Def Jam 2000

NOTE: "Def Jam 2000" was A CAMPAIGN MARKER and NOT AN ACTUAL PER SE LABEL OR IMPRINT! For all releases bearing this mark, please use Def Jam Recordings as the LABEL and place "Def Jam 2000" in the SERIES category. "Def Jam 2000" was a promotional/brand recognition campaign that was launched by Def Jam Music Group in 1998 in celebration of and preparation for the incoming new millennium. The corresponding futuristically-themed logo was subsequently used (mainly in the U.S.) as the default Def Jam logo for virtually all Def Jam releases from the Spring of 1999 -- directly after the acquisition of its parent company PolyGram by Universal Music was finalized -- all the way through to the end of the year 2000.