Back Quote by Redman

I used to be a Def Jam artist. I was - I survived Def Jam.

— Black Thought

Success happened for me when I dropped my first major label album for Def Jam, 'Live From The Underground.'

— Big K.R.I.T

My father was a studio musician, played for a lot of people like Frank Zappa and a lot of R&B bands, and was always…

— Synyster Gates

My brother Steve, who was a few years older than me, had 'Bad' on tape, and I remember listening to 'Smooth Criminal' and just…

— Kevin Parker

I was with a group called the Nappy Headz. We had a song called Robbery it was like a redo of Khias My Neck,…

— T-Pain

Some of my biggest moments have been in jam sessions, but I don't want to talk about them. There were always other people involved.

— Coleman Hawkins

Well, I was doing platinum albums back-to-back with Jive when they were the hottest hip-hop label. There was a time when Jive made a…

— Too Short

I came back from Japanese tour a broken man to find that one of my outside productions was very high in the charts and…

— Roger Glover

'An Audience With Kenneth Williams.' My wife and I went with him to the recording. He was paid £10,000, the largest fee he had…

— Gyles Brandreth

Def Jam was always trying to get me to put out an album because I had 'Toot It and Boot It.'

— YG

I did 'Roadies,' a reality show, and dance performances from time to time.

— Esha Deol

I remember discovering that I loved recording - that breakthrough when I was in high school getting to record for the first time.

— Phil Elverum