Now
all of you upcoming artists have two new record labels to submit
material to. After a bitter break up between Joe Nicolo and
Chris Schwartz, former CEO’s of Ruffhouse Records, the duo have
both formed seperate labels. Schwartz has formed RuffNation
with Warner Brothers, and will have offices in Philly, London
and New York. Nicolo isn’t sitting around and crying about the
split either. He informed allhiphop.com that he has also formed
a label with offices in the Philly area, called Judgement Records,
which will be distributed through RCA. The exit of Loud (who
will be handled by RED, a division of Sony) left RCA with no
formidable Hip-Hop label, so Nicolo will be getting a lot of
attention. When the pair were together, they had such acts as
Kriss Kross, Cypress Hill, The Fugees and had Nas for a moment.
