Terror Squad Entertainment

Terror Squad Entertainment
Founded	1992
Founder	Fat Joe
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	E1 Music
Genre	Hip hop
Country of origin	United States
Location	The Bronx, New York City, New York

Terror Squad Entertainment was a hip hop record label founded by Fat Joe in The Bronx (New York). The label had been distributed by Atlantic Records, and Imperial Records and now E1 Music (formerly Koch Records).

History

Fat Joe decided to form Terror Squad Entertainment after he began to associate himself with Big Pun, which was around 1995. Early on, Fat Joe used the label for mixtape releases until he struck up a distribution deal with Relativity Records in 1993. The deal with Relativity led to the release of Fat Joe's debut album Represent in 1993. The label got plenty of exposure in New York with the release of Joe's hit single "Flow Joe". In 1995, he signed Big Pun, Cuban Link and Triple Seis to the label. In 1995, Terror Squad would release Fat Joe's second album Jealous One's Envy. Soon after Fat Joe would begin his search for a new distributing label.

After seeing the success of the Terror Squad label and Fat Joe being disappointed with the album sales at Relativity, Fat Joe would move the label into the Atlantic Records umbrella. In 1998, Terror Squad debuted as a group on the track "The Hidden Hand" from Fat Joe's album Don Cartagena.^[1] In 1998, Big Pun's debut album Capital Punishment was released through Loud Records, and Fat Joe released Don Cartagena, which debuted at number 7 on the Billboard 200 chart. In 1999, Terror Squad released its debut album The Album. The album was somewhat successful and made a legit name for the group and the label. In 2000, Big Pun died, and his album Yeeeah Baby was released posthumously that year.

Fat Joe released two more albums, Jealous Ones Still Envy (J.O.S.E.) in 2001 featuring the hit single "We Thuggin'" with R. Kelly. In 2002, Fat Joe released the modestly performing Loyalty. In 2004, Terror Squad released its second album True Story. In 2005, Fat Joe released All or Nothing.^[2]

In September 2006, Fat Joe finalized a distribution deal for Terror Squad Entertainment through Imperial Records and EMI.^[3] "Make It Rain" featuring Lil Wayne was the debut single for Fat Joe's debut with TSE Me Myself & I. The label also released the debut album from DJ Khaled & PRO's Super Produced Listennn... the Album that year on Koch Records. The label followed the success of these two albums into 2007, which led to the second album from DJ Khaled We The Best which featured the hit single "We Takin' Over", which had guest appearances from Akon, T.I., Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Baby, and Lil Wayne.

Discography

1993
Fat Joe

• Represent

1995
Fat Joe

• Jealous One's Envy

1998
Big Pun

• Capital Punishment

Fat Joe

• Don Cartagena

1999
Terror Squad

• The Album

2000
Big Pun

• Yeeeah Baby

2001
Fat Joe

• Jealous Ones Still Envy

2002
Fat Joe

• Loyalty

2004
Terror Squad

• True Story

2005
Fat Joe

• All or Nothing

2006
Remy Ma

• There's Something About Remy: Based on a True Story

DJ Khaled

• Listennn...the Album

Fat Joe

• Me, Myself & I

2007
DJ Khaled

• We The Best

2008
Fat Joe

• The Elephant in the Room

DJ Khaled

• We Global

2009
Fat Joe

• Jealous Ones Still Envy 2

2010
DJ Khaled

• Victory

Fat Joe

• The Darkside Vol. 1

2011
DJ Khaled

• We the Best Forever

Fat Joe

• The Darkside Vol. 2

2012
DJ Khaled

• Kiss the Ring

2013
Fat Joe

• The Darkside Vol. 3

DJ Khaled

• Suffering from Success

Artists

• Fat Joe

Former artists

• Big Pun (Deceased)
• Cuban Link
• Triple Seis
• Prospect
• Armageddon
• Remy Ma
• Tony Sunshine
• DJ Khaled

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. "Terror Squad > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
2. Prato, Greg. "Fat Joe > Biography". allmusic. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
3. Reid, Shaheem (September 11, 2006). "'Fat Joe Is Signed To Fat Joe' — Newly Independent MC, Lil Wayne Shoot 'Rain' Video -Testing At 10:16". MTV News. Retrieved June 10, 2010.