Def Jam Takeover: 4th Quarter Release Schedule

Written by Rizoh. Posted in Mixtapes

Published on November 05, 2006 with 26 Comments">26 Comments

It just dawned on you, right? Despite all the gripe, Def Jam is still the most powerful hip-hop label around. Hov’s album will be ready to join the turkey and mashed potatoes in your shopping cart around Thanksgiving. Jeezy’s album before the album, I Am The Street Dream, hits the streets a week before that. Then comes the album proper, same Tuesday as Ghost’s straigh-outta-nowhere sequel to Fishscale, More Fish. It gets better. Three PR machines are hard at work to help Esco stay ahead of the in-house competition. In short, here’s how L.A. Reid and The Carter Administration plan on making sure that no other label sells this quarter:

Def Jam Release Schedule (Fourth Quarter)

  • Jay-Z – Kingdom Come – November 21

  • Young Jeezy – The Inspiration: Thug Motivation 102 – December 12

  • Ghostface Killah – More Fish – December 12

  • Bobby Valentino – Special Occasion – December 12

  • DJ Clue – The Professional Part 3 – December 19

  • NaS – Hip-Hop Is Dead? – December 19

  • Fabolous – From Nothin’ to Somethin’ – December 26
TRU

Rizoh

Rizoh is the most powerful man in all the lands. He lives in Houston where he earned a BS in Nerf Herding. He's the founder of The Rap Up, the editor of Roc4Life.com, and is in the Grammy-awaiting band Pervertable Disciples.

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  • Ivan

    Floodin’ the industry….

  • Ivan

    Floodin’ the industry….

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    Anyone can say what they want about “The Roots” Buddens, etc…this is a business and DJ is still the winningnest label out there. I don’t think even Game can withstand the rush. The anticipation for most of those albums on there is insane..esp. with Jay and Nas..then Ghost? These dudes have the ears of mainstream, underground and middle ground all at once.

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    Anyone can say what they want about “The Roots” Buddens, etc…this is a business and DJ is still the winningnest label out there. I don’t think even Game can withstand the rush. The anticipation for most of those albums on there is insane..esp. with Jay and Nas..then Ghost? These dudes have the ears of mainstream, underground and middle ground all at once.

  • http://rap.about.com Rizoh

    ^True that.

  • http://rap.about.com Rizoh

    ^True that.

  • Darkpoet

    Ghost’s album isn’t going to move numbers, it’ll get downloads but with some of those releases are mainstream monsters, espically Jay and of course the new Nas will stir interest. Def Jam, though I question their motives, still has the idealogy of record label dominance. It’s just too bad that they couldn’t of given The Roots and Meth a better chance to be heard.

  • Darkpoet

    Ghost’s album isn’t going to move numbers, it’ll get downloads but with some of those releases are mainstream monsters, espically Jay and of course the new Nas will stir interest. Def Jam, though I question their motives, still has the idealogy of record label dominance. It’s just too bad that they couldn’t of given The Roots and Meth a better chance to be heard.

  • Darkpoet

    ^^^Spellcheck, lol.

  • Darkpoet

    ^^^Spellcheck, lol.

  • http://rap.about.com Rizoh

    ^^Yeah, they could have done better with the promotion, but let’s not pretend that The Roots are big sellers.

  • http://rap.about.com Rizoh

    ^^Yeah, they could have done better with the promotion, but let’s not pretend that The Roots are big sellers.

  • Illmatic620

    Game Theory was a solid album, it did get some attention, needed a bit more though to be honest.

    Method Man seriously needed a single and a video..thats just disrespectful

    Ghostface’s shit was 4/5 or maybe even 4.5/5 good, and he got plenty of radio spins with “Get Your Man Back Like That” and even “The Champ”, I was suprised he didnt sell well.

    Be to honest, I didnt cop any of those three albums, but I was flat broke at the time ;P and I barely listened to Mef’s shit

  • Illmatic620

    Game Theory was a solid album, it did get some attention, needed a bit more though to be honest.

    Method Man seriously needed a single and a video..thats just disrespectful

    Ghostface’s shit was 4/5 or maybe even 4.5/5 good, and he got plenty of radio spins with “Get Your Man Back Like That” and even “The Champ”, I was suprised he didnt sell well.

    Be to honest, I didnt cop any of those three albums, but I was flat broke at the time ;P and I barely listened to Mef’s shit

  • frankster04

    game is killin jay-z on the amazon.com wait list. i cant wait for jeezy and ghost personally.

  • frankster04

    game is killin jay-z on the amazon.com wait list. i cant wait for jeezy and ghost personally.

  • Gabe

    looks impressive

  • Gabe

    looks impressive

  • Bad Land

    Ghost is off the hook with that photo

  • Bad Land

    Ghost is off the hook with that photo

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    @ Frankster: Meth didn’t help his situation by airing his grieviances out in public. I do understand he was frustrated but he could’ve easily put together a mixtape with a DJ Drama or someone of that caliber to get his name out there and folk interested in copping the new album…he should’ve hustled harder and not waited on DJ to do everything…

  • http://www.myspace.com/plussign2 esbee

    @ Frankster: Meth didn’t help his situation by airing his grieviances out in public. I do understand he was frustrated but he could’ve easily put together a mixtape with a DJ Drama or someone of that caliber to get his name out there and folk interested in copping the new album…he should’ve hustled harder and not waited on DJ to do everything…

  • http://www.thahiphop.com Fivefold

    How come u don’t mention Ludacris’ joint as the leadoff hitter

  • http://www.thahiphop.com Fivefold

    How come u don’t mention Ludacris’ joint as the leadoff hitter

  • http://www.hhnlive.com frankster04

    i didnt say anything about method man. i said i was waitin on ghost and jeezy.

  • http://www.hhnlive.com frankster04

    i didnt say anything about method man. i said i was waitin on ghost and jeezy.

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