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"Pick It Up" is a song by American rapper Redman recorded for his third album Muddy Waters (1996). The song was released as the third and final single for the album on May 13, 1997. Track listing
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.
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]
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The budding enterprise of Def Jam and the demands of the fledgling label slowly took Rubin away from performing music, although he did try to include Hose in the fabled deal Def Jam made with Columbia Records. Columbia passed on Hose, but picked up projects like the Beastie Boys and other rap-related acts.
"4, 3, 2, 1" is a song by Queens rapper LL Cool J featuring Method Man, Redman, Canibus and DMX from LL Cool J's seventh album Phenomenon as the second single. It was released on December 9, 1997, for Def Jam Recordings and was produced by Erick Sermon .
It was released on November 22, 1994, by Def Jam Recordings. The album debuted at 13 on the US Billboard 200. [1] The album was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). [2] The album cover features Redman buried in the ground up to his neck, a reference to the cover of Funkadelic's 1971 album Maggot Brain.
Business as Usual is the third album by hip hop duo EPMD. [5] It was released on December 18, 1990, and was their first album on Def Jam, after being signed (along with Nice & Smooth) from their former label, Fresh Records.