Soul R&B singles on the Def_Jam label...

Below is a list of Soul R&B songs released on the Def_Jam record label. Click on "Def_Jam" in the label column on the right below to display the records in order of popularity with the best-selling songs first. Place mouse on

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More Soul R&B Songs From Def_Jam . . .

The following songs were released in Def_Jam but never made it into the Top 100 Chart.
Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts
of Def_Jam or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Songs are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)
#		Artist (click for discography and biography of artist)	Title (click song title to play it, read lyrics etc.)	Year	Label
301	recordlabel: Def Jam 650499 chartposition: RandB #29 writtenby: R. L. Martin and R. Lemon album: The Finer Things in Life	Chuck Stanley	Day by Day	1987	Def Jam
302	recordlabel: Def Jam 291 chartposition: RandB #42	Method Man featuring Streetlife	Dangerous Grounds	1998	Def Jam
303	recordlabel: Def Jam 16544 2 chartposition: RandB #91 album: Block Music comments: [hip hop]	Shawnna ft. Smoke	Damn	2006	Def Jam
304	recordlabel: Def Jam 314 562 440 chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: Method Man, Redman and Rockwilder album: Blackout! comments: [rap]	Method Man & Redman	Da Rockwilder	2000	Def Jam
305	recordlabel: Def Jam 566831 chartposition: RandB #50, US #125, UK #52 writtenby: Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills, Redman and Busta Rhymes album: Doc's da Name 2000	Redman	Da Goodness (Caravan)	1999	Def Jam
306	recordlabel: Def Jam 7056 chartposition: RandB #44 writtenby: Vincent F. Bell album: Juice	Oran Juice Jones	Curiosity	1986	Def Jam
307	recordlabel: Def Jam 74172 chartposition: RandB #14, US #42, US dance #41 writtenby: Erick Sermon and PMD (as Parrish Smith) album: Business Never Personal	EPMD	Crossover	1992	Def Jam
308	recordlabel: Def Jam 12514 11 chartposition: RandB #66 album: The Recession comments: [hip hop]	Young Jeezy	Crazy World	2008	Def Jam
309	recordlabel: Def Jam 16757 1 chartposition: RandB #109 writtenby: Young Jeezy, Peter Arnaz Smith, Blood Raw and Slick Pulla album: Young Jeezy Presents USDA: Cold Summer comments: [rap]	U.S.D.A.	Corporate Thuggin'	2007	Def Jam
310	recordlabel: Def Jam 006285 chartposition: RandB #28, US #4, UK #2, US dance #14 writtenby: LL Cool J, Jermaine Dupri, LRoc, Ryan Toby, Jennifer Lopez, Afrika Bambaataa and Arthur Baker album: Todd Smith	LL Cool J featuring Jennifer Lopez	Control Myself	2006	Def Jam
311	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #81 weeksinr&bchart: 5 album: The Tunnel comments: [album cut]	Funkmaster Flex & Big Kap featuring Mary J. Blige	Confrontation	2000	Def Jam
312	recordlabel: Def Jam 576552 chartposition: RandB #77 weeksinr&bchart: 10 album: Dos of Soul comments: [slow jam] (from the movie The Nutty Professor)	Dos of Soul	Come Around	1996	Def Jam
313	recordlabel: Def Jam 06960 chartposition: RandB #41 writtenby: F. Gordon, O.J. Jones, R. Simmons, V.F. Bell album: GTO: Gangsters Takin' Over	Oran Juice Jones	Cold Spending My Money	1987	Def Jam
314	recordlabel: Def Jam Digital chartposition: RandB #21, US #7, UK #1, US dance #1 writtenby: Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Magnus Beite and Bernt Rune Stray album: Year of the Gentleman	Ne-Yo	Closer	2008	Def Jam Digital
315	recordlabel: Def Jam 68626 chartposition: RandB #5, US Dance #39 writtenby: Slick Rick album: The Great Adventures of Slick Rick comments: [hip hop]	Slick Rick	Children's Story	1988	Def Jam
316	recordlabel: Def Jam 568214 chartposition: RandB #10, US #38 weeksinr&bchart: 20 writtenby: Static Major and Timbaland album: Cheers 2 U comments: [slow jam]	Playa	Cheers 2 U	1998	Def Jam
317	recordlabel: Def Jam 06350 chartposition: UK #100 writtenby: Tashan (as Tashan Rashad) album: Chasin' a Dream	Tashan	Chasin' a Dream	1987	Def Jam
318	recordlabel: Def Jam 014780 chartposition: RandB #11, US #75 writtenby: Ne Yo and David Gough album: Libra Scale	Ne-Yo	Champagne Life	2010	Def Jam
319	recordlabel: Def Jam 588738 chartposition: RandB #48, US #124 writtenby: Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand) , Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo album: Broken Silence	Foxy Brown featuring Kelis	Candy	2001	Def Jam
320	recordlabel: Def Jam 000563 chartposition: RandB #63 album: He's Keith Murray	Keith Murray	Candi Bar	2003	Def Jam
321	recordlabel: Def Jam 73869 chartposition: RandB #9, US #50, UK #22, US dance #5 writtenby: Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Robertz, Gary G Wiz and Depper album: Apocalypse 91Ã¢â‚¬Â¦The Enemy Strikes Black comments: [rap]	Public Enemy	Can't Truss It	1991	Def Jam
322	recordlabel: Def Jam/Columbia chartposition: RandB #46 writtenby: Nas, will.i.am (as William Adams Jr.), Chrisette Payne and Irving Gordon album: Hip Hop Is Dead comments: [hip hop]	Nas ft. Chrisette Michele	Can't Forget About You	2007	Def Jam/Columbia
323	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #88 writtenby: Pen Up Girls, Craig "Klepto" Tucker and J. Washington album: First Love	Karina	Can't Find The Words	2008	Def Jam
324	recordlabel: Def Jam 2308 chartposition: RandB #78 weeksinr&bchart: 4 writtenby: Andre A. Brown and Tyrone J. Kelsie album: Straight From The Basement Of Kooley High!	Original Concept	Can You Feel It	1986	Def Jam
325	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #52, UK #62 writtenby: Ne Yo (as Shaffer Smith) and Eric Hudson album: Because of You	Ne-Yo	Can We Chill	2007	Def Jam
326	recordlabel: Def Jam 261 chartposition: RandB #6, US #55, UK #24 weeksinr&bchart: 31 writtenby: Jay Z , Ja Rule , Amil, Irv Gotti and Robert Mays album: Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life comments: [hip hop]	Jay-Z ft. Amil of Major Coinz & Ja Rule	Can I Get A ...	1998	Def Jam
327	recordlabel: Def Jam 73391 chartposition: RandB #20, UK #46, US Dance #31 writtenby: Keith Shocklee, Eric Sadler and Chuck D album: Fear of a Black Planet comments: [hip hop]	Public Enemy	Brothers Gonna Work It Out	1990	Def Jam
328	recordlabel: Def Jam 1507 chartposition: RandB #82, UK #61, US dance #20 writtenby: MC Serch, Pete Nice and Prince Paul album: The Cactus Album	3rd Bass	Brooklyn - Queens	1990	Def Jam
329	recordlabel: Island Def Jam chartposition: US dance #5 writtenby: Pete Willis, Steve Clark and Joe Elliott album: Charmbracelet comments: [ballad]	Mariah Carey	Bringin' on the Heartbreak	2003	Island Def Jam
330	recordlabel: Def Jam 6876 writtenby: Method Man and RZA album: Tical	Method Man	Bring the Pain	1994	Def Jam
331	recordlabel: Def Jam 651335 chartposition: RandB #56, UK #32 writtenby: Chuck D (as Carlton Ridenhour), Keith Shocklee and Eric Sadler (as Eric album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back	Public Enemy	Bring the Noise	1988	Def Jam
332	recordlabel: Def Jam 563405 chartposition: RandB #29, US #98, UK #33 writtenby: Sam Barnes, D'Angelo, Jean Claude Olivier and Method Man album: Tical 2000: Judgement Day	Method Man featuring D'Angelo	Break Ups 2 Make Ups	1999	Def Jam
333	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #87 writtenby: Jeremih Shelton, Mick Schultz album: Jeremih	Jeremih	Break Up to Make Up	2009	Def Jam
334	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: US #9 writtenby: Donovan Bennett, Sean Paul, Kirk Ford and Rihanna album: A Girl Like Me comments: [reggae pop] mpcode: yfjFKg_6gwc	Rihanna & Sean Paul	Break It Off	2006	Def Jam
335	recordlabel: Def Jam 07020 chartposition: RandB #83, US #48 writtenby: Ad Rock, Mike D, MCA and Rick Rubin album: Licensed to Ill	Beastie Boys	Brass Monkey	1987	Def Jam
336	recordlabel: Def Jam 314 577 197 chartposition: RandB #39, US #84 writtenby: Rick James and Erick Sermon album: Double or Nothing	Erick Sermon	Bomdigi	1995	Def Jam
337	recordlabel: Roc A Fella/Def Jam Digital chartposition: RandB #31, US #55 writtenby: Jay Z, Pharrell Williams, Denzil Foster, Thomas McElroy, Terry Ellis, Cindy Herron album: American Gangster	Jay-Z	Blue Magic	2007	Roc A Fella/Def Jam
338	recordlabel: Def Jam South 16065 2 chartposition: RandB #56, US #79 writtenby: Ludacris album: Chicken N Beer comments: [hip hop]	Ludacris	Blow It Out	2004	Def Jam South
339	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #28 writtenby: Chrisette Michele, Chuck Harmony and Claude Kelly album: Epiphany comments: [album cut]	Chrisette Michele	Blame It On Me	2009	Def Jam
340	recordlabel: Def Jam 68613 chartposition: RandB #86 writtenby: Chuck D, Hank Shocklee, Eric Sadler album: It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back comments: [rap]	Public Enemy	Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos	1989	Def Jam
341	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: R&B #102, US #124 album: Hip Hop Is Dead	Nas ft. Jay-Z	Black Republican	2007	Def Jam
342	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #1, US #4, UK #15 writtenby: Jeremih, Keith James and Mick Schultz album: Jeremih	Jeremih	Birthday Sex	2009	Def Jam
343	recordlabel: Def Jam 1733 chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) album: Walking with a Panther	LL Cool J	Big Ole Butt	1989	Def Jam
344	recordlabel: Def Jam 571 441 chartposition: RandB #10, UK #12, US #53 writtenby: Foxy Brown (as Inga Marchand) and Jay Z (as Shawn Carter) album: Ill Na Na comments: [hip hop]	Foxy Brown	Big Bad Mamma	1997	Def Jam
345	recordlabel: Def Jam 9832541 chartposition: RandB #5, US #11, UK #26 writtenby: Ja Rule (as Jeffrey Atkins), Irv Gotti and Robert Mays album: Rule 3:36	Ja Rule	Between Me and You	2000	Def Jam
346	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: US AC #21 writtenby: Chrisette Michele (as Chrisette Payne) and Babyface album: I Am	Chrisette Michele	Best of Me	2007	Def Jam
347	recordlabel: Def Jam 422 851 061 chartposition: RandB #63, US #87, UK #104 writtenby: Slick Rick (as Ricky Walters) album: Behind Bars	Slick Rick	Behind Bars	1994	Def Jam
348	recordlabel: Def Jam 008678 chartposition: RandB #7, US #2, UK #4, US dance #6 writtenby: Ne Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen and Mikkel Storleer Eriksen album: Because of You	Ne-Yo	Because of You	2007	Def Jam
349	recordlabel: Def Jam 014780 chartposition: UK #1, US dance #1, RandB #61, US #53 writtenby: Ne Yo, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen and Sandy Vee album: Libra Scale	Ne-Yo	Beautiful Monster	2010	Def Jam
350	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #61 writtenby: Chrisette Michele, will.i.am and Bob Marley album: I Am	Chrisette Michele ft. will.i.am	Be OK	2007	Def Jam
351	recordlabel: Def Jam 005116 chartposition: RandB #91 album: Fishscale comments: [hip hop]	Ghostface Killah	Be Easy	2005	Def Jam
352	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #84 writtenby: Teosha "Tee" Thomas, Jasmine "Gunna" Baker, Ty Fyffe, Damaine Barnett and Manoro Williams album: Certified comments: [hip hop]	Unladylike	Bartender	2009	Def Jam
353	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB 60 writtenby: Juelz Santana, Chris Brown, Ester Dean album: Born to Lose, Built to Win	Juelz Santana featuring Chris Brown	Back To The Crib	2009	Def Jam
354	recordlabel: Def Jam 74983 chartposition: RandB #24 writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) and Quincy Jones III album: 14 Shots to the Dome	LL Cool J	Back Seat (Of My Jeep)	1993	Def Jam
355	recordlabel: Def Jam 006317 chartposition: RandB #14, US #61, UK #46 writtenby: Ghostface Killah, Vernon Brown, S. Smith and Willie Hutch album: Fishscale	Ghostface Killah ft. Ne-Yo & Kanye West	Back Like That	2006	Def Jam
356	recordlabel: Def Jam Digital chartposition: RandB #23, US #23 writtenby: Fabolous, Jermaine Dupri, T Pain and Vincent F. Bell album: From Nothin' to Somethin'	Fabolous ft. Jermaine Dupri	Baby Don't Go	2007	Def Jam Digital
357	recordlabel: Def Jam 011659 chartposition: RandB #22, US #52, UK #56 writtenby: LL Cool J, Tricky Stewart and The Dream album: Exit 13	LL Cool J featuring The-Dream	Baby	2008	Def Jam
358	recordlabel: Def Jam 152911 chartposition: RandB #82 writtenby: Def Jam 572836 album: Broken Silence	Foxy Brown	B.K. Anthem	2001	Def Jam
359	recordlabel: Def Jam 656447 chartposition: RandB #5, UK #36, US dance #7 writtenby: LL Cool J, Rick James and Marley Marl album: Mama Said Knock You Out comments: [hip hop]	LL Cool J	Around the Way Girl	1991	Def Jam
360	recordlabel: Def Jam 588671 chartposition: RandB #10, US #24, UK #25 writtenby: D. Davis, K. Hilson, J. Jones, R. Walters and Ludacris (as Christopher Bridges) album: Word of Mouf	Ludacris featuring Nate Dogg	Area Codes	2001	Def Jam
361	recordlabel: Def Jam 651334 chartposition: RandB #71	The Black Flames	Are You My Woman?	1987	Def Jam
362	recordlabel: Def Jam Digital chartposition: RandB #17, US #49, UK #25 writtenby: Ezekiel Lewis, J.Que, Balewa Muhammad, Candice Nelson, Timbaland, King Logan and J Roc album: Special Occasion	Bobby Valentino featuring Timbaland	Anonymous	2007	Def Jam Digital
363	recordlabel: Def Jam 004631 chartposition: RandB #14, US #67 album: Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101 comments: [hip hop]	Young Jeezy ft. Mannie Fresh	And Then What	2005	Def Jam
364	recordlabel: Def Jam 15832 1 chartposition: RandB #73 writtenby: LL Cool J (as James Todd Smith) album: 10	LL Cool J	Amazin'	2003	Def Jam
365	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #1, US #1, UK #6 writtenby: Ja Rule (as Jeffrey Atkins) , Channel 7 (as 7 Aurelius) and Irv Gotti album: Pain Is Love	Ja Rule featuring Ashanti	Always on Time	2001	Def Jam
366	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #57 writtenby: Allen Gordon Jr., Jayms Madison, Joel Campbell and Teron Beal album: Epiphany comments: [slow jam] [album cut]	Chrisette Michele	All I Ever Think About	2010	Def Jam
367	recordlabel: Island Def Jam 16261 2 chartposition: RandB #62 writtenby: Carolyn Franklin album: Classic Moments comments: [southern soul ballad]	Patti LaBelle featuring Mary J. Blige	Ain't No Way	2005	Island Def Jam
368	recordlabel: Def Jam 44 73179 chartposition: RandB #15, UK #41 writtenby: Flavor Flav, Keith Shocklee and Eric Sadler album: Fear of a Black Planet comments: [hip hop]	Public Enemy	911 Is a Joke	1990	Def Jam
369	recordlabel: Def Jam 73821 chartposition: RandB #26, US #95 writtenby: LL Cool J album: Mama Said Knock You Out comments: [hip hop]	LL Cool J	6 Minutes of Pleasure	1991	Def Jam
370	recordlabel: Def Jam 568321 chartposition: RandB #24, US #75 writtenby: LL Cool J, Method Man, Redman, Canibus and DMX album: Phenomenon	LL COOL J Featuring Method Man, Redman, DMX, Canibus & Master P	4, 3, 2, 1	1997	Def Jam
371	recordlabel: Def Jam chartposition: RandB #51 writtenby: The Dream (as Terius Nash) album: First Love	Karina	16 at War	2008	Def Jam

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