SRC Records

SRC Records
SRC Records
Parent company	Universal Music Group
Founded	2000
Founder	Steve Rifkind
Distributor(s)	Columbia Records; Epic Records;
Genre	R&B
Country of origin	United States of America

SRC (Street Records Corporation) was an American record label created by former Loud Records CEO Steve Rifkind. It was a subsidiary of Universal Music Group and was distributed through Republic Records.^[1]

Company history

SRC was founded by Steve Rifkind in 2000.^[

Universal. The label was much like Loud Records, a hip hop and R&B label. The first move with the label was signing David Banner, a rapper from Jackson, Mississippi. With Banner as their flagship artist, SRC soared to great heights behind his 2003 debut. The label was instantly hailed as the second-coming of Interscope Records^{[citation needed]}, due to the obvious similarities. The hit single "Like A Pimp," would make the label a household name within the hip hop community. During the year of 2003, the label would hit paydirt after hearing tapes from Senegalese singer, Akon, who they would immediately sign to their label. In 2004, Akon would release his multi-platinum debut album, Trouble. In early 2004, they signed a deal to distribute material from the rap supergroup, Terror Squad. SRC would go on to release all albums from Remy Ma and the group Terror Squad, itself. In the summer of 2004, SRC would become home to the hit single, "Lean Back," by Fat Joe and Remy Ma. After these releases, SRC had established itself among the other heavyweight record labels in hip hop music. In 2005, the label granted Akon his own label Konvict Muzik

. The deal brought more artists on to the label and a hit album from Akon.

Loud deal and later successes

In June 2007, Sony Music resurrected Rifkind's original label,
Universal Republic Records, later the label was reverted to Republic Records
.
On July 29, 2012, Steve Rifkind announced that he was leaving Universal Music Group on September 1, 2012.

Labels under SRC

Terror Squad Entertainment (before 2007)

Loud Records

UpFront Records

Konvict Muzik

Roster

Big Pun

David Banner

Shontelle

Melanie Fiona

Ray J

Aubrey O'Day

DJ Webstar^[4]

Majic Massey

Xzibit

Prodigy

SRC discography

David Banner – Mississippi: The Album (2003)

Baby Bash – Tha Smokin' Nephew (2003)

David Banner – MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water (2003)

Akon – Trouble (2004)

Terror Squad – True Story (2004)

Ric A Che- Lack of Communication (2004)

Baby Bash – Super Saucy (2005)

David Banner – Certified (2005)

There's Something About Remy
(2006)
Akon – Konvicted (2006)
Pharoahe Monch – Desire (2007)
Grandaddy Souf – Chasing My Dream (2007)
Keith Sweat – The Sweat Hotel (2007)
Wu-Tang Clan – 8 Diagrams (2007)
Lil' Baza Featuring DJ Gayness (2008)
David Banner – The Greatest Story Ever Told(2008)
Shontelle – Shontelligence (2008)
Akon – Freedom (2008)
Lala Man – September (2008)
Heavy Mojo – Blow Out The Sound (2009)
Asher Roth – Asleep in the Bread Aisle (2009)
Melanie Fiona – The Bridge (2009)
Shontelle - No Gravity (2010)
Melanie Fiona - The MF Life (2012)

References

^ "A Young Music Executive Takes over at Motown". August 10, 2011.
^ "Celebrities".
^ "Joell Ortiz Signing with SRC ?".
^ "DJ Webstar". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012.

External links

Official SRC Records website

[1] "A Young Music Executive Takes over at Motown". August 10, 2011.

[2] "Celebrities".

[3] "Joell Ortiz Signing with SRC ?".

[4] "DJ Webstar". Archived from the original on March 22, 2012.

[1]

[4]

Company history

Loud deal and later successes

Labels under SRC

Roster

SRC discography

See also

References

External links