Full Surface Records is a record label founded by hip-hop producer Swizz Beatz. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began among urban African Americans and Latinos in New York City in the early 1970s, and has since spread around the world. ... Swizz Beatz (born Kasseem Dean) is an JamaicanâPuerto Rican American hip hop music record producer best known for producing tracks for the Ruff Ryders record label since the age of 16. ...
Artists on the label include Cassidy, Yung Wun, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and Mashonda. Cassidy (real name Barry Reese) is a Philadelphia rapper. ... Yung Wun is a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia best known for his hit Tear it Up. ... Bone Thugs-N-Harmony From Left to Right: Layzie Bone, Wish Bone, Krayzie Bone, and Bizzy Bone. ... Mashonda on the cover of her debut January Joy (2005) Mashonda Tifrere, professionaly known just as Mashonda, is an R&B singer signed to Full Surface/J Records. ...