About this catalogue entry
Def Jam Recordings is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Original Production.
Source note: US
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Associated release artists
Showing 80 of 697 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.
Release credits do not imply a current signing or an exclusive artist roster.
Selected releases
4582 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.
- Can I Get A... ↗
Release date: 1998-08-22Release genres: disco · electro · hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Can I Get a... →
Release date: 1998
- Can We Chill ↗
Release date: 2007-09-29Release genres: contemporary R&B · Genre source ↗
- Can You Feel It? / Knowledge Me →
Release date: 1986
- Can You Love Me Tonight? - Stripped →
Release date: 2022-07-13
- Can You Please →
Release date: 2025-03-07
- Can't Be A ____Here: Chapter 2 →
Release date: 2018-10-12
- Can't Be A ____Here: Chapter 3 →
Release date: 2018-11-16
- Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man →
Release date: 1990
- Can't Do Nuttin' For Ya Man →
Release date: 1990
- Can't Find the Words ↗
- Can't Forget About You →
Release date: 2006
- Can't Forget About You ↗
Release date: 2007Release genres: hip-hop · jazz rap · Genre source ↗
- Can't Have Both →
Release date: 2026-02-25
- Can't Stop, Won't Stop ↗
Release date: 2003Release genres: hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Can't Tell Me Nothing ↗
Release date: 2007-05-15Release genres: hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Can't Tell Me Nothing ↗
Release date: 2007-05-25Release genres: hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Can't Truss It →
Release date: 1991-09
- Can't Wait ↗
Release date: 1995-01Release genres: East Coast hip-hop · hardcore hip-hop · Genre source ↗
- Candy →
Release date: 2001
- Candy →
Release date: 2001
- Candy ↗
Release date: 2001-08-21Release genres: hip-hop · pop music · rapping · Genre source ↗
- Candy ↗
Release date: 1998-07-03Release genres: hip-hop · rhythm and blues · Genre source ↗
- Cant Hold Us Down →
Release date: 2014-11-17
Artists linked to this entry
199 artists have a direct label association in Wikidata. These statements may be historical; they do not confirm a current contract or a release credit.
- 070 Shake ↗
Start: 2016 · Statement source ↗
- 2 Chainz ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- 24k.Right ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- 3rd Bass ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ad-Rock ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Adam Yauch ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Adekunle Gold ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Afrojack ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ai ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Alessia Cara ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Alonzo ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Amerie ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Anastasia Toufa ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Armani White ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ashanti ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ateyaba ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- August Alsina ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Axwell Λ Ingrosso ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ayoni ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- B.G. Knocc Out ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- BTS ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Beastie Boys ↗
Start: 1984 · End: 1988 · Statement source ↗
- Bibi Bourelly ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Big Boi ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
Founders
2 founding relationships reported by MusicBrainz. Dates describe the founding event, not a period of employment or a current role.
- Rick Rubin →
Founding date reported by MusicBrainz: 1984 · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Russell Simmons →
Founding date reported by MusicBrainz: 1984 · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
Recording contracts
10 sourced relationships. These source records may be historical and do not confirm a current roster or contract.
- AI →
Start: 2016 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Armani White →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- DJ Silent Asassin →
Start: 2016-12-30 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Hose →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Lady Gaga →
Start: 2006-09 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Lloyd →
Start: 2004 · End: 2009 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Slayer →
Start: 1985 · End: 1989 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Stonebwoy →
Start: 2022-05 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- The‐Dream →
End: 2014 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Wax →
Start: 2011-03 · End: 2012-08-24 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
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