Def Jam Greatest Hits (Explicit Version) (1997) (Ll Cool J/Warren G/Jordan/Onyx)

Product Summary Label: Uni/def Jam UPC: 00731453637726 Release Date: 9/9/1997 Buy.com Sku: 60115589 Item#: MCD7N3 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25140 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Around The Way Girl - LL Cool J ~ Various Artists 2. Regulate - Warren G ~ Various Artists 3. This Is How We Do It - Montel Jordan ~ Various Artists 4. Brass Monkey - The Beastie Boys ~ Various Artists 5. Slam - Onyx ~ Various Artists 6. Ghetto Jam - Domino ~ Various Artists 7. Touch Me Tease Me - Case ~ Various Artists 8. Shut Em Down - Public Enemy (Pete Rock Mix) ~ Various Artists 9. How High - Redman/Method Man (remix) ~ Various Artists 10. Sometimes I Rhyme Slow - Nice N Smooth ~ Various Artists 11. Gas Face, The - 3rd Bass ~ Various Artists 12. Children's Story - Slick Rick ~ Various Artists 13. Going Back To Cali - LL Cool J ~ Various Artists 14. Don't Believe The Hype - Public Enemy ~ Various Artists (P) 1997 The Island Def Jam Music Group (C) 1997 The Island Def Jam Music Group   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Although it doesn't follow any chronological order and doesn't always gel musically, Def Jam Greatest Hits is a good cross section of the pioneering hip-hop label's biggest hits, featuring such classics as Onyx's "Slam," the Beastie Boys' "Brass Monkey," L.L. Cool J's "Around the Way Girl," 3rd Bass's "Gas Face," Domino's "Getto Jam," Slick Rick's "Children's Story," and Warren G's "Regulate." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine Back when Sean "Puffy" Combs was still running a corner lemonade stand, Russell Simmons was the original hip hop entrepreneur. His label Def Jam, part of a multi-media empire, put him on the hip-hop map. Simmons formed Def Jam in 1985 with rock impresario/NYU student Rick Rubin to release LL Cool J's first single, "I Need A Beat." Influential releases by Public Enemy, the Beastie Boys and heavy metal group Slayer earned the label a place on the cutting edge of both the rap and heavy metal scenes. DEF JAM'S GREATEST HITS is a sampling of the label's most influential releases from 1988's "Going Back To Cali" by LL Cool J to 1996's "Touch Me Tease Me" by Case. In between, the history of rap is told through diverse releases like the house-influenced dance music of Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" and Public Enemy's political manifesto "Shut 'Em Down." The West Coast style is also represented on Warren G's "Regulate." Def Jam's ultimate legacy is the way it integrated hip-hop into the mainstream.   Technical Info Release Date : 09/09/1997 Original Release Date : 1997 Catalog ID : 536377 Label : Def Jam (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Runtime : 54m : 51s Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00731453637726    Product Image