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Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. I Can't Live Without My Radio - LL Cool J
2. Rebel Without a Pause - Public Enemy
3. Hold It Now, Hit It - Beastie Boys
4. Crossover - EPMD
5. Children's Story - Slick Rick
6. Going Back to Cali - LL Cool J
7. Paul Revere - Beastie Boys
8. I'm That Type of Guy - LL Cool J
9. No Sleep till Brooklyn - Beastie Boys
10. Bring Tha Noize - Public Enemy/Anthrax
11. Gas Face, The - 3rd Bass
12. Hip Hop Junkies - Nice & Smooth
13. Welcome to the Terrordome - Public Enemy
14. Big Ole Butt - LL Cool J
DISC 2:
1. Slam - Onyx
2. Boomin' System, The - LL Cool J
3. Shut 'Em Down - Public Enemy (Pete Rock mixx mix)
4. Mona Lisa - Slick Rick
5. Deeper - Boss
6. Tonight's da Night - Redman
7. Headbanger - EPMD
8. Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
9. Back Seat - LL Cool J
10. Pop Goes the Weasel - 3rd Bass
11. Sometimes I Rhyme Slow - Nice & Smooth
12. I Need Love - LL Cool J
13. I'll Be There For You/You're All I Need to Get By - Mary J. Blige/Method Man (Puff Daddy mixx mix)
14. Rain, The - Oran "Juice" Jones
15. Somethin' 4 da Honeyz - Redman/Montell Jordan (human rhythm remix)
DISC 3:
1. Fight the Power - Public Enemy
2. Fight For Your Right (To Party), (You Gotta) - Beastie Boys
3. Mama Said Knock You Out - LL Cool J
4. Blow Your Mind - Redman
5. I'm Bad - LL Cool J
6. Throw Ya Gunz - Onyx
7. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos - Public Enemy
8. Hey Young World - Slick Rick
9. Public Enemy No. 1 - Public Enemy
10. Gold Digger - EPMD
11. Daddy's Little Girl - Nikki D.
12. Around the Way Girl - LL Cool J
13. Teenage Love - Slick Rick
14. Steppin' to the A.M. - 3rd Bass
15. How High - Redman/Method Man (remix)
16. I Got Him All the Time - Grand Puba/Mokenstef (he's mine remix)
DISC 4:
1. Don't Believe the Hype - Public Enemy
2. Rock the Bells - LL Cool J
3. Regulate - Warren G
4. Can't Truss It - Public Enemy
5. Stay Real - Erick Sermon
6. Night of the Living Baseheads - Public Enemy
7. Method Man - Method Man (remix)
8. Jack the Ripper - LL Cool J
9. Gang Stories - South Central Cartel
10. Getto Jam - Domino
11. Jingling Baby - LL Cool J (remixed but still jingling remix)
12. Sweet Potatoe Pie - Domino
13. Bring the Pain - Method Man
14. Give It Up - Public Enemy
15. This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan
| Details | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
This 4-CD, 59-song box set marks the ten year anniversary of the Def Jam Music Group. It includes a 64-page full color booklet with photographs, liner notes and track-by-track annotations.
Def Jam scored an almost unfathomable streak of hits during the opening years of the golden age of hip-hop. The legendary label founded by Rick Rubin & Russell Simmons launched the careers of LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and many others. This sleekly packaged four-disc box set, released in 1994, chronicles the halcyon years of the imprint. The set features smash hits like "Around the Way Girl," "Fight the Power," and "Fight for Your Right" from the abovementioned superstars, alongside groundbreaking singles like Slick Rick's "Children's Story" and Onyx's "Slam," winding up as hip-hop took its next turn with tracks like Method Man's "Bring the Pain."
Industry Reviews
Tied for #7 on the Reissues list of Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
Village Voice (02/20/1996)
Ranked #2 on NME's `Compilations Of The Year' list for 1995.
...Def Jam's courtship of major label music...helped create a pop-culture juggernaut, one that shredded conventions on television rather than on the indie circuit...not only captures the highlights of rap's premier label, but shows how hip-hop grew up before our eyes...
Musician (02/01/1996)
Bloody Essential - ...you can crash in here at random and...hear something that pipes more feeling, open intelligence, wild imagination and a simple sonic appeal into a couple of minutes than the whole of this week's...charts....The only real recommendation is capital letters saying LISTEN...
Melody Maker (12/02/1995)
10 (out of 10) - ...Def Jam...is probably the only record label in history that can truly claim to have altered the musical landscape both dramatically and permanently....this awesome collection...[is] an absolute must-steal for anyone with an interest in uncompromising, insurrectionary music....This, in short, is the shit...
NME (11/25/1995)
5 Stars - Indispensable - It's almost trite to say, but Def Jam is the most important black music label since Atlantic and Motown....The other astonishing thing about this wholly remarkable label is that it has continued to be vital and innovative throughout its 11-year history...
Q (01/01/1996)
7 - Flawed Yet Worthy - ...the stable that introduced hip-hop's new-school generation...presenting brash artists with trademark personae, 'round the way allegiances, and prodigious enough rhyme skills to last an entire album....Get this to hear hip-hop's conquest of pop play out on your stereo...
Spin (12/01/1995)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...a sound on the New York streets...the driving force behind the most musically influential--and financially succesful--new record label of the '80s....its initial breakthrough, its stormy maturation and, finally, its establishment as a major industry player...
Rolling Stone (12/14/1995)
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