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.
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independentDocumentedProduction 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
Releases in 1994
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (production) (Production)
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The Dungeon: A Basement in East Point
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
Videos
Waterfalls (TLC — production) (video)
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Interviews
Conversation with Organized Noize
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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.
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The Dungeon
Basement studio · East Point
Magic City
Club · Downtown
Basement studios, skating rinks and strip-mall record shops building a Southern sound. (Golden Age → Streaming Era)