Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label

Name: Def Jam, Inc. : Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the Extraordinary Story of the World's Most Influential Hip-Hop Label
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ISBN: 9780345468048

ISBN-10: 034546804X

ISBN-13: 9780345468048

Edition: 2005

Authors: Stacy Gueraseva

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In the early ‘80s, the music industry wrote off hip-hop as a passing fad. Few could or would have predicted that the improvised raps and raw beats busting out of New York City’s urban underclass would one day become a multimillion-dollar business and one of music’s most lucrative genres. Among those few were two visionaries: Russell Simmons, a young black man from Hollis, Queens, and Rick Rubin, a Jewish kid from Long Island. Though the two came from different backgrounds, their all-consuming passion for hip-hop brought them together. Soon they would revolutionize the music industry with their groundbreaking label, Def Jam Records. Def Jam, Inc. traces the company’s incredible rise from…

Book details

Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 7/26/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.03" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English

Stacy Gueraseva has been writing about music and culture since 1995 for national publications that have included Interview, Vibe and XXL. She is the former editor in chief of Russell Simmons' Oneworld magazine and a juror for the annual Hip-Hop Odyssey (H2O) film festival. Ms. Gueraseva graduated from Smith College with a bachelor's degree in American Studies. A native of Moscow, Russia, she currently lives in Brooklyn. You can visit her online at www.defjambook.com.

Introduction	p. ix
Prologue	p. xv
Debut, 1982-87	p. 1
The Maverick	p. 3
The Visionary	p. 14
Coming Together	p. 26
Dorm Room to Boardroom	p. 46
(Dysfunctional) Family	p. 72
Invincible	p. 98
Growing Pains, 1988-93	p. 129
Together Forever?	p. 131
Rush Communications	p. 154
Damage Control	p. 170
RAL	p. 182
Hard-Core	p. 200
Fast Company, 1994-2004	p. 221
The Lyor Show	p. 223
Sexy Again	p. 256
Starting Over	p. 276
Notes and Sources	p. 291
Def Jam Recordings, U.S. Discography	p. 299
Acknowledgments	p. 317
Index	p. 319
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