Def Jam Recordings
Organization in Music History
Def Jam Recordings has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including The Joe Rogan Experience. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
LL Cool JGrammy-winning American rapper and actor, star of NCIS: New York
LL Cool J says Rick Rubin stripped down hip-hop production, earning a 'reduced by' credit on his debut album.
“Like, my first album, Radio, it says, reduced by Rick Rubin”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2561 - LL Cool J (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:04:38
LL Cool J recounts that after rejections from labels, his mother used her tax refund to buy him a drum machine for his demo.
“She took her tax return and bought me a Korg drum machine”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2561 - LL Cool J (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 1:07:39
LL Cool J says Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons formed Def Jam as a label and that he was its first act.
“Rick and Russell together formed Def Jam, the label, and I was the first act”
The Joe Rogan Experience: #2561 - LL Cool J (Oct 6, 2026) · Listen from 2:26
Podcasts
- The Joe Rogan Experience · 1 episode
Episodes
#2561 - LL Cool JThe Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 6, 2026 · 2 h 38 min
Joe Rogan and LL Cool J discuss the birth of hip-hop and Def Jam, discipline and mastery, martial arts, lost civilizations, time travel and artificial intelligence.