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Tuff City

Catalog Spine

TitleArtist

1980s

1982!Catch The Beat! / !Catch The Groove!T-Ski Valley

1985The DMX Will RockDavy DMX

1985Street GirlSpoonie Gee

1985Wrong Girls To Play WithPapa Austin

1988Pure RighteousnessLakim Shabazz

1988It's A Mean WorldMark IV

1988The Adventures Of Super Rhymes / Rock It OutJimmy Spicer

1988Hot Day Is Burnin'Hot Day

1989You've Got To Change ItMark IV

1989Rhythmical MadnessThe 45 King

1989It's My TurnHot Day

1989Deadlier Than EverLouie Louie

1990s

1990The 900 NumberThe 45 King

1992Break Mania 3The 45 King

1994All The Way Live In '82Cold Crush Brothers

1997The Lost Breakbeats - The Green AlbumThe 45 King

Roster

The 45 King4 · 1989–97
Hot Day2 · 1988–89
Mark IV2 · 1988–89
Louie Louie2 · 1989
Grand Groove Bunch1 · 1982
T-Ski Valley1 · 1982
Davy DMX1 · 1985
Spoonie Gee1 · 1985
The Great Peso1 ·

LINER NOTES

Profile

Independent label based in New York. Founded by Aaron Fuchs in 1981.

External links

Bandcamp · @tuffcityrecords Instagram · @tuffcityrecords SoundCloud Bandcamp Twitter Facebook Instagram tuffcity.com YouTube

Source

Open on Discogs

1985

Jimmy Spicer1 · 1988

Lakim Shabazz1 · 1988

Maximus 31 · 1988

Family Tree

7 sublabels

■Tuff City

11-A Records
Funky Delicacies
Night Train International
Ol' Skool Flava
Raw Cut Records
Smokin'
Soul-Tay-Shus

Genre Profile

top 8

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Across 11 tagged in-scope masters

Studio Hands

top 10 · remixes & productions

The 45 King
ProducerMixed By4× masters
Patrick Adams
ProducerMixed ByEngineer3× masters
Herb Powers Jr.
Mastered By3× masters
Julian Herzfeld
Mixed ByEngineer2× masters
Davy DMX
Mixed ByProducer2× masters
David Reeves (2)
Producer2× masters
Louie Louie
Producer2× masters
The Imperial Rapper R-Kim
Vocals1× master
Lakim Shabazz
Vocals1× master
Double J (2)
Vocals1× master