Def Jam Recordings 25th Anniversary

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

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▶CD 2
▶CD 3
▶CD 4
▼CD 5
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1Gold Digger
performer:
Jamie Foxx (actor, comedian, and singer)
recording of:
Gold Digger
writer:
Ray Charles (soul musician, singer and songwriter), Renald Richard and Kanye West
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present), Mijac Music, Please Gimme My Publishing Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Unichappell Music, Inc. and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx3:28
2And Then What
performer:
Mannie Fresh
Young Jeezy feat. Mannie Fresh4:07
3There It Go (The Whistle Song)
recording of:
There It Go (The Whistle Song)
writer:
Juelz Santana
Juelz Santana3:01
4Hustlin'
producer:
The Runners (US hip hop production duo)
recording of:
Hustlin’
writer:
Andrew Harr, Jermaine Jackson and William Roberts II (US rapper)
Rick Ross54:15
5Back Like That
recording engineer:
Anthony Caputo and Mike Tocci
producer:
Xtreme (hip hop producer)
mixer:
Anthony Caputo and Nikos Teneketzis
guest vocals:
Ne‐Yo
vocals:
Ghostface Killah
performer:
Ne‐Yo
samples:
Baby Come Home by Willie Hutch and Song Cry by Jay‐Z
recording of:
Back Like That
writer:
V. Brown (hip hop producer Xtreme), Dennis Coles, Douglas Gibbs, Willie Hutch, Ralph Johnson (Earth, Wind & Fire drummer), Justin Smith, Shaffer Chimere Smith and Shawn Carter (US rapper)
Ghostface Killah feat. Ne‐Yo54:03
6So Sick
recording of:
So Sick
additional writer:
John Bettis and Steve Porcaro
writer:
Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Shaffer Chimere Smith
publisher:
EMI April Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS-affiliated), John Bettis Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Tunes LLC, Super Sayin’ Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (work publisher - do NOT use as a release label), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント, ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部, イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
music quoted on:
Woo Baby
Ne‐Yo3.23:28
7Hip Hop Is Dead
performer:
will.i.am (William James Adams Jr., producer and member of Black Eyed Peas)
Nas feat. will.i.am4.53:46
8Don't Feel Right
performer:
Maimouna Youssef (Mumu Fresh)
The Roots feat. Maimouna Youssef4:46
9Umbrella
recording engineer:
Kuk Harrell
drum machine [drum] programming:
C. “Tricky” Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart)
producer:
C. “Tricky” Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart) and Kuk Harrell (lead vocals)
mixer:
Manny Marroquin
keyboard [keyboards]:
C. “Tricky” Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart)
background vocals and lead vocals:
Rihanna (Barbadian R&B/pop singer)
guest vocals:
JAY‐Z (US rapper)
produced for:
RedZone Entertainment
recorded at:
Triangle Sound in Atlanta, Georgia, United States and Westlake Recording Studios (founded as Westlake Audio in the early 1970s) in West Hollywood, California, United States
mixed at:
Larrabee Studios North in Universal City, California, United States
music videos:
Umbrella by Rihanna feat. Jay‐Z
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 332)
recording of:
Umbrella
lyricist:
Terius Nash (US singer, songwriter & RnB producer Terius Youngdell Nash)
composer:
Christopher Stewart (producer, C. “Tricky” Stewart), Terius Nash (US singer, songwriter & RnB producer Terius Youngdell Nash) and Thaddis Harrell
Rihanna feat. Jay‐Z3.654:33
10Make Me Better
recording engineer:
DJ Swivel (Canadian producer Jordan Young)
producer:
Timbaland
assistant mixer:
Miguel Bustamante (mix engineer)
mixer:
DURO (mix engineer Ken Ifill)
guest vocals:
Ne‐Yo
performer:
Ne‐Yo
Fabolous feat. Ne‐Yo4.154:14
11Shawty Is da Sh*!
The‐Dream3:51
12Put On
producer:
Drumma Boy (US rapper, producer)
performer:
Kanye West
Young Jeezy feat. Kanye West55:21