It never really matters what the radio play, ruff ryder…

Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella were two equal entities under the Def Island umbrellas.

— Damon Dash

I'm trying to be like the old Roc- A-Fella and Bad Boy, influencing people culturally but having hits at the same time.

— Hit-Boy

My passion is music, you know, and music influences culture, influences lifestyle, which leads me to 'Roc-A-Wear'. I was forced to be an entrepreneur,…

— Jay-Z

I got love for Damon Dash as I did before. I don't know if we can be around each other in that way because…

— Jay-Z

I have inherited two of the most important brands in hip-hop, Def Jam and Roc-A-Fella. Reid and Universal Music Group have given me the…

— Jay-Z

A 'Roc-A-Fella purist' is me.

— Damon Dash

The reason why Roc-A-Fella crossed and became so essential to pop culture is that we were probably the most authentic people that were also…

— Damon Dash

My songs don't play on pop radio; they play on black radio.

— Robin Thicke

I mean, 'Insane in the Brain' and 'Rock Superstar' are the ones that got significant radio play for us. But everything else was us…

— B-Real

I want to sell music, and I want radio to play my songs.

— Cassadee Pope

The last Simply Red album, 'Stay,' was good, but the first three tracks were designed for radio play. They were written to meet people's…

— Mick Hucknall

When 'Play' first came out, journalists didn't review it; it didn't get radio play. And then it became this big successful record and, I…

— Moby

“Letting the radio play on without giving it much attention is very different from actively trying to ignore it.”

— Russ Harris

There's definitely been some songs in the past that we've put out, and it was purely us going, 'Okay, we think radio will play…

— Charles Kelley

I used to listen to songs on the radio and play that junk back on that little keyboard.

— Mike Will Made It