Originally founded in 1979, the studio has been the site of numerous commercially successful and award-winning recordings.
[1] The 7,000 square foot facility located at 13849 Ventura Boulevard in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles included recording studios and rehearsal space.
In 1988, Bruce Swedien and Quincy Jones approached Ocean Way Recording founder Allen Sides about an upcoming album project that would have a multitude of high-profile guest artists.
Dr. Dre became a long-term client of Record One while launching Aftermath Entertainment,[16][17] eventually securing all available studio time for approximately five years beginning in 2004.
[18] During this time, the studio was the location of production for Dr. Dre's own material like 2001, as well as such albums as 50 Cent's The Massacre, The Game's The Documentary,[19] Jay-Z's Kingdom Come, and Busta Rhymes' the Big Bang.
[22] In 2015, long-term Record One client Dr. Dre and his business partner Larry Chatman purchased the studio.