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The Roots ft. P.O.R.N. “Stomp” (Video)

November 15th, 2011

“Stomp” is the third installment in the Roots’ video series in promotion for their upcoming album, undun. The short clip continues to follow the life of Redford Stephens, the main character in The Roots’ concept album. Next Tuesday, the last music video will be released and then it’s only a few more weeks until undun [...]

Tags: def jam, Stomp, the roots, undun
Posted in Blog, RapCity, Video | Posted by Simone

RapCity News Round Up for June 27

June 27th, 2011

G.O.O.D. Music Becomes An Official Label Under Island Def Jam Hodgy Beats Talks MellowHype, Earl Sweatshirt, Black Sabbath, Working with Nas, and Kangaroos K-Salaam and Beatnick Prep Collaboration EP with Dead Prez’s M1 Why Did “Gucci Gucci” Get Pulled from Youtube? Beanie Sigel Denies Jay-Z Apology Download Da Brat’s “Life After Death” Mixtape

Tags: Beanie Sigel, Beatnick, Cee-Lo, da brat, Dead Prez, def jam, G.O.O.D. Music, Hodgy Beats, jay-z, K-Salaam, Kanye West, kreayshawn, mixtape, Odd Future
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Emily

RapCity News Round Up June 21

June 21st, 2011

Vanilla Ice offers fans Real Estate Advice through new website Def Jam to release a book on the first 25 years of the last greatest record label 50 Cent to post-pone his album? Lupe Fiasco defends calling Obama a Terrorist Stalley talks about playing ball with Lebron

Tags: 50 cent, def jam, lupe fiasco, RapCity, Vanilla Ice
Posted in Blog, RapCity | Posted by Char

RapCity News Round Up For June 20

June 20th, 2011

School mate of Odd Future’s Earl Sweatshirt says he is being held against his will at a school in Samoa… Odd Future and Chris Brown continue their beef, the Game tries to play peacemaker role… Rick Ross keeps the face tattoo trend alive… Lil Kim is rumoured to be joining G-Unit… The first 25 years [...]

Tags: chris brown, def jam, Earl Sweatshirt, G-Unit, Lil' Kim, Odd Future, rick ross, The Game
Posted in Blog, News, RapCity | Posted by Cam

Big Boi releasing new album in July

April 13th, 2010

Outkast member Big Boi has announced that he will be releasing a solo album on July 6. The record, Sir Luscious Left Foot: The Son Of Chico Dusty, will be mark the first release by Big Boi as a solo artist. At the end of March Big Boi announced that he was leaving his longtime [...]

Tags: Big Boi, def jam, OutKast
Posted in Celebrities & Pop Culture, News | Posted by Allison

Much Worthy Matrix April 8

April 8th, 2010

Check out this new feature on the MuchMusic blog, it’s the Much Worthy Matrix. Every day we will rate the stories you will see on MuchMusic that day from A-List to D-List and Cringe Worthy to Brag Worthy. Let us know if you agree or disagree with where we place the stories on the matrix [...]

Tags: 50 cent, def jam, P. Diddy, rihanna, robert pattinson, Tim Deegan, VV Brown
Posted in Blog | Posted by Jessica F

Def Jam Rapstar Video Game Coming Soon

April 8th, 2010

Lily Allen was found on MySpace. Justin Bieber was discovered on YouTube. What media platform is next in line for finding new musical talent? Video games! Kevin Liles, president of Def Jam Records, has teamed up with 4mm Games, Terminal Reality and Konami Digital Entertainment to produce the Rapstar Video Game. Users will get to [...]

Tags: def jam, justin bieber, Kevin Liles, lily allen, Rapstar, Rock Band
Posted in Blog, News | Posted by Allison

News for Thursday: Love and Hate Edition

May 21st, 2009

* In relationship news, Jay-Z has left Def Jam records, in favour of a nice cushy ($150 million dollars!? What recession?) deal with Live Nation. We hope they’re happy together. * And just in case that wasn’t enough self-glorification, Quentin Tarantino thinks he’s God. * Do you know your enemy? Green Day is going to [...]

Tags: def jam, depeche mode, green day, jay-z, quentin tarantino, theory of a deadman
Posted in Blog, Celebrities & Pop Culture | Posted by Jessica M