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Def Jam South was a music division of Def Jam Recordings. The label focused primarily on southern acts. It was best known for launching the career of Ludacris and his own imprint, Disturbing tha Peace. In 2004, following the signing of Young Jeezy and hip-hop's overdominance of trap music, the division was folded into Def Jam. [citation needed]
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5 days ago · Shawn Setaro. | GRAMMYs / Jun 24, 2024 - 01:31 pm. This year marks the 40th anniversary of Def Jam Recordings, the New York label that made history in hip-hop, R&B, pop, and even thrash metal since its founding, and continues to do so today. A label that began out of an NYU dorm room in 1984 quickly became an artistic (and business) powerhouse.
- Justin Bieber
- Rihanna
- Frank Ocean: “Thinkin Bout You”
- Big Sean
- Yg
- Jeremih
- 2 Chainz: “Used 2”
- The-Dream: “1977”
- Logic Feat Alessia Cara and Khalid: “1-800-273-8255”
- Young Jeezy: “Crazy World”
When famed electronic music producers Diplo and Skrillex came together, christening themselves Jack Ü, they began working with a plethora of artists, including 2 Chainz, Kiesza, and teen-idol-turned-pop-powerhouse Justin Bieber. “Where Are Ü Now?” features Bieber’s gentle vocals filtered through heavily processed effects, over a minimal beat and ba...
What could be more romantic than two thrill-seekers finding “love in a hopeless place”? On her sixth studio album, Talk That Talk, Rihanna teamed up with Scottish DJ/producer Calvin Harris for “We Found Love.” While it has all the hallmarks of your standard uptempo house track, the song sneaks in more subversive topics of drugs and the addictive si...
Frank Ocean first burst onto the scene in the 00s, with Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All, the LA hip-hop collective that also birthed Tyler, The Creator, Earl Sweatshirt, and Syd Tha Kyd, but his debut album, Channel Orangeis what changed the game. Its genre-shifting mix of hip-hop, R&B, and electronica paved the way for a whole sub-genre, and hi...
Big Sean was brought to Def Jam via the Getting Out Our Dreams Music (GOOD Music) imprint. Sean worked with hip-hop legend E-40 on “I Don’t F__k With You,” off his third album Dark Sky Paradise. The expletive-laced anthem samples “Say You Love Me One More Time” by DJ Rogers and “September” by Earth, Wind And Fire. In the music video, Big Sean portr...
YG grew up in the same neighborhood of Compton and, roughly two decades later, joined the same gang as DJ Quik. Like his elder, YG ended up selling millions of records and churning out some of the best Def Jam songs. “Who Do You Love?” off his debut album, My Krazy Life, features Drake spitting a verse eerily reminiscent of “Playaz Club” by Rappin’...
Singer, songwriter, rapper, producer – what can’t Jeremih do? After the Chicagoan signed to Def Jam in his early 20s, his debut single, “Birthday Sex,” went triple-platinum and landed at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100. Electro-R&B single “Don’t Tell ’Em,” from his third album Late Nights, features Compton rapper and fellow Def Jam artist YG. For th...
Tauheed Epps began his recording career as one half of Atlanta-area rap group Playaz Circle, performing under the name Tity Boi alongside Dolla Boy. After releasing music on Ludacris’ Disturbing Tha Peace label, which was by then a subsidiary of Def Jam, Tity Boi became solo artist 2 Chainz, breaking out in 2012 with Based On A TRU Story. From his ...
Terius Youngdell Nash, aka The-Dream, has experienced massive success as a songwriter for pop artists Britney Spears, Ciara, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Mariah Carey, and Justin Bieber. As a solo artist, the North Carolinian’s unique brand of R&B was on full display across five albums for Def Jam/Radio Killa between 2007 and 2013. Tearjerker “1977,” ostensib...
After many of his fans told him that he saved their lives, Logic wondered what would happen if he actually tried to save lives. “1-800-273-8255” (named for the phone number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline) takes on the perspective of someone who wants to take his own life and is later talked out of it with the help of singer-songwriters...
One month after the start of the Great Recession in 2008, Atlanta-based rapper Young Jeezy (whose name was later shortened to Jeezy – we can’t all stay young forever) released The Recession, his follow up to 2006’s The Inspiration. Opening with a plea to vote for “Barrack O’ Drama,” Jeezy paints a bleak picture of the criminal justice system and al...
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Def Jam South by Various Artists. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
Shaquille O'Neal Presents: All Star Comedy Jam - South Beach. 2009 · 1 hr 30 min. TV-MA. Comedy. The all-star comedy line-up includes host D.L. Hughley and featured comics Earthquake, Lavell Crawford, Melanie Comarcho, and Arnez J. Subtitles: English. Starring: Shaquille O'Neal D.L. Hughley Cedric the Entertainer Earthquake Lavell Crawford.
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Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop.
