VA – Def Jam Music Group Inc. 10th Year Anniversary (1995) (4CD Box Set) [FLAC+320]

Genre: Hip-Hop
Codec: Flac (*.flac) / Mp3 (*.mp3)
Rip: tracks+.cue
Quality: lossless / 320 kbps
Size: 2 Gb / 914 Mb
Ino: Includes full CD covers.

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),” “Slam,” “Don’t Believe the Hype,” “Rock the Bells,” “Regulate,” “Crossover,” and over 50 other tracks. The one (minor) drawback of the set is the fact that it isn’t sequenced chronologically; nevertheless, each disc in the box is compulsively listenable. In sheer musical terms, Ten Year Anniversary is one of the best box sets ever compiled and is essential to any popular music collection.

Thomas Erlewine

CD1:

01. LL Cool J – I Can’t Live Without My Radio
02. Public Enemy – Rebel Without A Pause
03. Beastie Boys – Hold It Now, Hit It
04. EPMD – Crossover
05. Slick Rick – Children’s Story
06. LL Cool J – Going Back To Cali
07. Beastie Boys – Paul Revere
08. LL Cool J – I’m That Type Of Guy
09. Beastie Boys – No Sleep Till Brooklyn
10. Public Enemy with Anthrax – Bring Tha Noize
11. 3rd Bass – The Gas Face
12. Nice & Smooth – Hip Hop Junkies
13. Public Enemy – Welcome To The Terrordome
14. LL Cool J – Big Ole Butt

CD2:

01. Onyx – Slam
02. LL Cool J – The Boomin’ System
03. Public Enemy – Shut ‘Em Down (Pete Rock Mix)
04. Slick Rick – Mona Lisa
05. Bo$$ – Deeper
06. Redman – Tonight’s Da Night
07. EPMD – Headbanger
08. Beastie Boys – Brass Monkey
09. LL Cool J – Back Seat
10. 3rd Bass – Pop Goes The Weasel
11. Nice & Smooth – Sometimes I Rhyme Slow
12. LL Cool J – I Need Love
13. Method Man featuring Mary J. Blige – I’ll Be There For You/You’re All I Need To Get By (Puff Daddy Mixx)
14. Oran “Juice” Jones – The Rain
15. Montell Jordan featuring Redman – Somethin’ 4 Da Honeyz (Human Rhythm Remix)

CD3:

01. Public Enemy – Fight The Power
02. Beastie Boys – (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
03. LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out
04. Redman – Blow Your Mind
05. LL Cool J – I’m Bad
06. Onyx – Throw Ya Gunz
07. Public Enemy – Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
08. Slick Rick – Hey Young World
09. Public Enemy – Public Enemy No. 1
10. EPMD – Gold Digger
11. Nikki D – Daddy’s Little Girl
12. LL Cool J – Around The Way Girl
13. Slick Rick – Teenage Love
14. 3rd Bass – Steppin’ To The A.M.
15. Redman/Method Man – How High (Remix)
16. MoKenStef – I Got Him All The Time (He’s Mine Remix – Grand Puba Version)

CD4:

01. Public Enemy – Don’t Believe The Hype
02. LL Cool J – Rock The Bells
03. Warren G. – Regulate
04. Public Enemy – Can’t Truss It
05. Erick Sermon – Stay Real
06. Public Enemy – Night Of The Living Baseheads
07. Method Man – Method Man (Remix)
08. LL Cool J – Jack The Ripper
09. South Central Cartel – Gang Stories
10. Domino – Getto Jam
11. LL Cool J – Jingling Baby (Remix But Still Jingling)
12. Domino – Sweet Potatoe Pie
13. Method Man – Bring The Pain
14. Public Enemy – Give It Up
15. Montell Jordan – This Is How We Do It