Ko Passage: Music of the Sun te pukaemi tuatahi a te kaiwaiata o Barbadian a Rihanna. I tukuna i te Akuhata 30, 2005 i te United States na roto i te Def Jam Recordings. I mua i te hainatanga ki a Def Jam, i kitea a Rihanna e te kaiwhakanao rekoata a Evan Rogers i Barbados, nana i awhina i a Rihanna ki te tuhi i nga riipene demo ki te tuku atu ki nga tohu rekoata maha. Ko Jay-Z, te Tumu Whakarae o mua (CEO) me te perehitini o Def Jam, i whakawhiwhia ki a Rihanna te whakaaturanga a Rihanna e Jay Brown, tana A&R i Def Jam, ka tono ia ia ki te whakamatautau mo te tapanga i muri i tana rongonga i te mea i puta ko tana tuatahi, "Pon de Replay". I whakamatauria ia mo Jay-Z me LA Reid, te perehitini o mua me te perehitini o te tapanga rekoata o te roopu The Def Jam Music Group, a i hainatia i runga i te motu hei aukati i tana hainatanga me tetahi atu tapanga rekoata.
Ko te Def Jam Recordings