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Rock Bottom Entertainment is an Indie record label founded in Detroit, Michigan in June 1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of t ... by founder and C.E.O., Rafael "Rock" Howard. In 1997, the first album released was "From The Bottom Up", which had instant success. This album featured singles, Freak 4 Dollars and Pay Your Ticket. In 1999, Alligator City was released, which featured the hit singles, Gatored Up, Roll Wit Us ( which included a video) and Linwood to Woodrow. To date, Alligator City is one of the highest sold independent rap albums in Detroit history. In 2002, Rock Bottom Entertainment released the highly anticipated, Who is Rock Bottom, which featured, NO. The single, NO, was in heavy rotation on all local stations, which made it #1 across the country. Fo ...
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