Island Def Jam Recording Presents 1 (2005)

Product Summary UPC: 00602498809501 Release Date: 6/14/2005 Buy.com Sku: 63982240 Item#: M2DJL4 Buy.com Sales Rank: 25079 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Rain, The - Orange "Juice" Jones ~ Various Artists 2. I Need Love - LL Cool J ~ Various Artists 3. This Is How We Do It - Montell Jordan ~ Various Artists 4. I'll Be There For You - Method Man/Mary J. Blige ~ Various Artists 5. In My Bed - Dru Hill (remix) ~ Various Artists 6. Never Make A Promise - Dru Hill ~ Various Artists 7. Let's Ride - Montell Jordan/Master P/Silkk The Shocker ~ Various Artists 8. Friend Of Mine - Kelly Price/R. Kelly/Ronald Isley ~ Various Artists 9. How Deep Is Your Love - Dru Hill/Redman ~ Various Artists 10. Get It On Tonite - Montell Jordan ~ Various Artists 11. Incomplete - Sisqo ~ Various Artists 12. Missing You - Case ~ Various Artists 13. Always On Time - Ja Rule/Ashanti ~ Various Artists 14. Foolish - Ashanti ~ Various Artists 15. Luv U Better - LL Cool J ~ Various Artists 16. Excuse Me Miss - Jay-Z ~ Various Artists 17. Stand Up - Ludacris/Shawnna ~ Various Artists (P) 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. (C) 2005 The Island Def Jam Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel: Marc Dorsey (vocals); Growmico Collins, Shae Jones (background vocals). Arrangers: Montell Jordan; R. Kelly. A label that bases a compilation on its number one singles seems like it's more concerned with patting itself on the back than giving the consumer something useful. In Def Jam's case, #1 Spot serves both causes. Arranged in chronological order covering nearly 20 years, the disc begins with Oran "Juice" Jones' equally dramatic and gut-busting "The Rain" (an inspiration R. Kelly should've thought about taking more to heart for the "Trapped in the Closet" saga) and closes with Ludacris' hulking "Stand Up," the only inclusion with no discernible connection to R&B. Each selection hit the top of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart (a handful did as well on the Pop chart), but there's a definite slant toward the more relaxed side of R&B and pop-rap. After LL Cool J's "I Need Love," the track that follows "The Rain," the disc skips ahead eight years to Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It," and from there, the disc rolls through singles from the late '90s and early 2000s, when Def Jam was becoming known for R&B as much as raw hip-hop. (Who could've predicted back in the mid-'80s that the label would go through such a transformation?) The chronological sequencing and stylistic focus -- best exemplified by the back-to-back Neptunes productions, LL Cool J's "Luv U Better" and Jay-Z's "Excuse Me Miss" -- makes the disc that much easier to listen to from beginning to end. ~ Andy Kellman A label that bases a compilation on its number one singles seems like it's more concerned with patting itself on the back than giving the consumer something useful. In Def Jam's case, #1 Spot serves both causes. Arranged in chronological order covering nearly 20 years, the disc begins with Oran "Juice" Jones' equally dramatic and gut-busting "The Rain" (an inspiration R. Kelly should've thought about taking more to heart for the "Trapped in the Closet" saga) and closes with Ludacris' hulking "Stand Up," the only inclusion with no discernible connection to R&B. Each selection hit the top of Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop chart (a handful did as well on the Pop chart), but there's a definite slant toward the more relaxed side of R&B and pop-rap. After LL Cool J's "I Need Love," the track that follows "The Rain," the disc skips ahead eight years to Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It," and from there, the disc rolls through singles from the late '90s and early 2000s, when Def Jam was becoming known for R&B as much as raw hip-hop. (Who could've predicted back in the mid-'80s that the label would go through such a transformation?) The chronological sequencing and stylistic focus -- best exemplified by the back-to-back Neptunes productions, LL Cool J's "Luv U Better" and Jay-Z's "Excuse Me Miss" -- makes the disc that much easier to listen to from beginning to end. [A clean version of the album was also made available.] ~ Andy Kellman Producer: Daryl Simmons; Sergio "Pix" Moore; Dwayne Simon; L.A. Posse; Irv Gotti; Ted Bishop; Kanye West; Montell Jordan; Oji Pierce; R. Kelly; Russell Simmons; Ralph B. Stacy; Bobby Erving   Technical Info Release Date : 06/14/2005 Original Release Date : 2005 Catalog ID : 000456002 Label : Def Jam (USA) Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00602498809501    Product Image