Def Jux Presents is the first album released by the Definitive Jux

Definitive Jux

Definitive Jux is an independent record label based in New York City, United States. It was co-founded in 1999 by Jaime Meline and Amaechi Uzoigwe. The label was initially known simply as Def Jux, but in 2001, popular hip hop label Def Jam Recordings sued Def Jux over the name similarity...

 hip hop

Hip hop

Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...

 label. It served its purpose as a preview of what to come from one of the reigning underground hip hop labels. All of the Company Flow

Company Flow

Company Flow is an American underground hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York City at one time associated with the independent record label Rawkus Records. Rapper/producer El-P and DJ/producer Mr...

 and Cannibal Ox

Cannibal Ox

Cannibal Ox, also known as CanOx, is an abstract hip hop duo from Harlem, New York City. Its members include Vast Aire and Vordul Mega. They are often accompanied by DJ Cip-One...

 songs were featured on "DPA (As Seen On TV)/Iron Galaxy", a split vinyl EP released in 2000. The Cannibal Ox

Cannibal Ox

Cannibal Ox, also known as CanOx, is an abstract hip hop duo from Harlem, New York City. Its members include Vast Aire and Vordul Mega. They are often accompanied by DJ Cip-One...

 tracks were also featured on their debut album entitled The Cold Vein

The Cold Vein

The Cold Vein is the debut album by American hip hop duo Cannibal Ox. It was produced by El-P and released on his Definitive Jux label on May 15, 2001 .-Release:...

. The RJD2 song, "Silver Fox" was featured on his Deadringer

Deadringer (album)

Deadringer is the debut album of RJD2. It was released on July 23, 2002 on Definitive Jux.-Track listing:# "The Horror" – 4:11# "Salud" – 0:38# "Smoke & Mirrors" – 4:26# "Good Times Roll Pt.2" – 4:57# "Final Frontier" – 4:25...

album. The album's cover parodies the cover of a repress of the book Ubik

Ubik

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 by Philip K. Dick

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.

Track listing

1. "DPA (As Seen On TV)"
   • Performed by Company Flow
     Company Flow
     Company Flow is an American underground hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York City at one time associated with the independent record label Rawkus Records. Rapper/producer El-P and DJ/producer Mr...
     
     
   • Produced by El-P
   • Scratches by Mr. Len
     Mr. Len
     Mr. Len is a hip hop DJ from Bronx, New York. He was a member, with Bigg Jus and El-P, of the underground hip hop trio Company Flow, which disbanded in the late-1990s. Presently he is in a group with Kimani Rogers from The Masterminds named Roosevelt Franklin...
     
     
2. "Simian D AKA Feeling Ignorant"
   • Performed by Company Flow
   • Featuring Ill Bill
     Ill Bill
     William Braunstein, better known as Ill Bill, is a American rapper and record producer from Brooklyn, New York. Having gained notoriety in the underground hip hop group Non Phixion, Ill Bill is known for his hardcore lyrics and as the producer, founder and CEO of Uncle Howie Records...
     
     
   • Produced by El-P
   • Scratches Mr. Len
3. "Iron Galaxy"
   • Performed by Cannibal Ox
     Cannibal Ox
     Cannibal Ox, also known as CanOx, is an abstract hip hop duo from Harlem, New York City. Its members include Vast Aire and Vordul Mega. They are often accompanied by DJ Cip-One...
     
     
   • Produced by El-P
   • Scratches by Mr. Len
   • Contains a sample of "Mexican Radio" performed by Wall of Voodoo
     Wall of Voodoo
     Wall of Voodoo was an American New Wave group from Los Angeles best known for the 1983 hit "Mexican Radio". The band had a sound that was a fusion of synthesizer-based New Wave music with the spaghetti western soundtrack style of Ennio Morricone.-Formation:...
     
     , "Leopard Tree Dream" performed by Giorgio Moroder
     Giorgio Moroder
     Hansjörg "Giorgio" Moroder is an Italian record producer, songwriter and performer based in Los Angeles. When in Munich in the 1970s, he started his own record label called Oasis Records, which several years later became a subdivision of Casablanca Records...
     
     
4. "Silver Fox"
   • Produced by RJD2
5. "Straight Off The D.I.C."
   • Performed by Cannibal Ox
   • Produced by El-P
   • Scratches by Mr. Len
6. "Kill 'Em All"
   • Performed by Aesop Rock
     Aesop Rock
     Ian Matthias Bavitz , better known by his stage name Aesop Rock, is an American hip hop artist and producer. He was at the forefront of the new wave of underground and alternative hip hop acts that emerged during the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was signed to El-P's Definitive Jux label until it...
     
     
   • Produced by Aesop Rock
7. "Simple"
   • Performed by Company Flow
   • Produced by El-P, Mr. Len
   • Scratches by Mr. Len

Chart positions

• "DPA (As Seen On TV)"
  • Chart: Hot Rap Singles
  • Peak position: 36
  • Year: 2000

External links

• Def Jux official site