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In mid-January 1999, following the merger of PolyGram and MCA-related labels into Universal Music Group, Def Jam's operations as a label were merged with Island and Mercury Records to become the Island Def Jam Music Group. The umbrella name didn't hold copyrights on Def Jam releases until the summer of that year.
In traditional music, repetition is a device for creating recognizability, reproduction for the sake of the music notes of that specific line and the representing ego. In repetitive music, repetition does not refer to eros and the ego, but to the libido and to the death instinct." Repetitive music has also been linked with Lacanian jouissance.
Def Jam was co-founded by Rick Rubin in his dormitory in Weinstein Hall at New York University, [3] and its first release was a single by his punk-rock group Hose. Russell Simmons joined Rubin shortly after they were introduced to each other, according to one story, by Vincent Gallo. [4]
Thee Album for AllMusic, Steve Huey has referred to the songs "Time 4 Sum Aksion" and "Rated R" as "slamming party jams". Its chorus is a repetition of the phrase "time for some action", which is sampled from Cypress Hill 's song " How I Could Just Kill a Man ", which itself sampled Lowell Fulson 's song " Tramp ".
Def Jam: Producer: Drew Dixon ; Russell Simmons ... through Def Jam Recordings, and consists of hip hop music. ... 20. "Still Can't Fade It ...
22-year-old R&B singer Skylar Simone has signed with Def Jam Recordings and marked her debut with the single “Shiver,” produced by the red-hot D’Mile, who co-wrote and co-produced most of ...
Violator: The Album is the first installment in the Violator hip hop compilations series. It was released on August 10, 1999 through Violator/Def Jam Recordings.It was the first release through the imprint Violator Records, a spin-off of Mona Scott & Chris Lighty's Violator Management company.
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