Description: Fresh Records was a New York City-based independent record label that operated from 1985 to 1992. The label was a subsidiary of Sleeping Bag Records that sold hip hop music. The label's roster included EPMD, Nice & Smooth, Just-Ice and T La Rock; house-music pioneer Todd Terry; and electro artists Hanson & Davis and Chocolette. Kurtis Mantronik, in addition to being the musician of the hip-hop duo Mantronix (signed to the parent label Sleeping Bag Records), did A&R for both labels.
Description: LaFace Records was an American record label based in Atlanta, Georgia, that operated as a unit of Sony Music Entertainment from 2008 to 2011 and was historically a part of Bertelsmann Music Group from 1989 to 2004. It was most active and achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1990s, dealing largely in the field of urban music. It was originally distributed by its co-creator Arista Records from 1989 through 2001, after which it was shuttered and absorbed into Arista. In 2004, the label was rebooted, and it began operating through Jive Records until both were absorbed into RCA Records in 2011. Today, the label's back catalog and reissues are managed by Legacy Recordings.
Description: No Limit Records is an American record company founded by Master P. The label's albums were distributed by Priority Records, Universal and Koch Records. The label included artists such as Snoop Dogg, Mercedes, Silkk the Shocker, Mystikal, Mia X, Mac, C-Murder, Magic, Romeo Miller, Fiend, Kane & Abel, and Soulja Slim. Anthony Boswell, head of Bout It Bout It Management, served as the vice president of operations as well as head of management for the label.
Description: Sugar Hill Records refers to two distinct labels: a famous 1979 hip-hop label founded by Sylvia and Joe Robinson and a Nashville-based bluegrass label founded in 1978. The hip-hop label, based in Englewood, New Jersey, launched the first top 40 rap single, "Rapper's Delight," by The Sugarhill Gang, and played a pivotal role in bringing hip-hop to the mainstream. The bluegrass label, which is still active, is known for artists like Ricky Skaggs and Sarah Jarosz.
Description: Profile Records was one of the earliest hip-hop labels. As well as hip-hop they released disco, dance, and electro records. In 1980, Cory Robbins, who was 23 at the time and had worked briefly for MCA, wanted to start a record label. He invited his songwriter friend Steve Plotnicki to be a partner. They each borrowed $17,000 from their parents, purchased the little used Panorama Records subsidiary from MCA, and Profile Records was born. Their tiny office opened at 250 West 57th street in NYC on May 1, 1981.
Description: Rawkus Records is an American hip hop record label, owned by James Murdoch, known for starting the careers of many rappers. Rawkus started in 1995 with releases in hip-hop, drum and bass and fun-dustrial (Dystopia One). Label heads Brian Brater and Jarret Myer then signed some of the top underground talent from the New York area, notably Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek and Company Flow, who went on to define the label's sound. The string of 12" releases and full-length albums that followed helped initiate a resurgence in the New York/East Coast sound. Many of these are considered classics among hip-hop aficionados. During the mid to late 1990s, Rawkus became a dominant label in the underground hip-hop scene.
Description: Rawkus Records is an American hip hop record label, owned by James Murdoch, known for starting the careers of many rappers. Rawkus started in 1995 with releases in hip-hop, drum and bass and fun-dustrial (Dystopia One). Label heads Brian Brater and Jarret Myer then signed some of the top underground talent from the New York area, notably Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Hi-Tek and Company Flow, who went on to define the label's sound. The string of 12" releases and full-length albums that followed helped initiate a resurgence in the New York/East Coast sound. Many of these are considered classics among hip-hop aficionados. During the mid to late 1990s, Rawkus became a dominant label in the underground hip-hop scene.
Description: Ruff Ryders Entertainment is an American hip hop record label and management company founded by siblings and record executives Joaquin "Waah", Darrin "Dee" and Chivon Dean in 1988. It operated as a subsidiary of Universal, and distributed by Interscope Records, with Def Jam Recordings serving as the distributor for DMX albums. The label went on to launch the careers of several successful artists such as their flagship artist DMX, Eve, The LOX, Drag-On, MC Jin, producers Dame Grease and the Deans' nephew, Swizz Beatz among others. The Ruff Ryders namesake also referred to a loose-knit hip hop collective composed of the core signees of the label.
Description: Ruthless Records was an American record label founded by Eric "Eazy-E" Wright in Compton, California on March 3, 1987. All of the Ruthless trademarks have been owned by Comptown Records, Inc. since 1987. Several artists and groups on the label such as N.W.A, Eazy-E, MC Ren, the D.O.C., Michel'le, and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony have released RIAA certified albums.
Description: Loud Records, LLC is a record label founded by Steve Rifkind, Joseph Safina, Rich Isaacson in 1991. Rifkind served as the chief executive officer while Isaacson served as the president of the label. The label signed numerous artists such as Wu-Tang Clan, Davina, Big Pun, Mobb Deep, Prodigy, Krayzie Bone, The Beatnuts, M.O.P., Tha Alkaholiks, Pete Rock, Lil' Flip, Three 6 Mafia, Project Pat, Xzibit, Twista, Dead Prez, The Dwellas, and The X-Ecutioners. The label also released thrash metal band Megadeth's deluxe and remastered debut album Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good! in 2002.
Description: This phrase is a highly famous and iconic line from the 1986 Nintendo game The Legend of Zelda. The full quote, spoken by an unnamed old man in a cave at the beginning of the game, is: "It's dangerous to go alone! Take this". The old man then gives the player character, Link, a sword to start his adventure. The line has since become an enduring internet meme and a significant piece of pop culture.
Description: Uptown Records was a groundbreaking American label, founded by Andre Harrell in 1986, that defined the sound of '90s hip-hop and R&B, pioneering the "New Jack Swing" genre and launching superstars like Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, and Heavy D & The Boyz, while also giving Sean "Diddy" Combs his start, creating a cultural movement alongside hit music. The label's signature style blended assertive hip-hop with smooth R&B, establishing a distinctive aesthetic and lifestyle brand that influenced music for decades.
Description: Hey Jackass, you have been following me and stealing my ideas and designs. What you're doing is illegal and I have generated a DMCA to have your entire account deactivated. You should know better than to take artwork that doesn't belong to you. You should be ashamed of yourself. Take down everything you stole from me or I will escalate legal proceedings. I'm watching you.
Description: The Unified Earth Government (UEG)[Note 1] is the central civilian government that administrates over Earth and its colonies throughout a portion of the Orion Arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It encompasses the Colonial Administration Authority (CAA), the United Nations (UN), and the United Nations Space Command (UNSC).
Description: The Colonial Administration Authority (CAA), also known as the Colonial Administration is a human governmental body subordinate to the central Unified Earth Government (UEG). The CAA was formed in 2310 alongside its military arm, the Colonial Military Authority (CMA), with both collectively semi-officially known as the Colonial Authority (CA). Together, the Colonial Authority acts as the collective governance and representation for humanity's colony worlds under the UEG, while the United Nations continues to similarly-represent the constituent nations of Earth itself.
Description: Rapture Central Computing was founded by mathematician Charles Milton Porter and engineer Reed Wahl. The company provided computing services to the various systems within Rapture's infrastructure through contracts with the city's businesses. Individuals and private corporations would pay to use the Central Computing mainframe for their own services. One such business was Ryan Industries, who worked in partnership with Rapture Central Computing for the creation of the Ion Laser weaponry and the Lancer model Big Daddy, and in association with McClendon Robotics on the Vacuum Bots and Robotic Little Sisters.
Description: The band performed at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance on November 12, 1955. Marvin played the guitar and was the lead vocalist, while another member, Reginald, played the drums. The other three played the piano, the bass fiddle and the saxophone. The band took a break shortly before 9:00 in the evening, and went out to Reginald's car to smoke. When Marty McFly was locked in the trunk of their car during their break by Match, Skinhead, and 3-D, the band demanded to know why the bullies were messing with their car, which was the private property of the band. Biff's gang responded with racist taunts and accusations of drug abuse ("spook" and "reefer addicts" by 3-D and Skinhead respectively).
Description: The United Nations Space Command (UNSC) is the military, exploratory, and scientific agency of the Unified Earth Government (UEG) and has acted as the emergency governing body of the human race at large for a time.[9] The UNSC was formed in the 22nd century, a time when remnants of old cultural ideologies clashed for supremacy in the Sol System. The UNSC served mainly as overseer of United Nations military operations in space. After initiating massive militarization propaganda throughout its off-world colonies, through the UNSC, the UN defeated Frieden and Koslovic insurgent forces in a conflict known as the Interplanetary War, which consisted of several side-battles that took place on Mars, the Jovian Moons and the South America.
Description: Arriving in 1955, Marty discovers he has no plutonium, so he cannot return to 1985. While exploring a burgeoning Hill Valley, Marty encounters his teenage father, discovering Biff was bullying George even then. George falls into the path of an oncoming car while spying on the teenage Lorraine changing clothes, and Marty is knocked unconscious while saving him. He wakes to find himself tended to by Lorraine, who becomes infatuated with him. Marty tracks down and convinces a younger Doc that he is from the future. Doc explains the only source available in 1955 capable of generating the 1.21 gigawatts of power required for time travel is a lightning bolt.
Description: Aperture Laboratories, also known as Aperture Science, is a fictional American scientific research company from the Portal and Half-Life video game series. Originally a shower curtain manufacturer founded by Cave Johnson, it became a rival of Black Mesa and is known for its ethically dubious experiments and the creation of the Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device. The company's main facilities are located underground in a disused salt mine, and the story of the games takes place within its "Enrichment Center".
Description: "Jill Sandwich" is a phrase derived from a humorous English translation choice in the original Resident Evil. It is spoken by S.T.A.R.S. member Barry Burton after partner Jill Valentine escapes being crushed in a descending ceiling trap inside the Spencer Mansion. This line became a popular saying in the early fandom alongside "I have this" and "itchy tasty", and it was reused in other games as an in-joke.
Description: The Black Mesa Research Facility (also simply called Black Mesa) is a fictional underground laboratory complex that serves as the primary setting for the video game Half-Life and its expansions, as well as its unofficial remake, Black Mesa. It also features in the wider Half-Life universe, including the Portal series. Located in the New Mexico desert in a decommissioned Cold War missile site, it is the former employer of Half-Life's theoretical physicist protagonist, Gordon Freeman, and a competitor of Aperture Science. While the facility ostensibly conducts military-industrial research, its secret experiments into teleportation have caused it to make contact with the alien world of Xen, and its scientists covertly study its life-forms.
Description: "Rise and shine, Mr. Freeman" is a famous line from the opening of the video game Half-Life 2, spoken by the mysterious character known as the G-Man. The quote is part of a longer speech where the G-Man awakens the player character, Gordon Freeman, from stasis to a world now conquered by an alien empire called the Combine.
Description: Jobu is the voodoo doll from the movie Major League. Jobu is a fictional good-luck charm that the character Pedro Cerrano (Dennis Haysbert) uses to help him hit curveballs. The voodoo doll, a source of much humor in the film, has become an iconic part of baseball pop culture, and official merchandise, such as action figures and bobbleheads, is available for purchase. In the movie, the character Pedro Cerrano uses the voodoo doll, named Jobu, to help him with his hitting. He gives the doll cigars and rum, and famously says, "Is very bad to steal Jobu's rum".
Description: StarCraft is a military science fiction media franchise created by Chris Metzen and James Phinney and owned by Blizzard Entertainment. The series, set in the beginning of the 26th century, centers on a galactic struggle for dominance among four species—the adaptable and mobile Terrans, the ever-evolving insectoid Zerg, the powerful and enigmatic Protoss, and the godlike Xel'Naga creator race—in a distant part of the Milky Way galaxy known as the Koprulu Sector. The series debuted with the video game StarCraft in 1998. It has grown to include a number of other games as well as eight novelizations, two Amazing Stories articles, a board game and other licensed merchandise, such as collectible statues and toys.
Description: 50,000 People Used to Live Here. Now It's a Ghost Town, refers to a memorable quote from the 2008 video game Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare describing the ghost city of Pripyat. Online, the quote and image macros based on it have been used as a way to describe various abandoned communities, such as old multiplayer games that lost their user base. In September 2021, an audio clip of the quote became a trend in lip-dub skits on TikTok.
Description: "The cake is a lie" is a catchphrase from the 2007 video game Portal. Initially left behind as graffiti by Doug Rattmann to warn that GLaDOS, the game's main villain, was deceiving the player, it was intended to be a minor reference and esoteric joke by the game's development team that implied the player would never receive their promised reward. It became unexpectedly popular among Portal players, and has since become a widely distributed Internet meme where the phrase is co-opted and becomes associated with new meanings outside of the original context of the game.
Description: For a brick, he flew pretty good! is an achievement in the Sergeant Johnson DLC for Halo Wars 2. This achievement is obtained when a player kills 50 infantry units with the Colossus' Stomp ability in either Multiplayer, Skirmish or Blitz. Halo is a military science fiction video game series and media franchise, originally developed by Bungie and currently managed and developed by Halo Studios (previously 343 Industries), part of Microsoft's Xbox Game Studios. The series launched in November 2001 with the first-person shooter video game Halo: Combat Evolved and its tie-in novel, The Fall of Reach. The latest major installment, Halo Infinite, was released in 2021. Spinoffs include real-time strategy and twin-stick shooter games.
Description: Rock and Stone is a salute and in-game dialogue that every dwarf in the video game Deep Rock Galactic uses in order to show respect to one another. Since the game's release in early 2018, the catchphrase has been used on social media and elsewhere online as a copypasta response or reference in comment sections and as a source for various memes. Other prevalent in-game emotes or cheers commonly seen online include "Rock and Stone, To The Bone," "For Karl" and "If You Don't Rock and Stone, You Ain't Comin' Home."GHOST SHIP GAMES,
Description: "Praise the Sun" is a gesture and phrase from the Dark Souls video game series, popularized by the character Solaire of Astora. It's a gesture of greeting, a celebration after defeating a boss, or an expression of joy and relief. In the game, the gesture involves putting your arms up and tilting your head back, like a "Y" shape.
Description: "You Must Construct Additional Pylons" is a memorable quote uttered in the video game Starcraft. In the game, the alien race Protoss, one of the playable character races in the game, requires Pylons to provide energy for buildings and allow construction of bases. The phrase became a popular catchphrase online, inspired YTMND pages and parodies.
Description: The phrase, "I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum," is famously from the 1988 John Carpenter film They Live and was improvised by actor Roddy Piper. The line is so iconic that it has been adopted by the video game character Duke Nukem and has become a widely recognized cultural reference.
