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Def Soul Records
The New Soul of R&B Flavor
The Island Def Jam Music Group
a Universal Music company
Parent companyUniversal Music Group
Founded1996; 28 years ago (1996)
Founder
  • Russell Simmons
  • Kevin Liles
Defunct2011 (2011)
StatusFolded
Distributor(s)
  • Def Jam Recordings (United States)
  • Mercury Records (United Kingdom)
  • Universal Music Group (International)
  • Universal Music Enterprises (reissues)
Genre
  • Contemporary R&B
  • soul
  • neo soul
Country of originUnited States
LocationNew York City, New York
Official websiteArchived 22 April 2003 at the Wayback Machine

Def Soul Records was an R&B-based division of American multinational record label Def Jam Recordings. It was formed in 1996 by Russell Simmons and Kevin Liles to expand R&B and soul music through Def Jam's said genre-related roster following the successes of Montell Jordan and Case.

The label later garnered more success with other artists that include Musiq Soulchild, Kelly Price, Christina Milian, Aaron Soul, Terri Walker, Dru Hill, 112, Patti LaBelle and The Isley Brothers.[1] In the spring of 2011, the label was consolidated into Def Jam, as the urban music industry began to change, so did the Def Jam label roster's multi-genre strategy, citing former artist Rihanna's success as the reason for the downfall of Def Soul.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "DAR Music: The Def Soul R&B Era". Retrieved 9 April 2022.

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Def Soul

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Def Soul Records was an R&B-based division of American multinational record label Def Jam Recordings. It was formed in 1996 by Russell Simmons and Kevin...

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Def Jam Recordings

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predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop. The label has a London-based, UK arm known as 0207 Def Jam (formerly Def Jam UK in the 1990s until the mid-2000s)...

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Dru Hill

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as well. In 2002, by then part of the Def Soul record label, following a merger between Island, sister label Def Jam Recordings and Universal Music Group...

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List of former Def Jam Recordings artists

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Patti LaBelle (Def Soul/Def Jam) Payroll Giovanni & Cardo Peedi Peedi (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam) Playa (Def Soul/Def Jam) Kelly Price (Def Soul/Def Jam) Prime...

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The Island Def Jam Music Group

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Republic Records) Chemistry Records Def Con II Def Jamaica Def Jam Japan Def Jam UK Def Jam South Def Soul Def Soul Classics Capricorn Records (second...

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Montell Jordan

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"This Is How We Do It", Jordan was the primary male solo artist on Def Jam's Def Soul imprint until leaving the label in 2003. In 2010, Jordan became the...

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Def Jam Recordings discography

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and subsidiaries like Original Black Recordings, DJ West, Def Soul, Disturbing tha Peace, Def Jam South, Roc-A-Fella Records, Murder Inc. Records, and...

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Musiq Soulchild

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transitioning from Def Soul's master label Def Jam Recordings to Atlantic Records, and sending rapper Fabolous from Atlantic to Def Jam. In March 2007...

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Christina Milian

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Jersey City, New Jersey, but raised in Maryland, she signed a contract with Def Soul at the age of 19. In 2001, Milian released her self-titled debut album...

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AM to PM

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2001). "Def Soul's Milian Makes Pop Transition". Billboard. Vol. 113, no. 38. p. 16. AM to PM (US CD single disc notes). Christina Milian. Def Soul. 2001...

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Get It On Tonite

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sputnikmusic.com. Get It On Tonite (US CD single liner notes). Montell Jordan. Def Soul. 1999. 314 562 622-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite...

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Jonell

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Later in 2003, Jonell was set to release her debut album "Know Me" on the Def Soul label. Her first single So Whassup featured a guest appearance by Redman...

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Unleash the Dragon

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American R&B singer Sisqó of Dru Hill, released on November 30, 1999, on Def Soul. Sisqó recorded the album during Dru Hill's hiatus. It includes the hit...

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Personal Conversation

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studio album by American R&B singer Case. It was released by the Def Soul subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings on April 20, 1999. It features the hit single "Happily...

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Kelly Price discography

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commercially less successful than her previous albums. After her departure from Def Soul, Price produced the gospel album This Is Who I Am. Released in 2006 via...

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Def Jef

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variety show In Living Color in 1990. After his second album, Soul Food, was released, Def Jef moved into production full-time. Since the 1990s, he has...

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Cheers 2 U

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by American R&B group Playa, released March 24, 1998, on Def Jam Recordings subsidiary Def Soul. The album was originally going to be named eponymously...

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When You Look at Me

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2008. When You Look at Me (UK CD single liner notes). Christina Milian. Def Soul, The Inc. Records. 2002. 582 980-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint:...

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Kelly Price

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Mirror Mirror, was released in 2000 on the Def Soul imprint of Def Jam Records. Island Records and Def Jam Records had merged in 1999, with Price and...

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Yasiin Bey

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Babees and De La Soul. In 1996, he and fellow Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli formed the duo Black Star, whose debut album Mos Def & Talib Kweli Are...

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Aaron Soul

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Aaron Soul is a British singer and songwriter. He was signed to Def Jam's sublabel Def Soul and scored a top 20 hit in the UK with the UK garage track...

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Patti LaBelle

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released her final MCA album, When a Woman Loves, before signing with Def Soul Classics to release the 2004 album, Timeless Journey. During the promotional...

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