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"Umbrella" was released worldwide on March 29, 2007, debuting on Rihanna's Def Jam website. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] It received airplay across mainstream , rhythmic and urban radios in the US the same day. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The song was released digitally in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2007, along with its physical release following two weeks later.
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]
Released December 11, 2007, on The-Dream's Def Jam imprint Radio Killa Records, [14] the album featured the singles "Shawty Is a 10", "Falsetto" and "I Luv Your Girl" and received generally positive reviews from critics, as Rolling Stone called it "one of the most likable R&B records of the year" and UrbanMusicReviews.com said that the singer ...
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.
The-Dream signed a deal with Def Jam Recordings in 2007, following the success of Rihanna's 2007 hit "Umbrella", which he wrote and produced with production partner Christopher "Tricky" Stewart. [4] That year, he also completed his debut studio album Love Hate, which was the debut release of the label.
Edwards has worked with Def Jam and Sony Music. He co-produced a song for Cher's 2023 holiday album. He has a 5-year-old son named Slash, who's mentioned in a footnote in Cher's new memoir. After ...
It was released on January 27, 2009, through Def Jam Recordings. The album contains club remixes of tracks from her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad (2007) and its 2008 re-release, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded. The songs were remixed by producers and disc jockeys such as Moto Blanco, Tony Moran, Soul Seekerz and Wideboys.
Of the major labels, Def Jam is a model of inclusivity and diversity as half of its employees are women, including seven women of color in senior executive positions. In addition, for the first ...