Ruffhouse Records is an American record label founded in 1989 by Chris Schwartz and Joe Nicolo as a joint venture with Columbia Records. In 1999, Schwartz and Nicolo closed the label, and Schwartz and Kevon Glickman continued with RuffNation Records. Ruffhouse's artist roster at the time of its original closing included The Fugees, Cypress Hill, Kris Kross, Wyclef Jean, Lauryn Hill, and Leela James.

The label was relaunched on July 12, 2012, through EMI, with Beanie Sigel as the first artist to be out through its relaunch with the release of his album This Time (2012).

Notable artists

  • Beanie Sigel
  • Cheba
  • Cypress Hill
  • Glenn Lewis
  • Larry Larr
  • Lauryn Hill
  • Pras
  • Leela James
  • Wyclef Jean
  • Keith Martin
  • King Britt
  • Kool Keith
  • Kris Kross

|-

|Tim Dog

|Penicillin on Wax

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: November 12, 1991
  • Chart position: 155 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Kris Kross

|Totally Krossed Out

<small>(released with So So Def/Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: March 31, 1992
  • Chart position: 1 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: 4× Platinum

|-

|The Goats

|Tricks of the Shade

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: November 1992
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Dandelion

|I Think I'm Gonna Be Sick

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: March 1993
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Tim Dog

|Do or Die

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: April 20, 1993
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|C.E.B.

|Countin' Endless Bank

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: July 6, 1993
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Cypress Hill

|Black Sunday

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: July 20, 1993
  • Chart position: 1 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: Platinum

|-

|Wyclef Jean

|The Carnival

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: June 24, 1997
  • Chart position: 16 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: 2x Platinum

|-

|Psycho Realm

|The Psycho Realm

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: October 28, 1997
  • Chart position: 183 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Armand van Helden

|Sampleslaya: Enter the Meatmarket

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: November 10, 1997
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|King Britt Presents Sylk 130

|When The Funk Hits The Fan

<small>(released with Ovum Recordings/Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: January 27, 1998
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Josh Wink

|Herehear

<small>(released with Ovum Recordings/Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: March 1998
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|John Forté

|Poly Sci

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: June 23, 1998
  • Chart position: 84 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Sporty Thievz

|Street Cinema

|

  • Released: August 18, 1998
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Lauryn Hill

|The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill

<small>(released with Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: August 25, 1998
  • Chart position: 1 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: 10× Platinum (Diamond)
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Kool Keith

|Black Elvis/Lost in Space

<small>(released with SME/Columbia)</small>

|

  • Released: August 10, 1999
  • Chart position: 180 U.S.
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Beanie Sigel

|This Time

<small>(released with State Property/EMI)</small>

|

  • Released: August 28, 2012
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|-

|Glenn Lewis

|Moment of Truth

<small>(released with EMI)</small>

|

  • Released: October 15, 2013
  • Chart position: —
  • RIAA certification: —

|}

References

  • Ruffhouse Records (list of Ruffhouse Records recordings referencing artists above)