Flip Records is a

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, started by

Jordan Schur Jordan Schur is an American entrepreneur, record executive and film producer. He is currently co-chairman and CEO of the film production company Mimran Schur Pictures. He is also the former President of Geffen Records, the founder of Flip Records ...

in April 1994. The label is known for the signing of popular

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bands such as

Limp Bizkit Limp Bizkit is an American rap rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. Its lineup consists of lead vocalist Fred Durst, drummer John Otto, guitarist Wes Borland, turntablist DJ Lethal and bassist Sam Rivers. The band's music is marked by D ...

, Dope and

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. The label has sold 70 million albums worldwide.

History

Flip Records was founded by Jordan Schur in April 1994, who was looking to set up a record label of musical acts playing "

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with

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sensibilities". Schur left his family's import-export business to start the label, and initially received US$2 million in

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. Flip was originally headquartered in

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, New York. Flip's first release was the self-titled debut album by Big Hate, released in January 1996, and the label's releases were initially distributed by Ichiban Records before the label went bankrupt in 1998. Flip Records' first

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-distributed release was '' Comic Book Whore'' by

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, which was initially released through Flip before

Interscope Records Interscope Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group through its Interscope Geffen A&M imprint. Founded in late 1990 by Jimmy Iovine and Ted Field as a $20 million joint venture with Atlantic Records of Warner ...

picked the album up and re-released it in October 1996. Jensen later left Flip and Interscope in 1998 due to conflicts over her creative direction. In 1997,

signed to Flip Records, after deciding against signing to Mojo Records. The band's debut album, ''

Three Dollar Bill, Y'all ''Three Dollar Bill, Y'all'' (stylized as ''Three Dollar Bill, Yall$'') is the debut studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit, released on July 1, 1997, by Flip and Interscope Records. It established the band's trademark sound with the ...

'', was financed by Schur and released as a joint partnership with Interscope; it became Flip Records' first successful album, selling over 1.8 million copies in the United States by 1999. Thanks to its success, Schur was able to cut Flip a number of distribution deals with other major labels for its acts, including Epic (Dope) and A&M (Big Hate) between 1997 and 1998. Limp Bizkit's frontman, Fred Durst, was also responsible for signing

(with A&M) and Staind (with Elektra) to Flip in 1997 and 1998, respectively. In October 1999, Schur became the president of

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following the

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merger. Subsequently, he left his position as head of Flip Records, but continued to retain ownership of the label and worked with their acts. As a result of this deal, Flip's subsequent signings were largely distributed through Interscope-Geffen-A&M Records. Flip Records became the first record label to achieve over one million album sales of a rock music album in its first week in October 2000, with the release of Limp Bizkit's '' Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavoured Water.'' After Schur was ejected from his position at Geffen Records in 2006, Flip Records became inactive as Schur moved on to

Suretone Records Suretone Records is an American record label established in 2006 as a joint venture by Jordan Schur, former CEO of Geffen Records, and Interscope Records, to release alternative rock music. Several high-profile bands such as Weezer, The Cure, ...

. The Flip label name was still used regardless on releases by Staind ('' The Illusion of Progress'' and '' Staind'') and

(''

Gold Cobra ''Gold Cobra'' is the fifth studio album by American rap rock band Limp Bizkit. Released in 2011 by Flip and Interscope Records, it is the band's first studio album since 2003's ''Results May Vary'' and its first with the full original lineup sin ...

'') up to 2011; since then, the label has not released any new material.

Alumni

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* Big Hate *

* Dope * Fine * Go! Dog! Go! * The Hotheads *

* Marcy * Staind

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