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The greatest names in the history of hip-hop, rap and R&B – from LL Cool J and Slick Rick to Rihanna and Kanye West, from Public Enemy and 3rd Bass to Ludacris, Redman and Rick Ross, from Jay-Z to Young Jeezy and dozens more – have made Def Jam Recordings the destination for Urban artists over the past quarter century. Now Island Def Jam Music Group is set to turn up the heat in honor of Def Jam’s 25th anniversary in 2009, starting with the launch of DEF JAM 25.

In Billboard magazine in November of 1984, a little story three-paragraphs long announced the creation of a new record label called Def Jam. "The purpose of this company," said a young artist manager named Russell Simmons, "is to educate people to the real value of real street music by putting out records nobody in the business would distribute but us."

Twenty-five years later, `the real value of real street music" can be measured not just in billions of dollars, but in the changed complexion of all of the following xpressions of creative endeavor: music, movies, television, language, dance, fine art, graphic art, fashion, advertising, automobiles, jewelry, video games, and politics...and not just in America, but globally. If any one entity can be said to have sparked these changes - and to have continued to stand for street music and the culture that birthed it, namely, hip-hop -- it is Def Jam Recordings.

The Def Jam 25th Anniversary set is a collection hits from the labels chart topping stars and cultural icons. Includes Jay-Z, Kanye West, Ludacris, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, Public Enemy, DMX, Young Jeezy, Method Man, Redman and more!

Tracklist:

Disc 1 – 1984 // 1988

01. LL Cool J – I Need A Beat
02. Hollis Crew – It’s The Beat
03. Public Enemy – Bring The Noise
04. Beastie Boys – Paul Revere
05. Oran “Juice” Jones – The Rain
06. LL Cool J – Goin’ Back To Cali
07. Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
08. T-La Rock – It’s Yours (Feat. Jazzy Jay)
09. LL Cool J – I Need Love
10. Slick Rick – Children’s Story
11. 3rd Bass – The Gas Face (Remix)
12. Public Enemy – Fight The Power

Disc 2 – 1989 // 1993

01. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
02. EPMD – Gold Digger
03. 3rd Bass – Pop Goes The Weasel
04. Nikki D – Daddy’s Little Girl
05. Downtown Science – Room To Breathe
06. Redman – Time 4 Sum Aksion
07. Onyx – Slam
08. Boss – Deeper
09. EPMD – Crossover
10. Method Man – Bring The Pain
11. Nice & Smooth – Hip Hop Junkies
12. Warren G – Regulate (Feat. Nate Dogg)

Disc 3 – 1994 // 1998

01. Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It
02. Ludacris – Stand Up (Feat. Shawnna)
03. Ja Rule – Holla Holla
04. Case – Touch Me Tease Me (Feat. Foxy Brown)
05. Method Man – I’ll Be There For You / You’re All I Need To Get By (Feat. Mary J. Blige)
06. Foxy Brown – Get Me Home (Feat. Blackstreet)
07. Jay-Z – Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)
08. DMX – Get At Me Dog (Feat. Sheek)
09. LL Cool J – Doin’ It
10. Method Man & Redman – Da Rockwilder
11. DMX – Party Up (Up In Here)
12. Erick Sermon – Tell ‘Em

Disc 4 – 1999 // 2003

01. Jay-Z – 99 Problems
02. Sisqo – Thong Song
03. Musiq Soulchild – Just Friends (Sunny)
04. Ja Rule – Put It On Me (Feat. Vita)
05. Memphis Bleek – Is That Your Chick (The Lost Verses) (Feat. Jay-Z, Twista And Missy Elliott)
06. Jay-Z – Izzo (H.O.V.A.)
07. Beanie Sigel – The Truth
08. Cam’Ron – Oh Boy (Feat. Juelz Santana)
09. Scarface – Guess Who’s Back (Feat. Jay-Z And Beanie Sigel)
10. Freeway – What We Do (Feat. Jay-Z And Beanie Sigel)
11. Ludacris – Southern Hospitality (Feat. Pharrell)
12. Kanye West – Jesus Walks

Disc 5 – 2004 // 2008

01. Kanye West – Gold Digger (Feat. Jamie Foxx)
02. Young Jeezy – And Then What (Feat. Mannie Fresh)
03. Juelz Santana – There It Go (The Whistle Song)
04. Rick Ross – Hustlin’
05. Ghostface Killah – Back Like That (Feat. Ne-Yo)
06. Ne-Yo – So Sick
07. Nas – Hip Hop Is Dead (Feat. Will.i.am)
08. The Roots – Don’t Feel Right (Feat, Maimouna Youssef)
09. Rihanna – Umbrella (Feat. Jay-Z)
10. Fabolous – Make Me Better (Feat. Ne-Yo)
11. The-Dream – Shawty Is Da Sh*!
12. Young Jeezy – Put On (Feat. Kanye West)