Def Jam Music Group Inc.: 10th Year Anniversary (1995)

About this title: In the '80s, Def Jam Records became the leading rap and hip-hop label in America. Featuring a roster filled with superstars -- including Public Enemy, LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Slick Rick, and EPMD -- Def Jam released many of the most innovative and groundbreaking records of the late '80s and, as the four-CD box Ten Year Anniversary proves, the music has lost none of its impact over the years. Over the course of the four discs, the set runs through a number or hip-hop classics, including "I Can't Live Without My Radio," "Fight the Power," "(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)," ... read more

Tracks:

1. I Can't Live Without My Radio [LL Cool J/Rubin]
2. Rebel Without a Pause [D./Shocklee/Sadler/]
3. Hold It Now, Hit It [Beastie Boys/Rubin]
4. Crossover [Sermon/Smith/Troutm]
5. Children's Story [Walters]
6. Going Back to Cali [LL Cool J/Rubin]
7. Paul Revere [King Ad Rock [Adam]
8. I'm That Type of Guy [Smith/Simon/Ettinge]
9. No Sleep Till Brooklyn [Beastie Boys/Rubin]
10. Bring the Noise [Anthrax/D./Sadler]
11. The Gas Face [Berrin/Nash/Dumile/]
12. Hip Hop Junkies [Barnes/Mays/Romeo]
13. Welcome to the Terrordome [D./Sadler/Shocklee]
14. Big Ole Butt [LL Cool J/Simon]
15. Slam [Scruggs/Jones/Taylo]
16. The Boomin' System [Wiliams/Smith]
17. Shut 'Em Down [Pete Rock Mixx] [D./Ronaldo/Shocklee]
18. Mona Lisa [Walters]
19. Deeper [Boss]
20. Tonight's da Night [James/Redman/Stone]
21. Headbanger [Sermon/Smith/Clinto]
22. Brass Monkey [Beastie Boys/Rubin]
23. Back Seat [LL Cool J/QDIII]
24. Pop Goes the Weasel [Bauchamp/Berrin/Daj]
25. Sometimes I Rhyme Slow [Chapman]
26. I Need Love [Smith/Ervin/Ettinge]
27. I'll Be There for You/You're All I Need to Get By [Puff Daddy Mixx] [Smith/Diggs/Simpson]
28. The Rain [Bell]
29. Somethin' 4 da Honeyz [Human Rhythm Remixx] [Jordan/Pierce/Rashe]
30. Fight the Power [D./Sadler/Shocklee/]
31. Fight for Your Right [Beastie Boys/Rubin]
32. Mama Said Knock You Out [Williams/LL Cool J]
33. Blow Your Mind [Noble/Calhoun]
34. I'm Bad [Erving/Smith/Pierce]
35. Throw Ya Gunz [Scruggs/Jones/Taylo]
36. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos [Public Enemy]
37. Hey Young World [Walters]
38. Public Enemy No. 1 [D./Shocklee]
39. Gold Digger [Smith/Sermon]
40. Daddy's Little Girl [Vega/Reynolds/Stron]
41. Around the Way Girl [Williams/Smith]
42. Teenage Love [Walters/Shocklee/Sa]
43. Steppin' to the A.M. [Berrin/Nash/Shockle]
44. How High [Remix] [Smith/Noble/Sermon/]
45. I Got Him All the Time [Remix] [Hami/Mokenstef/Rush]
46. Don't Believe the Hype [D./Flavor Flav/Sadl]
47. Rock the Bells [LL Cool J/Rubin]
48. Regulate [G/Dogg]
49. Can't Truss It [Shocklee/D./Rinaldo]
50. Stay Real [Sermon/Troutman/Tro]
51. Night of the Living Baseheads [Shocklee/D./Sadler]
52. Method Man [Remix] [Smith/Diggs]
53. Jack the Ripper [Smith/Rubin]
54. Gang Stories [Patterson/West/Pitt]
55. Getto Jam [DJ Battlecat]
56. Jingling Baby [Remix] [Smith/Simon/Latture]
57. Sweet Potato Pie [Domino]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.