In 2018, alongside Courtney Stewart, Jon Tanners and Jared Sherman, Balogun co-founded Keep Cool, a joint-venture label with RCA whose roster includes Normani, VanJess, Lucky Daye and Freddie Gibbs & Madlib. 1 on Billboard‘s Top R&B Albums chart and No. More recently he has also worked with Doja Cat, whose third studio album Planet Her in June debuted at No. He created a lane with alt-R&B artists at RCA, playing an instrumental role in signing Khalid, Wizkid, Goldlink, and Bryson Tiller. He has a track record of signing the best and brightest new talent who ‘move culture’ around the world and has always been an incredible advocate for artists.”īalogun - who was recently named to Billboard‘s R&B Hip-Hop Power Players list - has been with RCA since 2015 after joining the label from Interscope. Tunji has all the tools to take the Def Jam brand and artists to new levels of success.
“Having had the privilege of working with Tunji for more than a decade, I couldn’t be happier to hand the reins over to him. “It has been an honor and a pleasure to lead and grow Def Jam over these past two years,” said Harleston in a statement. He will continue overseeing the label until Balogun officially takes over next year. Jeffrey Harleston, Universal Music Group executive vp business and legal affairs, has been filling the role in an interim basis since it was vacated by Eminem’s longtime manager, Paul Rosenberg, in February 2020. Balogun will be based in Los Angeles and report to UMG chairman & CEO Sir Lucian Grainge. 1, 2022, marks Balogun’s departure as executive vp A&R at RCA Records, where he spent six years. but I'm drawing a blank when it comes to actual fighting games where you can mix together different fighting styles and use the environment.Hip-hop and R&B A&R heavyweight Tunji Balogun has taken the job as Def Jam Records’ new chairman and CEO, according to sources familiar with the situation. One of the very few games where I completed it to 100% with all of the DLC.
I know you could use the environment to damage your opponent in Sleeping Dogs although they're really just environmental kills and you could somewhat change fighting styles with different costumes. It's also pretty amazing how it had nearly 70 characters to fight with which really added to the replay value for me being able to create so many different custom matches.
I've never played the full Def Jam Vendetta but I really enjoyed the story mode in Def Jam Fight for NY. You could also use the environment to damage your opponent, throw a guy on top of a vehicle's windshield or bash their head in with the car door, or repeatedly hit them against the window until it breaks and they fall several stories to their death. But in Fight for NY you could mix together different fighting styles - street fighting, kickboxing, wrestling, submissions, and martial arts.
I would later play Def Jam ICON on the PS3 and while I thought the environmental gimmick was kind of cool, mostly when it came to the visuals, the actual fighting felt sluggish and simplified. I used to play Def Jam: Fight for NY on the PlayStation 2 and, to me, it was honestly one of the most fun EA games I can remember playing.