2 respectively in 2003, as well as Freeway's first album Philadelphia Freeway, and Memphis Bleek's third album M.A.D.E. Cam'ron's Diplomats and State Property released Diplomatic Immunity and The Chain Gang Vol. Meanwhile, Beanie Sigel was going through murder trials, eventually leading to a year-long incarceration. This ultimately led to talk that Roc-A-Fella was breaking up. Rumors of dissent among the ranks began to breed, as sources said Jay-Z wasn't getting along with Dame or Biggs, and Cam'ron was gunning for a CEO position promised to him by Dame Dash, among other things. and Ol' Dirty Bastard, gave Grafh a joint-venture deal, and attempted to sign Twista and Joe Budden. Beanie Sigel and Freeway put together State Property, a group of Philadelphia-based rappers Cam'ron was signed, putting out his platinum-selling album Come Home With Me in 2002, before bringing his own group The Diplomats to the label.įrom 2002 to 2003, Dame Dash signed several artists in response to Jay-Z's talk of retirement after his 2002 album The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse. The label's disagreements with Nas began dying down Amil was dropped from the label and up until 2003, more and more artists were being signed to the roster. Both were produced mainly by Bink!, Just Blaze, and Kanye West, who influenced the sound of Roc-A-Fella to include sped-up or heavily chopped 70's soul samples over an up-tempo framework of drums and bass. Jay-Z put out his sixth album, The Blueprint, in 2001, the same year Beanie Sigel released his second album, The Reason. Later in 2000, Beanie Sigel released his first album, The Truth.
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Production was handled largely by Just Blaze and Bink, with input by then-newcomer Kanye West, Rick Rock and The Neptunes. The album featured Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleek and Jay-Z heavily, with appearances by Amil and Freeway, who was signed shortly thereafter. The Understanding was followed by The Dynasty: Roc La Familia, a Roc roster album billed as a Jay-Z release. In 1999, Jay-Z embroiled himself and (to a lesser extent) the rest of the label in a verbal feud with rapper Nas which lasted until 2002.Ģ000 saw Memphis Bleek release his second album, The Understanding, the first appearances by Beanie Sigel and Amil, and the first Roc-A-Fella release to feature heavy production by Just Blaze. In their places a new roster was signed, consisting of Amil and Beanie Sigel. By this time, Sauce Money had signed straight to Priority to release his album Jaz-O had become more involved with his own label and roster and Da Ranjahz had gone separate ways from the label, as had Ski and Clark Kent. 2 was Jay-Z's first platinum release as well as the highest-selling, helping to secure Roc-A-Fella's future as a record label.
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1, in 1997 1998 saw an increase in activity with the release of the Streets Is Watching Soundtrack, Memphis Bleek's Coming of Age and Vol. The early roster consisted of Jay-Z, Sauce Money, and Memphis Bleek former friend Jaz-O, duo Da Ranjahz, and producers DJ Ski and DJ Clark Kent were also affiliated.The label's next release was Carter's second album, In My Lifetime, Vol. They managed to procure distribution from Priority Records though Reasonable Doubt was not a major commercial success, it was highly acclaimed critically, and (along with a cosign from The Notorious B.I.G.) helped propel Jay-Z to popularity. With no luck signing to any major labels, they decided to found Roc-A-Fella Records and put out his first album, Reasonable Doubt, independently. In 1996, Jay-Z and then-business partners Dame Dash and Biggs Burke needed an avenue to put out Jay's music. 5 Labels Created by Roc-A-Fella artists.