craig mack was the first artist signed to bad boy records.
craig mack was the first artist signed to bad boy records.
who was the first artist signed to bad boy records?
craig mack
after his climb from a non-paid internship to becoming an a&r executive at uptown, sean "puffy" combs was fired in mid-1993 by andre harrell and founded his own label, bad boy records, in late 1993. the label's first release was "flava in ya ear" by craig mack, followed quickly by mack's debut album, "project funk da world" in 1994. on the heels of these releases came "juicy" and "ready to die", the lead single and debut album from the notorious b.i.g. (a.k.a. biggie smalls), released the same year. while mack's album went gold, "ready to die" achieved multi-platinum success. dominating the charts in 1995, b.i.g. became one of the genre's biggest names of the day and bad boy's premier star. also in 1995, the label continued its success with platinum releases by total and faith evans. bad boy, meanwhile, staffed a bevy of in-house writer/producers, including: easy mo bee, chucky thompson and d dot—all of whom were instrumental in producing many of bad boy's most noted releases during this time.
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on april 25, 2012, mase featured alongside diddy on wale's "slight work" remix, marking the first appearance of the harlem rapper on record since 2010. rumors began to start that mase, as well as singer omarion, were both signing to rick ross' maybach music group. it was later revealed that bad boy artist french montana was the reason mase was making his third comeback. according to montana, mase is serving as an a&r representative on montana's forthcoming bad boy debut, "excuse my french," as well as appearing on the remix of montana's "everything's a go." "i'm not sure what kind of decisions he's going to make," montana says, "[but] i would love to see him in my camp." mase is currently resigned to bad boy records but has yet to announce whether he is resigned as part of a joint venture deal between bad boy and mmg. he later announced he had gotten his release from bad boy. in april 2013, cassie released her first full-length project seven years after her debut album, a mixtape titled "rockabyebaby", to positive reception. rapper los announced his departure from bad boy records on march 19, 2014.
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