Best of Roc-A-Fella Records

Founded by JAY Z, Damon Dash, and Kareem "Biggs" Burke, Roc-A-Fella was originally formed to release Jigga's Reasonable Doubt album in 1996. After that project became a hit, the label became an outlet for the street-centric flows of Beanie Sigel, Freeway, and Memphis Bleek. But the Roc's biggest creative coup was picking up the debut album of its then in-house producer Kanye West.