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Organized Noize

Production trio · East Point, Atlanta, GA · 1992–present

Genres: Hip-Hop, R&B · Southern

Producers Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown. Working from the basement studio known as the Dungeon, they shaped early OutKast and Goodie Mob records and produced TLC's "Waterfalls" (1995).

Golden Age

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Releases in 1994

Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (production) (Production)

Scene events

None recorded.

Stories

The Dungeon: A Basement in East Point

Biography

Producers Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown. Working from the basement studio known as the Dungeon, they shaped early OutKast and Goodie Mob records and produced TLC's "Waterfalls" (1995).

Origin: East Point, Atlanta · Aliases: none recorded

Songs

01Waterfalls (TLC — production)
02Player's Ball (OutKast — production)
03Cell Therapy (Goodie Mob — production)

Discography

Videos

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Waterfalls (TLC — production) (video)

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Interviews

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Conversation with Organized Noize

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Photographs

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Stories

1994Documented

The Dungeon: A Basement in East Point

Organized Noize worked out of a basement studio in Rico Wade's family home in East Point, nicknamed the Dungeon. OutKast, Goodie Mob and others developed there, and the circle became known as the Dungeon Family.

Associated

Produced by (reverse)

OutKast

Produced by (reverse)

Goodie Mob

Released on (reverse)

Cool Breeze

Labels

LaFace

Locations

The Dungeon
Basement studio · East Point

Magic City
Club · Downtown

Historical Context

Basement studios, skating rinks and strip-mall record shops building a Southern sound. (Golden Age → Streaming Era)

Sources & References