Def Jam Recordings: 25th Anniversary

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

Tracklist

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3▼CD: 1994 // 1998
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1This Is How We Do It
samples:
Children’s Story by Slick Rick
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 286)
recording of:
This Is How We Do It
writer:
Montell Jordan, Oji Pierce and Ricky Walters (US rapper Slick Rick)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher, affiliated with PRS), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
Montell Jordan4.53:54
2Stand Up
recording engineer:
Robert Hannon, Eddie Hernandez and Jason Rome
co-producer:
Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
producer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
mixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer)
lead vocals:
Ludacris (US rapper & actor)
other vocals:
Shawnna (US rapper Rashawnna Guy, the “Queen of Chicago”)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 2003)
recorded at:
Audio Vision Studios in Miami, Doppler Studios in Atlanta and Tree Sound Studios in Norcross
mixed at:
Manhattan Center Studios in Midtown Manhattan
recording of:
Stand Up
lyricist:
Christopher Bridges (Ludacris, US rapper & actor)
composer:
Kanye West (formerly Kanye West)
publisher:
50,000%, EMI April Music, Ludacris Music Publishing and Ye World Music
Ludacris feat. Shawnna53:34
3Holla Holla
Ja Rule34:23
4Touch Me Tease Me
guest vocals:
Foxy Brown (rapper)
recording of:
Touch Me, Tease Me
writer:
Mary J. Blige, Case Woodard (US R&B vocalist Case Woodard), Inga Marchand (rapper), J.B. Weaver, Jr., Kenny Kornegay and Darryl "88" Young (Hip-hop producer)
Case feat. Foxy Brown3.53:50
5I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By
remixer:
Puff Daddy (Sean Combs, aka Puff Daddy, P. Diddy)
performer:
Mary J. Blige
recording of:
I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By
is based on:
All I Need
is based on:
You’re All I Need to Get By
Method Man feat. Mary J. Blige55:09
6Get Me Home
producer:
Poke and Tone
performer:
Blackstreet and Foxy Brown (rapper)
Foxy Brown feat. Blackstreet3:48
7Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
recording engineer:
Paul Falcon
producer:
The 45 King (aka DJ Mark)
mixer:
Ken “DURO” Ifill (mix engineer Ken Ifill)
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan
mixed at:
Platinum Island in New York
samples:
It’s the Hard‐Knock Life (Annie, 1977 original Broadway cast) by Andrea McArdle, Orphans
recording of:
Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
writer:
Martin Charnin, Mark Howard James (aka DJ Mark), Shawn Carter (US rapper) and Charles Strouse
publisher:
45 Music, EMI Blackwood Music Inc., Helene Blue Musique Ltd., Lil Lulu Music and MPL Communications Inc. (Paul McCartney‐related, NYC‐based company)
Jay‐Z3.44:00
8Get at Me Dog
performer:
Sheek Louch
recording of:
Get at Me Dog
writer:
Anthony Fields (rapper), Damon Blackmon, Earl Simmons (US rapper) and Sam Taylor (US jump blues/funk guitarist, songwriter & singer)
quotes lyrics from:
Deeper and Deeper
DMX feat. Sheek3:07
9Doin' It
recording engineer:
Mario Rodriguez (mix/recording engineer)
producer:
Rashad Smith (US hip-hop & R&B record producer)
mixer:
Tony Smalios
guest vocals:
LeShaun
performer:
Rashad Smith (US hip-hop & R&B record producer)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Def Jam Records, Inc. (in 1995) and Def Jam Recordings (US) (in 2021)
samples:
My Jamaican Guy by Grace Jones
recording of:
Doin’ It
composer:
Grace Jones, LL Cool J and Rashad Smith (US hip-hop & R&B record producer)
LL Cool J54:57
10Da Rockwilder
recording engineer:
Tom Soares
producer:
Rockwilder (US hip-hop producer, songwriter, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, programmer)
mixer:
Tommy Uzzo
performer:
Redman (US rapper)
produced for:
F‐5 Productions
recorded at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village
mixed at:
Mirror Image in New York
recording of:
Da Rockwilder
lyricist:
Clifford Smith (of the Wu‐Tang Clan) and Reggie Noble (Redman, US rapper)
composer:
Dana Stinson (US hip-hop producer, songwriter, engineer, multi-instrumentalist, programmer)
Method Man & Redman42:19
11Party Up (Up in Here)
recording engineer:
Chris Theis
producer:
Swizz Beatz (US hip hop producer)
mixer:
Rich Keller (engineer)
vocals:
DMX (US rapper)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
RCA Records (not for release label use! for the imprint, please use “RCA” instead) (from 2016 to present)
produced for:
Ruff Ryders Productions, Inc.
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Miami
mixed at:
Sony Music Studios (NYC, closed 2007) in Hell's Kitchen
part of:
Billboard: The 500 Best Pop Songs (as of October 2023) (number: 262) and Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 388)
recording of:
Party Up
publisher:
Swizz Beatz (US hip hop producer)
writer:
Earl Simmons (US rapper) and Kasseem Dean (US hip hop producer)
publisher:
Boomer X Publishing, Inc, Dead Game Publishing and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
DMX3.954:33
12Tell 'em
Erick Sermon2:35
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