Def Jam Recordings discography

List of albums released or distributed by Def Jam Recordings.

Albums

1982

Bruce Haack / Russell Simmons – Party Machine (unreleased)

1983

Hose – Hose

1984

T La Rock & Jazzy Jay – It's Yours
LL Cool J – I Need A Beat
Beastie Boys – Rock Hard

1985

Jazzy Jay – Def Jam
MCA & Burzootie – Drum Machine
LL Cool J – I Want You
Jimmy Spicer – This Is It
Hollis Crew – It's the Beat

Albums under Geffen Records/Warner Bros. Records

1986

Slayer – Reign in Blood (Def Jam/Geffen/Warner Bros.)

1988

Slayer – South of Heaven (Def Jam/Geffen/Warner Bros.)

Albums under Columbia Records/CBS Records/Sony Music Entertainment

1985

LL Cool J – Radio (Def Jam/Columbia)
Beastie Boys – She's On It (Def Jam/Columbia)

1986

Beastie Boys – Licensed to Ill (Def Jam/Columbia)
Tashan – Chasin' a Dream (Def Jam/Columbia)
Oran "Juice" Jones – Juice (Def Jam/Columbia)

1987

LL Cool J – Bigger and Deffer (Def Jam/Columbia/CBS)
Oran "Juice" Jones – GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over (Def Jam/Columbia)
Public Enemy – Yo! Bum Rush the Show (Def Jam/Columbia)
Kick It! – Def Jam sampler vol 1
Various Artists – Less Than Zero (Def Jam/Columbia)
Chuck Stanley – The Finer Things In Life
Davy D – Davy's Ride
Various Artists – Def Jam It's The New Style

1988

Public Enemy – It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Def Jam/Columbia/CBS)
Original Concept – Straight from the Basement of Kooley High! (Def Jam/Columbia)
Slick Rick – The Great Adventures of Slick Rick (Def Jam/Columbia)

1989

3rd Bass – The Cactus Album (Def Jam/Columbia)
Alyson Williams – Raw (Def Jam/Columbia)
LL Cool J – Walking with a Panther (Def Jam/Columbia/CBS)
Oran "Juice" Jones – To Be Immortal (Def Jam/Columbia)
Various artists – Def Jam Classics, Vol. 1(Def Jam/Columbia)

1990

3rd Bass – Cactus Revisited (Def Jam/Columbia)
EPMD – Business as Usual (Def Jam/RAL/Columbia)
LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out (Def Jam/Columbia)
Public Enemy – Fear of a Black Planet (Def Jam/Columbia)
Various artists – Def Jam Classics Vol. 2 (Def Jam/Columbia)
The Afros – Kickin Afrolistics (Def Jam/JMJ/Columbia)
No Face – Wake Your Daughter Up (Def Jam/No Face/RAL/Columbia)

1991

3rd Bass – Derelicts of Dialect (Def Jam/Columbia)
Alyson Williams – Alyson Williams (OBR/Def Jam/Columbia)
Downtown Science – Downtown Science (Def Jam/Columbia)
Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black (Def Jam/Columbia)
Nice & Smooth – Ain't a Damn Thing Changed (RAL/Def Jam)
Nikki D – Daddy's Little Girl (Def Jam/Columbia)
Slick Rick – The Ruler's Back (Def Jam/Columbia)
BWP – The Bytches (Def Jam/No Face/RAL/Columbia)

1992

EPMD – Business Never Personal (RAL/Def Jam/Columbia)
MC Serch – Return of the Product (Def Jam/Columbia)
Public Enemy – Greatest Misses (Def Jam/Columbia)
Redman – Whut? Thee Album (RAL/Def Jam/Columbia)

1993

Onyx – Bacdafucup (Def Jam)
Erick Sermon – No Pressure (Def Squad/RAL/Def Jam)
LL Cool J – 14 Shots to the Dome (Def Jam/Columbia)
Prime Minister Pete Nice and Daddy Rich – Dust to Dust
Boss – Born Gangstaz

1994

South Central Cartel – 'N Gatz We Truss (G.W.K./RAL/Def Jam)

Albums under PolyGram Group Distribution, Inc.

1994

Flatlinerz – U.S.A.
Method Man – Tical
Public Enemy – Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age
Redman – Dare Iz a Darkside (RAL/Def Jam)
Slick Rick – Behind Bars
Warren G – Regulate...G Funk Era (Violator/Def Jam)
Y?N-Vee – Y?N-Vee (Def Jam/Outburst)

1995

Erick Sermon – Double or Nothing (Def Squad/RAL/Def Jam)
Jayo Felony – Take a Ride (JMJ/Def Jam)
LL Cool J – Mr. Smith
Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
Onyx – All We Got Iz Us (JMJ/RAL/Def Jam)
Various Artists – The Show: The Soundtrack
Various Artists – Def Jam Music Group Inc. : 10th Year Anniversary (59 Track 4 Disc Box Set)
The Twinz – Conversation (Def Jam/G Funk)
BG Knockout & Dresta – Real Brothas (Def Jam/Outburst)
The Dove Shack – This Is The Shack (Def Jam/G Funk)
Mokenstef – Azz Izz (Def Jam/Outburst)

1996

Case – Case (Spoiled Rotten/RAL/Def Jam)
Foxy Brown – Ill Na Na (Violator/RAL/Def Jam)
Montell Jordan – More... (Def Soul/RAL/Def Jam)
Richie Rich – Seasoned Veteran (41510/RAL/Def Jam)
Redman – Muddy Waters (RAL/Def Jam)
Flesh-N-Bone – T.H.U.G.S (MoThugs/RAL/Def Jam)

1997

CRU – Da Dirty 30 (ByStorm/Violator/Def Jam)
EPMD – Back in Business (RAL/Def Jam)
Jay-Z – In My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
LL Cool J – Phenomenon (Def Jam)
South Central Cartel – All Day Everyday (RAL/Def Jam)
Warren G – Take a Look Over Your Shoulder (RAL/Def Jam)
Various artists – How to Be a Player (Def Jam)
Christion – Ghetto Cyrano (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)

1998

Music from the Motion Picture Belly (RAL/Def Jam)
Def Squad – El Niño (RAL/Def Jam)
DMX – It's Dark and Hell Is Hot (Ruff Ryders/RAL/Def Jam)
DMX – Flesh of My Flesh, Blood of My Blood (Ruff Ryders/RAL/Def Jam)
Jayo Felony – Whatcha Gonna Do? (Def Jam)
Jay-Z – Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam)
Method Man – Tical 2000: Judgement Day (Def Jam)
Montell Jordan – Let's Ride (Def Soul/RAL/Def Jam)
Onyx – Shut 'Em Down (JMJ/RAL/Def Jam)
Playa – Cheers 2 U (Blackground/Def Soul/RAL/Def Jam)
Public Enemy – He Got Game (Def Jam)
Redman – Doc's da Name 2000 (RAL/Def Jam)
Rush Hour Soundtrack (New Line Score/Def Jam)
Streets Is Watching Soundtrack (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Universal Records)

Albums Under The Island Def Jam Music Group

1999

Case – Personal Conversation (Def Soul/IDJMG)
DMX – ...And Then There Was X (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/IDJMG)
EPMD – Out Of Business
Foxy Brown – Chyna Doll (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – Venni Vetti Vecci (Murder Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – Vol. 3... Life and Times of S. Carter (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Memphis Bleek – The Coming of Age (Get Low/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Method Man & Redman – Blackout!
Montell Jordan – Get It On...Tonite (Def Soul/IDJMG)
Sisqó – Unleash the Dragon (Dragon/Def Soul/IDJMG)
Slick Rick – The Art of Storytelling

2000

Beanie Sigel – The Truth (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/Black Friday/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – Rule 3:36 (Murder Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – The Dynasty: Roc La Familia (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
LL Cool J – G.O.A.T.
Ludacris – Back for the First Time (DTP/Def Jam South/IDJMG)
Musiq Soulchild – Aijuswanaseing
Memphis Bleek – The Understanding (Get Low/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Murderers – Irv Gotti Presents: The Murderers (Murder Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Kelly Price – Mirror Mirror (Def Soul/IDJMG)

2001

Beanie Sigel – The Reason (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Christina Milian – Christina Milian (Def Soul/IDJMG)
DMX – The Great Depression (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Foxy Brown – Broken Silence (Violator/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – Pain Is Love (Murder Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – The Blueprint (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – Jay-Z: Unplugged (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ludacris – Word of Mouf (DTP/Def Jam South/IDJMG)
Redman – Malpractice
Rush Hour 2 soundtrack (UMG Soundtracks/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Sisqó – Return of Dragon (Dragon/Def Soul/IDJMG)

2002

Ashanti – Ashanti (Murder Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Cam'ron – Come Home With Me (Diplomats/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Disturbing tha Peace – Golden Grain (DTP/Def Jam South/IDJMG)
Dru Hill – Dru World Order (Dragon/Def Soul/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – The Last Temptation (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – The Blueprint²: The Gift & the Curse (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Montell Jordan – Montell Jordan (Def Soul/IDJMG)
Musiq Soulchild – Juslisen (Def Soul/IDJMG)
LL Cool J – 10
R. Kelly & Jay-Z – The Best of Both Worlds (Jive/Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)
Scarface – The Fix (Def Jam South/IDJMG)
WC – Ghetto Heisman (KWL/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2003

112 – Hot & Wet (Bad Boy/Def Soul/IDJMG)
Ashanti - Chapter II (Murder Inc.)
Jay-Z – The Blueprint 2.1 (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
DMX – Grand Champ (Ruff Ryders/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Freeway – Philadelphia Freeway (Criminal Background/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – The Black Album (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Joe Budden – Joe Budden (On Top/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Juelz Santana – From Me To U (Diplomats/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Keith Murray – He's Keith Murray (Def Jam)
Ludacris – Chicken-N-Beer (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Memphis Bleek – M.A.D.E. (Get Low/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Musiq Soulchild – Soulstar (Def Soul/IDJMG)
State Property – The Chain Gang Vol. 2 (Criminal Background/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Diplomats – Diplomatic Immunity (Diplomats/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – Blood In My Eye (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)

2004

Ashanti – Concrete Rose (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Cam'ron – Purple Haze (Diplomats/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ghostface – The Pretty Toney Album (Starks Enterprises/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – R.U.L.E. (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z & Linkin Park – Collision Course (Roc-A-Fella/Machine Shop/Warner Bros. Records/IDJMG)
Kanye West – The College Dropout (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
LL Cool J – The DEFinition
Lloyd – Southside (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ludacris – The Red Light District (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Method Man – Tical 0: The Prequel
Patti LaBelle – Timeless Journey (Def Soul/IDJMG)
R. Kelly & Jay-Z – Unfinished Business (Roc-A-Fella/Rockland/IDJMG)
Shawnna – Worth tha Weight (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Shyne – Godfather Buried Alive (Gangland/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Young Gunz – Tough Luv (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2005

#1 Spot – compilation album
112 – Pleasure & Pain (Def Soul/IDJMG)
Ashanti – Collectables by Ashanti (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Beanie Sigel – The B. Coming (Criminal Background/Dame Dash Music Group/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Bobby Valentino – Bobby Valentino (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Disturbing tha Peace – Ludacris Presents: Disturbing tha Peace (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ja Rule – Exodus (The Inc./Def Jam/IDJMG)
Juelz Santana – What the Game's Been Missing! (Diplomats/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Kanye West – Late Registration (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Memphis Bleek – 534 (Get Low/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Patti LaBelle – Classic Moments (Def Soul/IDJMG)
Rev Run – Distortion (Russell Simmons Music Group/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Music of the Sun (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Teairra Mari – Roc-A-Fella Presents: Teairra Mari (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Young Gunz – Brothers from Another (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Young Jeezy – Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2006

DJ Clue – The Professional, Pt. 3 (Desert Storm/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ghostface Killah – Fishscale (Starks Enterprises/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ghostface Killah – More Fish (Starks Enterprises/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Hector "El Father" – Los Rompe Discotekas (Roc-La-Familia/Gold Star Music/Machete Music/VI Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – Kingdom Come (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
LL Cool J – Todd Smith (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Lady Sovereign – Public Warning (Island Def Jam)
Ludacris – Release Therapy (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Method Man – 4:21... The Day After (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead (The Jones Experience/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ne-Yo – In My Own Words (Def Jam/IDJMG)
N.O.R.E. – N.O.R.E. y la Familia...Ya Tú Sabe (Roc-La-Familia/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rick Ross – Port of Miami (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – A Girl Like Me (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Shareefa – Point of No Return (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Shawnna – Block Music (DTP/Hustle/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Isley Brothers – Baby Makin' Music (Def Soul/IDJMG)
The Roots – Game Theory
Young Jeezy – The Inspiration (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2007

Beanie Sigel – The Solution (State Property/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Bobby Valentino – Special Occasion (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Chingy – Hate It or Love It (DTP/Slot-A-Lot/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Chrisette Michele – I Am
Fabolous – From Nothin' to Somethin' (Desert Storm/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Freeway – Free at Last (Roc-A-Fella/G-Unit/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ghostface Killah – The Big Doe Rehab (Starks Enterprises/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z – American Gangster (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Kanye West – Graduation (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ne-Yo – Because of You
Pittsburgh Slim – Tastemaker
Playaz Circle – Supply & Demand (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Redman – Red Gone Wild (Def Squad/Gillahouse/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The-Dream – Love Hate (Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG)
USDA – Young Jeezy Presents USDA: Cold Summer (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2008

Ace Hood – Gutta (We the Best/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Blood Raw – My Life: The True Testimony (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Kanye West – 808s & Heartbreak (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Karina Pasian – First Love (Def Jam/IDJMG)
LL Cool J – Exit 13 (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Mariah Carey – E=MC² (Island/IDJMG)
Ludacris – Theater of the Mind (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Nas – Untitled (The Jones Experience/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ne-Yo – Year of the Gentleman (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rick Ross – Trilla (Slip-N-Slide/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Roots – Rising Down (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Young Jeezy – The Recession (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Brutha – Brutha (Goodfellas/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Sterling Simms – Yours, Mine & The Truth (One Records/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2009

Rihanna – Good Girl Gone Bad: The Remixes (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The-Dream – Love vs. Money (Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jadakiss – The Last Kiss (Ruff Ryders/D-Block/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rick Ross – Deeper Than Rap (Maybach Music/Poe Boy/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Method Man & Redman – Blackout! 2 (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Chrisette Michele – Epiphany (Island Def Jam Music Group)
Electrik Red – How to Be a Lady: Volume 1 (Def Jam Records/Radio Killa/IDJMG)
Fast Life Yungstaz – Jamboree (Def Jam Records/IDJMG)
Willy Northpole – Tha Connect (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Unladylike – Certified (Voicez Music Group/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ace Hood – Ruthless (We the Best/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jeremih – Jeremih (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Fabolous – Loso's Way (Desert Storm/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Lil Ru – 21 & Up (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Mariah Carey – Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel (Island/IDJMG)
Playaz Circle – Flight 360: The Takeoff (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ghostface Killah – Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry In Emerald City (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Triple C's – Custom Cars & Cycles (Maybach Music Group/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Amerie – In Love & War (Feenix Rising/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Rated R (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2010

Kanye West – VH1 Storytellers (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ludacris – Battle of the Sexes (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Meth, Ghost & Rae – Wu-Massacre (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Nas & Damian Marley – Distant Relatives (Universal Republic/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Rated R: The Remixes (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Roots – How I Got Over (Def Jam/IDJMG)
The-Dream – Love King (Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Big Boi – Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Curren$y – Pilot Talk (DD172/BluRoc/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rick Ross – Teflon Don (Maybach Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Fabolous – There Is No Competition 2: The Grieving Music EP (Desert Storm/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jeremih – All About You (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Loud (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ne-Yo – Libra Scale (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Curren$y – Pilot Talk II (DD172/BluRoc/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ronald Isley – Mr. I (Def Soul/IDJMG)
Chrisette Michele – Let Freedom Reign (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Redman – Reggie (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Sheek Louch – Donnie G: Don Gorilla (D-Block/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ghostface Killah – Apollo Kids (Def Jam/IDJMG)

2011

Big Sean – Finally Famous: The Album (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay-Z & Kanye West – Watch the Throne (Roc-A-Fella/Roc Nation/IDJMG)
Ace Hood – Blood, Sweat & Tears (We the Best/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rihanna – Talk That Talk (SRP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Roots – Undun (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Young Jeezy – Thug Motivation 103: Hustlerz Ambition (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)

2012

Big K.R.I.T. – Live from the Underground (Cinematic Music Group/Def Jam)
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange (Def Jam)
Nas – Life Is Good (The Jones Experience/Def Jam)
Rick Ross – God Forgives, I Don't (Maybach Music/Def Jam)
2 Chainz – Based on a T.R.U. Story (Def Jam)
G.O.O.D. Music – Cruel Summer (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)
Rihanna – Unapologetic (SRP/Def Jam)
Big Boi – Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (Purple Ribbon/Def Jam)
The-Dream – Terius Nash: 1977 (Radio Killa/Def Jam)

2013

Trinidad James – Don't Be S.A.F.E. (Gold Gang/Def Jam/IDJMG)^[1]
Fast & Furious 6 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Def Jam/IDJMG)
The-Dream – IV Play (Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Chrisette Michele – Better (Motown/IDJMG)
Kanye West – Yeezus (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam/IDJMG)
August Alsina – Downtown: Life Under the Gun (Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Big Sean – Hall of Fame (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
2 Chainz – B.O.A.T.S. II: Me Time (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Pusha T – My Name Is My Name (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jhené Aiko – Sail Out (Artium/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jay Z – Magna Carta Holy Grail (Roc Nation/Roc-A-Fella/IDJMG)

2014

Rick Ross – Mastermind (Maybach Music/Def Jam)
YG – My Krazy Life (Pu$haz Ink/Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)
August Alsina – Testimony (Radio Killa/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Afrojack – Forget the World (Wall/PM:AM/Def Jam/IDJMG)
The Roots – …And Then You Shoot Your Cousin (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Mariah Carey – Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (Def Jam/IDJMG)
Common – Nobody's Smiling (Artium/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic (Mercury/IDJMG)
Young Jeezy – Seen It All: The Autobiography (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Jhené Aiko – Souled Out (Artium/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Lacrim – Corleone (Def Jam France/IDJMG)
Elijah Blake – Drift (Artium/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Vince Staples – Hell Can Wait (Artium/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Logic – Under Pressure (Visionary/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Teyana Taylor – VII (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Big K.R.I.T. – Cadillactica (Cinematic Music Group/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Rick Ross – Hood Billionaire (Maybach Music/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Iggy Azalea – Reclassified (Mercury/IDJMG)
YG – Blame It On the Streets (Pu$haz Ink/Corporate Thugz/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Ludacris – Burning Bridges (DTP/Def Jam/IDJMG)
Fabolous – The Young OG Project (Desert Storm/Def Jam/IDJMG)

Albums under Universal Music Group

2015

Big Sean – Dark Sky Paradise (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)
Ludacris – Ludaversal (DTP/Def Jam)
Alesso – FOREVER (Refune Music/Def Jam)
Lil Durk – Remember My Name (OTF/Def Jam)
Tamia – Love Life (Plus 1/Def Jam)
Elijah Blake – Shadows & Diamonds (Artium/Def Jam)
Vince Staples – Summertime '06 (Artium/Def Jam)
Krept & Konan – The Long Way Home (Def Jam/Virgin EMI)
Gunplay – Living Legend (Bilderburg/Maybach Music/Def Jam)
Alessia Cara – Four Pink Walls (EP Entertainment/Def Jam)
Leona Lewis – I Am (Def Jam/Island)
Kacy Hill – BLOO (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)
The Braxtons - Braxton Family Christmas
Justin Bieber – Purpose (School Boy/RBMG/Def Jam)
Young Jeezy – Church In These Streets (Corporate Thugz/Def Jam)
Logic – The Incredible True Story (Visionary/Def Jam)
Alessia Cara – Know It All (EP Entertainment/Def Jam)
Jadakiss – Top 5 Dead or Alive (D-Block/Def Jam)
Jeremih – Late Nights (Mick Schultz/Def Jam)
Rick Ross – Black Market (Maybach Music/Def Jam)
Babyface – Return of the Tender Lover (Def Jam)
August Alsina – This Thing Called Life (NNTME/Def Jam)
Pusha T – King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude (G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam)

2016

Kanye West – The Life of Pablo (GOOD/Def Jam)
2 Chainz – ColleGrove (TRU/Def Jam)
TWENTY88 – TWENTY88 (ARTium/GOOD/Def Jam)
Bibi Bourelly – Free the Real (Pt. 1) (Def Jam)
YG – Still Brazy (4Hunnid/CTE World/Def Jam)
Lil Durk – 2X (OTF/Def Jam)
Desiigner - New English (Spirit Preach/GOOD/Def Jam)
Frank Ocean – Endless (Boys Don't Cry/Def Jam)
Vince Staples – Prima Donna (Blacksmith/ARTium/Def Jam)
Troi Irons – Turbulence (Circa 13/Def Jam)
Jeezy – Trap or Die 3 (YJ Music/Def Jam)
YG - Red Friday (4Hunnid/CTE World/Def Jam)
Common – Black America Again (ARTium/Def Jam)

2017

Big Sean – I Decided (GOOD/Def Jam)
Amir Obè – None of the Clocks Work (Def Jam)
Logic – ΞVERYBODY (Visionary/Def Jam)
Axwell Λ Ingrosso – More Than You Know - EP (Axtone/Def Jam)
2 Chainz – Pretty Girls Like Trap Music (TRU/Def Jam)
Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory (Blacksmith/Def Jam)
Kacy Hill – Like a Woman (GOOD/Def Jam)
Dave East – Paranoia: A True Story (Mass Appeal/Def Jam)
Jhené Aiko – Trip (Art Club/Def Jam)
Big Sean & Metro Boomin' - Double or Nothing (Boominati/GOOD/Def Jam/Republic)
Jeezy - Pressure (YJ Music/Agency 99/Def Jam)

2018

Dave East - Paranoia 2 (From The Dirt/Mass Appeal/Def Jam)
Payroll Giovanni & Cardo - Big Bossin, Vol. 2 (Def Jam)
Logic - Bobby Tarantino II (Visionary/Def Jam)
Jeremih - The Chocolate Box - EP (Def Jam)
Toni Braxton - Sex & Cigarettes (Def Jam)
070 Shake - Glitter (GOOD/Def Jam)
Desiigner - L.O.D. (GOOD/Def Jam)
Various Artists - Rapture (Music from the Netflix Original TV Series) (Netflix/Def Jam)
Pusha T - Daytona (GOOD/Def Jam)
Kanye West - Ye (GOOD/Def Jam)
Kanye West & Kid Cudi - Kids See Ghosts (GOOD/Def Jam)
Nas - Nasir (Mass Appeal/Def Jam)
Teyana Taylor - K.T.S.E. (GOOD/Def Jam)
YG - Stay Dangerous (4Hunnid/CTE World/Def Jam)
Logic - Young Sinatra IV (Visionary/Def Jam)
Dave East & Styles P – Beloved (Mass Appeal/From The Dirt/Def Jam)

Unreleased

Beastie Boys – White House (Def Jam/Columbia)
Tougher Than Leather – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Def Jam/Profile)
Bytches With Problems – Life's a Bytch (No Face/RAL/Columbia)
Caddillac Tah – POV City Hustler (The Inc./Def Jam) 2001
Case – The Blaxl Rose Experience (Def Soul/Def Jam) 2004
CNN – The Religion (Thugged Out Miltainment/Def Jam ) 2002
Cormega – The Testament (Violator/Def Jam) (It was supposed release in 1996–1997 but was shelved, later it was released in 2005, his own label, Legal Hustle Records)
Jayo Felony – Hotter Than Fish Grease 1999
Jonell – Jonell (Def Soul/Def Jam) 2002
Lady Luck – Turn My Mic On! (Def Jam) 2002
Megan Rochell – You, Me & The Radio 2006
N.O.R.E. – Norminacle (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 2004
N.O.R.E. – 1 Fan A Day (Thugged Out Miltainment/Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 2005
Public Enemy – BTN 2000 2000
Richie Rich – Sprung (Oakland Hills 41510/Def Jam) 1997
Teairra Mari – Second Round (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 2006
Charlie Baltimore – The Diary (The Inc./Def Jam) 2003
Black Child – Ghetto Gospel (The Inc./Def Jam) 2002
Vita – La Vita Dolce (The Inc./Def Jam) 2000
Trigger Tha Gambler – Life's A 50/50 Gamble (No Doubt/Def Jam) 1996
Foxy Brown – Ill Na Na 2: The Fever (Def Jam) 2003
Foxy Brown – Black Roses (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) 2006
Iggy Azalea - Digital Distortion 2017

References

↑ "iTunes – Music – Don't Be S.A.F.E. by Trinidad James". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-12-19.

External links

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[1] "iTunes – Music – Don't Be S.A.F.E. by Trinidad James". Itunes.apple.com. 2013-01-29. Retrieved 2013-12-19.

Def Jam Recordings
Discography
Founders	Russell Simmons Rick Rubin
Subsidiaries	ARTium Records Def Jam South Def Soul Disturbing tha Peace GOOD Music Radio Killa Records Roc-A-Fella Records