abstract:Jam Nation was the product of one of the Real World recording weeks of the 1990's. These recording weeks were spontaneous gatherings of some of the world's finest musicians.
Though he left Def Jam in 2007 and a year later launched Roc Nation, a joint-venture label with concert promoter Live Nation, his Def Jam masters are scheduled to revert to him in 2014.
Jay-Z released an album every year from 1996-2003 before taking a job as president of Def Jam and then founding Roc Nation, a joint venture with Live Nation.
The President similarly hopes to jam through the Senate during the lame-duck session what amounts to a mortal threat to the Nation's all-volunteer force by eliminating the law that bars homosexuals from serving in the armed forces.