Ruffhouse Records

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Ruffhouse Records was an influential American hip-hop and R&B record label known for launching and supporting major artists of the 1990s.

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Ruffhouse Records canonical 11

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Predicate Object
instanceOf R&B record label
hip hop record label
record label
activeInDecade 1990s
associatedWith Columbia Records
Sony Music Entertainment
basedIn Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
collaboratedWith Columbia Records
Sony Music Entertainment
country United States of America
surface form: United States
distributedBy Columbia Records
era Golden age of hip hop
focus hip hop and R&B acts
urban music
foundedBy Chris Schwartz
Joe Nicolo
genre R&B
hip hop
industry music industry
influenced 1990s hip hop scene
mainstream acceptance of hip hop
knownFor launching major hip hop artists in the 1990s
releasing commercially successful hip hop albums
location Philadelphia
notableArtist Arrested Development
Cypress Hill
DMX
Kriss Kross
surface form: Kris Kross

Lauryn Hill
Nas
Schoolly D
Fugees
surface form: The Fugees

Tim Dog
Wyclef Jean
parentCompany Columbia Records
Sony Music Entertainment
product recorded music
signedArtist Arrested Development
Cypress Hill
Kriss Kross
surface form: Kris Kross

Lauryn Hill
Schoolly D
Fugees
surface form: The Fugees

Tim Dog
Wyclef Jean

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Lauryn Hill recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
Cypress Hill recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
Fugees recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
The Score recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
The Carnival recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
Gone till November recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
Pras recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
Kriss Kross recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
Kriss Kross single "Jump" recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
subject surface form: Jump
"Jump" recordLabel Ruffhouse Records
subject surface form: Jump (Kris Kross song)
Mystery of Iniquity by Lauryn Hill label Ruffhouse Records
subject surface form: Mystery of Iniquity