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New Orleans, LA. | Houston, TX | Hattiesburg, MS.
504.975.4206
TAKE FO’ Records emerged in 1992 and quickly became the center of the New Orleans hip hop movement. Bounce music was the new sound at that time and TAKE FO’ was responsible for introducing this new dance phenomenon to the country. For over fifteen (15) years TAKE FO’ has been the premier record label of the Southwest region. With twenty-Four (24) separate artists, thirty-five (35) CD releases and collectively, over 200,000 independent record sales to date, TAKE FO’ Records remains to be a major contender and a well respected independent record label in its market place.
TAKE FO’ has launched the careers of hip-hop and R&B greats such as DJ Jubilee, Choppa, Baby Boy Da Prince, The Beat Doctor -AKA 7th Ward Soulja, TEC-9 from U.N.L.V., P-Town Moe, Lisa Amos and The LA Band, DJ Duck, Katey Red and Willie Puckett, just to name a few.
TAKE FO’ has received impressive reviews and massive attention over the years from national and international print media, most notably from the Federal Copyright court case in 2003 involving Juvenile and Cash Money Records’ version of the song “Back That Ass/Azz Up”.
Despite the genre's relative seclusion, elements of bounce have influenced a variety of other southern hip hop styles and have even slipped their way into the mainstream. Atlanta's crunk artists such as Lil
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Jon and the Ying Yang Twins frequently cite bounce chants in their songs, David Banner's hit "Like A Pimp" is constructed around a slowed down "Triggaman" sample and Memphis' DJ Paul's early mixtapes prominently feature samples from DJ Jimi's work, Gangsta Boo and Three Six Mafia, which has made a few bona fide bounce songs, and Beyoncé, a native of Houston, TX with roots in New Orleans, LA, released a bounce song, "Get Me Bodied" on her 2006 release, B'day, introducing the genre to pop listeners.
