{"id":18946,"date":"2010-10-14T23:01:39","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T21:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackouthiphop.com\/?p=18946"},"modified":"2010-10-14T23:01:39","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T21:01:39","slug":"video-def-jam-survival-of-the-illest-tour-1998","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackouthiphop.com\/blog\/video-def-jam-survival-of-the-illest-tour-1998\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Def Jam Survival Of the Illest Tour (1998)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/15654003\" width=\"100%\" height=\"405\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Well back in &#8217;98 Def Jam was back to reclaim its throne as one the premier record label!! Jay Z went 5x platinum, Ja Rule is blazin, DMX basically like Jay Z said &#8220;DMX&#8217;d the game&#8221; (in reference to what 50 did back in &#8217;03), Def Squad was poppin and Onyx came back with a vengence with a very solid 3rd LP!! 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Now this tour aimed to perform at the gullest, grimiest venues that tours really dont go to at all.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Via <a href=\"http:\/\/recogthereal.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Recognize the Real<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well back in &#8217;98 Def Jam was back to reclaim its throne as one the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.8 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Well back in &#039;98 Def Jam was back to reclaim its throne as one the premier record label!! 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