Def Jam Recordings
Title | Def Jam Recordings PDF eBook |
Author | Bill Adler |
Publisher | Random House Digital, Inc. |
Pages | 314 |
Release | 2011-10-11 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0847833712 |
The illustrated oral history of the greatest hip-hop hit-making machine in history.
Def Jam, Inc.
Title | Def Jam, Inc. PDF eBook |
Author | Stacy Gueraseva |
Publisher | One World/Ballantine |
Pages | 354 |
Release | 2011-03-30 |
Genre | Music |
ISBN | 0307520390 |
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 the NYU dorm room of nineteen-year-old Rubin (where LL Cool J was discovered on a demo tape) to the powerhouse it is today; from financial struggles and scandals–including The Beastie Boys’s departure from the label and Rubin’s and Simmons’s eventual parting–to revealing anecdotes about artists like Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Foxy Brown, Jay-Z, and DMX. Stacy Gueraseva, former editor in chief of Russell Simmons’s magazine, Oneworld, had access to the biggest players on the scene, and brings you real conversations and a behind-the-scenes look from a decade–and a company–that turned the music world upside down. She takes you back to New York in the ‘80s, when late-night spots such as Danceteria and Nell’s were burning with young, fresh rappers, and Simmons and Rubin had nothing but a hunch that they were on to something huge. Far more than just a biography of the two men who made it happen, Def Jam, Inc. is a journey into the world of rap itself. Both an intriguing business history as well as a gritty narrative, here is the definitive book on Def Jam–a must read for any fan of hip-hop as well as all popular-culture junkies.
The Story of Def Jam
Title | The Story of Def Jam PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Baughan |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2014-09-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1422294668 |
When it was founded in 1984, Def Jam was a tiny operation nestled in the college dorm room of Rick Rubin. He and promoter Russell Simmons quickly built a music empire around a talented crew of groundbreaking artists and an allegiance to the "real street music" that was about to bust out of New York City's hip-hop circles. Over the course of several decades, Def Jam has helped launched many of the best acts in rap and pop music, including LL Cool J, the Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, Method Man, DMX, Ja Rule, Jay-Z, and Rihanna. Over 200 gold and over 70 platinum records bear the Def Jam label. Def Jam's 25th anniversary in 2009 was just another milestone in the story of a label that helped define the sound as well as the wider culture of hip-hop.
Marvel's Voices
Title | Marvel's Voices PDF eBook |
Author | Marvel Various |
Publisher | Marvel Entertainment |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 2021-08-11 |
Genre | Comics & Graphic Novels |
ISBN | 130293886X |
Collects Marvel's Voices: Legacy (2021) #1, Black Panther (2016) #1, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur (2015) #1, Black History Month variants; material from Marvel's Voices (2020) #1, Marvel's Voices (2020) #1 [New Printing], Black Panther (2018) #23-25. Stories from the world outside your window, by diverse creators who are making theirs Marvel - and making their voices heard! Inspired by Marvel's acclaimed podcast series MARVEL'S VOICES, new and established writers and artists share their unique perspectives on legendary characters - including Black Panther, Storm, Blade, Ironheart, Luke Cage, Spectrum, Shuri, Doctor Voodoo, Nick Fury and the Blue Marvel. It's a dizzying array of adventures that will inspire and uplift! Plus: The opening chapter of Ta-Nehisi Coates' revolutionary BLACK PANTHER epic, the sensational first meeting of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, and a stunning gallery of Ernanda Souza's Black History Month variant covers!
Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway ... and More
Title | Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway ... and More PDF eBook |
Author | Danny Simmons |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 230 |
Release | 2005-03-29 |
Genre | Performing Arts |
ISBN | 9780743476225 |
"It's where Walt Whitman meets Michael Jackson. It's where Emily Dickinson meets Mary J. Blige. It's Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam, the lyrical, smart, hilarious, and searingly honest new show that has become a true phenomenon on Broadway, earning critical raves and drawing huge cheers nightly. Def Poetry Jam is an experience that's not to be missed: Nine gifted, young poets speaking from the heart about everything from love to sex, politics, and Krispy Kreme donuts. If Langston Hughes or Virginia Woolf were alive today, this is what they'd sound like. The roster includes both well-established and up-and-coming poets -- including Suheir Hammad, author of Born Palestinian, Born Black; Black Ice, a.k.a. Lamar Manson, the first spoken-word artist to be signed to Def Jam Records; Beau Sia, author of A Night Without Armor II: The Revenge, and a two-time National Poetry Slam champion; and Poetri, one of the founders of Da Poetry Lounge in Los Angeles. Essential for every fan of contemporary poetry, Russell Simmons Def Jam on Broadway ... and More is a cutting-edge and constantly surprising volume that takes a fresh, exuberant, sometimes insightful, sometimes comedic look at who we are and where we are today"--Publisher's description.
The Story of Def Jam Records
Title | The Story of Def Jam Records PDF eBook |
Author | Brian Baughan |
Publisher | |
Pages | 64 |
Release | 2012-04 |
Genre | Sound recording industry |
ISBN | 9781422221273 |
Russell Simmons
Title | Russell Simmons PDF eBook |
Author | Carrie Golus |
Publisher | Twenty-First Century Books |
Pages | 116 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0761388583 |
As USA TODAY, the Nation's No. 1 Newspaper, puts it, Russell Simmons "helped found the hip-hop movement and turn it into a huge money-making machine." He co-founded Def Jam Records, one of the first successful hip-hop record labels. He also worked with many of hip-hop's earliest stars, such as Run-D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys. Raised in Queens, New York, Simmons grew up obsessed with music—and fought to make a life for himself in the music business. After helping push hip-hop into the mainstream, he took on fashion, film production, and advertising, among other projects. Later, he turned to activism, using his influence to aid different social causes. Throughout it all, Simmons has held onto his unique personal style and unmistakable attitude.