Game Recordings was a

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best known for its artists featured on the soundtrack of the video game ''

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''. Game Recordings artists included

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, Pretty Ugly, Ilacoin,

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, and

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. The label was also known for the "Game Girls," or "Hip Hop Honeys," who featured on all of the promotional singles and maxi-CDs it released. The label's

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was Jonathan "Shecky Green" Shecter, co-founder of ''

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'' magazine. Eric "Ric Riggler" Rhea, an A&R executive, headed the company.

History and Releases

Game Recordings' first release was Lord Digga's ''My Flows is Tight'', a song based on a sample from the theme of the game show ''

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''. In 1999, Game Recordings released a 12" single consisting of three songs, by rap duo

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, called '' Nuttin' to Do''. In 2000, Game Recordings released two singles from artist Ilacoin. "By A Stranger" featuring other New York artists Labba (later of

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' Flipmode Squad) & Bad Boy artist,

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(snipped for the video game ''

'') and "Keep It Street" featuring

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. One of the B-sides to Ilacoin's single "Keep It Street", "This, That & The 3rd" (produced by

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) would be interpolated for The

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2007 single, "Take It Back" from the

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album. In 2002, the label released ''Game Tight'', a compilation album.

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was featured on the album, on the Pretty Ugly song ''Hit Em' Up''. Game released three full-length albums, two by Royce da 5'9" ('' Rock City'' and '' Rock City Version 2.0''); its third release was ''Game Tight'', a best-of album. The label was also set to release 8-Off

's First album, ''Imagine Your Life'', although the album never saw the light of day. In 2008, Game released two CDs by

: the first was a new Royce da 5'9" album titled ''Lost & Found'', which features rare and unreleased tracks that were recorded while he recorded for the label, and the second is titled ''Rock City Version 3.0'', which is a mix of Royce's first two albums, '' Rock City'' and '' Rock City Version 2.0''. Game also provided

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with songs for the '' Midnight Club 2'' soundtrack. Game Recordings stopped operating as a record label in 2005. Shecky Green continued to make and promote the ''Hip Hop Honeys'' DVD series under the Game Recordings name. In 2007,

released his single "Hit 'Em"/"Ding!" through the label. Although Game Recordings no longer functions as a record label, an artist known as Keith from Up the Block is represented by Game. Also, the Game

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site is still in operation, as are the Hip Hop Honeys. Although he did not record it, he did various tasks for the

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series for the '' Call of Duty: Ghosts'' saga.

External links

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