Editing Definitive Jux

{{Short description|American record label}}
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{{Infobox record label
| name        = Definitive Jux
| image       = Defjuxlogo.jpeg
| parent      =
| founded     = {{start date|1999}}
| founder     = [[El-P|Jaime "El-P" Meline]]<br /> Amaechi Uzoigwe
| distributor = [[Capitol Music Group]] <br/> [[The Orchard (company)|The Orchard]]
| genre       = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[alternative hip hop]]}}
| country     = United States
| location    = [[New York City]]

}}
'''Definitive Jux''' was a record label based in New York City. It was co-founded in 1999 by [[El-P]] and Amaechi Uzoigwe.<ref name="nysun">{{cite news |url=http://www.nysun.com/article/1559 |title=Recording Lyrics to Change the World |last=Braunshhweiger |first=Amy |date=2004-09-10 |newspaper=[[The New York Sun]] |access-date=2007-10-02}}</ref>

==History==
Definitive Jux was initially known as Def Jux. However, popular hip hop label [[Def Jam Recordings]] sued Def Jux over the name similarity in 2001. This lawsuit was settled out of court<ref name="nysun"/> and the name was officially changed to Definitive Jux.

In February 2010, El-P announced that the label, although it will carry on selling its catalog and merchandise, would be put "on hiatus" as a traditional record label, and that it would be going through some changes in order to keep up with the evolution of the music industry. He also announced that he was stepping down as artistic director of Definitive Jux to focus on producing and being a full-time artist.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.definitivejux.net/news/jux-crew/1628 |title=Of Hoopty's and Hovercrafts &#91;sic&#93; |author=EL-P |author-link=EL-P |date=February 2, 2010 |publisher=Definitive Jux Recordings |access-date=February 3, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100204220517/http://www.definitivejux.net/news/jux-crew/1628 |archive-date=February 4, 2010 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

==Roster==
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* [[Aesop Rock]]
* [[Cage (rapper)|Cage]]
* [[Camu Tao]]
* [[Cannibal Ox]]
* [[Company Flow]]
* [[Cool Calm Pete]]
* [[C-Rayz Walz]]
* [[Danny!]]
* [[Del the Funky Homosapien]]
* [[Despot (rapper)|Despot]]
* [[El-P]]
* [[Hangar 18 (band)|Hangar 18]]
* [[Mike Ladd]]
* [[Mr. Lif]]
* [[Murs (rapper)|Murs]]
* [[Party Fun Action Committee]]
* [[RJD2]]
* [[Rob Sonic]]
* [[S.A. Smash]]
* [[Sonic Sum]]
* [[The Mighty Underdogs]]
* [[The Perceptionists]]
* [[The Weathermen (hip hop group)|The Weathermen]]
* [[Yak Ballz]]
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==Discography==
{{main|Definitive Jux discography}}

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[Underground hip hop]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==

{{Definitive Jux Records}}
{{El-P}}{{Mr. Lif}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:American independent record labels]]
[[Category:American hip-hop record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1999]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in New York City]]