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} The single's re-release would be followed by the release of Rocky's mixtape, Live. Love. ASAP, on Halloween.{{Cite magazine |last=Paul |first=Larisha |date=2021-10-29 |title=A$AP Rocky's Debut Mixtape 'Live. Love. A$AP' Finally Hits Streaming, Hear New Song 'Sandman' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/asap-rocky-live-love-asap-streaming-1247608/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2021-10-29 |title=Listen to A$AP Rocky's Breakout Mixtape 'LIVE.LOVE.A$AP,' Now on Spotify |url=https://thissongissick.com/post/asap-rocky-live-love-asap-spotify/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=This Song Is Sick |language=en-US}} The mixtape had since been reissued for streaming services by Polo Grounds ten years later for its anniversary with slight alterations.
ASAP Rocky's signage with Polo Grounds/RCA and his growing success also granted him and ASAP Mob co-founder ASAP Yams (1988–2015) their own label, ASAP Worldwide, when they agreed to sign affiliate ASAP Ferg to both labels.{{Cite web |title=A$AP Ferg Signs Solo Deal with Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records |url=https://www.complex.com/music/2013/01/asap-ferg-signs-solo-deal-with-polo-grounds-musicrca-records |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Complex |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Fleury |first=Serge |date=2013-01-11 |title=A$AP Ferg Inks $1.5 Million Dollar Deal With Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records |url=https://www.ihiphop.com/aap-ferg-inks-1-5-million-dollar-deal-with-polo-grounds-musicrca-records/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=iHipHop |language=en-US}}
Throughout 2013, Polo Grounds released two albums by both Rocky and Ferg, respectively Long. Live. ASAP and Trap Lord. The former debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, giving Rocky and Polo Grounds both their first mutual number one album in the label's catalogue and the rapper's discography.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2013-01-23 |title=A$AP Rocky Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/aap-rocky-debuts-at-no-1-on-billboard-200-albums-chart-1532239/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2013-01-24 |title=This Man Has The Best-Selling Album In The Country |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/longliveasap-no-1-asap-rocky-who-is-asap-rocky_n_2541707 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=HuffPost |language=en}} Meanwhile, the latter debuted at number nine with first week copies of 32,000 sold.{{Cite web |last= |title=Hip Hop Album Sales: The Week Ending 8/25/2013 |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.25240/title.hip-hop-album-sales-the-week-ending-8-25-2013 |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=hiphopdx.com |language=en}} However, Trap Lord managed to gain positive critical feedback.{{Citation |title=Trap Lord by A$AP Ferg |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/trap-lord/aap-ferg |language=en |access-date=2023-02-03}}
In January 2015, Rocky's manager and partner, ASAP Yams died from an acute mixed drug intoxication, succumbing a sleep apnea.{{Cite magazine |last=Kreps |first=Daniel |date=2015-03-20 |title=A$AP Yams Cause of Death: Accidental Overdose |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/aap-yams-cause-of-death-accidental-overdose-69735/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Fitzsimmons |first=Emma G. |date=2015-01-19 |title=ASAP Yams, Creative Force in Hip-Hop, Dies at 26 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/19/arts/music/asap-yams-creative-force-in-hip-hop-dies-at-26.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |issn=0362-4331}} The news of his death impacted Rocky and Polo Grounds greatly and affected development for his sophomore album, which was due for release that February, but then delayed after the tragedy.{{Cite magazine |last=Payne |first=Chris |date=2015-03-26 |title=ASAP Rocky Explains What New Album Title 'A.L.L.A.' Stands For |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/asap-rocky-alla-new-album-at-long-last-asap-6516445/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The now-titled At. Long. Last. ASAP was finally released on May 26, once again debuting at number one on the Billboard 200, but sold poorly with 146,000 album-equivalent units.{{Cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=2015-06-03 |title=A$AP Rocky Earns Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/asap-rocky-second-no-1-album-billboard-200-chart/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} With 2016 beginning, Rocky's colleague, ASAP Ferg, began the label's year rollout with his own sophomore solo album, Always Strive and Prosper, which released on Earth Day.{{Cite web |last=Woods |first=Aleia |title=ASAP Ferg Reflects on Making Always Strive and Prosper Album for Five-Year Anniversary |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/asap-ferg-interview-always-strive-and-prosper-album/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=XXL Mag |date=22 April 2021 |language=en}} Later in October, the ASAP Mob released Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends and followed up in between 2017 and 2019 with Vol. 2: Too Cozy, Ferg's mixtape, Still Striving, ASAP Twelvyy's solo debut, 12 (all within the summer of 2017), Rocky's third solo album, Testing (May 2018), and Ferg's extended play, Floor Seats (August 2019), all of each released under ASAP Worldwide/Polo Grounds/RCA;{{Cite web |author=XXL Staff|title=Stream ASAP Mob's 'Cozy Tapes Vol. 1: Friends' Album - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/stream-asap-mob-cozy-tapes/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=XXL Mag |date=31 October 2016 |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=2017-08-25 |title=Stream A$AP Mob Cozy Tapes Vol. 2: Too Cozy |url=https://www.stereogum.com/1959408/stream-aap-mob-cozy-tapes-vol-2-too-cozy/music/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Purcell |first=Eric |date=2017-09-01 |title=A$AP Mob's Cozy Tapes: Vol. 2 Too Cozy is not what you expected |url=https://www.themiamihurricane.com/2017/09/01/aap-mobs-cozy-tapes-vol-2-too-cozy-is-not-what-you-expected/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Miami Hurricane |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Still Striving |url=https://www.stillstriving.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230203074601/https://www.stillstriving.com/ |archive-date=2023-02-03}}{{Cite web |last=Madden |first=Sidney|title=ASAP Twelvyy Explains Why His Debut Album '12' Took Nearly 10 Years to Make - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/asap-twelvyy-12-album-interview/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=XXL Mag |date=4 August 2017 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=II |first=C. Vernon Coleman IIC Vernon Coleman |title=ASAP Rocky Shares 'Testing' Album With Playboi Carti and More - XXL |url=https://www.xxlmag.com/asap-rocky-testing-album/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=XXL Mag |date=25 May 2018 |language=en}} Rocky's Testing would end up being his final album to be released by Polo Grounds as he left the label in early 2019.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
= Failed comeback attempts and RCA deal extensions =
In 2012, the label signed newcomers Lantana, Yung Joc and Overdoz. Lantana released the single, "All Hustle, No Luck".{{Cite web |last=LalaaShepard |date=2021-04-28 |title=Lantana speaks on the success of his 2012 single "All Hustle, No Luck" and signing to RCA instead of Rick Ross |url=https://tprmediagroup.com/lantana-speaks-on-the-success-of-his-2012-single-all-hustle-no-luck-and-signing-to-rca-instead-of-rick-ross/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Progress Report Media Group |language=en-US}} However, the single's commercial release was piqued by founder Bryan Leach's first degree gun conviction.{{Cite magazine |last=Rys |first=Dan |date=2012-09-24 |title=Polo Grounds Music's Bryan Leach Pleads Guilty To Gun Charge, Faces Two Years In Prison |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/polo-grounds-musics-bryan-leach-pleads-guilty-to-gun-charge-faces-two-1083658/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Overdoz debuted with the single, "Lauren London", which was met with mostly positive critical reviews.{{Cite web |date=2012-07-02 |title=Video: OverDoz. "Lauren London" - Okayplayer |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/news/overdoz-lauren-london-video.html,%20https://www.okayplayer.com/news/overdoz-lauren-london-video.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.okayplayer.com |language=en-US}}
In 2014, Polo Grounds renewed a multi-year label deal with RCA.{{Cite web |last=Trakin |first=Roy |date=2014-07-07 |title=Polo Grounds Extends Record-Breaking Joint Venture at RCA Records |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/polo-grounds-extends-record-breaking-717046/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}
Pitbull attempted a comeback with the single, "Timber" (2013), which ultimately made the number one position on the Billboard Hot 100 in early 2014.{{Cite magazine |last=Trust |first=Gary |date=2014-01-08 |title=Pitbull, Ke$ha Take 'Timber' to Top of Hot 100 |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/pitbull-kesha-take-timber-to-top-of-hot-100/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} Unfortunately, three of Pitbull's follow-up albums have poor commercial responses; Global Warming (2012) sold 64,000 copies in its first week,{{Cite web |date=2012-12-01 |title=Rihanna Makes History At No. 1, Pitbull Warms Up Top 20, Nicki Minaj Pumps Up The Chart {{!}} SOHH.COM |url=http://www.sohh.com/2012/11/rihanna_makes_history_at_no_1_pitbull_wa.html |access-date=2023-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121201104012/http://www.sohh.com/2012/11/rihanna_makes_history_at_no_1_pitbull_wa.html |archive-date=2012-12-01 }} while Globalization (2014) only accumulated 49,000{{Cite web |title=Eminem, Rick Ross, & Beyoncé Score Top 10 Debuts |url=https://www.rap-up.com/2014/12/03/eminem-rick-ross-beyonce-score-top-10-debuts/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Rap-Up |language=en-US}} and Climate Change (2017) sold 14,000. This lack of commercial performance caused Pitbull to part ways with Polo Grounds Music after Climate Change
In December 2018, Polo Grounds and RCA signed another partnership extension, making the former a temporary subsidiary of RCA Records.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rb-hip-hop/polo-grounds-music-rca-records-calboy-jay-gwuapo-8505071/ | title=Polo Grounds Music Extends Partnership with RCA Records, Announces New Signees Calboy and Jay Gwuapo | magazine=Billboard }}{{Cite web |title=BRYAN LEACH'S POLO GROUNDS MUSIC EXTENDS JOINT VENTURE DEAL WITH RCA RECORDS – Sony Music Canada |url=https://www.sonymusic.ca/press_release/bryan-leachs-polo-grounds-music-extends-joint-venture-deal-with-rca-records |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=www.sonymusic.ca}} With this second renewal came the departure of ASAP Rocky after three albums under the label and him being replaced by Chicago sensation Calboy.{{Cite news |last=malbin |date=2018-10-16 |title=Calboy Signs to Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records – Fashionably Early |language=en-US |work=Fashionably Early |url=https://www.fashionably-early.com/2018/10/16/calboy-signs-to-polo-grounds-music-rca-records/ |access-date=2023-02-03}}
= Recovery =
Calboy had released the single, "Envy Me", previously in September 2018. After Polo Grounds signed the Chicago rapper to the label, they (like ASAP Rocky's "Purple Swag") acquired the single and pushed it to streaming services.{{Cite magazine |last=Silver |first=Michael |date=2019-05-02 |title=Here Are the Lyrics to Calboy's 'Envy Me' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/lyrics/calboy-envy-me-lyrics-8509906/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} The single's popularity began to take off and managed to retrieve a gold certification from the RIAA, recovering the label's prosperity.{{Cite magazine |last=Holmes |first=Charles |date=2019-01-19 |title=Calboy's 'Envy Me' Is Only Two Minutes Long and a Wrenching Listen -- It's Still Going to Be a Hit |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/calboy-envy-me-780460/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}} On May 9, 2019, Calboy was succeeded by the release of another label mate, Brooklyn rapper Jay Gwuapo's debut album, From Nothing, Pt. 1.{{Cite web |title=Jay Gwuapo Drops New Project 'From Nothing Pt. 1' Via From Nothing/Polo Grounds Music/RCA Records |url=https://www.rcarecords.com/news/jay-gwuapo-drops-new-project-from-nothing-pt-1-via-from-nothing-polo-grounds-music-rca-records/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=RCA Records |language=en-US}} Calboy retrieved with his first EP release, Wildboy, three weeks later. He later followed with two more EPs, 2020's Long Live the Kings{{Cite web |last=Zidel |first=Alex |date=2020-07-24 |title=Calboy Reloads "Long Live The Kings" With 6 New Songs Featuring Polo G, Yo Gotti, & More |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/265667-calboy-reloads-long-live-the-kings-with-6-new-songs-featuring-polo-g-yo-gotti-and-more-new-mixtape |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=HotNewHipHop |language=en-US}} and 2022's Black Heart.{{Cite web |title=Stream Calboy's Surprise Project 'Black Heart' f/ Joey Badass, Fredo Bang, Jackboy |url=https://www.complex.com/music/calboy-black-heart |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=Complex |language=en}}
As recent as February 2022, Calboy publicly disclosed his frustrations with Polo Grounds and RCA Records, believing he was being treated like a "label slave".{{Cite web |last=Kyles (@HUEYmixwitRILEY) |first=Yohance |date=2022-03-18 |title=Calboy Blasts RCA Records & Polo Grounds Music: I Ain't No Slave |url=https://allhiphop.com/news/calboy-blasts-rca-records-polo-grounds-music-i-aint-no-slave/ |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=AllHipHop |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-18 |title=Calboy Airs Out His Label For Treating Him Like A 'Slave' |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.68871/title.calboy-blasts-labels-polo-grounds-rca-on-instagram |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=HipHopDX |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Calboy on Beef with RCA: These People Don't Feel They're Wrong if It's in Black & White (Part 12) {{!}} Ghostarchive |url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/eiqEv4bRK9I |access-date=2023-02-03 |website=ghostarchive.org}}
Artists
= Current artists =
- Abra
- ASAP Ferg
- ASAP Rocky
- Jay Gwuapo
- Overdoz
= Former artists =
Discography
- Hurricane Chris - 51/50 Ratchet (2007)
- Pitbull - Rebelution (2009)
- Hurricane Chris - Unleashed (2009)
- Yo Gotti - Live from the Kitchen (2012)
- ASAP Rocky - Long. Live. ASAP (2013)
- ASAP Ferg - Trap Lord (2013)
- ASAP Rocky - At. Long. Last. ASAP (2015)
- ASAP Ferg- Always Strive and Prosper (2016)
- ASAP Ferg- Still Striving (2017)
- ASAP Twelvyy - 12 (2017)
- ASAP Ferg- Floor Seats (2019)
- Calboy - Wildboy EP (2019)
- Jay Gwuapo - From Nothing Part 1 (2019){{cite web |title=From Nothing Part 1 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Pt-1-Explicit/dp/B07RCXCMGH |website=Amazon |publisher=Amazon |access-date=3 June 2021}}
- Calboy - Long Live the Kings EP (2020)
- KJ Balla - Resurrection (2020){{cite web |title=Resurrection - Album by KJ Balla |url=https://open.spotify.com/album/6x7wFqAyHBYda24ZD0EKJI |website=Spotify |publisher=Spotify |access-date=3 June 2021}}
See also
- Polo Grounds (namesake baseball park, once operating at Upper Manhattan)
References
External links
- {{YouTube|c=UCqfvOgSqBLpqe4HTctmGIyQ}}
- {{Official website|http://www.pologroundsmusic.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20190127153000/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview%2Fopar%2Fintrview_BryanLeachInt.html Interview with Bryan Leach, HitQuarters April 2004]
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