[1] After the label's first two releases, a distribution deal was signed with CBS Associated Records, although Tuff City severed the link after only a year.
[1] Fuchs also bought the rights to earlier recordings that were sampled by others, bringing money into the label via licensing costs.
[4] In late 1980s and early 1990s Tuff City released a string of new hip hop recordings by ANTTEX, Lakim Shabazz, Mark the 45 King and YZ.
In the mid-1990s, Tuff City launched the Ol' Skool Flava sub-label for reissues of classic hip hop material.
Works of Professor Longhair, James Booker, Tuts Washington and Lenny LaCour, among others, have been released by the label.