- Hardcover: 312 pages
- Publisher: Rizzoli (Oct 11 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0847833712
- ISBN-13: 978-0847833719
- Product Dimensions: 31.5 x 3.3 x 31.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.8 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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- #54 in Books > Entertainment > Music > Business
- #76 in Books > Entertainment > Music > Recording & Sound
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"Def Jam’s rise to such pop prominence was gorgeously scrappy, and it’s told in a gorgeous scrapbook called Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label, which lands on coffee tables next month." ~New York Magazine
"This handsome, oversized publication chronicles an iconic era in the history of popular music. An extremely readable and browsable book, with glorious photos." ~Library Journal
"Given the impact of Russell Simmons's and Rick Rubin’s Def Jam Records on pop culture, this tribute tome is an inevitable celebration of a quarter of a century (an eternity in pop media) of the brand’s existence. No surprises here—a useful collection of history and imagery of the label that gave the world the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Designed by Def Jam’s founding creative director, Cey Adams, with text by founding publicist Bill Adler and Dan Charnas, the book makes plain the two-headed nature of what has become a potent enterprise—serious business and serious fun." ~The Daily Beast
"Def Jam is not just a record label...but a bona fide chapter in pop culture history." ~New York Times Book Review
"This handsome, oversized publication chronicles an iconic era in the history of popular music. An extremely readable and browsable book, with glorious photos." ~Library Journal
"Given the impact of Russell Simmons's and Rick Rubin’s Def Jam Records on pop culture, this tribute tome is an inevitable celebration of a quarter of a century (an eternity in pop media) of the brand’s existence. No surprises here—a useful collection of history and imagery of the label that gave the world the Beastie Boys and LL Cool J, Jay-Z and Kanye West. Designed by Def Jam’s founding creative director, Cey Adams, with text by founding publicist Bill Adler and Dan Charnas, the book makes plain the two-headed nature of what has become a potent enterprise—serious business and serious fun." ~The Daily Beast
"Def Jam is not just a record label...but a bona fide chapter in pop culture history." ~New York Times Book Review
Product Description
In association with Def Jam, a celebration of the first twenty-five years of the label that defined hip-hop music and culture, in the words and photographs of its founders and artists. This is the story of Def Jam in the words of its artists and top executives, taken from interviews and seamlessly told as a narrative of no-holds barred recollections and anecdotes, made even more compelling by the fact that Def Jam is one of the last great record labels to enjoy the widespread cultural influence that it does, in light of the increasing digitization of music. Def Jam celebrates a label that defined hip-hop and whose impact extends beyond its incredible roster of recording artists to all areas of culture--fashion, lifestyle, cinema, art--impacting the music business and pop culture forever. In 1984, Def Jam introduced a new kind of music and lifestyle--hip-hop--through aspiring record producer and punk-rocker Rick Rubin and party promoter/artist manager Russell Simmons. It has become the sound of young America, akin to Motown in the sixties. This is the first book to see the label whole: through an oral history woven from interviews (some exclusive) with its founders and artists such as LL Cool J, Beastie Boys, Jay-Z, Ludacris, Ja Rule, Rihanna, Ashanti, and Kanye West, as well as through rare memorabilia from personal archives of the label's movers and shakers: behind-the-scenes photos, flyers, advertisements, movie posters, album cover art, magazine covers, and press clips from around the world. It also showcases images from some of the best-known photographers of the era, including Albert Watson, Glen E. Friedman, Jonathan Mannion, and Annie Leibovitz. It is designed by Cey Adams, Def Jam’s founding creative director and is an insider's portrait of the last great record label.
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Def Jam 25 years hard back,
This review is from: Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label (Hardcover)
This book comes lookin like a huge record sleeve, im 38, this book took me back to the days I love and miss so much, i read the book then started downloading and buying records I had lost or never was blessed to own. Buy the book its worth it I payed 46 with ship and its 60 at Barnes. Hardback, its huge its big its hip hop! If your a real head go kop this book u wont regret it. Every so often a book comes out must buy and this is one of those. Word up.
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For Hip Hop Music Fans !!!!!,
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Please get this book it's just awesome !!!!Just reading the beginning of Def Jam is wonderful read... The old school flyers and old school pic are cool too... |
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