Def Jam used to be so far ahead in the Hip-Hop Label stakes and now all it depends on is a POP artist in Rihanna and an R&B artist in Ne-Yo..

Obviously theres people like Kanye & Luda that are on branch off labels linked to Def Jam BUT who in the last 5 years of Hip-Hop have Def Jam made it big??

Rick Ross, Luda maybe? Fabolous? Big Boi (Outkast) ? Jeezy? Nas? None of these Artist have reached expected sales targets on Def Jam.

I know when Nas went there he wanted to be apart of the rebirth of Def Jam but their promotional style has fell of BADLY.

They controlling the artistry of the rappers and that's where they go wrong.

I should not be hearing more about R&B/Pop than Hip-Hop on that label and plus they should have most of the R&B peeps on the Def Soul/Urban imprint.

SHAKE UP REQUIRED!!! They have turned into Capitol records (oooh Loooorrrrdddddd)