Def Jam has been home to so many great acts, from LL Cool J in the 80′s to icons like Rick Ross in the present. But what about so many stories and ancedotes that you might have missed from the inception of Def Jam up till now? According to Hypebeast-
“Def Jam Recordings: The First 25 Years of the Last Great Record Label is a celebration of the first twenty-five years of the label that defined hip-hop music and culture. 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.”
Book publisher Rizzoli plans to have this historical piece done by September of this year. So ProHipHop reader, is this something you’ll be checking for?
