Jan 25th
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| As Al Lindstrom‘s one-on-one interview with the SVP of Island/Def Jam continues , Shawn gives us his history from Gee Street to Arista, his relationship with L.A. Reid and more. #DefJamBack |
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14 days ago. Jan 19th
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| Irv Gotti was one of many that graced the red carpet at Jay-Z’s 40/40 re-opening last night in New York City. The Source caught up with the face of Murder Inc. and discussed his frustration with the record label, and having no president since Jay-Z from 2005-2008. via The Source Previously: Jadakiss Supports Irv Gotti For Def Jam [...] |
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| 20 days ago. Jan 19th
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| In part one of Al Lindstrom’s chat with SVP of Island/Def Jam Shawn Pecas. He speaks on accidentally announcing the signing of Asher Roth (Thanks YN), Jeezy and Ross feud and more. |
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| 20 days ago. Jan 6th
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| With appearances from Diddy, 2 Chainz, Wale, Pharrell, John Legend, Nas, Styles P, Meek Mill and more, it's safe to say "Rozay Back." |
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| 1 month, 3 days ago. Nov 15th
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| Lewdness, shpritzing cans of beer, and debauchery depict a regular night out for three dudes from New York City in the mid eighties. So it’s safe to say that if you had a teenage daughter that year, there was no way in hell you would’ve allowed her to go out with Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Michael [...] |
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| 2 months, 25 days ago. Nov 15th
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| Lewdness, shpritzing cans of beer, and debauchery depict a regular night out for three dudes from New York City in the mid eighties. So it’s safe to say that if you had a teenage daughter that year, there was no way in hell you would’ve allowed her to go out with Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz, Michael [...] |
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| 2 months, 25 days ago. Nov 9th
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| The G.O.O.D. Music rapper explains how he goes about picking cameos. |
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| 3 months, 1 day ago. Nov 3rd
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| Irv Gotti’s got some backing. After pitching for the presidency at Def Jam last month, Jadakiss, who is signed to the label, told MTV that he thinks the Murder Inc. CEO would be a good fit. Hail to the chief? “He said a lot of stuff that doesn’t get said. He was able to [vent] without [...] |
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| 3 months, 7 days ago. Oct 31st
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| Exclusive: After making his intro on Scarface's "Dopeman Music," B. James drops a visual from "A Young Vet," which reportedly features Scarface & Killer Mike. |
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| 3 months, 11 days ago. Oct 17th
| The 13th album (at this point I’ve given up trying to fact check this) from the legendary Roots crew will be a concept project called undun, and the track list (below) has been revealed. ?uestlove previously told MTV News that it will be a “movie without visuals.” That sounds a bit too DJ Khaled’esque, but the [...] |
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| 3 months, 24 days ago. Oct 26th
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| In part 2, Sha talks about the advantages of being a producer turned A&R. After the jump, he speaks on his vision for Big K.R.I.T.’s future and in the final part, they discuss his position at Def Jam and the importance of label’s earlier days to hip hop. Props to Al Lindstrom. Previously: Sha Money XL Interview [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 15th
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| Big Sean appeared on Lip Service and was asked about what has been said about Def Jam and L.A. Reid in the last week or so: Well, my experiences with L.A. Reid, I’ve had tons of meetings with him recently, and even in my meetings he said ‘Man I’m a guy that’s into hits man, pop,’ [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 12th
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| One of the artists that Shyne mentioned in his rant earlier announced his released date today. Starks will be dropping his latest album The Apollo Kids on December 14th, and has just set out on a tour of the U.S. with label-mate Sheek Louch. Dates here. Previously: Josh Xantus feat. Ghostface Killah – I Don’t Care [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 12th
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| In an interesting turn of events, Shyne is apparently trying to leave the label that he signed to only 8 months ago and is already considering going to Cash Money Records: “I’m definitely trying to get with Cash Money but the Def Jam thing is a question mark right now,” Shyne told SOHH. “I’ve been fixing [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 12th
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| Apparently L.A. Reid is out at Def Jam. And the harbinger of doom himself, Shyne, is here to tell us why. Shoot up the club, Urban Daily: You’re talking about Lucian Grainge who replaced Doug Morris? Yeah, and I know LA Reid ain’t gonna be there no more. I don’t know what’s happening over there. It all depends [...] |
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| 1 year, 3 months ago. Oct 9th
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| Even though A3C was at the forefront of our minds this week, we still had work to do around here: – To the surprise of no one, Kobe picked himself to win in one-on-one against LeBron. – Patrick Chung helped convince Bill Belichick that Randy Moss was expendable. – We used a fine tooth comb to count Wayne’s [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Oct 7th
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| Well, I don’t think many of us saw this one coming. Music industry blogger Bob Lefsetz , has released an alleged email that Nas sent to Def Jam execs over their mishandling of his Lost Tapes 2 project. In the email, Nas (supposedly) claims that Def Jam will not count the album of unreleased material [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Oct 7th
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| The sequel to 2002′s Lost Tapes is ready to be released, and Def Jam is apparently willing to put it out, but they’re supposedly saying that it won’t count on his deal and that they won’t give him any money, although in the e-mail below addressed to Def Jam’s top execs from Nas, they seemed [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Oct 4th
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| Sheek Luciano is a full bird colonel as far as industry vets go and his behind-the-scenes command has earned him the opportunity to call Def Jam his base of operations for the time being. To celebrate his newfound enlistment, he’s recruited DJ Green Lantern as his executive officer and along with Termanlogy, Sean C. & [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Oct 2nd
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| Right on time, Sheek Louch delivers his new mixtape with DJ Green Lantern called Donnie Def Jam: Guerilla Warface Vol. 1. This is the lead up to Sheek’s new album on Def Jam Records Donnie G. that drops on December 7th. Guests on the mixtape include Jadakiss, Styles P, Termanology, Joell Ortiz, Avery Storm and more…. Props [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 30th
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| Def Jam and Konami finally release the official track list to the upcoming game Rapstar which finally hits stores October 5th. Check out the list after the jump which includes classics like “Big Poppa” and “Brass Monkey” to more recent hits like Drake’s “Best I Ever Had.” 2 Pac – “I Get Around” 50 Cent – “I [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 17th
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| Def Jam gets a little more abstract with this TV commercial.You can tell it’s definitely a different tone from their online campaign or their Method Man narrated instructional vids. No word yet when these ads will hit TV. Similar Posts:VIDEO: Method Man narrates Def Jam Rapstar instructional video Video: New Rocawear “9IX” cologne commercial VIDEO: Esso heads new [...] |
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| 1 year, 4 months ago. Sep 9th
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| Redhead Robyn continues to make music that males have no business singing out loud but will secretly enjoy. With all the vacationing she does when she should be promoting her album, you’d think studio time was out of the question. But she’s a baller, bitch. She makes it happen. Gearing up for the 2nd RiRi [...] |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. Aug 26th
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| For those of you who have been following Def Jam’s viral campaign for their upcoming video game “Def Jam Rapstar,” the footage from their brand new :30 TV spot will look a bit recycled. That’s because it is. Nonetheless, it’s a nice little teaser ad featuring some great artists from Pill to Esso. Similar Posts:VIDEO: Pill [...] |
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| 1 year, 5 months ago. 