Its first major feature film was Def-Con 4 (1985) which eventually became profitable, but other pictures such as George's Island (1989), Buried on Sunday (1992) and Paint Cans (1994), though critically acclaimed, were money-losers.
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A Def Needle In Tomorrow is the second full-length album from North Carolina's The Comas.
Sigel's B. Coming was released on DDMG and Def Jam rather than Roc-A-Fella, but contained production from a slew of Roc/Jay-Z-affiliated producers including Chad West, The Neptunes, Just Blaze, Boola and Buckwild.
Songwriters: D. Smith
Sample: "Fear Not for Men" by Fela Kuti
Bass: Mos Def
Congas: Mos Def
Keyboards: Weldon Irvine
Percussion: Mos Def
"Lucifer Recommends", named after the production company Sum 41's then manager Greig Nori formed with frontman Deryck Whibley, endorses new Island/Def Jam signing Autopilot Off.
Jun Kasai in a Ragnarok and Roll Glass Crush Death Match for the UVU Championship, and the Briscoe Brothers and Devon Moore def.
Instead, selected tracks from Danny!'s discography—all previously released on his vanity Badenov Records/1911 Music imprint—have been made available as a free download on Def Jux's revamped website, which boasts an extensive digital download section.
The term DEF CON comes from the movie WarGames, referencing the U.S. Armed Forces defense readiness condition (DEFCON).
Def Jam Fight for NY: The Takeover is a fighting game for the PlayStation Portable.
Def Poetry, also known as Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry or Def Poetry Jam, which was co-founded by Bruce George, Danny Simmons and Deborah Pointer, is an HBO television series produced by hip-hop music entrepreneur Russell Simmons.
"Def. Con. One" is a single by Pop Will Eat Itself released in 1988 from the album This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!, It samples the songs "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges, Funkytown by disco band Lipps Inc, Crazy Horses, a 1972 hit by The Osmonds and the Twilight Zone theme tune.
The video for the campaign, starring M. E. Hart as “MC Double Def DP,” was filmed at Cardozo High School in Washington, D.C. and produced by cooperation between the SPA, the Educational Section Anti-Piracy Committee, and the Copyright Protection Fund, in association with Vilardi Films.
Other classic reissues he helped to make viable include Alexander Korda's The Thief of Bagdad; the first reissue of Pandora's Box and Diary of a Lost Girl; Von Stroheim's Queen Kelly; the 50th anniversary restoration of The Bicycle Thief; and recent high-def restorations of Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin and Albert Parker's The Black Pirate.
Frazier later featured in the poetry arts documentary “Rhyme and Reason” featuring notable slam poets, Taylor Mali, Mayda Del Valle and artist, HBO Def Poetry Jam producer, Danny Simmons.
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Then came more production work, including Jamie Principle's "Baby Wants to Ride", and later "Tears" with Robert Owens (of Fingers, Inc.) and (Knuckles' protégé and future Def Mix associate) Satoshi Tomiie.
The title track 'I, Superbiker' was written by Phil Collen Phil Collen of Def Leppard Def Leppard with his band Manraze Manraze which also features drummer Paul Cook Paul Cook of the Sex Pistols Sex Pistols.
During the same year, on Yo! MTV Raps he met Da Brat through Kris Kross, signed her to his label So So Def Recordings, and released her debut Funkdafied (1994) which went platinum.
His production credits include M.I, Modenine, Silver Saddih, Banky W, Majek Fashek, Ruby, Ice Prince, Faze, Djinee, Kel, Shank, Tosin Martins, Sasha, Djah Djah (def jam poetry), Kahli, Pherowshuz among a host of others.
On New Year's Eve 1992–93, the shop hosted a hip hop jam featuring Lil Rodney Cee from the film Wildstyle as well as a host of UK rap crews including Def Tex, Lords of Rap and Braintax.
The group worked with Def Jam UK, leading to remixes for Ashanti, Mariah Carey, Beenie Man and various compilation albums.
The Def Jux version features new studio tracks "G.H.E.T.T.O." and "Driving" as well as a remix of the UGK-assisted "Where's da G's" by Def Jux label head El-P.
In 2003 Jordan left Def Soul and released the album Life After Def on Koch Records and also appeared on the album of popular Croatian singer Nina Badrić in duet "Ne dam te nikom" ("I'm Not Giving You to Anyone").
Def Jam co-founder Rick Rubin had already left the label by then; taking his place alongside Russell Simmons was Lyor Cohen, the son of Israeli immigrants who had run Rush Artists Management since 1985.
def Ryan McGivern by submission (kneebar) in the first round to win the Middleweight title (05/16/08)
Sharaya later went on to work with other top choreographers, Laurieann Gibson, Tanisha Scott, Fatima Robinson, Hi-Hat, and Jamaica Craft (formerly one-third of The Goldmind's act So Def).
According to Joe Elliott in Behind the Music, Clark auditioned for Def Leppard by playing all of Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" without accompaniment.
Her images of the Beastie Boys can be seen on the albums Licensed to Ill, Solid Gold Hits, Def Jam 25, and "Def Jam Recordings: the First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label" (Rizzoli 2011).
Eventually labels began calling, as TVT, Atlantic, Warner Bros. Records, and Sony expressed interest, as well as major indies like Def Jux, Rhymesayers, Strange Famous, Black Clover and even Epitaph itself inquiring about the band.
Virgo was the featured vocalist on a Sony/So So Def Records album release "So So Def Bass All Stars" that sold over 560,000 units in the US.
Russell Simmons, the Def Jam founder, CEO, and mentor to Gotti then decided to give Gotti the label he had wanted for so long.