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Russell Simmons

Real Name:
Russell W. Simmons
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Born October 4, 1957
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Discography

Remixes:
Jam Master Jammin' (Remix) (3 versions) Jam Master Jammin' (Re... Profile Records 1985
Culture Club EP (12", Promo) Free Satpal Ram (Russe... FFRR 1998
Production:
Action (2 versions)   Prep Street Records ... 1982
The Bubble Bunch (12")   Mercury 1982
Hard Times / Jam-Master Jay (3 versions)   Profile Records 1983
It's Like That / Sucker M.C.'s (2 versions)   Profile Records ... 1983
Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) (4 versions)   Spring Records ... 1983
You've Gotta Believe (3 versions)   Fever Records 1983
30 Days (3 versions)   Profile Records 1984
Break Dancing (3 versions) It's Like That CBS ... 1984
Essential Electro - The Business (9xLP, Mixed, Comp, Ltd + Box) Sucker MC's Street Sounds 1984
Hollis Crew (2 versions)   Profile Records 1984
Rap 1 (LP) Sucker MC's, Jam-Maste... Profile Records 1984
Rock Box (4 versions)   Profile Records ... 1984
Run-D.M.C. (Album) (13 versions)   Profile Records ... 1984
Street Mix (LP) Jam-Master Jay Dominion Music Corporation 1984
Can You Rock It Like This (3 versions)   Profile Records 1985
Jam Master Jammin' (Remix) (3 versions)   Profile Records 1985
Jammin' (LP, Comp) You Talk Too Much PRI Records 1985
King Of Rock (8 versions)   Profile Records ... 1985
King Of Rock (Album) (13 versions)   Profile Records ... 1985
Kings Of Rap (2 versions) Jam Master Jammin' Quality Records / Quality Music & Video ... 1985
Krush Groove — Music From The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Comp) (2 versions) Krush Groovin' Warner Bros. Records 1985
Krush Groovin' (12", Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 1985
Rap 2 (LP) Rock Box, Rock The House Profile Records 1985
You Talk Too Much / Daryll & Joe (Krush Groove 3) (Single) (6 versions)   Profile Records ... 1985
You've Gotta Believe (Let's Go Mets) (12")   Fever Records 1985
1.2.1. (5 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1986
Curiosity (7 versions)   CBS ... 1986
It's Tricky (Remix) / Proud To Be Black (7", Promo)   London Records 1986
Juice (Album) (7 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1986
Mr. Magic's Rap Attack Volume 2 (CD) Walk This Way Profile Records 1986
My Adidas / Peter Piper (9 versions)   Profile Records ... 1986
Raising Hell (Album) (24 versions)   Profile Records ... 1986
Rap It Up (Cass) Rock Box K-Tel 1986
Rap's Greatest Hits (LP) King Of Rock Priority Records 1986
Read My Mind (3 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1986
The Rain (Single) (12 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1986
Walk This Way (Single, EP) (20 versions)   Profile Records ... 1986
Yes We Can Can (Single) (2 versions)   Profile Records 1986
You Be Illin' / Hit It Run (5 versions)   Profile Records ... 1986
You Can't Hide From Love (2 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1986
12 Inch Collection Disco Hits '88 (CD, Comp) It's Tricky (Club Mix) Polydor K.K. 1987
12 Inch Disco Hits Compilation / La Bamba - I Heard A Rumour (CD, Comp) It's Tricky (Club Mix) Polydor K.K., London Records 1987
Are You My Woman? / Bring the Noise (From Less Than Zero) (12") Are You My Woman? Def Jam Recordings 1987
Bigger And Deffer (LP, Album)   Def Jam Recordings 1987
Christmas In Hollis (6 versions) Walk This Way, Peter P... London Records ... 1987
Cold Spendin' My $ Money (3 versions)   CBS ... 1987
Davy's Ride (Album) (2 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1987
Day By Day (7", Single)   Def Jam Recordings, CBS 1987
Def Jam Recordings Retail Tracks (LP, Promo) Real Soon, Have You Se... Def Jam Recordings 1987
Feel For You / Davy's Ride (2 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1987
G.T.O. Gangsters Takin' Over (Album) (3 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1987
Have You Seen Davy (3 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1987
Hip Hop Hits (LP) Have You Seen Davy Epic 1987
I Just Can't Say Goodbye (12", Single)   Def Jam Recordings 1987
If I Were Your Woman (Album) (3 versions) Can't Change My Ways MCA Records 1987
It's Tricky (And More) (EP) (6 versions)   Profile Records ... 1987
It's Tricky / Proud To Be Black (2 versions)   Profile Records ... 1987
Kick It! The Def Jam Sampler Volume 1 (2 versions) The Finer Things In Li... Def Jam Recordings 1987
Less Than Zero (Comp) (5 versions) Are You My Woman? Def Jam Recordings ... 1987
Make You Mine Tonight (Remix) (12")   Def Jam Recordings 1987
Mr. Magic's Rap Attack Volume 3 (Comp) (2 versions) You Be Illin' (Remix) Profile Records 1987
Ohh Girl (3 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1987
Ohh Girl / Clap Your Hands (7")   Def Jam Recordings 1987
On The Upbeat (LP) The Rain (Long Version) Epic 1987
Run DMC - The Video (VHS)   Channel 5 1987
Smash Hits 87 Vol. 1 - Der Flotteste Dreier Des Jahres (CD, Comp) The Rain CBS 1987
Super Fight (12")   MCA Records 1987
The Finer Things In Life (2 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1987
The Finer Things In Life (3 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1987
Battle Of The DJ's (LP) Jam Master Jammin' Jive 1988
East Coast vs. West Coast (3 versions) Raising Hell Jive 1988
Hell - Worlds Biggest Rap Hits Megamixed (LP) It's Tricky (Club Mix) TELDEC 1988
Mary Mary (Single, Maxi) (4 versions) Rock Box Profile Records ... 1988
Posse All Stars Rap Classics (LP) Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) Posse Records 1988
Run's House / Beat's To The Rhyme (CD, Maxi) It's Tricky (Club Mix) London Records 1988
Coast To Coast (CD, Album) When The Radio Is On, ... Capitol Records 1989
Def Jam Classics Vol. 1 (Comp) (7 versions) Are You My Woman?, Hav... Def Jam Recordings 1989
Giants Of Rap (2xLP, Comp) You Talk Too Much BCM Records 1989
I Need Your Lovin' (Single, Maxi) (8 versions)   OBR ... 1989
I Second That Emotion (Single) (3 versions)   CBS 1989
I'm A Girl Watcher / Cold Chillin' In The Spot (12")   Def Jam Recordings 1989
Just Call My Name / I Need Your Lovin' (Remix) (7")   Def Jam Recordings 1989
Monster Hits (2xCD) I Need Your Lovin' CBS, BMG, WEA Records Ltd. 1989
My Love Is So Raw (2 versions) I'm So Glad, My Love I... Def Jam Recordings ... 1989
Raw (Album) (5 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1989
Sleep Talk (Single, Maxi) (11 versions) I'm So Glad Def Jam Recordings ... 1989
Cooked - The Remix Album (3 versions)   Def Jam Recordings 1990
The Rain / Happy (2 versions) The Rain Old Gold (2) 1990
Faces / Back From Hell (Remix) (CD, Maxi)   Blow Up 1991
More New Fashioned Love Songs Vol. 4 (CD, Comp) The Rain (Short Version) Sony Music Entertainment (Australia) 1991
Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983 - 1991 (Album) (6 versions)   Profile Records ... 1991
100% Rap (CD) Walk This Way Telstar 1994
Can I Get It, Yo (Maxi) (3 versions) Peter Piper Profile Records 1994
Funk Funk: The Best Of Funk Essentials 2 (CD, Comp) Action Mercury 1994
House Party 3 - Soundtrack (3 versions) I Just Love The Man (V... Select Street Records ... 1994
12-Inch Singles Box Set (Box + 10x12") It's Like That, Sucker... Profile Records 1995
Def Jam Music Group - Ten Year Anniversary (4xCD + Box, Ltd) The Rain Def Jam Recordings 1995
Old School Rarities: The Electro Jams (CD, Comp) What Is This? Ol' Skool Flava 1995
The Best Rock Anthems In The World...Ever! (2xCD, Comp) Walk This Way Circa Records Ltd., Virgin 1996
It's Like That (Single, Maxi) (17 versions)   Sm:)e Communications ... 1997
Kurtis Blow Presents The History Of Rap, Vol. 3: The Golden Age (CD) Rock Box Rhino Entertainment Company 1997
Total Def Jam (CD) The Rain Def Jam Recordings 1997
Essential Selection - Spring 1998 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) It's Like That (Jason'... FFRR 1998
Hip House (2xCD) It's Like That, It's T... Telstar TV 1998
It's Tricky (Maxi, Single) (4 versions)   Epidrome ... 1998
Rock It (2xCD) Sucker M.C.'s Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 1998
Together Forever - Greatest Hits 1983 - 1998 (CD) Sucker MC's (Krush Gro... Profile Records Ltd. (UK) 1998
Music For Life: 38 Massive FM Hits (2xCD, Comp) It's Like That Warner.ESP 1999
Profile: The Singles (Box + 5xLP) Peter Piper, Peter Pip... Profile Records 1999
Profilin' The Hits (CD) It's Like That Profile Records 1999
Back In The Day (Old School Hip Hop From The Block Party Era) (2 versions) Money (Dolllar Bill Y'... BGP Records 2000
All Music Guide - Before They Were Jiggy (CD, Enh, Comp) Walk This Way Medalist Entertainment 2001
Def Jam 1985-2001 - The History Of Hip-Hop Vol. 1 (CD) The Rain Def Jam Recordings 2001
Hip Hop Fever (CD, Comp) Starski Live At The Di... Warlock Records 2001
Rock Show (CD, Maxi)   BMG 2001
Greatest Hits (CD)   Arista 2002
Rap Classics (12") Walk This Way Dance Music Classics 2002
Walk This Way / My Adidas / Peter Piper (CD, Maxi)   Arista 2002
Greatest Hits (CD)   Arista 2003
Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp)   Simply Vinyl (S12) 2003
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp)   BMG Music (Australia) 2003
Ultimate (CD + DVD) Rock Box, Walk This Wa... Arista, Arista 2003
FabricLive. 14 (Comp) (2 versions) Peter Piper, Walk This... Fabric (London) 2004
For Those About To Vote (CD, Mixed, Promo) Jam-Master Jay Not On Label 2004
Rock Box (12", RP)   BMG 2004
Clubplanet Party Mix (2 versions) Walk This Way Rhino Entertainment Company 2005
Distortion (LP, Album, Promo)   Russell Simmons Music Group 2005
Electro Sessions (2xCD, Comp, Sli) Sucker M.C.'s, It's Tr... Sessions 2005
Fabric 24 (Radio Mix) (CD, Promo) Walk This Way Fabric (London) 2005
Gold (2xCD) Walk This Way Geffen Records 2005
Grandmix 90's Edition 2 (3xCD) Walk This Way Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) 2005
Tommy Boy Presents: Hip Hop Essentials 1979-1991 Volume Four (CD) Sucker MCs Tommy Boy Entertainment 2005
Devil's Got A New Disguise : The Very Best Of Aerosmith (Comp) (2 versions) Walk This Way Geffen Records ... 2006
Monsters Of Rock (3xCD, Comp) Walk This Way EMI 2006
The New York Sound: From The East Coast To The Future (CD) Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) BGP Records 2006
12"/80s Grooves (3xCD, Comp) The Rain Family Recordings (UK) 2007
FabricLive.39 (CD, Comp, Mixed, Met) It's Tricky Fabric (London) 2008
Enter The Rap Zone! (CD, Comp) Rock Box BCM Records  
Co-production:
Raw (Album) (3 versions) My Love Is So Raw Def Jam Recordings 1989
Back From Hell (Album) (7 versions) What's It All About Profile Records ... 1990
What's It All About / The Ave. (Maxi) (6 versions) What's It All About, W... Profile Records ... 1990
Hitworks, Volume One (CD, Album) Sittin With Some Funk Liferdef Records 1997
Back From Hell (CD, Album) What's It All About Arista 1999
Greatest Hits (CD) What's It All About Arista 2003
Greatest Hits (2xLP, Comp) What's It All About Simply Vinyl (S12) 2003
Haackula (CD, Comp) Party Machine* The Omni Recording Corporation 2008
Mix:
Martin Luther (4 versions)   Profile Records ... 1983
Rock Your Body Down (2 versions) Your Song Elektra 1984
Rock Hard (2 versions)   Def Jam Recordings ... 1985
Appears On:
Disco Top Hits Vol. 2 (LP, P/Mixed) Los Frenos (The Breaks) PolyStar Records, PolyStar Records, Phonogram S.A.I.C. 1980
Kurtis Blow (Album) (3 versions) The Breaks, Hard Times Mercury 1980
The Breaks (2 versions)   Mercury 1980
Action (12")   Prep Street Records 1982
SPG Soul Grand Prix (LP, Comp) The Bubble Bunch (Disc... Mercury, Mercury 1982
The Best Rapper On The Scene (Album) (2 versions) Got To Dance, Tough Mercury ... 1982
The Bubble Bunch (12")   Mercury 1982
Hard Times / Jam-Master Jay (12", Promo) Hard Times, Hard Times... Profile Records 1983
Money (Dollar Bill Y'all) (2 versions)   Wax Records Ltd. ... 1983
Run-D.M.C. (Album) (3 versions)   Profile Records ... 1984
King Of Rock (2 versions)   4th & Broadway 1985
King Of Rock (LP, Promo)   Profile Records 1985
Krush Groove - Music From The Original Motion Picture Sound Track (LP, Comp) Krush Groovin' Warner Bros. Records, Warner Bros. Records 1985
Krush Groovin' (12", Promo)   Warner Bros. Records 1985
Music From The Warner Bros. Motion Picture "Krush Groove" (7") Krush Groovin' Warner Bros. Records 1985
Radio (CD, Album) That's A Lie Def Jam Recordings 1985
You Talk Too Much / Daryll & Joe (Krush Groove 3) (12", Promo) You Talk Too Much, You... Profile Records 1985
Raising Hell (Album) (4 versions) Dumb Girl Profile Records ... 1986
Davy's Ride (2 versions) Bring It Def Jam Recordings 1987
Feel For You / Davy's Ride (7")   Def Jam Recordings 1987
Fun Fun Mix (Master Rap) (Cass, Mixed) Tough, The Breaks Koka Music, YELSA 1988
Giants Of Rap (2xLP, Comp) You Talk Too Much BCM Records 1989
Love House (Cass) Sleep Talk K-Tel 1989
Sleep Talk (Single) (2 versions) Sleep Talk Def Jam Recordings 1989
100 Dance Hits Of The Eighties (2 versions) The Breaks Connoisseur Collection 1990
Best Of ....Rappin' (LP, Comp) The Breaks, Do The Do,... Mercury 1990
This Beat Is Funky (12") This Beat Is Funky (Vi... Capitol Records 1990
To Hell And Black (LP, Album) This Beat Is Funky Capitol Records 1990
A Roller Skating Jam Named "Saturdays" (Single, Maxi) (7 versions) A Roller Skating Jam N... Tommy Boy Music ... 1991
De La Soul Is Dead (Album) (2 versions) A Roller Skating Jam N... Mega Records ... 1991
Together Forever: Greatest Hits 1983 - 1991 (CD) Jam-Master Jay Profile Records 1991
Sleep Talk / I Need Your Lovin' (12")   Old Gold (2) 1992
Funk Funk: The Best Of Funk Essentials 2 (Comp) (2 versions) The Breaks Mercury 1994
Ill Communication (CD, Album) The Scoop Capitol Records, Grand Royal 1994
The Breaks '94 (Maxi) (2 versions)   ZYX Music 1994
Funky • Stuff! (2xCD, Comp) The Breaks Polymedia Marketing Group GmbH 1996
Doc's Da Name 2000 (Album) (2 versions) Boodah Break Def Jam Recordings 1998
It's Tricky (12", Maxi)   Mascotte Music 1998
La Légende Des Tubes Volume 28 (CD) The Breaks PolyGram - Kiosks 1998
Say It Loud! A Celebration Of Black Music In America (6xCD, Comp, RM + Box) The Breaks (Part 1) Rhino Entertainment Company 1999
The Remixed Breaks E.P. (12")   Eukahouse 1999
Whitey Ford Sings The Blues (CD) Money (Dollar Bill) Festival Mushroom Records 1999
The Sound Of Eukahouse (CD) The Breaks (Get Fucked... Eukahouse 2000
Cocky (Album) (2 versions) Trucker Anthem Lava ... 2001
Crown Royal (CD, Album) The School Of Old Arista, BMG Music (Australia) 2001
Dance Classics Volume 13&14 (2xCD, RM) The Breaks Universal TV 2001
Disco Kandi 5 (2xCD) Sleeptalk (Bad Nights ... Hed Kandi Records 2001
The Best Of Busta Rhymes (CD, Album, RM, Comp) Do The Bus A Bus Rhino Entertainment Company, Elektra 2001
In Your Space (CD, Mixed, Comp, Dig) The Breaks Sony Music Media 2002
Sleep Talk (CD, Maxi)   Hussle Recordings, EMI Music (Australia) 2002
Greatest Hits (CD, Comp) Beats To The Rhyme, Yo... BMG Music (Australia) 2003
The Best Of (Comp) (2 versions) A Roller Skating Jam N... Rhino Entertainment Company ... 2003
All That Urban (3xCD, Comp) Money (Dollar Bill) Warner Music (Australia) 2004
Breaks 04 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Gimme The Breaks Ministry Of Sound (Australia) 2004
Fetenhits - Black Classics (2xCD, Comp, Copy Prot.) The Breaks Polystar Records 2004
R & G (Rhythm & Gangsta): The Masterpiece (CD) Girl Like U Geffen Records 2004
Sex And The CD Volume 2 (CD, Album, Comp, Promo) Westside Spin Music Ltd 2004
The History Of Hip Hop (3xCD, Comp, Album + Box, Car) The Breaks Warner Strategic Marketing (UK) 2004
Late Registration (Album) (3 versions) We Major Roc-A-Fella Records 2005
De 100 Grootste Jaren 90 Hits (5xCD, Comp) Westside Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Netherlands) 2006
The Breaks (CDr, Single, Promo)   Natas Productions 2006
12"/80s Grooves (3xCD, Comp) Sleep Talk (Extended Mix) Family Recordings (UK) 2007
FabricLive. 33 (CD, Comp, Mixed) The Breaks Fabric (London) 2007
Natas Productions (CD, Album) The Breaks Adam World Wide, Rock Ridge Music 2007
Shock Value (Album) (2 versions) Boardmeeting Universal Music (Australia) ... 2007
The Original Multiplayer Soundsystem© (CD, Mixed, Comp + 2xCD, Comp) The Breaks (2004) EMI Music (Belgium) 2007
Tracks Appear On:
The Show (Original Soundtrack) (4 versions) Nuttin' But A Drumbeat... Def Jam Recordings 1995
The Rose That Grew From Concrete (CD, Album, Comp) What Of Fame Amaru Entertainment, Interscope Records 2000
Unofficial Releases:
Barack Obama ☆ Yes We Can - The Mixtape (File, MP3, Mixed, 160) Intro, Russell Simmons... Not On Label 2008
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