Def Jam, Inc
Subtitle: Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, and the extraordinary story of the world's most influential hip hop label
By: Stacy Gueraseva
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: One World Ballantine
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 329
ISBN-13: 9780345468048
Subjects: Rap (Music); Sound recording executives and producers; Geschichte 1980-2002; Hip-Hop; Def Jam Recordings; History and criticism; Biography; History
Description: An inside look at the world's largest and most successful hip-hop record label traces the evolution of Def Jam, Inc. from an idea hatched in an NYU dorm room in 1984 to a multibillion-dollar hip-hop phenomenon.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references, discography (p. [299]-316), and index.
Table of contents: title: Debut, 1982-87; title: The Maverick; title: The Visionary; title: Coming Together; title: Dorm Room to Boardroom; title: (Dysfunctional) Family; title: Invincible; title: Growing Pains, 1988-93; title: Together Forever?; title: Rush Communications; title: Damage Control; title: RAL; title: Hard-Core; title: Fast Company, 1994-2004; title: The Lyor Show; title: Sexy Again; title: Starting Over; title: Def Jam Recordings, U.S. Discography.