When Def Jam Was Just That
Posted on December 29, 2009 by Chris Faraone
Upon seeing my spiel last week about how Jay-Z fucked up Def Jam, JTTS friend and occasional accomplice Enig sent over a link to remind us what sort of powerhouse the integral imprint once was.
Hopefully some of you are old enough to remember the Survival of the Illest series, which came on three free green discs as bonuses with Def Jam releases. Basically, they foreshadowed the full-lengths that were to come and leaked exclusive cuts to the non-vinyl, pre-Internet set.
Here goes a download featuring all three installments – with a track list to guide you through. If anybody remembers which releases they came with, help remind me. I could look it up, but that’s no fun. I’m pretty sure that one came with Flesh of my Flesh…
101. Ja Rule – Freestyle over Eye 4 an Eye
102. Shut Em Down Sampler/It was Onyx (interlude)
103. Freestyle over True Confessions
104. Raise It Up/Throw Ya Gunz
105. Street Niggas
106. Broke Willies
107. React (feat. X-1 & 50 Cent)
108. For Nuthin’ (interlude)
109. Shut Em Down (feat. DMX)
110. Face Down
111. Fuck Dat
112. The Worst (feat. Method Man & Streetlife)
113. Def Squad – Full Cooperation
114. Cormega – Testament
115. LL Cool J – The Ripper Strikes Back
201. Ja Rule – Freestyle over Criminology
202. WDEF: El Nino Sampler
301. Ja Rule – Kill ‘Em All (feat. Jay Z)
302. Slick Rick – Kill Nigguz
303. Jayo Felony – Nitty Gritty
304. Keith Murray – Incredible (feat. LL Cool J)
305. Richie Rich – If…
306. Cormega – Killer’s Theme (feat. Mobb Deep)
307. Method Man – Dangerous Grounds (feat. Streetlife)
308. Method Man & Redman – Big Dogs/4,3,2,1 (by LL Cool J)
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it came as a bonus cd with It’s Dark & Hell Is Hot
one of the samplers was DEFinitely on “El Nino” – Def Squad
…I think the other one came with Onyx – “Shut’em Down
Richie Rich is the G.O.D.